Heavy Seas is only open on Saturdays for tours, or during special events. I have been here twice to judge homebrew competitions and once for their annual Chili, Cheese, and Beer Festival. It is a functioning business/brewery with not much in the way of seating, but that is fine with me. They have been creating some fantastic firkins of late, though their availability is sparse.

Came here on a Saturday morning for the tour. $5 for the tour and they give you a pint glass to take home with, and five tokens which are redeemable for 4 ounce (or about that) pours at the bar. The tour itself was pretty good, but really if you’ve been on one brewery tour, they’re all the same. “Here’s the area we store our beer after it’s packaged. Here’s where we brew. Here’s the cold room. Here’s the fermentation tanks.” The tour guide was one of the brewers, which did make it nice, though he said that all of the workers sort of rotate through giving the weekly tours. So sometimes you might get the guy who runs the packaging line who will want to tell you all about packaging, and not so much about what they’re brewing at the time, or get super excited about the new hop shipment, etc. There are bottles available for purchase here, but at the time there wasn’t anything really rare, and no bombers, just cases of their regular lineup. Good experience overall. The workers here really make the place.

did the tour with hugh sisson. he is so damn funny. the brewery is very big and it was 5 bucks for the tour 5 samples and a pint glass

Not a fancy place from the outside-it’s in an Industrial Park Just outside Baltimore City. Nice size tasting room w/souviner & beer sales. Got a nice Pllsner glass to keep & 6-8 oz samples f/$5 good value. Had 4 beers on tap & bottles of most beers they had available/in season. Nice informative tour-pretty basic but nice. Are doing them 2 Saturdays a month in Summer @ 1:00 & 2:30 (Early tour is much less crowded). Hours may change w/the seasons-Check the Website-it’s very current. Was told Hugh Sisson gives half of them (he did not give ours). Good friendly staff & crowd I’d highly recommend this place...... Took this tour again on 3/8/08 & was lucky enough to have Hugh give this one & it was even better than last time. Everything they have in stock is available to sample!

Brew tour followed by build a cask with the brewers for StateLine. As soon as you walk in they have shirts/signs and other stuff for sale. Every one is friendly and ready to hand out beer. 6 or 8 taps for sampling. 1 cask. Tour is typical.... we saw the hop fridge, bottle/keg line, ferm tanks, etc... They just purchased the building next to them so now they have extra room and are planning a nice expansion. After the tour some more brew and we helped dry hop a cask of peg leg and loose cannon. Pretty cool that they let us do that and a great marketing ploy on their part. Every one is chill and friendly. Good times overall and highly reccommended tour.

Typical warehouse brewery with high ceilings and stacks of beer ready to be shipped out. Normally only open on Saturdays for brewery tours. Tours start and end in the small tasting room for a few samples and the chance to purchase some well-designed merchandise. Occasionally open their doors to offer great beer/food events and to support local homebrew competitions. Great staff and AHA members can tour for free.

A good brewery tour, given by the owner himself. A witty, funny guy, who obviously loves beer. Five bucks, buys you a pint glass and five samples. A pretty decent deal, if you ask me. They had six on tap when I was there. All were decent, and two were from the "Heavy Seas" line of beers. Hoped to get Below Decks or Peg Leg on draft, but maybe next time? In an industrial complex right down the road from the INFAMOUS Lansdowne Skatepark..........which might be even more important than this great brewery. Nearly on top of the old ’78-98ish? National Brewing Company (can we say Colt 45?) facility. Stop by and have some fun, I did!

Nice enough brewery, havent been since they expanded. $5 for a tour, beers, and glass. Love the Loose Cannon

These tours are getting so popular that reservations are now suggested. Besides the basics, these tours can provide other little tidbits of information, like who they are contract brewing for, what’s being discontinued, or new styles coming soon. In addition to the samples, they also offer 6pks and full cases to go. Have to echo the other raters here Hugh is one hell of a good tour host.

This place is back in an industrial park. Hugh is a unique person sarcastic and true to his nature. The brewery is not shiney and new... but more like a factory. There is a small tasting room. But the office space is the same area. For the size these guys are, I would have expected more. They did have some good sale prices.