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Sapwood Cellars Brewery Columbia, MD Brewery and Cidery specializing in barrel-aged beer and fresh hop-forward ales. Opened 2018.




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Columbia Maryland brewery and tasting room foused on hoppy beer and acidic ales.

Three fresh releases on tap today including two barrel-aged b**rs: Gilded Canopy (Peach Brandy Barrels with Apricots and...
10/24/2026

Three fresh releases on tap today including two barrel-aged b**rs: Gilded Canopy (Peach Brandy Barrels with Apricots and Sauvignon Blanc Grapes) and Vanilla Threads 2026 (Multiple Dips in Bourbon and Rye Wh***ey Barrels with Mexican Vanilla Beans)!

Our barrel-aging program's existence is in large thanks to our club members. Over the last eight years those annual club memberships have allowed us to buy barrels and brew b**rs that may or may not be saleable eventually! As a thanks, Gilded Canopy is a club-exclusive bottle, but everyone is welcome to drink it on draft!

We'll be opening 2027 club renewals for existing members in early November, and a few weeks later remaining spots will go live to the public! If you love our barrel-aged b**rs (either the sour side or the stout/barleywine side), please consider joining! If you're on our email list you'll be the first to know!

Three fresh b**rs on tap today: Vanilla Threads 2026 (13.6% Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Mexican Vanilla Beans), Smüz...
10/23/2026

Three fresh b**rs on tap today: Vanilla Threads 2026 (13.6% Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Mexican Vanilla Beans), Smüzí Apple Pie à La Mode (6% Smoothie Sour with Apple Puree, Vanilla Soft Serve, and Spices), and Gilded Canopy (6.3% Wild Ale Aged in Peach Brandy Barrels with Apricots and Sauvignon Blanc W**e Grapes)! The other two are available to go, but Gilded Canopy is a club-exclusive bottle release!

If you're hungry, Albura Taqueria is cooking up the 12 oz strip steaks from our whole cow (with pureed potatoes, roasted carrots, and an Albura steak sauce, drizzled with honey glaze).

It's Tuesday, so we've got trivia and tacos! We continue to rotate through our 8th Anniversary b**rs, including Aeroplan...
10/20/2026

It's Tuesday, so we've got trivia and tacos! We continue to rotate through our 8th Anniversary b**rs, including Aeroplane Over the Sea (a b**r-cocktail hybrid with barrel-aged sour b**r, Weller Bourbon, Amaro Nonino, Aperol, and Lemon Jucie)!

Other Upcoming Events:

This weekend we're hosting The Novel Refuge for a Book Fair 10/23-10/25. Proceeds benefit Homes Not Borders in SIlver Spirng!

Mark your calendars for Halloween at Sapwood Cellars on 10/31 (all day), with four candy-themed variants, food specials, costume contests, and tarot card readings!

Also a reminder that if you are interested in booking your company holiday party, please send an email to [email protected] for availability and pricing!

Three fun ones releasing this Friday: Vanilla Threads 2026 (13.6% aka Barrel Threads 2026 Imperial Stout with one pound ...
10/19/2026

Three fun ones releasing this Friday: Vanilla Threads 2026 (13.6% aka Barrel Threads 2026 Imperial Stout with one pound of Mexican Vanilla Beans per barrel), Smüzí Apple Pie à La Mode (6% Smoothie Sour with Apple Puree, Non-Dairy Soft Serve, and Spices). Gilded Canopy (6.3% Peach Brandy-Barrel-Aged Wild Ale with Apricots and Sauvignon Blanc W**e Grapes). All three on draft and Vanilla Threads and Apple Pie will be available to-go, but bottles of Gilded Canopy are exclusively for members of our 2026 Wood and Founders Clubs!

Every year we split Barrel Threads, packaging some "plain" while we infuse the rest with single-origin vanilla beans selected to compliment the blend. For the 2026 vintage, we scored two pounds of Mexican vanilla! It's known for being complex, rich, and almost savory. It is relatively difficult to source, being so valuable that cartels have taken an interest.

The particular lot of vanilla from Jones & Co. (which has direct relationships with growers) didn't have the "smokey" aroma that Mexican vanilla can have, instead it has both an intense classic creamy note reminiscent of Madagascar, but paired with beautiful dark fruit and a little nutmeg-like baking spice. That blends beautifully with the intense flavors of both the roasted malts and the multiple bourbon and rye barrel aging of Barrel Threads 2026. I could certainly see "pipe to***co" as a descriptor with the blend of leather, dried cherry, and oaky-vanilla.

Thanks to the 300 of you who came to our 8th Anniversary Party yesterday! We wouldn't have made it this far without your...
10/18/2026

Thanks to the 300 of you who came to our 8th Anniversary Party yesterday! We wouldn't have made it this far without your support (and that of so many others)! We'll be rotating through the leftover anniversary b**rs on draft starting today with Columbiskie (Grodziskie), Fall Shandy (IPA blended with unpasteurized Maryland apple c***r), Barrel-Aged Blizzert (Imperial Stout with Cookies & Cream Ice Cream), and Paper Aeroplan Over the Sea (Barrel-Aged Sour b**r-cocktail with Bourbon, Amaro, Aperiol, and Lemon)!

This was our first batch of grodziskie, and we were glad to brew it with an expert! Kacper also worked on the Polish translation of Scott's book (The New IPA)! The b**r recipe is "simple" 100% oak-smoked wheat malt, and a healthy dose of Polish hops, but with a complex mash and a difficult run-off! The finished b**r is firmly bitter, pleasantly smokey, with high carbonation. Once this first keg kicks, we have a dry hopped version to follow with Polish Lubelski hops! It only tastes like "sausage water" a little bit!

Reminder our tasting room is CLOSED to the public today (Saturday) unless you have a ticket to the Sapwood Cellars 8th A...
10/17/2026

Reminder our tasting room is CLOSED to the public today (Saturday) unless you have a ticket to the Sapwood Cellars 8th Anniversary Party! There are still a few tickets available for the 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM starts, but the 3:30 is sold out!

Beers are all tasting great, included pours:

Fresh Pressed Grapefruit Juicius - DIPA with fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, vanilla beans and Riwaka Cold-Pressed Hop Juice.

EH Taylor Barrel 24 Hour Stout - Double Bourbon Barrel Aged Overnight Boil Imperial Stout.

Cubic Barrel - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup and Barrel-Aged Coffee.

Columbiskie our Polish smoked wheat b**r collab with Kacper from Birrificio Wild Raccoon.

Barrel-Aged Blizzert - From the slushie machine, imperial stout with cookies and cream ice cream (vegan( and Oreo cookie crumbles mixed in.

Cuvee de Tonsmeire - Mike's Blend of Tossing Affection (W**e Barrel Raspberry Sour), Barrel Threads 2026 (Bourbon Barrel Stout), and Sunstone Throne (Double Barrel W**e Grape Dark Sour).

Fall Shandy - IPA (Feeling Sendy) with fresh Heyser Farms apple c***r.

Paper Aeroplane Over the Sea - A paper airplane-inspired cocktail sour with Weller bourbon, amaro nonino, and Aperol blended with a barrel-aged b**r.

Pfifferling - Sour with apricots and chanterelle mushrooms (developed a really fun orange aroma).

If any of the kegs survive we'll cycle through them starting Sunday!

Included Buffet from Albura Taqueria:

Mains/Sides:
Jalapeno Crab Cakes
Gilled Shrimp
Shredded Mole Chicken
Mushroom Asada
Pulled Pork
Steak
Ground Beef
Brussel Sprouts
Squash (Seasonal Veg)
Hop Seasoned Plantain
Chicken Tenders
Refried Beans

Dessert:
Nutella Fudge Bars
Pumpkin Bars
Kitchen Sink Cookies

Four fresh b**rs on tap and in cans today: two hazies (C.I.T.R.A and Feeling Sendy) and two la**rs (Bottle Green and Int...
10/16/2026

Four fresh b**rs on tap and in cans today: two hazies (C.I.T.R.A and Feeling Sendy) and two la**rs (Bottle Green and Intentional Mistake)! Reminder we're closed Saturday unless you have a ticket to the Sapwood Cellars 8th Anniversary Party!

C.I.T.R.A - 8.2% DIPA showcasing our #1 all-time-favorite hop, Citra! This one has our selected Citra pellets and 2X-concentrate Cryo, plus oil extracted from our selected hops, and Citra TerpSauce for the most-intense expression of melon, orange, and gummi worms!

Feeling Sendy - 7% Maybe our most photogenic IPA? Using our new 2026 selection Motueka from Freestyle hops for big topicalized-lime aromatics, combined with Citra (everyone needs a wingman)!

Intentional Mistake - 4.9% our first classic Munich Helles... think of this as Sky Meadow's little brother. If you like the toasty-bready notes of a Festbier, but in a more sessionable package this is your b**r! A style originally designed to compete with Pilsner, but suited to the more malt-loving tastes of Munich b**r drinkers!

Bottle Green - 5.3% German Pilsner hopped with Perle. This one is super crisp and dry with effervescent carbonation and a firm bitterness. German breweries traditionally don't dry hop (their is debate on whether the Reinheitsgebot allows it) so we stuck to a big dose in the whirlpool of this often overlooked herbal-spice variety.

With an Imperial named Flaked... I'm not sure how it took us this long to make Chili Flaked, today's draft/crowler varia...
10/15/2026

With an Imperial named Flaked... I'm not sure how it took us this long to make Chili Flaked, today's draft/crowler variant! Ken brought in a bunch of his fresh homegrown hot peppers (Aleppo, Peri Peri, Calabrian, Habanero, and White Ghost) to infuse into this keg along with the coconut and vanilla beans! It's suprising just how much heat it takes to cut through the sweetness of the b**r! The fruitiness of the peppers is a fun balance with the coconut (more Southeast Asian than the Mexican-leaning Mole'd).

If you've never taken a close look at a bourbon barrel, you may not have noticed that the rivets indicate where the barr...
10/13/2026

If you've never taken a close look at a bourbon barrel, you may not have noticed that the rivets indicate where the barrel was coopered (KY for Kentucky in this case). The "fresh" batch of Barrel Threads (2026) is on tap and in bottles, and starting today we're offering bottle pours of Barrel Threads 2023 while it last! We aged the 2023 vintage in Heaven Hill and Basil Hayden Bourbon barrels, and Maryland Heritage Rye! With three years in the bottle it has aged beautifully, with the roast mellowing and allowing more dark fruit and oak through!

Address

8980 MD-108, Suite MNO
Columbia, MD
21045

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 9pm
Wednesday 12pm - 9pm
Thursday 12pm - 9pm
Friday 12pm - 10pm
Saturday 11am - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 8pm

Telephone

(443) 542-9304

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