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"

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Orangey brown pour from bottle. Bit of hops and a little malt but otherwise uneventful.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:25

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Draught from Habitat. Clooudy caramel brown. Light lacing. Strange herbally taste. Some caramel malts but not good really. Not sure what went wrong.
Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:16

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours orangey clear, nice white head. Cinnamon, cloves, spicing. Pumpkin...duh. Malty, gingerbread cookies etc. Similar to Pumking- really good.
Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:14

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pours a clear gold. Not really slightly sweet, very sweet, in fact overly so. Candy apples, some yeast and hops but just didn’t work out well at all.
Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:14

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dark pour from bottle. Toasty roast malts, a bit burn and chocolate. Nothing more here.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:09

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. Gold pour white head. Some straw and light fruits. OK but not too charismatic.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:07

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
. Poured amber, nice hops flavor. Maybe too nice, it was pretty overpowering. Nice aroma though.
Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:56

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bouteille. Poured a golden gold. Somewhere in the weird realm of a pilsbock, that I’d never heard of before - it works.
Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:55

5/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 3.5 Texture 2 Overall 4
Big black, large and in charge beauty of a pour. Thick tan creamy head. Nose is imperial stout and coffee, interesting to call this a porter, hehehh. First taste is what my italian grampa used to drink after work in his easy chair; 2 shots of whisky in his after dinner coffee. He let me sip it one time as a toddler, blew me away. I said; 'wow! grampa!'. LoL He just chuckled, then winked and kept watching monochrome gunsmoke. The booziness of the aroma and flavor is quite an experience in this brew. Its simply kicken my fat hairy lager loven ass! My poor girlie taste buds are going to need time to recover from a coma! I'll tell you what, getting this bottle off the make yer own sixer shelf for a buck fitty was a bargain! In the middle its quite mouth coating and has very little carbonation. Finish? Think whisky soaked old partially burned campfire wood. There, you have it. Whew.
Tried from Bottle from Chalet Premier on 06 May 2025 at 17:37

6/10
Tried on 12 Apr 2025 at 13:36