Beer in Baltimore

Taking my daughter (14 y/o) down to the Inner Harbor for a long weekend, any good brew pubs or craft breweries in the general vicinity? Also open to suggestions as to sight-seeing/shopping. Thanks in advance!

Can't remember the name but there is a brew pub right along the inner harbor. I think it was in Harborplace center. Good IPA.. They won't let you have more than 2 because they pack a punch.

thughes said:

Taking my daughter (14 y/o) down to the Inner Harbor for a long weekend, any good brew pubs or craft breweries in the general vicinity? Also open to suggestions as to sight-seeing/shopping. Thanks in advance!

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The Capitol City Brewery in the inner harbor closed a few years ago..

There is the Pratt Street Ale house which is the home of Oliver's brewery just north and west of the harbor place.
http://www.prattstreetalehouse.com/oliver-breweries/

Then there is also the newly opened heavy seas ale house just east of the inner harbor. which is a pub linked to heavy seas / Clipper city brewery.
http://www.heavyseasalehouse.com/

if you can make further to thr east in fells point there is Max's ale house over 100 beers on tap.
http://www.maxs.com/

Then in canton there is Mahaffeys. A great place with a good steak night on Tuesdays.
http://www.mahaffeyspub.com

Not sure your native area but I would put heavy seas at the top of your list. Loose cannon is a great iPa and they make some other nice beers too. What beer preferences do you have?

I went to college in Baltimore and spent many an evening at a bar called Brewer's Art. Very good beer, nice atmosphere, above average food. Its very close to Penn Station about 2 miles from the harbor. Fell's point, and Canton are both great places to walk around and see the sights.

Beer preferences are wide open, I like all flavors. The issue is that I have my daughter so I need some place semi kid-friendly within walking distance of the Harbor (and preferably serves "bar" type food). Thanks for the responses!

Yeah Fell's point is about 1/2 mi or so east of the Inner Harbor. Very pleasant stroll on a sunny day, and is safe etc. This area has come a long way in the past 10 years with making the area very nice. Fell's point has a million cool bars, like Max's, and has plenty to amuse your daughter. Have a nice visit.

There are some cool kid spots in Baltimore. The aquarium is great in my opinion albeit pricey. There is also a science museum for kids.

Go to "Of Love and Regret," Stillwater's new bar near Canton. You will not regret it.

Port City Brewing in Alexandria, VA has a fantastic Porter that you might see at some of the pubs; I'd recommend trying that.

Thanks all for the suggestions and here's a follow up:

Wasn't able to get very far but did stumble across the Pratt St Ale House serving beers brewed by on-site brewery "Oliver Breweries Ltd.". The Ale house has a very respectable selection of taps along with @ half dozen Oliver brews. They've got a beer engine and have a rotating selection of 3 of the Oliver brews on cask!

Now, I loves me some real hand-drawn cask ale but do have to question the wisdom of having all 3 cask ale selections clocking in at over 8.5% ABV. I had one of each and can say they were all excellent but I really would have liked to have more than one (good thing I was walking).

To the brew master at Oliver: Fantastic beer! But please, if you are going to package cask ales, go with something session-able so I can enjoy more than one or two?