Beer Institute’s Top 10 July 4 beer facts

Tuesday marks the Fourth of July, a quintessentially American holiday when friends, neighbors, and family will celebrate the birth of our nation. To mark the United States’ 241st birthday, the Beer Institute—a national trade association for the American brewing industry, representing brewers of all sizes, as well as beer importers and industry suppliers—has announced its […]

You can’t drink exclusive beers all day if you don’t start in the morning

There will be a lot of brand new beers knocking around Saturday so it might be good to make a plan. As we’ve reported earlier, 3rd Wave will have a limited edition of 16 oz. cans of reimagined, triple hopped, Bombora Double IPA as well as an exclusive release of Kohola, an aged, sour Belgian Pale Ale. […]

Hops Limon could be your new summer IPA

Addition: This beer will be available for early tastings at Shore Craft Beer Fest: Salisbury Riverwalk Celebration. Click here for ticket info. One of the coolest things about having a neighborhood taproom is you have access to test batches. Brewers try out beer recipes and share them with the people who come in. Some beers make […]

Cody Miller: head distiller at Seacrets Distilling Company

Cody Miller, head distiller for Seacrets Distilling Company in Ocean City, Md. tests the aroma of one of his recently distilled whiskies. I had asked him about the “new whiskey” aroma I got out of some of the more recent, hip, whiskeys and he was trying to parse out my poor understanding of the process. […]

Reserve your beer for 3rd Wave’s first canning release party

Whether or not you’re a local, there is a fantastic way to kick off your Saturday this June 24. Our friends at 3rd Wave are having their first big can release that morning. They’re releasing their reimagined Bomboda (a DIPA that was already astounding) in four-packs of 16 ounce cans. Plus they are releasing their […]

Weissberg is slinging hops again

A couple people have reached out asking to know about where Jason Weissberg, the head brewer at the defunct Assawoman Brewing Company went. Jason always was a great guy to work with and to get beer from and it was cool to see how many people were concerned that he stay in the beer game. […]

Believe it or not, the Shore has more than just great breweries

Free shuttle to be offered from the beach to the brewfest and back When the second annual Shore Craft Beer Fest: Salisbury Riverwalk Celebration kicks off on June 24 it will do so in a radically changed cultural landscape from even just six years ago. Salisbury a city on the rise as much as is craft […]

Evo takes center stage at Philly Beer Week

Since its inception Evolution Craft Brewing has made beer with food in mind, beers designed to be menu-recommendation friendly. As Evo went from a local to a more regional brewery, it did so on the strength of this food-centric consideration and made a lot of restaurant friends along the way. Recently, a bunch of those […]

Getting started at Reform on Tap

This week was the first meeting of the “Reform on Tap Task Force,” a group convened by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot to try and get a handle on craft beer regulations. In case you missed it, Franchot convened this task force after this year’s legislative debacle that hamstrung Maryland’s craft beer industry. The aim of this […]

Salisbury embraces craft beer, community

There was a time when beer was an important part of community gatherings. When families would come together in public beer gardens and enjoy an afternoon of camaraderie, playing games singing songs and generally enjoying what amounted to a family day in the park. With the recent decision to continue the Shore Craft Beer Fest and […]

SCBF Salisbury returns to Riverwalk Park

Downtown Salisbury is hosting the Second Annual Salisbury Shore Craft Beer Fest and Riverwalk Celebration on June 24 in Riverwalk Park. Sometimes you’ll have friends and neighbors over for a party, knock around the yard a bit while the kids play, maybe have a beer and shoot the breeze. That is just the atmosphere the […]

Fin City gets in the canning game

‘Ocean City’s First Brewery’ delivers Ocean City’s first cans. It’s been a long time coming but the guys and gals at Fin City Brewing Company have brought out the first run of canned beers. A combination of the affordability of canning and the growing demand for good beer in cans was part of the reason […]