The Brewer's Art is a

brewpub 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 restaurant located in

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...

that opened in September 1996. In 2008, it was named by ''

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'' magazine as the #1 Best Bar in America.

Beers

Ozzy/Beazly

In March 2014,

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

issued a

cease and desist A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop alleged illegal activity. The phrase "cease and desist" is a legal doublet, made up of two near-synonyms. The letter may warn that, if the recipient does not dis ...

order to the Brewer's Art, demanding that they change the name and packaging design of their Belgian strong pale ale, Ozzy. The beer is now called Beazly. The beer is a tribute to the Belgian beer

Duvel Duvel Moortgat Brewery (Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat) is a Flemish family-controlled brewery founded in 1871 in the Antwerp Province (Belgium). Its strong golden pale ale, Duvel, is exported to more than forty countries. Duvel is Brabantian, Ghent a ...

Resurrection

The Resurrection is an abbey-style

dubbel The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861.Jef van den ...

and is made with five types of barley malt and a lot of sugar.

In popular culture

Brewer's Art is used as a location in

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, episode eight of ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime film, crime drama Television show, television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The ...

'', "

Moral Midgetry "Moral Midgetry" is the eighth episode of the third season of the HBO original series ''The Wire''. The episode was written by Richard Price from a story by David Simon & Richard Price and was directed by Agnieszka Holland. It originally aired on ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewers Art Beer brewing companies based in Maryland Restaurants in Baltimore 1996 establishments in Maryland