Portland has a thriving craft beer scene, and currently the US city with the most craft breweries per capita. To date, there are 18 breweries within the city limits. And you can hit several of Maine’s best breweries with one beer bottle cap. Visit the Industrial Way in Portland Maine and you will be within walking distance to Allagash, Austin Street, Battery Steel, Foundation, and Geary’s, the first craft brewery in New England and still maker of the finest ale — Geary’s Pale Ale.
Allagash
Brewing since 1995, Allagash is one of the oldest and most well-known breweries in Portland. Their premium quality Belgian-Inspired beers are widely available, and offered at top restaurants and bars across the US and overseas. Allagash is best known for their flagship Allagash White, and Allagash Black beers.
Brewing since 1995, Allagash is one of the oldest and most well-known breweries in Portland. Their premium quality Belgian-Inspired beers are widely available, and offered at top restaurants and bars across the US and overseas. Allagash is best known for their flagship Allagash White, and Allagash Black beers.
Allagash has a large, stylish tasting room, and offers facility tours with friendly well informed staff. Their tasting room features 12 different beers on tap, as well as a variety of experimental one-offs, many of which are only available in their taproom.
Please note the following:
- Closed-toe shoes are required on the tour.
- If you are more than 5 minutes late for your tour, we cannot promise your spot will be saved.
- It can take upwards of 20 minutes to reach us from the Old Port. Please allow lots of extra time, especially on Saturdays and in the summer.
Address: 50 Industrial Way, Portland, Maine 04103
Austin Street Brewery
Their located in close proximity to Allagash, in the same One Industrial Way building as Foundation Brewing and Battery Steele Brewing. You can hit four birds with the same stone. Austin Street Brewery started with Jake’s home brewing hobby quickly moving from a casual day off activity to an outright obsession. The name “Austin Street Home Brewery” started out as way to identify the brews coming out of Jake’s garage on Austin St. in Westbrook, Maine. After years of drinking Jakes home brewed beers and seeing the progression from good, drinkable beer to some of the best beer he’s ever tasted, Will convinced Jake that it was time to share his beer with more people. It was decided that the name would remain, sans the word “home” and thus “Austin Street Brewery” was born.
The tasting room hour are:
Wednesday thru Saturday 12-7, Sunday 12-5, and Monday 12-7.
Address: 1 Industrial Way, Suite 8, Portland Maine, 04103
(207) 200-1994
Battery Steele Brewing
From its inception in an old barn in South Portland to its realization at Industrial Way, Battery Steele brewing has been fueled by a dedication to continuing the craft beer legacy of Portland Maine. The brewery was founded by Jacob Condon and Shane Noble, who together share a collective 25 years in the brewing industry. They strive to offer a wide variety of styles, frequently rotating through new ideas, variations, ingredients and concepts, to not only offer the community something new but also to continue to challenge themselves as brewers.
Tasting room hours:
- Thursday-Saturday: 12-7
- Sun: 12-5
- Address: 1 Industrial Way, Suite 12, Portland, Maine
Foundation Brewing Company
Founded in 2012 and opening in 2014, Foundation Brewing Company uses classic styles as the inspiration for brewing exciting beers that push conventional boundaries.Cans available for purchase.
Tasting room hours:
- Sunday: 12-5pm
- Monday: 12-7pm
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 12-7pm
- Thursday: 12-7pm
- Friday: 12-7pm
- Saturday: 12-7pm
Address: 1 Industrial Way #5, Portland, ME 04103
207-370-8187
Geary’s Brewing Company
Maine’s first, Maine’s finest! The D.L. Geary Brewing Company was incorporated in October 1983 by David and Karen Geary. They shared the vision of producing world class products on a small scale for local and regional consumption. At that time, there were only 13 so-called microbreweries in the United States, almost all of them in California and the Pacific Northwest. In the winter of 1984, David Geary began a period of training and research in Scotland and England. With the help of Peter Maxwell Stuart, a Scottish nobleman and brewer who arranged introductions and itineraries, he worked in a half-dozen small commercial breweries from the highlands of Scotland to the south coast of England before going out on his own.
Visit their Portland tasting and sample the finest Geary has to offer. See why GHS (Geary’s Hampshire Special) is to this day a top rated Beer on Beer Advocate. Once Maine’s legendary seasonal specialty, Hampshire is now available year round.
Take a tour of their historic brew house. Tours are Monday thru Thursday, at 3pm. Only closed-toe shoes on the tour. No reservations are required for small groups. However they ask that please show up a little early so you can sample their beer.
Address: 38 Evergreen Drive Portland, ME 04103
(207) 878-2337
Shipyard Brewing Company.
Shipyard Brewing Company is a brewery and soft drink manufacturer in Portland, Maine, USA, and founded in 1994. Shipyard is the largest brewer in Maine (owning the Shipyard, Sea Dog Brewing Company, and Casco Bay Brewing Company banners, and bottling under contract with Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company). the tasting room in which you can do a
At their tasting room in Industrial Way,, they feature 14 beers on tap and include many beers from Sea Dog Brewing Company, which they also own. You can flight any of their offerings (flight of (4) 5-oz beers) or indulge in a full pour of 10 or 16 oz.
These are the other breweries not mentioned above that are located in the 1 Industrial Way area:
- Rising Tide Brewing,
- Lone Pine Brewing,
- Goodfire Brewing,
- Gritty McDuff’s Brewing,
- Liquid Riot,
- Bunker Brewing,
- Bissell Brothers,
- Sea Dog Brewing,
- Sebago,