Diageo to Close Guinness Brewery in Baltimore

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrell House, the first Guinness brewery in the U.S. in 60 years, will close Sunday (11/1).

Guinness spent $90 million to open the experimental brewery, which tested craft innovations that could potentially be scaled.

It open during the height of the craft boom. “While our Baltimore brewery will close, our commitment to bringing Guinness to consumers around the world remains as strong as ever,” the spokesperson said.

Guinness still has another U.S. brewery in Chicago, which opened in 2023.