Host Marriot now has eight airport "micro" pubs, more on the way.

Host Marriot has now opened eight airport "microbrew pubs" around the country, including Washington's Dulles Airport, Cincinnati International Airport, Seattle/Tacoma International Airport and Baltimore Washington International Airport. Six additional microbrew pubs will open in 1996, including outlets at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT; San Francisco International Airport and Reno Cannon International Airport.

"We expect the microbrew trend to keep growing for another four or five years," said Stan Novack, vice president of adult beverages for Host Marriot. "At that point, we think it will reach its peak, but we don't expect sales to taper off at that time. Just like wines have remained popular since their rise in the 1980s, micorbrews are not a here today, gone tomorrow fad. They're here to stay."

Novack says that each pub offers travelers locally-brewed beer and regional cuisine. In Boston, visitors drink Samuel Adams and sample Legal Seafoods; At Baltimore International, a Wild Goose Ale House gives travelers crab cakes and Wild Goose ales.

Host Marriot operates many airport concessions, including the Premium Stock chain of "Airpubs", which now number 400. The company has also opened 15 "Cheers" pubs nationwide.

"In the past, the basic airport lounge had no real identity except maybe a wall decoration that gave travelers a hint of the host city," said Novack. 'With the addition of PS airpubs, Cheers and now the microbrew pubs, we have created locations with identities that travelers look for when they need a place to relax at the airport."

Current locations, and micro tie-ins:

* Shipyard Brew Port, at Portland International Airport in Portland, ME. Serves Shipyard beer and ale from the Shipyard Breweries of Kennebunkport and Portland, ME.

* Two Samuel Adams Pubs and a Samuel Adams Boston Brew House at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA. Serve Samuel Adams brands, accompanied by clam chowder from Boston-based Legal Seafoods.

* Wild Goose Ale House at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Washington, D.C. Serves food from Clyde's a Washington restaurant and beer from Wild Goose.

* Oldenberg Brewing Co., at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in Ft. Mitchell, KY. Serves Oldenberg brands.

* C.J. Borg's at Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, serves beer from several local breweries

* Samuel Adams Connecticut Brew House, at Bradley International Airport, Hartford, CT. Serves local food and Samuel Adams beers.

* Crab Pot Brew Pub, at San Francisco International Airport, pours Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada and Pete's Wicked Ale, and seafood from the Crab Pot, a San Fran restaurant.

New pubs will soon open in Reno, NV and San Diego, CA, and a fourth Samuel Adams Brew House in Boston.