# List of breweries in Maine

Breweries in Maine produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
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. Altogether 47 people in Maine had active brewer permits in 2012. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Maine's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Maine's breweries and related industries was more than $142 million. Consumer purchases of Maine's brewery products generated more than $49 million in additional tax revenue. In 2016, according to the Brewers Association, Maine ranked 5th in the number of craft breweries per capita (7.6 Breweries per capita) with 77 breweries.
For context, at the end of 2016, there were 5,301 breweries in the United States, including 5,234 craft breweries subdivided into 1,916 brewpubs, 3,132 microbreweries and 186 regional craft breweries. In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 65,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $350 billion.

## Current breweries

During the past several years the number of craft breweries in Maine has increased. According to the most recent information from the Brewers Association, which is an advocate for the Craft Brew industry, Maine now has over 90 breweries of various sizes across the state.
* 2 Feet Brewing Company - Bangor - Opened in 2016
* Airline Brewing Company (formerly Square Tail Brewing Company) - Amherst and Ellsworth - Opened in 2015
* Allagash Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 1995
* Ambition Brewing - Wilton - Opened in 2019
* Austin Street Brewery - Portland - Opened in 2014
* The Bag and Kettle - Carrabassett Valley - Opened in 1969
* Banded Brewing Co. (formerly Banded Horn Brewing) - Biddeford and Portland- Opened in 2013 (Portland opened in 2020)
* Bangor Beer Company - Bangor - Opened in 2017
* Barreled Souls Brewing Company - Saco - Opened in 2014
* Bateau Brewing - Gardiner - Opened in 2019
* Bath Ale Works - Wiscasset - Opened in 2021
* Bath Brewing Co. - Bath - Opened in 2018
* Batson River Brewing & Distilling - Biddeford, Kennebunk, Portland, and Wells - Opened in 2018
* Battery Steele Brewing - Portland - Opened in 2017
* Baxter Brewing Company - Lewiston - Opened in 2010
* Bear Bones Beer - Lewiston - Opened in 2016
* Bigelow Brewing - Skowhegan - Opened in 2014
* Birchwood - Gray - Opened in 2018
* Bissell Brothers Brewing Co. - Portland - Opened in 2013
* Black Bear Microbrewery - Orono - Opened in 2008
* Black Pug Brewing - Brunswick - Opened in 2018
* Blank Canvas Brewery - Brewer - Opened in 2015
* Blaze Brewing Co. - Camden and Biddeford - Opened in 2018
* Boothbay Craft Brewery - Boothbay - Opened in 2009
* Bray's Brewing Company - Naples - Opened in 2011
* Brewery Extrava - Portland - Opened in 2019
* Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. - Yarmouth - Opened in 2018
* Bunker Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2011
* Corner Point Brewing Co. - Berwick - Opened in 2018
* Cushnoc Brewing Co. - Augusta - Opened in 2017
* D. L. Geary Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 1986
* DeepWater Brewing Co. - Blue Hill - Opened in 2012
* Definitive Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2018
* First Mile Brewing Co. - Fort Kent - Opened in 2017
* Fluvial Brewing - Harrison - Opened in 2019
* Fogtown Brewing Co. - Ellsworth - Opened in 2017
* Footbridge - Boothbay Harbor - Opened in 2019
* Fore River Brewing Company - South Portland - Opened in 2016
* Foulmouthed Brewing Company - South Portland - Opened in 2016
* Foundation Brewing - Portland - Opened in 2014
* Friars' Brewhouse - Bangor - Opened in 2013
* Frosty Bottom Brewing - Belfast (no tasting room) - Opened in 2019
* Funky Bow Brewery and Beer Company - Lyman - Opened in 2013
* Geaghan Brothers Brewing Co. - Bangor - Opened in 2011
* Gneiss Brewing Company - Limerick - Opened in 2013; closing in 2024
* Goodfire Brewing Co. - Portland - Opened in 2017
* Grateful Grain Brewing Company - Monmouth - Opened in 2017
* Gritty McDuff's - Freeport, Auburn and Portland - Opened in 1988
* Island Dog Brewing - South Portland - Opened in 2017
* Jack Russell's Steakhouse and Maine Coast Brewery - Bar Harbor - Opened in 1997
* Kennebec River Brewery - The Forks - Opened in 1996
* Lake St. George Brewing - Liberty - Opened in 2017
* The Liberal Cup Public House and Brewery - Hallowell - Opened in 2000
* Liberator Brewing Company - Rockland - Opened in 2018
* Liberty Craft Brewing - Liberty - Opened in 2014
* Liquid Riot Bottling Company (formerly In'finiti Fermentation and Distilllation) - Portland - Opened in 2013
* Lone Pine Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2016
* Lost Valley Brewing Co. - Auburn - Opened in 2017
* Lubec Brewing Company - Lubec - Opened in 2015
* Machias River Brewing Co. - Machias - Opened in 2017
* Maine Beer Company - Freeport - Opened in 2009
* Mainely Brews - Waterville - Opened 2003
* Marsh Island Brewing - Orono - Opened in 2015
* Mason's Brewing Co. - Brewer - Opened in 2016
* Mast Landing Brewing Company - Westbrook - Opened in 2016
* Moderation Brewing - Brunswick - Opened in 2018
* Monhegan Brewing Company - Monhegan - Opened in 2013
* Nonesuch River Brewing Company - Scarborough - Opened in 2017
* North Haven Brewing - North Haven - Opened in 2017
* Northern Maine Brewing Co. - Caribou - Opened in 2016
* Norway Brewing Company - Norway - Opened in 2016
* NU Brewery - New Gloucester - Opened in 2019
* Odd Alewives Brewery] - Waldoboro - Opened in 2018
* Olive Pit Brewing Co. - Lisbon Opened in 2022
* Orono Brewing Company - Orono and Bangor - Opened in 2014
* Outland Farm Brewery - Pittsfield - Opened in 2019
* Oxbow Brewing - Newcastle and Portland - Opened in 2011
* Peak Organic Brewing Co. - Portland - Opened in 2007
* The Pour Farm - Union - Opened in 2018
* Rising Tide Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2010
* Saco River Brewing - Fryeburg - Opened in 2016
* Sasanoa Brewery - Westport Island - Opened in 2018
* Sea Dog Brewing Company - Bangor, Camden, South Portland and Topsham - Opened in 1993
* Sebago Brewing Co.
* Side By Each Brewing Co. - Auburn - Opened in 2019
* Stars and Stripes - Freeport - Opened in 2018
* Strong Brewing Co. - Sedgwick - Opened in 2013
* Sunday River Brewing Co. - Bethel - Opened in 1992
* Theory Brewing Company - Wells - Opened in 2015
* Threshers Brewing Co. - Searsmont - Opened in 2016
* Tributary Brewing Co. - Kittery - Opened in 2014
* Tumbledown Brewing Co. - Farmington - Opened in 2014
* Turning Page Farm - Monson - Opened in 2018
* Urban Farm Fermentory - Portland - Opened in 2010
* Waterville Brewing Co. - Waterville - Opened in 2018
* Woodland Farms Brewery - Kittery - Opened in 2017
* YES Brewing - Westbrook - Opened in 2017
* York Beach Beer Company - York – opened in 2019

## Possible future breweries

* Ship City Brewpub - Bath - In Planning Stage in 2018
* Olive Pit Brewing Co. - Lisbon - Planned for Fall 2021

## Former breweries

* 207 Beer Company - Brewer - Opened in 2018 Closed in 2019
* Andy's Brew Pub - Lincolnville - Opened in 2014, closed in 2017
* Bar Harbor Brewing - Bar Harbor - Opened in 1990, acquired by Atlantic Brewing Company in 2008
* Boon Island Ale House - Wells - Opened in 2003, closed in 2016
* Bull Jagger Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2011, Closed in 2013
* Casco Bay Brewing Co. - Portland - Opened in 1994, brand acquired by Shipyard Brewing Company in 2008
* Dirigo Brewing Company - Biddeford - Opened in 2016, closed in 2019
* Two Gramps Brewing - Gardiner - Opened in 2017, closed in 2019
* Infidel Brewing - Warren - Opened in 2013, closed in 2013
* Katahdin Brewing Company - Durham - Opened in 2012, closed in 2017
* One Eye Open Brewing Company - Portland - Opened in 2016, closed in 2018
* Rocky Coast Brewing - Ogunquit - Opened in 2012, closed in 2016