Shore Craft Literature: Your FeBREWary reading

Welcome to the library. Here, we’re compiling resources for all things FeBREWary in Maryland and, specifically, on the Shore. We’ll be adding more as more stories are published throughout the month. FeBREWary happenings on the Shore FeBREWary events planned to promote craft beer trend – By Kara Hallissey (Feb. 2, 2018) Throughout this month, a […]

Local artists and local beer kick off the Art League’s exhibits this FeBREWary

Art League Febrewary

Art and beer make a fantastic pairing. The Ocean City Center for the Arts is helping us kick off FeBREWary this year by featuring local craft beer at their monthly First Friday reception. The public is invited to meet the artists and sample the local beer at the free opening reception on February’s First Friday, […]

Craft Beer Love Stories 2018: Love at First Sip

It’s not quite FeBREWary yet, but we’re already feeling the spirit of Craft Beer Lovers Month (it’s basically a year-round holiday for us) and have loved reading the craft beer love stories you’ve submitted. Here’s three that tell the tale of when someone realized that craft beer might just be the love of their life. […]

All of our FeBREWary giveaways in one place

Because the month of FeBREWary is so awesome, we have three giveaways going on and ample chances for you to win weekend reservations, Love on Tap tickets, restaurant and brewery gift certificates and even a limousine ride. Are you overwhelmed yet? So were we, which is why we decided that we should put all of […]

When did you fall in love with craft beer?

Love is in the air. Almost, anyway. If you haven’t heard, FeBREWary is coming up, and even if it seems a little early to be getting all excited about it, there’s a lot going down this year. Like every year, there will be giveaways and hotel packages and beer pairing specials around town and Shore […]

Love on Tap Sweepstakes – by Worcester County and Shore Craft Beer

FeBREWary is Craft Beer Lovers Month across the State of Maryland and across the Shore. In celebration, many bars, restaurants, and breweries are hosting events focused on our locally produced world class beer. Worcester County has joined up with Shore Craft Beer to celebrate not only our world class beer, but also our world class […]

Help us Get Craft Beer Legislation Changed in Maryland

Calling all Marylanders… Please sign the petition to support craft beer! The Comptroller of Maryland, Peter Franchot, used his Reform on Tap Task Force to review and recommend changes to modernize the laws in the State of Maryland to support the craft brewing industry. Maryland trails surrounding states in laws governing craft brewers, both production […]

Burley Oak puts a new spin on the New Year’s toast

Burley Oak champagne beer

New Year’s Eve in Berlin, MD is typically celebrated with all the traditions one might expect from a small town New Year’s Eve party: community members coming together for food vendors, music, champagne and the ball drop at midnight. But this New Year’s Eve in Berlin is going to be just a little bit different. […]

Inside OC’s first post-Prohibition distillery

Seacrets Distilling elevator

Seacrets Distilling Company is a bit of a local anomaly. They’re the first distillery to be built in Worcester County since the end of Prohibition in 1933, but they were only just built in 2016. Even more anomalous for a distillery that’s not even two years old, their spirits are highly decorated: All of their […]

Craft beer, folk culture and a Folk Festival on Delmarva

A national festival is coming to our region. The National Folk Festival has been celebrated annually in cities around the U.S. since 1934. The festival commemorates traditional art, food, music and more and is the oldest celebration of multicultural traditional art in America. Since its beginnings in the ’30s, the Folk Fest has been held […]

Beer could be the next big thing at UMES

umes brewery

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has one of the premier hospitality management programs in the region, but being the best means staying on top of trends. When it comes to food and beverage the rising trend is the brewpub, a return to a time when taverns made their own house beers. UMES may pick […]