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By Allan Walters
The Gateway Arts District in Hyattsville is quickly becoming a destination for locally brewed libations — think Streetcar 82 Brewing Co., Franklins Restaurant, Brewery and General Store and the upcoming Sangfroid Distillery. This month, the city adds mead to the list of options, with the opening of Maryland Meadworks by longtime Hyattsville resident Ken Carter. Maryland Meadworks will be the first meadery in Prince George’s County. Mead is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages on the planet, with origins dating back to 8,000 B.C. and historic evidence of its production found across the world. It is made from honey and water fermented by yeast and has an alcohol content ranging from 5-20 percent by volume. In the past decade, mead has experienced a resurgence that, according to Carter, can be compared to the craft beer industry of 20 years ago, a “tight community … that helps each other out and shares recipes.” Carter estimates that there are over 300 meaderies currently operating in the U.S., and he expects more to open as Americans are introduced to the beverage. Carter, owner and head brewer of Maryland Meadworks, started out as a beer connoisseur. He began brewing beer at home in the 1980s and continued for the next 30 years. Then, about 10 years ago, Carter began to apply his beerbrewing experience to mead after a friend introduced him to the craft. To perfect his mead-making skills, Carter participated in two advanced mead makers’ workshops at UC Davis. Subsequently, he visited Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry, N.H., the secondlargest meadery in the U.S, to gain even more insights into the art of mead production. MEADERY continued on page 12
Vol. 15 No. 9
Hyattsville’s Community Newspaper
September 2018
COURTESY OF STREETCAR 82 BREWING CO. Jon Cetrano, Sam Costner and Mark Burke are the owners of Streetcar 82 Brewing Co., the first deaf-owned and -operated brewery on the East Coast.
Beer and community flow at Hyattsville’s newest brewery By Matt Humbard
With all permits in hand and inspections completed, the longawaited opening of Hyattsville’s newest brewery is here. Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. is the second brewery to call Hyattsville home. The owners say it’s been a long — and at times frustrating — process to open, but all the equipment is in place and beer is flowing. Owners Jon Cetrano, Mark
Burke and Sam Costner say they are excited to finally be open. “There were a lot of delays with inspections and utilities,” said Burke, the head brewer at Streetcar 82. Like so many breweries, Streetcar 82 got its start through ambitious homebrewing. Burke said he was inspired by Frenchand Belgian-style farmhouse ales like saisons. He wanted to bring a combination of Belgian-inspired
beers and more approachable styles to Hyattsville. “My favorite beer is saison,” Burke said, “but it is not for everyone. People like IPAs or pale ales.” With the delays behind them, the brewers at Streetcar 82 are ramping up production. “The brewhouse is three barrels, and we are starting with single batches of beer,” Burke explained. Selection changes rapidly with a smaller brewhouse, but the
owners hope to always have a variety of beers available. Streetcare 82 plans to offer a wide variety of styles, from saisons to IPAs to stouts. The goal is to provide people with choices ranging from light to dark. Some of the first beers Streetcar 82 offered were two stouts: one made with an English ale yeast and one made with a Belgian ale STREETCAR continued on page 10
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