Now a Real Brewery!

Great news everyone!

We signed a lease and are building the brewery and tasting

room in Columbia, MD. Our doors will open mid-2018 so be sure

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Our Story

Welcome To

Sapwood Cellars

We are dually focused on barrel-aged mixed-fermented beers and fresh hoppy ales. Founded on our shared passions for brewing science, delicious flavors, and the craft of beer production, we brew beers that are balanced, drinkable, and highly aromatic without tongue-scraping bitterness or piercing sourness. Beer should be a pleasure to savor, not a challenge to conquer!

Coming to Columbia, Maryland!

Sapwood Cellars

Sapwood Cellars
8980 Rt. 108
Columbia, MD

Progress: May

Jun 5, 2018

We may have been a tad optimistic when we predicted a June opening for the brewery. June is here and now it is looking like an early-August for the tasting room in the best-case scenario. We’re getting really excited about the prospect of actually getting to brew...

Progress: April

May 9, 2018

Sapwood Cellars made took several massive steps in April! The big news was that we received our Federal Brewer’s Notice from the TTB! It turned out that it wasn't too difficult. For example, they didn't take issue with the drawings we submitted simply having an area...

Progress: March

Apr 9, 2018

Sapwood Cellars is still on track for a summer opening, although our current timeline is looking more like July than June at this point. We’re still waiting on our federal license, and the Maryland license is on hold until we receive it. In March we took...