Breweries in Maryland produce a wide range of
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in different
styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Maryland's 34 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 320 people directly, and more than 20,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, 35 people in Maryland had active brewer permits in 2012.
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Maryland's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Maryland's breweries and related industries was more than $571 million. Consumer purchases of Maryland's brewery products generated more than $210 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the
Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 5,400 brewers, breweries in planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing.
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, Maryland ranked 37th in the number of
craft breweries per capita with 30. As of April, 2019, 79 breweries are members of the Brewers Association of Maryland. In 2018, the Brewers Association ranked Maryland 23rd in the number of craft breweries with a total of 94; Maryland also ranked 22nd in total number of barrels produced at 294,000.
Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and
microbreweries
Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries. They produce smaller amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis o ...
to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822
breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237
brewpubs, 1,412
microbreweries
Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries. They produce smaller amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis o ...
and 119 regional craft breweries. In that same year, according to the
Beer Institute
Beer Institute is a national trade association, headquartered in Washington, D.C. representing companies which produce and import beer sold in the United States.
Beer Institute was organized in 1986 from the United States Brewers' Association The ...
, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion. In 2017, the economic impact in Maryland from the craft beer industry was over $900 million. In the same year, Maryland breweries also employed over 5,500 full time employees with a labor net income totaling over $300 million.
Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Dog Brewery is a craft brewery located in Frederick, Maryland. It was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan and is the largest brewery in Maryland. As of 2017, Flying Dog is the 28th largest craft brewery in the United States.
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, located in Frederick, ranked 28th in sales by volume on the 2017 Top 50 list compiled by the Brewers Association.
Breweries
The following is a current list of Maryland breweries, brewpubs, and nanobreweries.
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The Brewer's Art - Baltimore
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Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Dog Brewery is a craft brewery located in Frederick, Maryland. It was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan and is the largest brewery in Maryland. As of 2017, Flying Dog is the 28th largest craft brewery in the United States.
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Guilford Hall Brewery- Baltimore
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Clipper City Brewing Company (Heavy Seas Beer) - Baltimore
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Peabody Heights Brewery - Baltimore
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White Marsh Brewing Company -
White Marsh
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Beer in the United States
Beer in the United States is manufactured by more than 7,000 breweries, which range in size from industry giants to brew pubs and microbreweries. The United States produced 196 million barrels () of beer in 2012, and consumes roughly of bee ...
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List of breweries in the United States
At the end of 2017, there were total 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries. From 2017 data, acc ...
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List of microbreweries
This is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the l ...
References
External links
Brewers Association of Maryland
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
Breweries