Heavy Seas Beer Adding 30 Year Storm 30th Anniversary Cans

Today, I bring you a new birthday beer coming soon from Heavy Seas Beer in Baltimore, Maryland. This is 30 Year Storm, and it will be a barrel-aged strong ale that will hit 11.5%-AbV. The beer will be packaged in these new 16oz cans, and stay tuned for full release details.

Label Text Heavy Seas 30 Year Storm:

“Brace yourself – 30 years have led to this moment. Our 30th anniversary beer, 30 Year STorm, is a barrel-aged strong ale thundering in at 11.5% ABV, aged in a fierce trifects of Bourbon barrels, Rye barrels, and Sherry barrels. Bold, complex, and unapologetically powerful, this storm doesn’t just roll in – it conquers. It is the culmination of 30 years of brewing exploration, creativity, and innovation, employing ingredients and techniques that have come to represent the Heavy Seas spirit.  To our loyal fans, industry partners, craft beer lovers and beyond – we thank you for 30 years of support. It’s been an honor to sail this journey with you. Hugh Sisson”

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About Heavy Seas Beer:

Heavy Seas Beer was founded by Hugh Sisson in 1995 and has grown to become one of the most respected and award-winning craft breweries on the East Coast. As the first pub brewer in Maryland, Hugh was responsible for the legislation that made brewpubs legal in the state in 1987. Now over three decades later, Heavy Seas celebrates its 28th year of brewing independent craft beer in Baltimore. The brewery continues to expand its product portfolio, now producing 22 different beer styles, and distributing to 15 states and Washington, D.C. Heavy Seas was named Beer Connoisseur Magazine’s 2017 Brewery of the Year.

It all started in 1980… Hugh Sisson, a Maryland native, theater grad school major, and all-around good guy, joins his family’s restaurant & bar, “Sisson’s” located on Cross Street in South Baltimore.
Craft beer wasn’t even on the radar back then. But Hugh quickly recognized that to run a business, you need to do something to be different.

Light bulb moment: “What if we turned Sisson’s into a brewpub and brewed our own beer?”
Solid plan, right? Problem: Brewpubs weren’t legal in Maryland at the time. 

In 1987, Hugh worked with Maryland legislators to draft a bill to legalize brewpubs in Baltimore City – the bill passed on the first attempt. Fast forward to 1989, “Sisson’s” becomes the first brewpub in the state of Maryland. 
After  the brewpub scene for a few years, Hugh felt the need for a bigger stage (theater pun intended). In 1994, he left “Sisson’s” for his next business venture… and the rest, friends, is nothing short of Maryland craft beer history.