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Playtime in Mount Airy for Baltimore’s Checkerspot

by Kevin M. Smith Historically, breweries have found it important to get involved in...

From Behind The Bar: Big Expectations, Small Winery

by Kevin M. Smith Last week I found myself up in the Waynesboro area, running an errand....

Contractors and the Can Shortage: Killing it, or Killing the Biz?

Featured, The Beer Guy

by Kevin M. Smith Throughout the DMV, there are a number of breweries that make a certain amount of bank by leasing tank space - contract brewing...

From Behind the Bar: Craft Beverage of the Week 9/18

From the Bar

by Kevin M. Smith As we move forward, I'm hoping to get some of the regional wines and spirits in here, but for the time being, I'm sticking with...

Frederick Behind Bars: ‘Tis Normally the Season

Editorial, Featured

by Kevin M. Smith It's a strange year. We all know that by now. This time of year I'm used to hitting festival after festival on the weekends - The...

From Behind the Bar September 15: Beverage of the week

From the Bar

by Kevin M. Smith So, I have been pondering this - the idea of changing this particular feature up. And I made a decision. This is going to be the...

From the Classroom to the Cask: Kay Bennett’s Journey from Teacher to Assistant Distiller

by Kevin | September 15, 2020 | Featured, The Beer Guy | 0 Comments

by Kevin M. Smith Most of Frederick’s craft beverage fans probably remember Kay Bennett as the knowledgeable beer slinger at Rockwell Brewing with...

Round-up From Around the State 9/15

by Kevin | September 15, 2020 | Featured, National and Regional News, News Digest | 0 Comments

Science of beer gets boost in Hyattsville John Domen September 14, 2020, 2:28 PM A brick industrial building in Hyattsville, Maryland, is not where...

BI-MONTHLY FROM THE BAR: BEER OF THE End of the BI-MONTH

by Kevin | August 31, 2020 | Featured, From the Bar | 0 Comments

by Kevin M. Smith This issue's recommendation is a lovely collaboration between Calvert Brewing Company and True Respite, and just happens to honor...