New Guinness Brewery Wins Liquor License: Report

TOWSON, MD — Baltimore County's liquor board approved a license this week for a new brewery that is expected to bring about 70 jobs to the region, the Baltimore Business Journal reported Wednesday. The brewery in Relay is being opened by Guinness, the Irish beermaker, and it's expected to begin operations next year.

Diageo Beer Co. USA, which is building the $50 million brewery, applied for the liquor license, which will allow the consumption on alcoholic beverages in the brewery's taproom, the Business Journal reported. The new Guinness brewery is expected to draw 300,000 visitors per year. (Get Patch’s daily newsletter and real-time news alerts, or like us on Facebook. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

It will produce Guinness Blonde, an American lager, the Business Journal reported. The company brews its signature dark stout in Ireland.

A Baltimore architectural firm, Design Collective, is designing the project, and the construction work will be carried out by Plano-Coudon, a local contractor, the Business Journal reported.

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