What Burley Oak Brewing Company is known for
Burley Oak Brewing Company is a brewery and taproom in Berlin, Maryland, founded by Bryan Brushmiller after he began homebrewing in 2009. Its beers include pilsner, porter and IPA alongside fruited sours inspired by Berliner Weisse. A separate cocktail-bar offer and events programme complement the taproom, while food availability should be checked against current information.
Burley Oak Brewing Company is in Berlin, Maryland, not the German capital. Founder Bryan Brushmiller began homebrewing in 2009, and the brewery's five-year anniversary in 2016 marked its growth from that early project into a taproom business. The location on Old Ocean City Boulevard places it on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
The beer range includes styles such as pilsner, porter and IPA alongside fruited sours inspired by Berliner Weisse. That last name describes a beer tradition, not the brewery's location. Its own story also describes an expansion into canned cocktails and small-batch vodka, which should be considered separately from the beer selection.
Visitors can choose the taproom or look at the distinct cocktail-bar offer. Outdoor seating and an events programme add other reasons to visit, but they do not establish that a particular performance or food service will be running every day. The business currently labels its food information as pending, so plan the stop around the drinks unless the latest menu confirms otherwise.
Featured beers include Bilsner (pilsner, 4.20% ABV), Bunker C (porter, 5.9% ABV), Aboriginal Gangster (IPA, 6.6% ABV), and triple dry hopped double IPA (8.5% ABV).
In the press
- Baltimore Sun 2016
Best for — Maryland craft beer and fruited sours at a brewery taproom
Burley Oak beer brewed in Berlin, Maryland.
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