10 Tips to Craft Beer in Baltimore

The craft beer scene in Baltimore started in 1989 at a restaurant called Sisson’s when the owner and his son petitioned the Maryland government to amend laws that had been around since Prohibition. These laws prevented restaurants from in-house brewing. They succeeded and opened the door not only to in-house brewing in Baltimore but across Maryland. In 2016, Maryland had 46 craft breweries -- nine of them in Baltimore.

This is an essential guide to help you navigate the nine craft breweries within Baltimore City. They range from full-service restaurants to tap rooms, drafthouses to contract brewers. This guide includes locating the breweries, finding parking, hours and days, lists of beers and food, images from the location, alternate transportation, overall ratings of the beer, ranking of the locations, what others are saying about the brewers and beers, whether they have growlers, beer flights, sampler racks, and other information that you might find helpful, interesting, or fun. If you’re drinking craft beer in Baltimore, you need this book.

Breweries include: Brewer’s Art
Heavy Seas Alehouse
Union Craft Brewery
Pratt Street Ale House (Oliver Brewing Company)
Peabody Brewing Company (Craft Beers from multiple companies)
Waverly Brewing Company
Pub Dog Pizza and Drafthouse
Dempsey’s Brew Pub and Restaurant
BrewHouse #16