6 facilities, four of them in or around Baltimore. 2 publish a minimum, and they sit almost an order of magnitude apart: Copperhead at 465 gallons per SKU, Wildpack at 4,000. That gap is the whole decision for a first run.
Published minimums first, then the rest alphabetically.
| Facility | City | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Mason Filling | Baltimore | Not published | Glass, PET | Yes | Generalist, not a beverage specialist. Family firm since 1974 filling drinks, cosmetics and specialty chemicals across viscosities up to 1M cP, in 100–1,200 gal tanks. FDA and EPA registered, Kosher and AIB certified. Specific beverage categories aren't published. |
| Copperhead Beverage Co. | Middle River | 465 gal / SKU | Can, Can sleek, Can 16 oz | Yes | The lowest published entry point in the state by a wide margin. A brewery that doubles as a co-packing hub for small and mid-size brands: formulation, sourcing, canning, storage and direct-to-consumer. Still and carbonated. |
| DrinkMore Custom Water | Gaithersburg | Not published | PET | No | Custom-label still water only, 20+ years in business, with 1–3 business day turnaround for repeat clients — the fastest published lead time on this page. |
| Maryland Packaging | Elkridge | Not published | Not published | — | Juice, tea, cold brew and RTD with HPP, from a second site in Halethorpe as well. SQF, Kosher, Organic, Halal and GFSI certified. Also runs food lines; formats aren't published. |
| Peabody Heights Brewery | Baltimore | Not published | Not published | Yes | Contract brewing from recipe intake through label design, alongside its own house brands. Formats aren't detailed on the contract page. |
| Wildpack Beverage | Baltimore | 4,000 gal / SKU | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Bonded warehouse handling wine, beer, distilled spirits and tequila, including imports. All plants SQF certified, with LTL, air and ocean freight plus customs brokerage. Also runs an Austin plant covered on our Texas page. |
Four of Maryland's 6 facilities sit in Baltimore or its immediate ring — Wildpack's headquarters and two plants, Peabody Heights, Case Mason, and Copperhead just east in Middle River. Only DrinkMore in Gaithersburg and Maryland Packaging in Elkridge sit outside that cluster.
What makes this state readable is the distance between its two published numbers. Copperhead will run 465 gallons of a SKU; Wildpack wants 4,000, or 6,000 if it's your only SKU. That's close to a nine-fold difference inside one state, and it maps almost exactly onto who each is built for.
The practical read: a first-time brand with one product has essentially one published option here, and it isn't the bigger name.
Across the 234 facilities we track nationally, about one in six publishes a minimum. Maryland publishes 2 of 6, well above that — and unusually, both in the same unit, so the comparison is direct rather than an apples-to-barrels conversion.
That's rarer than it sounds. Here, 465 versus 4,000 gallons per SKU tells you what you need in one line.
Wildpack's 6,000-gallon figure for single-SKU runs is the one to watch: launching with one product costs you more per gallon of commitment than launching with several.
Wildpack's minimum rises for a single SKU — 4,000 gallons per SKU normally, 6,000 if you're only running one. Most facilities don't publish this distinction at all; factor it in if you're launching with a single product.
Case Mason isn't a beverage specialist. It fills drinks alongside cosmetics and specialty chemicals. That's not a mark against it — the equipment range is genuinely broad — but confirm your category is a fit rather than assuming beverage is its core business.
A third-party listing mentions Wildpack pilot runs from 1,000 gallons per SKU. We couldn't find that on Wildpack's own site, so we haven't published it as their figure — but it's worth asking about directly if 4,000 puts them out of reach.
Tell us the product and the volume. We come back with the facilities that can actually run it — including the 4 here that don't publish a number.