the here and house -- the hiring heurich house. we learn how world war i impacted the brewing company and the family. >> hi. welcome to the heurich has museum, the home of washington, d.c.'s most successful brewer. he lived between 1842 and 1945, was born in a small town in germany and died here in washington, d.c., at the age of 102. he was the oldest brewer in the world at that time. now we are in the basement at the heurich house. we are in the original man cave room. it was built originally to be 's beer drinking room. the original time on furniture we still have here in the middle of the room. because christian was basically 60 years old when he had his children and the dining room was really the only place for the family to have meals, this became the german breakfast room, and this is where the kids would have their breakfast and lunch. more casual dining space, and when the conversion happened, they ordered furniture from christian plus hometown in germany. we have a set of table and chairs, sideboards, a couple of other pie