Brewery
Unclaimed profileMystique Barrel Brewing and Lager House
Baltimore, MD · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
The beer program here is built around a stated dual identity: a lager house that also produces mixed fermentation beers. Ten house beers cover lagers, ales, IPA, DIPA, porter, stout, wheat, saison and sour styles, and serving formats include pint, half, taster, 10 oz and 13 oz depending on the beer. Named selections carry specific brewing detail, from a pre-Prohibition lager with corn and Motueka hops to a coffee breakfast stout made with Vents Coffee shop. The non-alcoholic list is a single house-made Arnold Palmer.
- What should I order?
- Start with Easyspeak Pre Prohibition Lager, a pale, crisp, sessionable 4.2% lager with 20% corn and Motueka hops. For a darker pour, Pigtown Pride Porter brings chocolate and roasted malt notes at 5.2%. Clouded By The Dark Side DIPA is the bigger option, dry hopped with Amarillo, Motueka, Citra and Simcoe. For a mixed-fermentation check, Quartet Saison is an aged sour with saison funk and a light Cascade dry hop.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Drinkers who want a house-brewed range rather than a single-style taproom will find lagers, ales, IPA, DIPA, porter, stout, wheat, saison and sour styles on the same menu. The taster, half, 10 oz and 13 oz formats let one visit cover several beers without committing to full pints.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The brewery describes itself as rooted in Pigtown, producing lagers and mixed fermentation beers, and the menu backs that up with ten house beers across lager, ale, IPA, DIPA, porter, stout, wheat, saison and sour styles. The full kitchen pairs food with the beers, including beer-mustard items made with house beer.
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Beer
Ten house beers span lagers, ales, IPA, DIPA, porter, stout, wheat, saison and sour styles, with pint, half, taster, 10 oz and 13 oz formats depending on the beer. The brewery describes itself as a lager house that also produces mixed fermentation beers, and the named selections carry specific brewing detail.
Menu strengths
- — Ten house beers across lager, ale, IPA, DIPA, porter, stout, wheat, saison and sour styles give the menu unusual breadth for a single brewery.
- — Serving formats include pint, half, taster, 10 oz and 13 oz depending on the beer, so a visit can cover several styles without committing to full pours.
- — The brewery states a dual practice of lager production and mixed fermentation, and the named beers support both sides of that identity.
Standout selections
- — Easyspeak Pre Prohibition Lager: pale, crisp and sessionable at 4.2% ABV, built with 20% corn and Motueka hops.
- — Prostique! Marzen: a 4.8% ABV lager with a complex malt backbone balanced by noble hops.
- — Hike On Helles Lager: a classic German Munich lager at 4.5% ABV.
- — Liquid Hop Luck American IPA: dry hopped with Cascade, Chinook and Nugget for citrus, grapefruit and pine notes at 6.3% ABV.
Nonalcoholic
The non-alcoholic offering is a house-made Arnold Palmer with fresh squeezed lemons, black tea, honey and local mint, served at 0.0% ABV in pint only. The brewery states it produces its own in-house non-alcoholic beverages, so this is a made-here option rather than a bought-in placeholder.
Menu strengths
- — House-made rather than packaged: fresh squeezed lemons, black tea, honey and local mint, served at 0.0% ABV.
- — The brewery states it produces its own in-house non-alcoholic beverages, putting this in the same made-here frame as the beer.
Standout selections
- — Arnold Palmer (NA): house-made with fresh squeezed lemons, black tea, honey and local mint, 0.0% ABV and available in pint only.
How it sits with the food
The full kitchen offers food paired with beers, including beer-mustard items made with house beer. Calm Morning Breakfast Stout is a collaboration with Vents Coffee shop using Ethiopian and Colombian coffee with cocoa and chocolate.
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