Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Halethorpe,
Maryland,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
B3 Beverage Company
Associated Venue: Heavy Seas Brewery
Established in 1994
Contact
4615 Hollins Ferry Rd, Halethorpe, MD, 21227, United States
Description
"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"
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"
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours mostly clear copper with a small off white head. It smells of citrus and piney hops. The flavor has moderate to strong hops bitterness with ample citrus and piney character and a big caramel malt backbone. Very good.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2022
at 03:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Murky red with a large fluffy pink head. Tart and tangy with cracker and raspberry. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2022
at 02:11
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can, Kroger Harrisonburg. Orange with a hint of haze and an off-white head. Nose is almost all artificial, candy-like. Not altogether unpleasant, but... Artificial flavors, but not sweet. It's got a bit of a chemical taste, along with a bit of orange peel. Who is this supposed to appeal to? It's not sweet, so it's not going to appeal to the fruity -drink non-beer drinkers; it's not good, so its not going to appeal to the craft beer drinkers. Who wants to drink something that tastes (supposed to taste) like melon anyway?
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2022
at 20:40
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Kroger, Harrisonburg can. Mostly clear deep gold to orange with a small off-white head. Nose is banana and strawberry, all quite artificial, though not unappealing. Flavor is banana, strawberry, orange peel. Artificial flavor all around, except maybe they threw in some banana peels... this is just odd.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2022
at 22:42
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1
Purple 2$ can from Giant in Lanctaster PA. Smells like sweet perfume hops. First taste is terribly on style IPA; you know, super bitter hops IPA bastardized beer. Pour is big white head on a pale hazy beer, of course, perfect for its name. It even has an almost milque-shake attitude on the eye. Just a little co2 on the palate to cover up and distract from some of its extreme rudeness. Quite difficult to enjoy, one sided like most IPA. Nasty nellie negativity-o-gram. Yea, its fricken happy BS like any other IPA. So many out there and they all practically taste the same, but at least some smell like BO and some others smell like diesel, heheeh.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Sep 2022
at 19:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2017 - London. Pours clear orange with a foamy, white topping. Big and sweet, lots of jammy citrus, pine, alcohol. Full bodied and oily, with fine carbonation. Warming, sweet and lightly resinous finish, more jammy citrus fruits. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2022
at 16:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 - Cocoa and caramel sweet malty, just a light roast, medium plus body, big chocolate malty into the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2022
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 - Sweet malty and fruity with notes of citrus fruit, toffee and caramel, malty backbone, sticky resinous light bitter hoppy finish. Nice old skool action.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2022
at 21:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy gold pour. It smells of pineapple and some hop resin but mostly pineapple. The flavor is full of pineapple with acidic sweetness that transitions into moderate hops bitterness. Something about the latter isn’t as crisp or flavorful as I’d like. This is still pretty good but I much prefer the original tropicannon.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2022
at 04:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF '22 day 1, 02/08/22. Black with a tan cap that veers edgewards. Nose is dark malts, chocolate, spice, toffee, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises earthy fruits, coffee bean, chocolate, spice, mellow roast, toffee. Full bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Decent high boost cask impy stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2022
at 21:45