Caroline Phillips
Media Relations
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January 16, 2012

DC Brau Donates Spent Brewing Grain for Pizza Paradiso to Bake Bread for the City
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, DC Brau and Pizzeria Paradiso
join forces to benefit Bread for the City

WASHINGTON, D.C. —DC Brau and Pizzeria Paradiso today announced plans to use spent grain from the brewery to bake 50 loaves of bread to donate to local non-profit Bread for the City in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The bread will be baked at Pizzeria Paradiso on Tuesday January 17th, 2012, and delivered by owners of both businesses at 9:00 AM on January 18th, 2012.

"We pride ourselves on not just being a great small business in D.C., but also being good community partners," said Brandon Skall, co-founder and CEO of DC Brau, "Using spent grain to make food to feed the less fortunate is one way that we can give back and honor Dr. King, a man that gave so much of himself for the benefit others."

The baking process starting on Tuesday uses grains from that day's brewing process to make fresh loaves of bread. Ordinarily, the brewery recycles the grains with farmers who use the material to fertilize their fields. This time, the spent grain will be used to make bread to contribute in support of the 4,985 households that Bread for the City serves each month.

Re-purposing grain to bake bread is a project that DC Brau co-owners Jeff Hancock and Brandon Skall and Pizzeria Paradiso Bar Director Greg Jasgur have been working on for a while:

"We are delighted to partner with another D.C.-based small business," said Greg Jasgur, "Finding new ways to work together to give back while using a product that would otherwise go to waste is what makes this project especially meaningful."

Bread for the City is a local non-profit with the mission of providing vulnerable residents with food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services. Pizzeria Paradiso is a local favorite among gourmet pizza-lovers, with three locations in the D.C. area.

Delivery of the bread takes place at 9:00 AM on Wednesday January 18th, 2012. To learn more about DC Brau, visit www.dcbrau.com. To learn more about Bread for the City, visit www.breadforthecity.org

DC Brau Brewing Company, founded in 2009, is located in North East Washington, D.C. Co-founders Brandon Skall and Jeff Hancock are DC locals with a passion for brewing, complimented by years of experience in beverage distribution. DC Brau’s signature brews include, Public Ale (Pale Ale), Corruption Ale (IPA), and The Citizen (Belgian style Ale), with seasonal and special brews to follow. For more information on DC Brau, visit http://www.dcbrau.com.