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Frederick Brewing

(Microbrewery)

Last updated: August 30, 2000

4607 Wedgewood Boulevard
Frederick MD 21703

Phone: +1 888-258-7434
Fax: +1 301-694-2971

Opened November 14, 1993.
Brewer: John Pinkerton.
35,000 bbl annual capacity.

Frederick is listed as BLUE on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market. They used some of their IPO money to build their new eight-million-dollar brewery which opened in February 1997, tripling their former capacity.

Frederick launched their Hempen Ale in 1997, but it hasn't made it out here to Hawaii yet.

In December 1997, Frederick purchased two Maryland microbrewers, Brimstone Brewing of Baltimore and Wild Goose Brewing of Cambridge. Both breweries will be closed by January 1998, and the production of their beers will be moved to Frederick's brewery.

My Opinion Of The Beers That I've Tried:
14.5 points overall

• Blue Ridge Porter
  Style 9 - Porter
  • 14 points - Beer #8-501, Great American Beer Festival XIII, Denver CO, October 21, 1994
    Red-brown clear. Smoky-chocolate aroma. Burnt and smooth. Inoffensive, as Porters go.

• Blue Ridge Subliminator Doppelbock
  Style 12 - Bock
  • 14 points - Beer #20-1648, Great American Beer Festival XV, Denver CO, September 26, 1996
    Brown. Sweet aroma. Bitter, sweet, spicy.

• Hempen Ale (bottled)
  Style 23 - Specialty Beer
  • 16 points - Beer #35-3382, Flanagan's Stop and Shop, Appleton WI, February 1, 2000
    Amber-brown, moderate carbonation, thick head. Caramel malt aroma, with herbal hops. Medium body, nice hop flavor, mild bitterness. Good beer, but what's the point of the hemp seeds?

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