Please join Maryland HIMSS for a social networking event sponsored by Connection!   

Location: Guinness Open Gate Brewery& Barrel House

5001 Washington Blvd.
Halethorpe, MD 21227

Private Tasting Room: The Barrel Room

Date and Time: Monday October 29^th 5pm-7pm

Fee: Member/Non-Member registration $25.00

HIMSS and our sponsor Connection are excited to host our next social event at the new Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House in Halethorpe, Maryland.  This event will include beer, appetizers and the opportunity to take a guided tour of the brewery. 

Registration is limited for this event, and there will be no walk-in registration – So register soon.  In addition, there will be an opportunity for 40 people to take the one hour guided tour.  Tours will leave from the Barrel Room at 6 and 6:30pm and you can register for them online with your event registration.

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House is on the site of the historic Calvert distillery in Baltimore County, 10 miles from downtown Baltimore and 30 miles northeast of Washington DC.

The distillery, originally called the Maryland Distilling Company, was the first opened after prohibition in Maryland, in 1933. For decades it distilled, barrel-aged and bottled several spirits brands, notably the Lord Calvert Whisky brand. In 2001 the site was acquired by Diageo as part of the purchase of Seagram, and spirits aging and bottling continued at scale until 2015 (and actually continues to this day as a live production site).

The site itself is almost 62 acres and is adjacent to Route 1, is minutes from the I-95, 195 and 895 freeways, and is 4 miles from BWI International Airport. It has a long history, integral to the local area, just off the Civil War trail and even has a protected pre-Civil War graveyard on its grounds. The new brewery will be the first Guinness presence on US soil since 1954, and the first ever purpose-built Guinness brewery in American history.

The brewery is an estimated $80MM investment by Diageo Beer Company USA which will generate approximately 160 new jobs.

Thank you to our EVENT SPONSOR: