Great video about Maine’s craft beer scene! Sorry to have missed you. We have also started Maine’s premier non alcoholic brewery, 1820 Brewing Co., and these craft brews are all available at our tasting room. From March through December, our tasting room and beautiful beer garden are open Thursday-Saturday 12-5 PM. Come visit us where the east coast craft beer movement all started. 🍻
If you are a parent and your young kid(s) are tagging along, the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is right next to Bissell Brothers. It was a fun place to hang out before Bissell Brothers opened. I did that with my wife and 2 year old daughter while visiting Portland for a couple days. Then afterwards you can drive back to where you're staying and do the walkable stretch of breweries like Austin St., Rising Tide, Shipyard, Lone Pine, etc. It's so awesome how easy it is to traverse the city by foot. It's a trip I would do again in a heartbeat.
Portland is an amazing experience. My wife and I make an annual trip every spring. We always drive past Portland to Freeport for Maine Beer Co. then back to the city. We did 13 breweries in 1 day there once. Not the recommended dosage for a day though. Thanks for the continued great content Steve!🍻
I've been watching your channel for a few months. So much, that I purchased the Clawhammer 10 gal 240v today. I let them know I watch your channel. I love beer and love cooking, so brewing should be a nice fit. Thank you for the great content.
Come out to Ft Collins! There’s a pretty great beer scene out here! Also can’t speak highly enough of the beer scene in Tampa/St Pete. Sooo many great spots down there. If you really want to put your liver to the test go down for Tampa Bay Beer Week!
Great video, AB! Great list of breweries and very similar to the ones I hit. I went to Portland with some friends a few years ago and it was great! I love Lone Pine, GoodFire, and Allagash(best brewery tour). Unfortunately, we missed Rising Tide and Austin Street but I’m hoping to make it up to Portland again sometime soon so I can hit those places.
Oh man. This brings me back to my trip to Portland.. my wife and I drank through downtown one day and then the industrial park the next. Without question the best beer city we’ve been to
Portland is one of my favorite cities to visit for my job, but I really only hang out on the water. I had no idea of the brewery scene! Can't wait to go back and hit list of breweries!
Dude, thanks for putting so much effort into this video. I'll definitely put these on my list the next time I'm in the area. Also, please do a collab with Brew Dudes if at all possible!
I used to visit Portland every summer coming from Canada up north. It changed a lot in the 3 years since my last visit. Seadog is a must go if its anything like it was before.
Hi there. I honestly don't have plans to visit Portland in the next couple hundred years, but I get a great english listening practice with this kind of videos. Really enjoyed it Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina
Thanks for creating such a comprehensive guide. It looks like you had a nice trip. That was cool that you ran into The Brew Dudes. Those guys are great! Cheers!
I feel you nailed the ones to visit. Had you just stopped at Belleflower, this would be absolutely perfect. Your visit was comprehensive and highlighted the cream of the crop. Cheers!
Portland has some great breweries! I'm a big fan of bunker and battery Steele. Also - check out King's head pub just off of commercial st. Sometime. They have at least 30 micros on tap, mostly from the Portland area.
Portland is PHENOMENAL! The state helps breweries to open by fast tracking applications. I HIGHLY recommend the following along the coast: Tributary - owned by Todd Mott (Harpoon IPA fame) - Kittery, NE Banded Brewing - Biddeford Lucky Pigeon - Biddeford (gluten free beer) Barreled Souls- my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE brewery, bar none. An absolute must for any visitors. Just beware this place brews some potent beers: 10, 12, 14% ABV is normal.
@TheApartmentBrewer I know they're outside Portland but Saco and Biddeford are pretty close... maybe 20 min or so. Btw, when are we doing a collab? Would love to have ya down to brew! I'm in RI.
I do have to say, Seattle has really big big beer seen, great for if you want some West Coast style IPAs. The city itself has a lot of GOOD breweries and lots breweries in the cities that are satellites to Seattle. If you are ever in Seattle you Georgetown Brewing is a must. I'm real spoiled up here in the PNW. Bend, Oregon is also great place to go brewery hopping even though it's like 4 hour drive from Portland, OR. My Friend went there with his brothers and had a great time. Love the vids, Sounds like you had a lot of fun in Portland, Maine, looks like a great brewery experience.
@@TheApartmentBrewer honestly the original plan was to go into Boston then up to Vermont to hit up alchemist. So definitely a lot of ground to cover in that beercation now.
Too bad you missed Belleflower Brewing Company! Their Barn Hex stands out from the crowd of NEIPAs. It's crazy good! I have been trying to mimic it in my home brew, but I cant figure out how they get their hop flavor and aroma to punch with virtually no bitterness and a smooth texture. It's almost like oat milk. I'm getting closer I think with cold side only hops and heavy oat additions... maybe. Only, now hop creep is an issue even with a diacetyl rest Adventures in homebrewing...
If you liver could hack it a front range of the Rockies week starting in Cheyenne WY. and ending in Colorado Springs would give you over 200 breweries to choose from. Also Tampa has a few awesome ones Woven water, Copertail brewing and Cigar City to name a few.
A few years back I did what was called a brews cruze in Atlanta. Need to do another because a half dozen or more have opened since then. If your travel bring you to Atlanta my recommendation is school house brewing its also a full homebrew store as well. There is so much variety. Another about 45 minutes outside Atlanta drowned valley brewing have a seasonal hazy session ipa called fighter fluid it was my first hazy and kinda set the bar ridiculously high. My wife is from Lewiston, Maine so I might have to do your Portland run.
It's all good PR. Per Capita is a massive caveat. Chicago, Denver and Seattle are all better beer cities when it comes to number and variety of breweries.
