Thirsty Maryland

Michael and Rachel travel to Havre de Grace and meet with Lev Shellenberger and Aaron Hopkins. Where the Hopkins family has started a farm brewery on their 100 year old 4th generation family farm.  https://hopkinsfarmbrewery.com/

Rachel and Michael visit Eden Perrigo Sales Manager at the Baltimore Spirits Company. They compare the home at the Union Collective with their previous location and talk about future plans. And oh yeah the taste some wonderful spirits.   https://baltimorespiritsco.com/

Rachel and Michael talk about the need to support the local Beer, Wine and Spirit industry this holiday season and beyond. While highlighting some of their local favorites for the holidays. 

Rachel and Michael sit down with John Levenberg, and brothers Enrique and Felipe Pallares of The Wine Collective in Hampden. A unique urban tasting room and production facility to try their amazing wines and food, learn about the winemaking process. www.winecollective.vin

Rachel and Michael travel to Cecil County and visit with the three generations that run the daily operations of Dove Valley at their 100 acre farm on the Rising Sun country side.  for more information visit their website https://www.dovevalleywine.com/

Rachel and Michael travel to the first brewery in Cecil county Firetower Farm Brewery in  Colora Md. and meet with Roger Davis who is making some amazing beers on the Kilby dairy farm.

Rachel and Michael visit the wineries of the Gunpowder Wine Trial in Harford and Baltimore County. They also sample some wine cheese that will be featured as part of their, GPWT's 2019 Wine and Cheese Event: Nov 2-3 and Nov 9-10. For more information on the trail, the wineries, the events, and tickets visit gunpowderwinetrail.com  

 Rachel and Michael visit Ken Carter of Maryland Meadworks in Hyattsville and taste some very incredible meads. marylandmeadworks.com

On this episode Rachel and Michael visit Sangfroid Distilling a small, artisanal distillery in Hyattsville focusing on fruit-based brandies, and dutch-style gins. sanfroiddistilling.com

On this episode Rachel and Michael visit Alecraft Brewery in Bel Air MD. They are two businesses, a full-service home brew supply shop and a Microbrewery specializing in artisanally crafted small-batch brews.   AlecraftBrewery.com

Michael visits White Tiger Distillery in Forest Hill and talks with owner and founder Itsara Ounnarath, They taste and discuss the spirits produced there that pay homage to and merge cultures.

Michael visits with Kevin Mooney of Harford Vineyard and Winery and talks about some the challenges of this years vintage and taste some great wines.

Michael is with Colin Mitchell from Wine World Beer and spirits and they preview Fall seasonal beers : Dogtoberfest from Flying Dog Brewery, Octoberfest from Black Flag Brewing Company, Falling Pumpkin from Falling Branch Brewery, 31 from DuClaw Brewing CompanyDuClaw Brewing and Foxy from Union Craft Brewing

On this episode Michael sits down with Master Distiller and co-owner  Ryan Vierheller of the Waldorf Maryland distillery in Southern Maryland. They talk about his family's history in distilling and taste some of their finest creations. 

This week Michael visits with the CMO of Flying Dog Brewery Ben Savage, and they talk about the history of the brewery and what's happening now.....and taste through the East Coast Hop Project  

Michael is back in Mt Airy this time visiting Loew Vineyards, and chatting with Rachel Lipman a fourth generation winemaker. She discusses her family's rich history in winemaking and her pride in carrying on the family tradition.  

Michael visits Rockwell Brewery in Frederick MD, and speaks with co-owner Paul Tinney and taste some beers with head brewer Scott Mckernon. 

Michael visits the American Shochu Company at their lab in Frederick MD, and speaks with owner Taka Amano who along with his wife Lynn and assistant distiller Cari Yarmus are the first in the country distilling an alcoholic beverage called shochu that is very popular in Japan.

On this episode Michael sits down with Phineas Deford the third generation of the Deford family at Boordy Vineyards. They discuss the past, present and future of Boordy and taste some limited release wines.

On this episode, Josh of Wine World joins Michael at World of Beer in Towson, to try some Maryland Craft Beers selected, to enjoy this summer. Union Brewing's Steady Eddie and Old Pro, Key Brewing’s Undertow, and Speed Wobbles, Black Flag’s  Crisis Core and Flying Dog’s Dead Rise

Michael talks with Brian Treacy, President of Sagamore Spirit and talks about their growth and taste some Rye Whiskey on as they like to call it Rye-day

On this episode Michael visits the Brown Family on their small family owned farm brewery in Northern Harford County. They grow hops and brew beer right on site at the Slate Farm Brewery

This Week Michael visits MISCellaneous Distillery in Mt Airy, Maryland. and chats and taste with owners Dan McNeill and Meg Mac Whirter.   

On This episode of Thirsty Maryland we visit Elk Run Winery and Vineyard. Owner Carol Wilson talks about their history and we taste wines from the oldest Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc vines in Maryland.

On This episode of Thirsty Maryland, Michael tells you how you can take part in the celebration of Maryland Wines during the month of March.

Michael sits down with Tim Scouten brewer with Peabody Heights and co-founder of Goonda Beersmiths......and they discuss baseball, contract brewing, house bill 518 vs house bill 1052 and also enjoy some great craft beers

Michael travels to Chateau Bu-De Vineyard & Winery and the Bohemia Manor Farm overlooking the Bohemia River in Cecil County and chats with marketing manager Abigail Miller and winemaker Jacques van der Vyver.

Michael heads to Brookeville MD and visits Phil Muth the owner and Katie Curl the marketing director of Brookeville Beer Farm and discovers what makes this Beer Farm so unique.

Michael travels to Twin Valley distillery in Rockville, Maryland and visits with the owner and founder of the first distillery in Montgomery county.

This week Michael visits Adam Fizyta (Co-owner), and Mike Lentini (winemaker) of Catoctin Breeze Vineyard

Michael visits Independent Brewing in Bel Air Maryland and Chats with owner and brewmaster Philip Rhudy.  

Michael travels to northern Harford county and talks with Mike Fiore and his grandson Tony about the distilled products they produce and the journey to become a winery-distllery.

On this episode Michael visits with Bert Basignani at the 31 year old Basignani winery. They discuss the history of the winery and the family effort it takes to bring everything together......and have some fresh bread and taste some of the wonderful Basignani wines.

This week Michael is joined by Carlin Cook of the Brewtal Battle Podcast and Josh Rodriguez of Wine World Beer and Spirits. They taste and talk about some select local craft beer new releases.  

This week, Michael travels to Carroll County and visits Drew Baker at Old Westminster winery. They talk about the journey of the winery since the family started to think of converting their farm into a vineyard in 2008. They also discuss the future, with the develop of a the new Burnt Hill vineyard, and a new line of products being released.  

Michael talks with Braeden Bumpers one of the founders of McClintock Distilling in downtown Frederick Md. and taste some of their hand distilled craft spirits.  

We travel to Prince Frederick Maryland, to the beautiful Running Hare Vineyard, and visit with Mike Scarborough owner of the Winery and also the owner of Calvert Brewing. Mike talks about these two endeavors and also speaks candidly about some of legislative issues the Maryland breweries are facing.

We visit Key Brewing Co and talk with proprietor and brewer Mike Mcdonald. As always we give a taste to some of their great craft offerings.

In this episode, Michael visits with Brad Blackwell, one of the Founders of Lost Ark Distilling Company in Columbia Maryland......they discuss their commitment to using local resources and their passion for paying homage to the history of Maryland......and try some incredible spirits.   

In this episode we travel to Linganore Winery and Vineyard near Mt. Airy and visit with third generation winemaker, Melissa Aellen.  Linganore Winecellars is the largest winery in Maryland and one of the oldest on the East Coast. Many are familiar with their sweet and fruit wines but today Melissa takes us to the dryer side of Linganore.  http://www.linganorewines.com/

In this episode Michael sits down with Al Spoler the competition director and Kevin Atticks the director of the Maryland Wineries Association. They discuss the history of the competition and give some of the "Best in Class" results. The Governor himself will release "The Best in Show" winners very soon.    Results are listed here marylandwine.com

In this episode we visit with Alex Galbreath and Grant Pfeiffer of Falling Branch brewery in northern Harford county on the nearly 100 year old family farm. fallingbranchbeer.com

In this episode Michael visits The Baltimore Whiskey Company, and talks with one of the owners Max Lents about the philosophy they have and the process they use to make their spirits. Find out more about them at thebaltimorewhiskeycompany.com  

In this episode we visit Crow vineyard in Kent county Maryland.....and talk with owners Roy and Judy Crow.....Just a great way to spend a day down on the farm.

In this episode with visit with the founder and president of DuClaw Brewing Company Dave Benfield, at the brewery and taste some of their beers. Please visit their website for more information DuClaw.com Don't forget to subscribe to Thirsty Maryland