Breweries in Maryland

Based on the breweries in the brewery.fyi register and their own websites, read September 2026.

Maryland spreads its breweries across a long list of towns, and no city dominates. Baltimore leads with about a tenth. Gaithersburg, Rockville, Frederick, Silver Spring and Germantown each hold a similar share.

Beer stores are a big part of the picture here, at roughly two fifths of the places listed. Breweries make up just over half, with a few brewpubs and beer gardens. Where size is known, most breweries are microbreweries, and brewpubs come next.

Union Craft Brewing in Baltimore sits inside the Union Collective, a former Sears warehouse. Wet City in Mount Vernon takes its name as a nod to Prohibition. Nepenthe Brewing Co. on Falls Road keeps its taproom busy with a weekly calendar that includes team trivia.

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Top cities in Maryland

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Baltimore

MD
Beer poured into a glass 8 breweries

Frederick

MD
Bottles of beer on a shelf 3 breweries

Gaithersburg

MD
Brewing tanks in a taproom 3 breweries

Salisbury

MD
A pint of beer on a bar 3 breweries

Silver Spring

MD
Friends sharing beers at a table 3 breweries

Havre De Grace

MD
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Hagerstown

MD
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Halethorpe

MD

All cities with a page

Annapolis1Annapolis Junction1Baltimore14Bel Air1Berlin1Bethesda1Brookeville1Brunswick1Cambridge1Columbia2Crofton1Cumberland1Denton1Derwood1Dickerson1Dundalk1Elkton1Ellicott City1Frederick8Gaithersburg3Germantown1Hagerstown3Halethorpe2Hampstead1Havre De Grace3Hunt Valley1Hyattsville1Kensington1Mt Airy1Odenton2Olney1Prince Frederick1Queenstown1Reisterstown1Riverdale1Rockville1Salisbury3Silver Spring3Taneytown1Whiteford1

Most reviewed in Maryland

A row of beer taps
Brewpub

4.4 (4,130 on Google)

Brewer's Alley

Frederick, MD

Beer poured into a glass
Brewpub

4.5 (3,450 on Google)

Dogfish Head Alehouse

Gaithersburg, MD

Bottles of beer on a shelf
Brewpub

4.1 (3,220 on Google)

Pratt Street Ale House

Baltimore, MD

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Brewery

4.6 (2,956 on Google)

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

Halethorpe, MD

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Brewery

4.5 (1,031 on Google)

Brookeville Beer Farm

Brookeville, MD

Friends sharing beers at a table
Brewery

4.5 (924 on Google)

Lone Oak Farm Brewing Company

Olney, MD

Planning a brewery trip in Maryland

Baltimore makes the easiest base, since more breweries cluster there than anywhere else in the state. Gaithersburg, Rockville, Silver Spring and Germantown work well too, and Frederick has plenty of stops of its own.

In Maryland, brewpub on-premises licences come from county boards, so the county board is the place to ask about them. Every brewery page on brewery.fyi has hours, a map and what to know before you go.