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Dog-Friendly Breweries in Maryland

Updated: May 18


Dog Friendly Brewery

Maryland's craft beer scene has flourished over the past decade, with new breweries growing regularly. As of 2025, Maryland is home to more than 120 breweries; to our excitement, most are dog-friendly! From taprooms to brewpubs to beer co-ops, here's an updated list of dog-friendly breweries, from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore, that you and your furry companion need to check out.


Use this guide to find the right brewery:

🌲 Dogs allowed outside only

🌮 Has really good food


Baltimore City

  • Checkerspot Brewing

  • Charm City Meadworks (co-located with Peabody Heights)

  • Diamondback Brewing 🌲

  • Guilford Hall Brewery 🌲🌮

  • Mobtown Brewing 

  • Monument City Brewing (co-located with Key Brewing)

  • M8 Beer

  • Mystique Barrel Brewing & Lager House

  • Nepenthe Brewing 🌲🌮

  • Oliver Brewing Co. (open on Saturdays, 12–5 PM only – moving to Anne Arundel summer 2025!)

  • Peabody Heights Brewery

  • Pickett Brewing Company

  • Union Brewing 🌲

  • Waverly Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Wico Street Beer Co.


Baltimore County

  • B.C. Brewing 

  • Big Truck Farm Brewery 🌲

  • Heavy Seas Beer

  • Red Brick Station 🌲

  • Guilford Hall Brewery 🌲

  • NEW! Guinness Brewery is now DOG-FRIENDLY! 🌲

  • Heavy Seas Brewing

  • Reckless Shepherd Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Pipe the Side Brewing Company 🌲

  • Pooles Island Brewing Company


Harford County

  • AleCraft Brewery

  • Double Groove Brewing Company 

  • Falling Branch Brewery 🌲

  • Independent Brewing Company 🌲

  • Market Street Brewery 

  • Slate Farm Brewery 🌲


Howard County

  • Black Flag Brewing Co. - Columbia only!

  • Sapwood Cellars Brewery 🌲

  • Bull and Goat Brewery


Carroll County

  • 1623 Brewing Company 🌲

  • Brewery Fire 🌲

  • Flood Zone Marketplace & Brewery 🌲

  • Freys Brewing Company

  • Liquidity Aleworks (Inside Allowed)

  • Milkhouse Brewery

  • Pipe the Side Brewing Company 🌲

  • Pub Dog Brewing Company 🌲

  • Red Shedman Farm Brewery

  • Ruhlman Brewery 🌲

  • Stone Silo Brewery 🌲


Frederick County

  • Attaboy Beer

  • Brewer’s Alley 🌮🌲

  • Cushwa Brewing Co. - Williamsport only!

  • Frey’s Brewing Company

  • Idiom Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Mad Science Brewing Company

  • Midnight Run Brewing

  • Monocacy Brewing Company

  • Olde Mother Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Prospect Point Brewing

  • Rockwell Brewery Riverside

  • Rockwell Brewery 🌲

  • 1812 Brewery 🌲

  • Harpers Ferry Brewing

  • Rak Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Smoketown Brewing Station 🌲

  • Steinhardt Brewing

  • Thick-N-Thin Brewing Co.

  • Springfield Manor Winery & Distillery 🌲


Montgomery County

  • 7 Locks Brewing

  • Astro Lab Brewing 🌲

  • Brookeville Beer Farm 🌲🌮

  • Denizens Brewing Co.

  • Elder Pine Brewing & Blending Co.

  • Lone Oak Farm Brewing Co.

  • Saints Row Brewing

  • Silver Branch Brewing Company - Silver Spring 🌲

  • Waredaca Brewing Co. 🌲

  • True Respite Brewing Company 🌲

  • Poolesville Island Brewing Company

  • Landmade Beer 🌲


Anne Arundel County

  • Chesepiooc Real Ale Brewery

  • Forward Brewing 🌲

  • Pherm Brewing Company

  • Jailbreak Brewing Company 🌲

  • Hysteria Brewing Company (now in Pasadena!)


Prince George's County

  • Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.

  • Maryland Meadworks

  • Interchange Tiki Bar & Brewery


Calvert County

  • Mully's Brewery 🌲

  • The Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill 🌲


Cecil County

  • 5th Company Brewing 🌲

  • Elk River Brewing Company

  • Antietam Brewery 🌲

  • Dig Deep Brewing Co.

  • Buzz Meadery 🌲


Garrett County

  • Short Story Brewing 🌲

  • Mountain State Brewing (during the spring & summer seasons only)

  • Dig Deep Brewing Co.


Queen Anne's County

  • Ten Eyck Brewing Company


Eastern Shore

  • Backshore Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Bay Life Brewing

  • Big Oyster Brewery 🌲

  • Bull and Goat Brewery

  • Buzz Meadery 🌲

  • Crooked Hammock Brewery 🌲

  • Dewey Beer Co.

  • Dogfish Head 🌮

  • Eastern Shore Brewing

  • Evolution Craft Brewing Co. 🌲

  • Sinepuxent Brewing Company

  • RAR / Chessie’s Wharf 🌲


Breweries in Maryland that are NOT Dog-Friendly

  • Black Locust

  • Burley Oak Brewing Company

  • Crooked Crab Brewing

  • Farmacy Brewing

  • Hopkins Farm Brewery

  • Inverness Brewing

  • Jailbreak Brewing

  • Manor Hill

  • Ministry Of Brewing

  • Pipe the Side Brewing Co.

  • RAR (Cambridge)



We strongly recommend that you visit the website of any brewery before visiting for the latest hours and policies. Please remember to bring poop bags and pick up after your pet when nature calls. Let's be responsible pet owners so that we can continue visiting these breweries with our dogs for years to come!

If you visit one of these dog-friendly breweries or one that isn't listed above, we'd love to hear about your experience! Reach out to us at hello@dogsofcharmcity.net or on Instagram.


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