Jason Zahn

Review of Guinness Brewing North America

Found ourselves here since it is right at the entr...

Found ourselves here since it is right at the entrance to Patapsco State Park and decided to give it a try. They have a free large nice parking lot and an odd entrance with 2 lines where you later find out you are supposed to go in one of them and get a hand stamp if you want to purchase any alcohol anywhere. Inside they have a huge nicely landscaped outdoor patio with tons of chairs and tables and cornhole and music, and an overall great vibe for spending an afternoon. Inside, you can can walk around and get a lot of visibility and information about their brewing process for free. They surprisingly brew many other beers than just traditional Guiness and the new Blonde - probably had 8 or so varieties. The beer is great and the staff were nice and friendly, nice restrooms. My only issue is the price of food and drinks ($7.75 each for a draft beer and $4.50 for a small container of popcorn)......pretty high drink price considering you are getting it in the lowest possible cost manner direct from the brewer with no transportation or middle man......but I suppose the other way to look at it is that if you have never been, it is pretty nice that all the displays and information inside are free (you can pay for a tour, but we didn't do that)......so for a single visit, I don't mind subsidizing getting to see everything else by overpaying for their own beer......but with these kind of prices, probably not many return trips in the cards.