Heavy Seas & Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Collaborate On Hoppy Harbor Haze

This morning I have a new collaboration can coming from Heavy Seas in Baltimore, MD.

This is Hoppy Harbor Haze and it will be a hazy IPA brewed in collaboration with Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. The beer will float in at 7.25%-AbV and it will be packaged in 12oz cans. Stay tuned for release details.  zzubreebym

Label Text:

“Crafted for Charm City, brewed for our friends at Hilton. We packed this hazy IPA with Citra hops for an explosion f juicy citrus flavor, as bold and vibrant as Baltimore itself. A true tribute to the spirit of the Inner Harbor – where innovation, hospitality, and great beer come together. Raise a glass to community, creativity, and the craft that keeps us sailing forward.”

About Heavy Seas Brewing:

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 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.

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