Silver Branch Brewing Co. Crowdsourcing Expansion To Rockville

DERWOOD, MD — A Rockville-area location of Silver Branch Brewing Company is in the works, and you can be a part of the expansion. The owners of the brewery and restaurant based in Silver Spring are crowdsourcing the firm's growth.

The brewery's newest location will be in the former True Respite Brewing Company site, 7301 Calhoun Place in Derwood, which closed last year, according to Source of the Spring.

The brewery opened at 8401 Colesville Road in downtown Silver Spring in March 2019 and in 2023 at 56 E. Lee St. in Warrenton, Virginia.

“We’ve been brewing in Silver Spring since we opened and it’s just gotten to be that space is too small for the amount of beer that we are trying to brew now,” co-founder Christian Layke told MOCO360.

He told the website the former True Respite Brewing Co. site is “better designed and situated” for beer production.

Rockville Beerworks will have a taproom and an outdoor dining section when it opens next year, Layke said.

The goal is to open the Rockville site in March or April 2025, but obtaining necessary permits and construction could push the opening back to the summer of 2025, MOCO360 said.

To learn more about the crowdfunding campaign and how you can be a part of Silver Branch’s next chapter, visit the campaign page at Honeycomb.

So far, 135 investors have paid $250 per share for an investment of $152,079 in Silver Branch Brewing.

Here's what the owners said they will use investment money to do:

"With your investment, Silver Branch will branch out both geographically and by launching a new pizza brand to complement our taproom and beer brands. Mosaic Pizza will be a co-located retail operation in each of our taproom locations. These investments will allow Silver Branch to more fully meet the hospitality, food and beer desires of the communities where we are located and to expand distribution of our award-winning beer."

• $100k - Bring Silver Branch Brewing to Rockville. Expand Silver Branch distribution to Virginia and Delaware
• $300k - Warrenton, Virginia, streetscape enhancements–"Front Porch Cafe"
• $500k - Key Brewery Enhancements + Mosaic Pizza Truck + Silver Branch Bierwagon
• $700k - Mosaic pizza in Warrenton and Silver Spring
• $1M - finish the historic Fletcher building in Warrenton

"When we founded Silver Branch Brewing Company, Christian and I envisioned more than just a brewery — we imagined a vibrant community hub where people could come together over a shared love of great beer and experience gemütlichkeit," co-founder Brett Robison said on its website. "From day one, our mission has been to create connections, celebrate diversity, and brew exceptional beers inspired by global brewing traditions."