Crooked Hammock’s “Gentle Giant” Japanese lager to enter Extreme Beer Festival
Lewes, DE — When roughly 120 breweries across the country were invited to create sessional, extreme beers “via unexpected or innovative ingredients, techniques and methods,” Crooked Hammock Brewery rose to the challenge. One of three Delaware breweries invited by BeerAdvocate and Dogfish Head Brewery to create something that “challenges the norm” for beer lovers and […]
Five Fun Facts About Shore Breweries (and how you can prepare for FeBREWary Trivia Night at Hopper’s)
Maryland’s official month-long month dedicated to celebrating all things craft beer, FeBREWary, launches on the Shore on Feb. 1 with a special Trivia Night at Hopper’s Tap House in Salisbury (find details down below). In honor of FeBREWary, local beer, and brewery-related trivia, here are a few fun facts about some of your favorite Shore […]
Baltimore’s RavenBeer added to the Love on Tap festival lineup
For the first time ever, RavenBeer is coming to a Shore Craft Beer Festival. On Feb. 23, the Baltimore-based brewery will be bringing with them an oyster stout and one of the world’s few dark Kölsch beers to Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap at Seacrets, making them the first brewery located west of […]
Exploring new breweries on the Western Eastern Shore
What’s the first thing you do when you move somewhere new? If you’re like me and your priorities are totally in line, you already know which breweries are within the 50-mile radius of your new home, and your first mission is to decide at which places you’ll make yourself a regular. In September I wrote […]
Cape Charles Brewing and the Renaissance of Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Tables, an expansive bar, and wooden wall adornments, all handmade, recycled, and made of wood from the Shore of Virginia. Tap handles depicting the Cape Charles lighthouse. Aerial photography of some of the Virginia Shore’s most picturesque locations (taken at golden hour by local photographer Gordon Campbell, no less). Mainstay beers named after Virginia’s barrier […]
New Brews: Now-Open and Upcoming Breweries on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Those who have been trying to keep an eye on the craft beer scene of Maryland’s Eastern Shore lately can hardly blink without missing something new. More and more craft breweries and taprooms are popping up along the Shore, particularly in Maryland. Three breweries have recently opened or are opening soon in Queen Anne’s County […]
Swell Fellas and Craft Beer at Ocean City’s Last Sunset Park Party Night
It’s the end of summer and you’re ready to kick-back, drink a local craft beer and relax into your seat listening to live music by a local band. Does this sound like your vision of a perfect Thursday evening in Ocean City, Maryland? It’s our version of perfect as well and it’s totally possible this […]
Art of the Craft: 3rd Wave’s Lori Clough
With all of the arts-oriented festivals and events coming up here on the Shore, from Art X to the National Folk Festival to the 10th annual Brews on the Beach, we decided to take the time to celebrate another lesser-known but exceedingly valuable form of art: the art of craft. Beer, that is. Here, in […]
Brick Works to Bring Award-Winning Beer to Southern Delaware
Brick Works Brewing and Eats was only just founded in 2016, but in the two years it’s been open, the brewpub has made a name for itself for its locally sourced, made-on-site food and beer. Already the brewpub has plans for expansion. A second location is set to open in the fall, in a new […]
Beer Watch: Local Brews Round-Up for July
Here are some good places to enjoy a beer this summer: At a barbecue. Beside the pool. On the beach (in a cozy or opaque generic container depending on where you’re beaching). On a balcony, at a ballgame and, most importantly, at your local brewery. Luckily on Delmarva there’s no shortage of local craft breweries […]
What’s new this summer at Fin City? Well, that’s up to you.
Fin City has a lot in the works for a summer full of beer “reel-eases” and easy drinking out on the Assawoman Bay (if you’ve never been, they brew up in the rafters of Hooper’s Crab House in West Ocean City). Even so, this year’s Beer of the Summer could actually be determined by you. […]
Beer on the Boards: What’s in store this summer at Backshore?
Backshore Brewing Co. is now entering its sixth season on the Ocean City Boardwalk, and things at the brewery are really heating up — pun only a little intended. June through August are crazy months for any Boardwalk business, but in spite of the thousands of visitors who come sit on their bar stools every […]