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In 2012, Maine's 43 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 390 people directly, and more than 5,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. [1] Altogether 47 people in Maine had active brewer permits in 2012. [2]
Allagash Brewing Company was founded in 1995 by Rob Tod in Portland, Maine. Tod observed that while both German and British style beers were available throughout the United States, Belgian-style beers were difficult to find. He established a small, 15-barrel brewery, and began brewing a beer modeled after a Belgian Wit beer, named Allagash ...
Now a tasting room (covered in hops) offers samples and tours of the iconic brewery. Geary Brewing Company is a Craft Brewery currently located in Portland, Maine, USA. It was incorporated in October 1983 by David and Karen Geary. As of March 2017, Geary Brewing Company is now owned and operated by Robin and Alan Lapoint of Freeport, Maine.
Ruski's Tavern (sometimes sylized as Rūski's Tavern) is a dive bar located at 212 Danforth Street in the West End of Portland, Maine, United States. [1] It is one of the city's few remaining neighborhood bars, [2] and (having been established under its current name in 1981) one of its oldest.
The Fore Street location is considered the first brewpub to open in Maine since Prohibition ended. [3] In 1995, a second location with a larger brewing facility was opened in Freeport, Maine. The company experienced a downturn in sales in the late 1990s, as did most craft breweries. [1] A third brewpub was opened in Auburn, Maine, in 2005.
Casco Bay Brewing Co. was a brewery in Portland, Maine, U.S. In 2008, Casco Bay was acquired by Shipyard Brewing Company and became a Shipyard brand. The brewery was founded by Bob Wade and Mike (pud) Lacharite in 1994. Today Casco Bay distributes beer throughout New England under its own brand as well as the Carrabassett brand. The brewery had ...
Converted warehouses house different brewing operations, many of them even under the same roof. In 2017 alone 9 million tourists to the city of Portland, Maine visited a brewery, 1 in 5 tourists. [15] Frequented stops on a Portland, Maine beercation include, Bissell Brothers Brewing Company, Allagash Brewing, and Novares Bier Cafe. [17]
McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin, who grew up in northeast Portland, Oregon. [1] They trace the beginning of McMenamins to the 1974 opening of Produce Row Café. [1] In 1985, McMenamins opened Oregon's first brewpub in the Southwest Portland neighborhood of Hillsdale. [3]