Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Monika Horizons and I attended the Spirits of Maryland event at The Baltimore Museum of Industry on Sunday, June 25th. This outdoor event featured live music from Ted Garber, light appetizers, and plenty of rum, whiskey, vodka, gin, and liqueurs from all over Maryland.

This was an all-you-can-taste event, but if we’d attempted to taste even half of what was there, we would have ended up in the hospital. I had no idea there were so many distilleries in Maryland! Granted, some of them just started up in the past month, but I literally didn’t sample anything that wasn’t top-notch and didn’t taste like it came from a world-class outfit. I’m a huge gin and vodka snob, and I was legitimately impressed with some of the unique and creative recipes that made these brands stand out from your standard top shelf spirits.

Distilleries in attendance:
• Baltimore Whiskey Company - Baltimore City
• Blackwater Distilling - Queen Anne’s County
• Dragon Distillery - Frederick City
• Gray Wolf Craft Distilling - Talbot County
• Lost Ark Distilling Co - Howard County
• Lyon Distilling - Talbot County
• McClintock Distilling - Frederick City
• MISCellaneous Distillery - Carroll County
• Old Line Spirits - Baltimore City
• Patapsco Distilling - Carroll County
• Sagamore Spirit - Baltimore City
• Tenth Ward Distilling Company - Frederick City
• Tobacco Barn Distillery - St. Mary’s County
• Twin Valley Distillers - Montgomery County

Thanks to:
marylandspirits.org
thebmi.org
instagram.com/monikahorizons
tedgarber.com
baltimorepostexaminer.com

Ambient music by Rossco SoleTrain:
youtube.com/rosscosoletrain2

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