Check out these resources from Visit Baltimore to make the most of your trip!

• Visit Baltimore Homebrew Con guide
• Charm City Rising, Beer Advocate, Issue #106, December 2015
• America’s Most Criminally Overlooked Beer Cities, Thrillist.com, 2015
• Baltimore Facts, Visit Baltimore

Recently named to Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of America’s 20 Best Cities for Beer Lovers and Thrillist’s America’s Most Criminally Overlooked Beer Cities, Baltimore has quickly become a top beer destination, not just for those on the East Coast, but for beer lovers across the country and around the world. Located 40 miles northeast of Washington, DC, and 100 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Baltimore is easily reached by train, airplane, bus, or car.

Homebrew Con attendees will delight in the abundance of fresh seafood available in June: Baltimore’s world-famous blue crabs, rockfish, and oysters are harvested from Chesapeake Bay just hours before they are served at the city’s many fine seafood restaurants. And amazing breweries, pubs, and restaurants within the city limits and surrounding areas offer something for every taste and budget.

Baltimore boasts a wealth of sightseeing attractions for the whole family. Homebrew Con’s central location at the Baltimore Convention Center is just a five-minute walk from the trendy restaurants and shops of the revitalized Inner Harbor, as well as such attractions as

• Camden Yards (home of the Baltimore Orioles).
• The USS Constellation.
• The National Aquarium.

With convenient transport options that include water taxis, light rail, and the free Charm City Circulator, attendees can easily visit other must-see attractions like

• Fort McHenry.
• The Walters Art Museum.
• Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum.
• Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.
• The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House.

Baltimore’s attractive location makes it the perfect jumping-off spot for side trips to Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Washington, DC, each of which is easily accessed via train, bus, or car.

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11 Facts about Baltimore (Some Beery, Some Not)

We are super excited to take the National Homebrewers Conference back to Baltimore! Never been? You’re in for a treat. Here are few facts about the city:

1. Nickname: Charm City.
2. Baltimore is home to 15+ breweries. In 1899, the city boasted more than 40, most of which were located in areas still known as Brewer’s Row and Brewer’s Hill.
3. Homebrew Con will take place in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, a historic seaport that is now home to museums, shops, restaurants, ships*, stadiums** and a number of other cool attractions. Not to mention several breweries!***
4. The U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was composed in Baltimore.
5. The Baltimore Museum of Art houses the world’s largest collection of Matisse paintings in the world. Who knew? Visitors can view the museum’s permanent collection for free year round. Prefer art that’s far outside of the ordinary? Check out Inner Harbor’s American Visionary Art Museum.
6. “Bawlmorese” is the traditional local accent, particular to some working-class areas of the city, characterized by dropping the ‘t’.
7. Heavy Seas Beer owner Hugh Sisson opened the state’s first brewpub in 1989, the start of a brewing revival in the city.
8. “Natty Boh” is the colloquial term for National Bohemian Beer, which opened in 1885. Look for the mustachioed Natty Boh mascot around town. National Bohemian invented the six-pack in the 1940s.
9. Almost a quarter of the jobs in the Baltimore region are in science, technology, engineering and math.
10. Snowballs—precursor to slushies, snow cones, and shaved ice—were invented in Baltimore during the American Industrial Revolution.
11. A few famous residents: Frederick Douglas, Edgar Allen Poe, Babe Ruth, Billie Holiday, H.L. Mencken, John Waters, Frank Zappa, Nancy Pelosi.

*Including the USS Constellation, the only Civil War-era ship still afloat.

**Including Camden Yards, baseball fans!

***Including Pratt Street Ale House, DuClaw Brewing Company and The Brewer’s Art