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Baltimore Brewing

(Brewpub)

Last updated: November 14, 2000

104 Albemarle Street
Baltimore MD 21202

Phone: +1 800-334-7636
Fax: +1 410-837-5024

Opened December 8, 1989.
Brewer: Theo DeGroen.
8,000 bbl annual capacity.

Good lagers here...Rick Garvin says "If there's a bad beer here, I'm walking home." The brewhouse is out in the open, right behind the bar, and there was a batch of Dark brewing while we were there.

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

• Dark
  Style 13 - German Dark Lager
  • 13 points - Beer #6-364, at the brewery, July 5, 1994
    Shade darker than Märzen. Aroma not assertive at all. Smooth. Caramel. Bitter, but not like the Pils. Maybe I expected a dark version of the Pils.

• DeGroen's Dunkles
  Style 13 - German Dark Lager
  • 15 points - Beer #36-3576, Great American Beer Festival XIX, Denver CO, October 5, 2000
    Light brown, thick head. Faintly toasty aroma. Medium body, big toasty malt flavor, drying.

• DeGroen's Rauchbock
  Style 20 - Smoked Beer
  • 18 points - Beer #36-3577, Great American Beer Festival XIX, Denver CO, October 5, 2000
    Brown, thick head. Intensely smoky aroma. Medium body, big smoke flavor that lingers forever.

  • 15 points - Beer #20-1598, Great American Beer Festival XV, Denver CO, September 26, 1996
    Amber. Nice smoky nose. Smoky-sweet flavor.

• Märzen
  Style 17 - Vienna / Märzen / Oktoberfest
  • 19 points - Beer #6-363, at the brewery, July 5, 1994
    Amber and foamy. (Looks like a trend, after the Pils.) Aroma? Hard to tell. We're right by the open brewhouse, and he just added hops. Malty? Spicy? Big. Chewy. Fine balance. Good bitterness.

• Pils
  Style 15 - Classic Pilsener
  • 18.5 points - Beer #6-362, at the brewery, July 5, 1994
    Yellow and foamy. Good hop nose, but faint. Bitter! Wonderful body. Extremely bitter.

• Weizen
  Style 19 - German-style Wheat Beer
  • 14.5 points - Beer #6-365, at the brewery, July 5, 1994
    Big head. Yellow. Cloudy. Odd phenolic smell. Clove, but "burnt". (?) Bananas (!) Phenols come through in the flavor too. Big banana flavor. Not my favorite style. (Note: Re-reading this on October 18, 1996, I can't help but remark on how my taste has changed! If these notes are anywhere near accurate, this beer would probably be a Hall of Famer now. So much for objectivity.)

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