'Tis the Season for Drinking

DEC 4: CRAFT BEER TASTING
Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Hwy. 6-10 p.m. $35-45. 410-727-4808. Heavy Seas founder Hugh Sisson discusses the brewing process and history of Baltimore beer, with food pairings by Kloby’s Smokehouse.

DEC. 5: WINTER TIME WARMER
Cockey’s Tavern, 216 E. Main St., Westminster. 5-8 p.m. $30-40. 410-848-6494. The historic tavern and boarding house gets decked in holiday garb during this wintertime wine night with vintages from various vineyards, hors d’oeuvres, and music by a local chorus quartet.

DEC. 6: FELLS POINT OLDE TYME CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Fells Point, Broadway Sq. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. 410-675-8900. This all-day festival begins with Santa arriving on a tugboat to Broadway Pier, continues with vendors in the square's Holiday Market, an eggnog contest, and a tree-lighting ceremony, and concludes with the parade of lighted boats on the water.

DEC. 13: PINTS & PANIC
Heavy Seas Beer, 4615 Hollins Ferry Rd., Halethorpe. 12-4 p.m. Free. 410-247-7822. Take on holiday shopping with a little liquid courage at Heavy Seas Beer, where they’ll have 19-plus vendors, live funk music, and local food trucks.

DEC. 18: RYE WHISKEY TASTING
The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St. 6-7:30 p.m. $45-50. 410-547-9000. Mixologist Doug Atwell of the craft-cocktail bar Rye leads a rye whiskey tasting/workshop about the hooch’s history in Maryland.

DEC. 20: BREWTIMORE!
All Grain Brew Tours, Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum Heights. 12:30-6:30 p.m. $70. 443-583-3965. This six-hour brewery crawl takes you from Union Craft Brewing to The Brewer’s Art to Heavy Seas, where you’ll get taproom tours, beer tastings, and chats with the brewmasters themselves.