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Rye Revival | Friday Night Rye: Grand Tasting
2023-11-10 16:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Topside Hotel Revival, 101 W Monument St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT RYE
The Friday Night Rye: Grand Tasting invites attendees to embark on a journey through the world of Maryland-crafted rye whiskey and a collection of rye and bourbon whiskeys from world-class producers. This exclusive evening affair offers a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in fine, hand-crafted ryes and bourbons.
The Grand Tasting event is more than simply a tasting; it’s an exploration of flavor profiles, a discovery of nuances, and an education in the art of whiskey production. Each sip you take is a step deeper into rye and bourbon and allows you to explore the rich tapestry of Maryland’s whiskey heritage.
The evening comes alive with the artistry of cocktail making, as bespoke cocktails highlight the versatility and depth of rye. From classic concoctions to innovative libations, the cocktail experience promises to tantalize taste buds and awaken the senses. The Grand Tasting offers a culinary journey – exceptional food compliments the bold flavors of rye.

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2023-11-10 09:00 - 16:00 | Maryland Centre for History and Culture, 601 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
ABOUT THE MARYLAND RYE SYMPOSIUM
The 2023 Maryland Rye Whiskey Symposium promises an enriching experience delving deep into Maryland’s integral role in the history of rye whiskey. This event is tailored for a diverse audience, including craft distillers, distillery operators, rye whiskey enthusiasts, bourbon aficionados, and professionals in the whiskey retail and wholesale industries.
Whet your palate with a keynote address by Clay Risen, author of “American Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Original Spirit.” This presentation sets the tone for a day filled with knowledge-sharing, camaraderie, and exploration. The Maryland Rye Whiskey Symposium includes an impressive lineup of seminars, each curated to provide attendees with an understanding of the art and science behind crafting and enjoying world-class rye whiskey.
This symposium offers participants a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in Maryland’s rich rye whiskey legacy. Through the scheduled seminars, attendees will gain insights into the intricate production methods that have defined the spirit over the centuries and an appreciation for the quality materials contributing to rye whiskey’s unparalleled character.
Whether you’re a seasoned craft distiller seeking to refine your techniques, a devoted rye whiskey enthusiast eager to deepen your appreciation, or a professional in the liquor industry looking to expand your expertise, the 2023 Maryland Rye Whiskey Symposium is your ultimate destination for all things rye. Join us on November 10 for an unforgettable day of learning, networking, and celebration of this iconic American spirit.
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Chesapeake Foodshed Feast: Starbright Farm
2022-09-25 12:00 - 15:00 | Star Bright Farm, 2950 Garrett Rd, White Hall, MD, 21161, United States
WE’RE CELEBRATING THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT MAKE OUR REGION’S FOOD AND FARM SCENE UNIQUE – AND RAISING FUNDS FOR FARMER EDUCATION

About this event

Join us for a food-focused gathering you’ll never forget! A celebration of local farmers, chefs, winemakers, and brewers hosted on Future Harvest member farm: Starbright Farm.
Gather in the hills of Northern Maryland where 130 acres are stewarded using organic practices and fields of lavender and blueberries surround you. Enjoy wood fired pizza from Well Crafted Kitchen and local brew.
Tickets are $125/ each or $1,000 for a 10-ticket block. Your purchase and attendance supports our mission to advance agriculture that sustains farmers, communities, and the environment.

For all event inquiries, please reach out to the team at Future Harvest using the contact details below!

Maryland Beer, Wine, & Spirits Festival
2022-07-09 12:00 - 17:00 | Montgomery County Ag Fair, 501 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877, United States
Cultivate & Craft is thrilled to bring the Maryland Beer, Wine, & Spirits Festival back to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. We’re hosting dozens of members of the Brewers Association of Maryland, the Maryland Distillers Guild, and the Maryland Wineries Association together for an afternoon of delicious local beverage tasting and fun!
Stroll the Montgomery County Fairgrounds while exploring and sampling local beer, wine, and spirits from dozens of local makers. Be sure to check out the featured cider and mead producers showcasing their innovative and unique products. Live music and an assortment of fantastic food trucks round out this fun, all-local festival.
Admission to this event includes sampling and you’re encouraged to purchase packs and bottles of these great products to take home!
VIP Passes
VIP Passes are available for $60 and VIP pass holders gain early entry to the event at 12:00 pm — take a little bit more time without lines to explore and sample your favorite breweries, wineries, and distilleries!
General Admission Passes
General Admission Passes are $45 and GA pass holders get access to the festival at 1:00 pm. Enjoy samples from dozens of local alcohol producers and find the right bottles and cans to purchase and bring home!

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Participating Vendors

Breweries
Wineries
Distilleries
Cider & Mead

1623 Brewing Co.
Friday’s Creek Winery
Baltimore Spirits Company
The Buzz Meadery

Elk River Brewing Co.
Olney Winery
Butterfly Spirits
Clear Skies Meadery

Falling Branch Brewing Co.
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards
Gray Wolf Spirits
Orchid Cellar Meadery & Winery

Gypsy Brewing Company
The Urban Winery
Fordham Lee Distillery

Idiom Brewing Co.

Loveton Farms Distillery

Lone Oak Farm Brewing

LYON RUM

Mobtown Brewing Company

McClintock Distilling

Oliver Brewing Co.

Painted Stave Distilling

Silver Branch Brewing Co.

Shmidt Spirits

True Respite Brewing Co.

Tenth Ward Distilling

Waredaca Brewing Co.

Twin Valley Distillery

Food Trucks
Artisan Vendors

Big Greek Food Truck
Alejandra Jewelry

El Paso Food Truck
CleanChoice Energy

Grizzly Mountain Grill
Cutco Cutlery

Pop-Up Poutine
JoNa’s Exterior Design

Kara’s K-9 Waffle Treats

Kinda JERKY – Really NUTTY

Leaf Filter Gutter Protection

Sweet Whiskey Ave

Touchstone Crystal

Maryland Beer, Wine, & Spirits Festival
2021-10-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Montgomery County Ag Fair, 501 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877, United States
Cultivate & Craft is thrilled to bring the inaugural Maryland Beer, Wine, & Spirits Festival to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. We’re bringing dozens of members of the Brewers Association of Maryland, the Maryland Distillers Guild, and the Maryland Wineries Association together for an afternoon of delicious local beverages and fun!
Come stroll the Montgomery County Fairgrounds while exploring local beer, wine, and spirits. Be sure to check out the featured cider and mead producers showcasing their innovative and unique products. Live music and an assortment of awesome food trucks round out this fun, all-local festival.
Admission to this event includes sampling and you’re encouraged to purchase packs and bottles of these great products to take home!

General Admission Passes: $45
VIP Passes: $60
Designated Driver Passes: $15
Ticket details available via the link below.

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Local Beverage Producers

Participating Breweries
1623 Brewing Co. • Astro Lab Brewing • Baile Farm Brewery (brewery in-planning) • Evolution Craft Brewing • Guinness Open Gate Brewery • Gypsy Brewing Company • Idiom Brewing Co. • Joyhound Beer Co. • Lone Oak Farm Brewing Co. • Mobtown Brewing • Nepenthe Brewing Company • Peabody Heights Brewery • Pherm Brewing Co. • Prospect Point Brewing • Silver Branch Brewing Company • Smoketown Brewing Co. • Steinhardt Brewing Company • True Respite Brewing Company • Waredaca Brewing Company
Participating Cider Makers
Distillery Lane Ciderworks
Participating Distilleries
American Shochu Company • Baltimore Spirits Company • BlueDyer Distilling Co. • East Road Beverage • Fordham Lee Distillery • Gray Wolf Spirits • Jamaica’s Finest Rum • LYON RUM • McClintock Distilling • Old Line Spirits • Painted Stave Distilling • Shmidt Spirits • Tenth Ward Distilling Company • Tobacco Barn Distillery • Twin Valley Distillers
Participating Mead Makers
Clear Skies Meadery • Maryland Meadworks
Participating Wineries
Cove Point Winery • Linganore Winecellars • Loew Vineyards • Misfit Winery • Olney Winery • The Urban Winery of Silver Spring

Local Food Vendors
Grab a bite to eat and support these great local businesses!

Grizzly Mountain Grill
Pop-Up Poutine & Patisserie
Smoke Stacks House of BBQ
Tasty Creations
The Big Greek Cafe

Local Artisans & Vendors

Cane Collective
Flirty 30 Boutique
Green Papaya
Gross Mendelsohn & Associates
Hiatus Cheesecakes
Kinda Jerky Really Nutty
Luci’s Pet Pantry
The MoCo Show
Passanante’s Home Food Services
Peace Treaties Clothing
Red Mosaic Jewelry & The Simple Closet
Sienna Sky Boutique
Simply Bean Jewelry
Valencia Glass
Visit MoCo

Live Music Performances
Enjoy live music performances from great local musicians!

12-1 PM | Noah Pierre Band
1:30-2:30 PM | Justin Trawick and the Common Good
3-4 PM | Unity Reggae Band

Designated Driver Tent | Sponsored by Pepsi
Designated Drivers are invited to visit the Designated Driver Tent, sponsored by Pepsi.

Additional Support From

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Maryland 5 Star Beer, Wine, & Spirits Showcase
2021-10-16 12:00 - 17:00 | Fair Hill, 4600 Telegraph Rd, Elkton, MD, 21921, United States
Cheers to a Saturday spent in the country! Join us from 12-5PM on Saturday, October 16th for a unique opportunity to sample the best and brightest of what local breweries, wineries and distilleries have to offer! The Maryland 5 Star Craft Beer, Wine & Spirits Showcase, powered by Cultivate & Craft, is a thoughtfully curated tasting event featuring local Beer, Wine and Spirits.
Taste something you like? On-site sales will be available! On-site consumption outside of the Showcase is not permitted, but a complimentary bottle check will be available while you explore the rest of the event, competition and venue!
Individuals under 21 years of age will be permitted into the Showcase, but can not participate. Valid ID will be required for Showcase participation and will be checked at the Showcase entrance.
A Showcase Ticket is NOT inclusive of Saturday General Admission. For access to the rest of the event venue and the excitement of 5 Star and 3 Star Cross Country, check out the Saturday Bundle – a discounted package inclusive of a Saturday General Admission Ticket AND a Showcase Ticket!

Wanderland
2021-08-21 18:00 - 21:00 | The Shrine of St. Anthony, 12290 Folly Quarter Rd, Ellicott City, MD, 21042, United States
Cozy up under the evergreens and settle in for a magical night, including samples of locally crafted beer, wine & spirits, and music by the one and only Caleb Stine!
Located in Ellicott City, the Shrine of St. Anthony is the perfect venue to host a casual, intimate, and elevated tasting experience. Meet dozens of members of the Brewers Association of Maryland, the Maryland Wineries Association, and the Maryland Distillers Guild while sampling and learning about their unique and delicious offerings. All pass holders will receive a commemorative tasting glass.
Grab a blanket and pack your camp chair, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy an evening in Wanderland.
Each of our participating craft beverage producers will be offering products to sample and will be selling full-pours!
Early Bird Wanderland Passes: $55, valid until August 7, 2021.
Ticket details via the link below.

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Participating Breweries

1623 Brewing Co.
Checkerspot Brewing Company
Guinness Open Gate Brewery

Gypsy Brewing Company
Lone Oak Farm Brewing Co.
Manor Hill Brewing
Mobtown Brewing
Monocacy Brewing Co.
Monument City Brewing

Pickett Brewing Company
True Respite Brewing Company

Participating Wineries

Linganore Winecellars
The Urban Winery of Silver Spring

Participating Distilleries

Baltimore Spirits Company
East Road Beverages
Gray Wolf Spirits
Lost Ark Distilling
LYON RUM
MISCellaneous Distillery
Painted Stave Distillery
Sagamore Spirit
Twin Valley Distilleries

Participating Food Trucks

Bull on the Loose
Blowfish Poke
Jackson’s Bakery

Live Music
Caleb Stine will be on hand to perform his local flavor of live entertainment.
From Caleb Stine’s website:
Caleb Stine is an American Artist known for his performance, songwriting, and visual art. The BALTIMORE SUN has called Caleb the “lynchpin of the Baltimore folk scene.” Flying just below mainstream radar, Stine has released over ten albums, scored music for films, acted Off-Broadway, and played guitar with Vieux Farka Toure. Catch a live show and you’ll leave happier.
Presenting Partner
Thank you to UHY, LLP for their support of this event.

Wanderer Partners
Events like Wanderland rely on the generous support of all of our partners. Thank you to Ninety Thirty at Rockland Estate and Tarantino Engineering Consultants for their Wanderer Patner contributions.

Rover Partners
Thanks to Havoc Brew Supply and Mid-Atlantic Craft Beverage Insurance for their support of Wanderland!

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Twist & Stout Fine Wine & Beer Festival
2019-09-28 11:00 - 17:00 | Quiet Waters Park, 600 Quiet Waters Park Rd, Annapolis, MD, 21403, United States
The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks, in partnership with Maryland Wineries Association present Twist & Stout, a fine wine and craft beer festival that also featured live music from some of the region’s best bands, food trucks from around the state, and artists creating on site.

Webinar—The Spotted Lanterfly: Threat, Detection & Management
2019-09-16 19:00 - 20:00 | MD
The Spotted Lanterfly has been detected in Maryland and it’s up to the agricultural community to identify, report and help manage the threat it imposes on grapes, hops and a variety of specialty crops.

Drink Maryland Centreville
2019-06-15 | Centreville Maryland
The purpose of this open to the public event series is to celebrate Maryland Markers and their products! DrinkMaryland features local wine, cider, mead, beer and spirits. Plus attendees can enjoy Maryland artisans, music, food and more.

Maryland Craft Beer Festival
2019-05-11 | Carroll Creek, Frederick MD, Carroll Creek Linear Park, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
This exciting one-day craft beer festival will include beer tastings from 50+ ALL-MARYLAND breweries (including a few breweries not yet open to the public!) pouring nearly 200 unique, beers–all brewed in Maryland. In addition, there will be live music, delicious food, and fun craft vendors. Therefore, this is one craft beer event you don’t want to miss! Come visit Frederick, Maryland and enjoy this awesome craft beer event. Our Featured Partner, Visit Frederick, will be at the festival talking about touring Frederick City & County. Visit the event page HERE for full details, this event will sell out.
2019 Pass Details:
VIP Pass – SOLD OUT

12:00PM Entry to the Maryland Craft Beer Festival
Brewers Association of Maryland VIP Beer Glass
Early access to small-batch and limited-release beers
TONS of #MDBeer to sample

General Admission – $40

1:30PM Entry to the Maryland Craft Beer Festival
Brewers Association of Maryland Souvenir Beer Tasting Glass
TONS of #MDBeer to sample

BAM Bus – $80

Don’t live in Frederick? No problem! BAMbus Tickets are $80 and include transportation to and from the festival along with VIP access. Buses depart in the morning and will return to the hosting brewery that evening. BAMBuses will be departing from…

Heavy Seas Beer: Departing at 10:40AM
Independent Brewing Co.: Departing at 10:20AM
Jailbreak Brewing: Departing at 11:00AM
Union Craft Brewing: Departing at 10:40AM

Designated Driver – $15
Non-drinkers gain full access of the event and a bottle of water at entry. Kids 12 and under are free!

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Participating Breweries:

1623 Brewing Co., Carroll County
1812 Brewery, Cumberland
7 Locks Brewing, Rockville
Astro Lab Brewing, Silver Spring
Attaboy Beer, Frederick
Backshore Brewing Company, Ocean City
Backshore Brewing Company, Ocean City
Barley & Hops Grill & Microbrewery, Frederick
Black Flag Brewing Company, Columbia
Brewer’s Alley Restaurant & Brewery, Frederick
The Brookeville Beer Farm, Brookeville
Brewery Fire, Carroll County *
Bull & Goat Brewery, Centreville
Calvert Brewing Company, Upper Marlboro / Prince Frederick
Charm City Meadworks, Baltimore
Checkerspot Brewing, Baltimore
Crooked Crab Brewing Company, Odenton
Cushwa Brewing Company, Williamsport
Denizens Brewing Company, Silver Spring
Distillery Lane Ciderworks, Jefferson
Elder Pine Brewing and Blending, Gaithersburg
Evolution Craft Brewing, Salisbury
Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery, & General Store, Hyattsville
Full Tilt Brewing Co., Baltimore
Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House, Halethorpe
Heavy Seas Beer, Halethorpe
Homaide, *

Hysteria Brewing Company, Columbia
Idiom Brewing Co., Frederick
Independent Brewing Company, Bel Air
Jailbreak Brewing Company, Laurel
Key Brewing Company, Laurel
Manor Hill Brewing, Ellicott City
Midnight Run Brewing, Frederick
Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm, Mt. Airy
Mobtown Brewing Company Brewing, Baltimore
Monocacy Brewing Company, Frederick
Monument City Brewing, Baltimore
Mully’s Brewery, Prince Frederick
Nepenthe Brewing Co., Baltimore
Olde Mother Brewing Co., Frederick
Oliver Brewing Co., Baltimore
Peabody Heights Brewery, Baltimore
Prospect Point Brewing, Frederick *
RAR Brewing, Cambridge
Red Shedman, Mt. Airy
Ruhlman Brewery, Hampstead
Rockwell Brewery, Frederick
Sapwood Cellars, Columbia
Smoketown Brewing Station, Brunswick
Steinhardt Brewing, Frederick
Streetcar 82 Brewing Co., Hyattsville
True Respite Brewing Company, Derwood
Union Craft Brewing, Baltimore
Waredaca Brewing Company, Laytonsville

Weird Wine
2019-05-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Union Collective, 1700 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD, 21211, United States
The Maryland Wineries Association, in partnership with Baltimore Magazine, is proud to bring you Weird Wine, our first such event. This pop-up style event will feature over 20-member wineries who are bringing their most interesting, unique, and peculiar wines for you to sample!
Wine is typically made from grapes, cider from apples and mead from honey, but some of our Maryland winemakers have been pushing the envelope a bit lately with their craft. Habanero, dragonfruit, coffee, locust blossoms and fish peppers are just some of the odd ingredients you’ll find at this event. Some of the grapes used in these wines are unique as well: French-American hybrid grapes, Spanish grapes not typically grown here, and even some Russian varietals only identifiable by numbers and letters! Diving even deeper, some of these wines earned their unique title from the way the wine was processed or fermented—so expect to see pink wines, orange wines…and even a purple wine!
General Admission Tickets ($35)

12 wine samples
Stemless souvenir glass
Complimentary popcorn bar
Weird Wine vinyl sticker!

VIP Ticket ($50)

All general admission benefits
PLUS samples of all 30+ wines
One full-sized glass of wine of your choice
Complimentary 6-bottle wine tote
Access to an exclusive gourmet grazing station of cheese, charcuterie, and house-made focaccia from Well Crafted Kitchen!

Frederick Spirits Festival
2019-04-20 | The Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
We are excited to partner with Uncapped podcast and the Frederick News Post for the third annual Frederick Spirits Festival. This is attendees chance to sample the best Spirits Maryland have to offer.

Startup Seminar: Maryland Alcohol Producer
2019-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel, MD, 20707, United States
Join Kevin Atticks and Janna Howley for a seminar to discuss starting a brewery, cidery, meadery, winery or distillery in Maryland. Kevin serves as Executive Director of the Brewers Association of Maryland, Maryland Wineries Association & the Maryland Distillers Guild. Janna is the Director of Operations for Cultivate & Craft.
Included in the discussion:
– Planning & Zoning
– County or City Permitting
– Federal, State & Local Alcohol Licensing
– Sourcing or Growing Local Agricultural Inputs
– Marketing & Sales Opportunities
– Legislation & Industry Efforts
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Light snacks and beverage will be available.
Sponsored by Cultivate & Craft, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, and City of Laurel. Proceeds from registration fund industry education.

Decanter Wine Festival
2019-04-06 | MD
Celebrate Maryland wine and racing, enjoy local food, local artisans and live music while you bet on the horses and stock your wine cellar.

Spirits of Maryland: Southern MD
2019-02-23 | Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, 22156 Three Notch Rd, Lexington Park, MD, 20653, United States
Join the Maryland Distillers Guild at the PAX River Naval Air Museum for an afternoon of Southern Maryland heritage and innovation. A rare opportunity to taste & purchase Craft Spirits from across the state amidst a grand collection of historic Naval aircrafts. Event will feature full access to the museum, live music & light appetizers.

Love Thy Beer
2019-02-15 18:00 - 22:00 | Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
Ticket holders can enjoy light fare, live garage folk music performed by Skribe, and all you care to sample tastings from a selection of specialty brews; including but not limited to winter ales, cask ales, sours, and small batch anything. Don’t for get to try each brewery’s “Cupid’s Curse”, a specialty beer we challenged them to brew for the month of FeBREWary. Each Cupid’s Curse will be unique and attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite during the Cupid’s Curse Challenge throughout the event.

Winter Wine
2019-01-25 18:00 - 21:30 | B&O Railroad Museum, 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, 21223, United States
Join the Maryland Wineries Association on Friday, January 25, 2019 in an exclusive setting at the B&O Railroad museum for Winter Wine, an evening celebrating Maryland’s best wines and winemakers. Surrounded by the largest collection of antique trains in the United States, Winter Wine attendees enjoy a curated lineup of award-winning, Maryland-appellation wine.
Kicking off the evening at 6:00 pm with the Sparkling Reception, attendees are invited to an hour-long exploration of Maryland’s traditional and non-traditional sparkling wines. Learn about méthode champenoise while enjoying early entry to Winter Wine. Add a bit of sparkle to an already decadent evening, Sparkling Reception passes are only available in advance for $85.00. Sparkling Reception passes include entry to the evening’s main event, the Roundhouse Tasting.

The Roundhouse Tasting begins at 7:00 pm in the B&O Roundhouse Dome and features regional wine tastings, designated by Maryland’s wine trails. Sample a wide array of varietals and blends from around the state while learning about Maryland’s distinct growing regions and approaches to making award-winning wine. Passes to the Roundhouse Tasting portion of the evening are available today for $65.00.

Tickets to Winter Wine are currently available via the Maryland Wineries Association ticketing page via Eventbrite. To get your tickets to Winter Wine, please follow this link.
