Mexican Hot Chocolate
Stout
- 1st2026 DC State FairRoasty Beer
- 1st2026 Spirit of Free BeerSpiced Beer
Small-batch homebrew · Silver Spring, MD · Est. 2022
Brewed in a garage.
Poured for friends.
Finniak Brewing is a one-garage operation turning out small batches of whatever sounds good this season — then sharing them with the people who show up.
The tap list
What’s pouring
Rotating batches, brewed five gallons at a time. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
Checking the taps…
The hardware
Nine medals.
One garage.
4 × 1st
2 × 2nd
3 × 3rd
Talus Smash
Hazy IPA
- 1st2022 Spirit of Free BeerPale, Amber, IPA
- 2nd2022 Spirit of Free BeerBest in Show
Daddy’s Milk
Stout
- 1st2022 Spirit of Free BeerStout and Porter
Ding Dong
Hazy IPA
- 2nd2025 TurkeyshootIPA
Shutdown
Nitro Stout
- 3rd2026 DC State FairRoasty Beer
Scurvy
Spicy Lime Lager
- 3rd2024 DC State FairFruity Beer
Dr. Softee
Hazy IPA
- 3rd2023 DC State FairHoppy Beer
How it gets made
Grain to glass, one garage
01
Mash
Crushed malt steeps in hot water to turn starches into the sugars yeast will eat later.
02
Boil
The sweet wort comes to a rolling boil and hops go in — early for bitterness, late for aroma.
03
Ferment
Chilled, pitched with yeast and left alone for a couple of weeks to do its thing.
04
Pour
Kegged or bottled, carbonated, and poured for whoever wandered into the garage.
The garage
Taproom by night. Garage by day.
Mike has been brewing since 2020. When the family landed in Silver Spring, the garage became both brewery and taproom: a wall of taps, tables and stools that fold flat into the wall, and a door that rolls up on brew day. When the last pint is poured, everything tucks away and the car still fits.
- Gallon batches
- 5
- Batches brewed
- 60+
- Taps
- Up to7
Want a pour next brew day?
Follow along on Instagram for brew days, new batches and what’s on tap. Take some Finniak home from the shop. And if you’d like to chip in for the next batch, there’s Venmo.