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September 29, 2009

Bit of history as Baltimore Beer Week approaches

Baltimore Beer Week, a celebration of local brewing culture Oct. 8-18th will soon be upon us.

Fellow beer bloggers, Brad Klipner of BeerInBaltimore.com and Ryan Boddy of So YeahDood.com recently recorded an interview about the week with Joe Gold, Volker Stewart and me. Here is a link.

Here is tidbit from Baltimore beer history.

While the state's first brewery was opened by Benjamin Fordham in Annapolis in 1703, Baltimore's maiden brewery followed in 1748

John Leonard Barnitz opened Baltimore pioneer brewhouse on Hanover Street south of Baltimore street.

Barnitz's Brewery would have a string of about 10 owners before eventually becoming Globe Brewery, which rose where the main entrance to the Morris Mechanic Theater sits .

So we toast John Leonard Branitz for getting the beer barrels rolling.

Photo of Morris Mechanic Theater, where city's first brewery once stood, The Baltimore Sun

Posted by Rob Kasper at 10:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Good stuff as always Rob.

Looking back on last week, I almost wish I didn't have questions to ask and instead spent that time listening to more of the history of beer in this city from you and Joe. I really appreciated every nugget from you both and thoroughly enjoyed my time with you guys.

Hope to see you both out and about, beginning October 8th.

Posted by: Brad | September 29, 2009 11:23 AM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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