Louthan, Hognose Plan Lauraville Tasting Room
Two Baltimore distilleries are preparing a shared tasting room on Harford Road that will serve cocktails made from their own spirits.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Cocktails
Louthan Distilling and Hognose Distilling plan to open a 1,200-square-foot tasting room at 4251 Harford Road in Lauraville, Northeast Baltimore. The space has received approval for a liquor license that lets the distilleries sell cocktails made from their products rather than only samples.
Why it matters
The license expands what the distilleries can offer visitors, turning a sampling space into a full cocktail venue. It adds a drinking destination to Northeast Baltimore's Lauraville neighborhood.
The tasting room spans 1,200 square feet and includes an eight-seat bar plus additional seating throughout. The planned debut is by the end of 2026, though a precise opening date has not been announced.
The players
Louthan Distilling
Louthan Distilling is a Baltimore-area distillery whose dark liquors and signature bourbons will be featured in the new tasting room.
Hognose Distilling
Hognose Distilling is a Baltimore-area distillery whose clear spirits, including a Japanese-inspired gin, will be served at the new tasting room.
The details
The tasting room will pour cocktails from Louthan's dark liquors, including signature bourbons, and from Hognose's clear spirits, including a Japanese-inspired gin. Louthan's 7th State hickory-finished bourbon will feature in an old-fashioned, and Hognose's Yamabito gin will be used in a gin and tonic.
Timeline
Planned debut of the tasting room is by the end of 2026.
Culture Shift
Louthan's 7th State hickory-finished bourbon, featured in the planned old-fashioned, reflects the craft distilling movement's emphasis on local, small-batch spirits served directly to consumers. Hognose's Yamabito gin similarly represents a wave of small Maryland distillers experimenting with Japanese-inspired botanicals.
Baltimore drinkers in Lauraville will gain a neighborhood spot where they can order cocktails made from local spirits rather than only tasting samples. The eight-seat bar and additional seating give visitors a place to sit and order without a long wait, though the venue is not yet open.
The takeaway
Local distilleries are increasingly moving from production into direct retail, letting visitors taste and buy spirits in the neighborhoods where they are made. Anyone interested in the Lauraville tasting room can watch for the planned opening by the end of 2026.
Further reading
For more on the local drinks scene, explore Cocktails coverage across the city.
Source note: This article includes information reported by WBAL.
