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FARMHOUSE BREWERIES
Milkhouse Brewery
at Stillpoint Farm
8253 Dollyhyde Road
Mount Airy, Maryland 21771
(301) 829-6950
In order to sustain small
farming in Maryland,
Tom Barse and Carolann
McConaughy founded
Milkhouse Brewery at
Stillpoint Farm. Located on
Dollyhyde Road in Mount
Airy, Maryland, Milkhouse
Brewery encourages people
to come and enjoy their
beautiful farm while tasting
their farm-grown and
hand-crafted beer in their
tasting room. The Farm
Brewery focuses on local and
sustainable farming; their
events and activities on the
farm draw in the support
for Maryland farming.
Milkhouse Brewery uses
their own hops to create
their traditional style of
ales. They also use many
ingredients grown on their
farm or sourced from the
local neighborhood to
enhance the local character
of their brews. If you stop by
for a tasting, most of their
traditional styles of ales are
seasonable and refreshing.
Red Shedman Farm
Brewery & Hop Yard
13601 Glissans Mill Road
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
(301) 831-5889
(410) 795-6432
The Red Shedman Farm
Brewery & Hop Yard was
created in the spring of
2014 by brewmaster Victor
Aellen and is located
in Mount Airy between
Baltimore and Frederick.
The farm brewery cultivates
several varieties of hops
including Cascade,
Columbus, Chinook, Nugget
and Crystal. The two-story
set-up makes the farm
unique and separates the
brewing from the tasting
room. On the first floor is the
fifteen-barrel brewhouse, and
the second room is where
the tasting room is located.
The Red Shedman is
located within a large,
red barn adjacent to the
parking lot of Linganore
Winery. The Tasting Room
is located across the
scenic Linganore piazza,
through two large doors.
Frey’s Brewing
Company
8601 Mapleville Road
Mount Airy, MD 21771
(301) 639-7146
Frey’s Brewing Company,
located on a working farm
on the eastern side of
Frederick County, is veteran-
owned and -operated. Frey’s
Brewing Company brewed
their first batch of beer
on February 1, 2013. They
self-distribute their beer
directly to establishments
across Maryland. The
beers have unique and
Farm breweries are rapidly expanding throughout
Maryland. Ingredients in craft beer are now homegrown
on local farms. Hop yards are popping up throughout
the region and opening the door to a new meaning of the
word “brewery.” The unique features that a farm brewery
offers are one of Maryland’s up and coming attractions.
These are the farm breweries that have erupted in Maryland:
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