Red Shedman Brewery is building a new brewery and taproom in Mt. Airy, Maryland, with an opening planned for mid-2026. Until then, the brewery is pouring beer from a temporary shed at Linganore Winecellars, giving the local operation a stopgap home while construction moves forward.
Charm City MeadworksCharm City Meadworks makes mead in Baltimore, bringing its taproom operation into a new home at Peabody Heights Brewery in 2025. After years on E. Biddle Street, the move keeps its mead available on draft and to-go at the brewery while continuing distribution through local liquor stores and bars.BALTIMORE, MD
1812 BreweryAs Allegany County’s first farm brewery, 1812 Brewery makes craft beer on its family farm in Cumberland, Maryland. The family-owned operation opened in 2017 in a repurposed barn built in 1812, combining American craft ideas with traditional European brewing techniques. Its mountain taproom adds a community gathering place, with patio seating, live music, food trucks and a monthly farmers market.CUMBERLAND, MD
Denizens Brewing CoA conversation among founders Emily Bruno, Jeff Ramirez, and Julie Verratti over the 2012 holiday dinner table led to Denizens Brewing Co., which opened as Montgomery County’s first production brewery. Now based in Riverdale Park, the community-minded brewery has grown into a gathering place while producing more than 200 beers and distributing throughout the DMV. Denizens also helped remove barriers that once limited access to local craft beer in Maryland.SILVER SPRING, MD
Big Truck Farm BreweryFamily-owned Big Truck Farm Brewery is a Maryland farm brewery built around the idea that beer starts with dirt. Its team grows its own grain and hops, then brews the result at its farms in Parkton and Queenstown for people who care where their beer comes from.PARKTON, MD