Craft Brewers - From the Desk of Rick Santiago

Art Underground Studio in Hampden. Somebody stole this sometime during free beer night…

Organizing and re-organizing all my photos, slowly realized I managed to photograph and try over 80 beers, countless wines and favorite liquors. Almost all the beers are from Micro Brewers, Craft Brewers or Independent Brewers. I found out I wasn’t a big fan of hoppy IPA’s but yet there were IPA’s I did like. Discovered and fell hard for Stouts, Bocks and Hefeweizen beers. A good many of the beers have changed over the years, some breweries are no longer around and some have been bought up by major Breweries. Here’s an excellent link for more info and differences in Brewery Types and my main go to for most of this Wonderful Beer – Wine – Drink is the Wine Source in Hampden.

Along the way, I learned there are two types of beers, Ales and Lagers. Beer is primarily categorized based on fermentation: Ales (top-fermenting, warmer, faster) and Lagers (bottom-fermenting, colder, slower). About Lagers Vs Ales

Lager – dominate mainstream beer e.g. Peabody Heights Brewery Old Oriole Park
IPA India Pale Ale – strong hop aroma, citrus, pine, tropical fruit, bold bitterness e.g. Union Craft Steady Eddie
Pilsner – a lager, bright, crisp, refreshing e.g. Corona Extra
Stout – an ale, dark, thick, deep, and intense e.g. Guinness Draught Stout
Bock – a lager but dark e.g. Shiner Bock
Hefeweizen – an ale, unfiltered beer known for its hazy/cloudy appearance

Local Baltimore Breweries I’ve tried

Some drinks I’ve tried but not pictured includes Fosters, Singha, Michelob Ultra, Yuengling as well as plenty of wines. I actually helped on a engineering project for Clipper City Beer way way way back and it was the first time I noticed the distinct “aroma” of a brewery, plus got tipped a few cases of beer! A short description and brewery info captioned. Also included a few wines and whiskey’s In no particular order, enjoy the photos, 2 pages…