Max's To Expand

From today's Midnight Sun: the great Max's in Fells Point will expand from 78 to 100 taps in 2010, and also add two additional hand pumps. Kudos, and this is great news on top of the Frisco Grille planned expansion to around 40 taps.

Instead of waiting for micro-breweries to ship out cask beers, Max's bought seven of their own casks and sent them to the breweries. That way, Hard said, Max's will be able to serve casks of more exclusive suds. ...

"Some breweries don't have enough [casks]," he said. "This is the only way to get some of the far away breweries," he said.