The next few weeks are going to be very difficult for our local breweries. Many of them rely on taproom sales to keep the lights on. We invited Jim Bauckman, director of communications for the Brewers Association of Maryland, and Brendan O’Leary, co-founder of True Respite Brewing co., to come in and talk about what beer fans can do to help support the breweries we love. We also discussed the cancellation of the Maryland Craft Beer Festival, resources for unemployed workers, the new beer-delivery service biermi.com, and the return of Fruit Crushers and Beach Drink.