Looks like the recent changes in the law in Maryland to allow farms to brew beer using their own ingredients and sell it on the farm is already taking root in the form of Creeping Creek Farms & Ruhlman Brewery. Details from the BaltimoreSun:
Henry Ruhlman brewed beer for himself for about six years and now has opened a retail venture at his Creeping Creek Farms in northern Carroll County, using a key ingredient he grows right there. He started with 24 hops plants three years ago and has expanded the crop to more than 1,600 vines.
At Creeping Creek, Ruhlman built a 1,120-square-foot, air-conditioned building to house his brewing equipment and converted a garage into a retail store. With his two sons and other family members, he began harvesting the hops in mid-July, then brewed and bottled the beer. The family mowed the hayfield near the road to make parking spaces for visitors.
A party was held Saturday to mark the debut of Ruhlman Brewery's four ales — a stout, a pale ale, a red ale and an India pale ale.
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