Plan a Guinness Open Gate Brewery visit around the Halethorpe location, your chosen experience and a confirmed way home. Begin with current official hours and booking information, then fit food and time on the grounds around any timed reservation. A general opening schedule and an available tour slot are different things.
Find the correct location and current hours
The Baltimore-area brewery lists its address as 5001 Washington Boulevard, Halethorpe, Maryland 21227, and its phone as 443-575-6893. Use the location and directions on the official tours and experiences page when planning transport.
At this guide's September 18, 2026 check, that page listed Monday closure, Tuesday–Thursday hours of 3–10 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Treat this as a dated planning snapshot. Recheck the official page for your date, especially around holidays and special events; individual experiences and food service may have separate schedules.
The brewery is outside downtown Baltimore. Enter the complete Halethorpe address in your route planner and use the travel estimate for the day and time you intend to go. If using transit or a rideshare, plan the final connection and return as carefully as the outward journey. Arrange a sober driver or other suitable transport before drinking.
Choose the visit you want
On narrow screens, scroll the table sideways. Keyboard: focus the table and use the arrow keys.
| Your main interest | Plan around | Confirm before leaving |
|---|---|---|
| Brewing and history | A listed guided experience | Date, start time, duration, price and availability |
| A meal and a drink | Current taproom or beer-garden service | Food hours, menu, seating and reservation policy |
| A special event | The official event listing | Separate tickets, entry terms and weather arrangements |
| A group outing | Space and everyone's access needs | Group booking route and any individual restrictions |
Use the brewery's own booking links for the date, party size and experience. Read what the reservation includes: a tour, tasting, table or event ticket may each cover something different. Save the confirmation and any cancellation terms. Keep time for arrival and check-in rather than scheduling another attraction right up to the start.
If the calendar shows no suitable session, decide whether food and the grounds alone meet your goal or choose another date. A building being open does not establish tour availability.
Match food and access arrangements to the group
The official location page links separate beer-garden and taproom menus. Use the current menu for the service you intend to use and contact the venue about a consequential allergy or dietary requirement. A menu description alone cannot establish how a kitchen handles cross-contact.
The brewery FAQ is the place to check parking, reservations, age and identification rules, pets, outside food, accessibility and weather policies. These details can affect whether a particular visit works for your party. Check general admission and any booked tasting or tour separately when traveling with younger guests.
For an access need, describe the actual route you need: parking or drop-off to entrance, seating, restroom and any tour area. Ask about steps, lifts, walking or standing time and accommodations relevant to your group. If a policy remains unclear, call the brewery at the number above or use info@guinnessbrewerybaltimore.com. Resolve essential arrangements before buying a nonrefundable experience.
Build a flexible afternoon
Here is a fictional scheduling example, not an advertised itinerary. Suppose you book an experience at 2 p.m. that the confirmation says lasts one hour. Work backward from its stated check-in requirement, add the journey estimate and an arrival allowance, and place a meal after the experience only if food service and seating suit that time. If outdoor time is part of the plan, keep an indoor or shortened-visit alternative for poor weather.
Write down the fixed pieces first: reservation time, required arrival, return transport and any access arrangement. Flexible pieces such as shopping or a meal can move around them. The visit-planning checklist keeps these details together.
Put the opening story in context
The Open Gate Brewery and Barrel House opened in August 2018 on a site with a distilling history. Diageo's opening announcement describes the original production and experimental-brewing plans. Those plans are historical context; use today's visitor information for what you can book and experience.
Ask staff which beers on the current list were brewed on site and what distinguishes them. That connects the visit to actual production without assuming every Guinness drink served there was made in Maryland. For more of Yenra's practical drink resources, return to Beverages.