December 12, 2011
One of my favorite local places to go to! Always great bartenders, service staff is good too. Love most of their beers and their food is outstanding! Nice separate bar and restaurant areas, which I like. Also some outdoor seating. Im there all the time. Love it.

July 30, 2011
Typical brewpub setup, but with a HUGE bar and an outdoor patio. Great food and very good beer. I guess I expect a few more selections at a brewpub, but most of the beers were really good, especially the Venom, Serum, and Euphoria.

July 2, 2011
Been here about 50 times now, so I should probably get around to rating it. DuClaw beer is typically solid with a few worth getting excited about and a few duds; pretty typical brewpub stuff and some experimentation with the big beers. Always a good variety. Regular new releases keep it interesting (and release events always include a freebie), but none of the beers are location specific since none of the beers are brewed in house, I guess. Fairly large space that’s most often void of people except during football, releases, and happy hour. Bartenders are generally disinterested with a couple exceptions, and definitely play favorite to the locals. They can always give some insight about the beers, which is nice. The menu is very typical brewpub, focusing on meat, cheese, and fat, but done fairly well. Most prices are high Cheese is on nearly everything and if you’re vegetarian I hope you like salad. They have dozens of TVs but only the NFL package, so don’t go there hoping to see your favorite baseball team. They do have wifi, but I’ve yet to find the sweet spot to get a decent signal.

May 4, 2011
good times , Food is awesome and the beer is pretty good too

January 8, 2011
To be honest I was disappointed.The food was great but the beer just seemed very average to me.The Devil’s Milk was the only beer that I thought was good.

July 2, 2010
The beer is OK, but nothing special. Its nice to have a brewpub with decent beer around, so I am not complaining much. The food is surprisingly good. An evening here with some appetizers and a few beers is actually a really great time. Although I can’t give the place high scores due to the mediocrity of the beer, I still recommend it.

December 28, 2009
This is my local brewpub, I have been going there since 2000. I really feel their standards have dropped when it come to beer. Prior to the Fire in the Kitchen I enjoyed the beer and food. Upon reopening the Food was excellent and the beer was so so. I was very disappointed. I have 4 Growlers from here that will never hold product again. I am very very saddened by this development. I only drink two beers here which are good. Twisted Kilt and Serum IPA. I will keep trying but I don’t expect much. I think they have AMERICANIZED all the beers they create at DuClaws.

November 26, 2009 [ Updated October 15, 2010 ]
The beer although good, was nothing exceptional for a brewery. Not a bad place all-around.

April 5, 2009
Great food and amazing beer. Their beer is very much above average for brew pub standards. I have been consistently impressed with their offerings. Happy prices are awesome-$2 pints. Bel Air location is great, good service, good place to stop by after work, as I often do.

August 19, 2008
I’m a long time Duclaw customer, can’t begin to count how many times I’ve been there. The beer is always excellent some may not be to my taste, but it is well-crafted. The restaurant portion of the facility however, has some problems. Perhaps it is a result of my having visited so many times over the years, but lately the menu selections have started getting a little wierd. A previously great crab dip replaced with a crab dip the has granny smith apples? This is still Maryland, hon. No need to dress this stuff up, just put generous amounts of crab meat, a little cream cheese, some Old Bay, and heat and serve! But I digress G. Service is spotty, some servers are great and knowlegable, others are indifferent. Bartenders are pretty efficient, and if you are there for beer, it is a great happy hour. I suggest sticking to simple fare, sandwiches, wings, burgers (although those have been burned on occasion), and get some of the best beer in the mid-atlantic region.