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An Irish-American spin on a holiday ale comes to us from the Guinness Open Gate in Baltimore.
“This seasonal brown ale is brewed with whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and hand-scraped vanilla beans. The malty base brings out the caramel notes, and hints of baking spice give it a robust but balanced finish.”
Guinness and their Open Gate brewery in Maryland have done quite a bit of experimenting, most of which stays on their taps. This holiday season though, an Old Fashioned cocktail beer will have a bigger distribution footprint.
I am a sucker for a cocktail beer and this is the perfect time for this particular cocktail.
Just when you think that brewers have stopped raiding other beverages, along comes the Maryland Guinness brewery with…
“In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and in collaboration with Diageo’s PAN Asian Network, we’re brewing a Bubble Tea Inspired Stout. The iconic black tea, vanilla, brown sugar and tapioca flavors meet our base stout recipe in the first Baltimore-brewed can release that we’ve ever nitrogenated!
A $15,000 donation is being made to the incredible creatives at Baltimore’s Asian Pasifika Arts Collective as part of this collab project.”
It actually sounds kind of good to me.
Wherever you land in the pastry stout debate, you have to admit that a candy cane is a quintessential Christmas flavor which makes it perfect for inclusion on the list of ingredients for any holiday beer. DuClaw has whipped up an imperial stout to balance out the mint.
Duclaw goes the lighter road with their snowfall beer of yore, adding juniper and then aging their lager on oak chips. This Maryland brewery also has sent a limited amount of beer out to us in SoCal which is a great Christmas treat.
Not in a too much lactose way, but in a positive way because of new Guinness – Baltimore cans of…
Love seeing old styles translated back into cans.
Looks like the Americanized Guinness is starting on the easy drinking side for their first big Maryland brewery release…
I do like the Maryland state flag in the background and I hope this blonde is a good choice for summer.
Apparently, the East Coast of the U.S. is where it’s at for brewery locations but this time, it is not a brewery from the west that is breaking ground but instead stoic (with hints of change) Guinness that is planting a “Coming Soon” flag.
The oddly named Relay, Maryland will be the site for a U.S. version of Dublin’s popular Guinness Open Gate Brewery, it will be a mid-sized brewery and visitor experience. Just without the huge facility and without any stout which will not be brewed stateside. The Maryland “facility will brew and feature beers created solely for the American market.”
I did not know this but it is a return to the U.S. for Guinness after 63 years.
I can’t vouch for whether or not these beers from the Flying Dog Holiday Collection taste like cookies or are reminiscent of baking but nonetheless it is a cool idea for a holiday mixed pack. I would gladly pair a sugar cookie with the Imperial Hefeweizen.
Public Works Ale is our final stop in Maryland. And it is sitting atop a piece of Baltimore Oriole history. Their home, until 1944. And they give 1% of their sales to job training in the community. Because, if a person finds a job, they might spend their money on beer. Your beer. Smart thinking. But we are here to talk beers. Specifically which beers that I would have in my taster tray….
Well there are three mainstays, the Knuckle Buster IPA, Red Cent Amber and the Fair Shake APA for starters. And that is it (for now), So have your beers then walk around Johns Hopkins and the Baltimore Art Museum which are nearby.