The craft beer demographic at Mispillion River
Sometimes we get so caught up in celebrating the quality and variety of the beers to which we have access, it is easy to forget that craft beer is not just about the beer. Spend enough time in the brewery tap rooms, however, and you easily can be reminded how much craft beer enthusiasts rely […]
Beer for breakfast at Rar

Possibly the most overlooked fact about breweries here on the Eastern Shore is that they are always in fun mode. Throughout the busy season, the breweries have events to make them stand out and to introduce themselves to visitors. Almost all the breweries here on the shore are distributed and well represented in the Mid-Atlantic […]
AmeriCANmade: Burley Oak’s Kickstarter Story

AmericanCraftBeer.com, January 21, 2015, by Anthony Towey Since opening in 2011, the Burley Oak Brewing Company has been making some of America’s best beers in ‘America’s Coolest Small Town’ of Berlin, Maryland. So good that it’s now attracting craft beer fans from all across America. Just ask the group of four from New Hampshire that […]
Perfect Pairing: Evolution’s charcuterie and cheeses compliment craft brews

OceanCity.com, September 2, 2014 by Anthony Towey Since the dawn of existence, humans have relied on curing, smoking, and drying meats and other foods as ways to preserve them. For much of human history, these techniques were integral to man’s ability to survive lengthy travels, long winters, and other times where sustenance supplies were sparse. […]
No Shore Thing: The extortion of Ocean City’s first brewery and its fight for survival

AmericanCraftBeer.com, November 24, 2014 by Anthony Towey In most lines of work, the odds of ending up in Federal Court singing “Turn Down for What” in front of a 79-year-old judge as he presides over your $1.3 million lawsuit are about as slim as the odds of being extorted by a T-shirt company over the use […]