![]() Some of the beers on those taps, like Samuel Adams and Blue Moon, are artisanal beers gone big. Heroes in Annapolis, Lures Bar and Grill in Crownsville and Waterman’s Tavern in Edgewater are prime tapping spots. Y ou can belly up to the bar of your favorite tavern, order and likely get served a local craft beer. If Comptroller Peter Franchot has his way in this year’s General Assembly, Maryland will become friendlier to breweries at every level (see sidebar). Maryland has more than 60 microbreweries in 18 counties and Baltimore City, with 30 more far enough along to have names and logos. The local homebrewing supply company, Annapolis Home Brew of Severna Park, plans a microbrewery in Queen Anne’s County, just over the Bay Bridge. Upcoming in Anne Arundel is microbrewery Chesepiooc Real Ale Brewery in Crofton and at least one more in Annapolis, according to the Brewers Association of Maryland. Several others are in planning.Īnne Arundel, with less hospitable regulations, has Chesapeake Brewing Company, a brewpub on West Street in Annapolis. Calvert County, which aligns with state regulations for on-site sales of craft brews, has six in various stages of growth: Calvert, Gypsy and Greenspring Brewing Companies, Mully’s Brewery and Scorpion Brewing One, Ruddy Duck Brewery and Grill. Microbreweries are another a sign of the times. “Access to information and equipment has never been better,” says John Morehead, the Association’s competition director, noting that in those areas, “the lines between professional and amateur bleed into each other.”įour or five hundred annual competitions, from local on up to the National Homebrew Convention that Morehead organizes each year, raise home brewing standards with feedback from judges, many certified by the Beer Judge Certification Program. ![]() Some 1.15 million Americans brew beer at home, in their kitchens, garages and porches, according to the American Homebrew Association.
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