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V O L . X X V I N O . V M A R C H 9 , 2 0 2 0 26 Maine's largest brewers Ranked by annual production in barrels No. barrels/ no. employees Type/ public tours? Sample of top brands Top executive Year founded 1 Allagash Brewing Co. 50 Industrial Way Portland 04103 800-330-5835, allagash.com 100,000 140 Regional Y Allagash White, Allagash River Trip, Allagash Tripel, Allagash Curieux, Allagash Barrel & Bean, Allagash Sixteen Counties, Allagash Black, Allagash Saison Rob Tod founder & brewer 1995 2 Shipyard Brewing Co. 86 Newbury St. Portland 04101 761-0807, shipyard.com 74,119 96 Regional Y Pumpkinhead, Finder, Summer Ale Fred Forsley CEO & founder Bruce Forsley president & partner 1994 3 Maine Beer Company 525 U.S. Route 1 Freeport 04032 221-5711, mainebeercompany.com 25,000 72 Regional N Lunch, Peeper, Dinner, Wolfe's Neck IPA, Woods & Waters Steve Mills CEO 2009 4 Baxter Brewing Co. 130 Mill St. Lewiston 04240 333-6769, baxterbrewing.com 17,714 28 Regional Y Stowaway IPA Jenn Lever President 2011 5 Sebago Brewing Co. 616 Main St. Gorham 04038 856-2537, sebagobrewing.com 13,000 250 Microbrewery Y Frye's Leap IPA, Haze FWD, Simmer Down, Saddleback Ale, Back In The Day, Yellow on Friday Kai Adams Tim Haines Brad Monarch co-founders 1998 6 Bissell Brothers 4 Thompson's Point Road Portland 04102 808-8258, bissellbrothers.com 10,000 34 Microbrewery Y Substance, Swish, Lux, Reciprocal, Baby Genius Peter Bissell Noah Bissell co-founders & co-owners 2013 7 Geary Brewing Co. 1 38 Evergreen Drive Portland 04103 878-2337, gearybrewing.com 6,000 16 Microbrewery Y Pale Ale, HSA, Summer Ale, Riverside IPA Robin Lapoint president & owner 1983 8 Banded Brewing Co. 32 Main St., Building 13-W, Suite 102 Biddeford 04005 602-1561, bandedbrewing.com 5,000 22 Microbrewery Y Veridian IPA, Pepperell Pils, Norweald Stout, Daikaiju Double IPA, Charms and Hexes Sour Ale Ian McConnell founder 2013 9 Geaghan Bros. Brewing Co. 570 Main St. Bangor 04401 945-3730, geaghans.com 5,000 10 Brewpub Y Smiling Irish Bastard, Refueler, Presque Isle Honey Blonde, Irish Red Andrew Geaghan 2 owner & head brewer 2011 10 Rising Tide Brewing Co. 103 Fox St. Portland 04101 370-2337, risingtidebrewing.com 4,554 26 Microbrewery Y Ishmael Copper Ale, Zephyr IPA, Back Cove Pilsner Heather Sanborn Nathan Sanborn co-owners 2010 11 Foundation Brewing Co. 1 Industrial Way, Suite 5 Portland 04103 370-8187, foundationbrew.com 4,250 15 Microbrewery N Epiphany, Afterglow, Burnside, Forge, My Jam series, Cosmic Bloom, Riverton Flyer Joel Mahaffey John Bonney co-founders 2014 12 Atlantic Brewing Co. 15 Knox Road Bar Harbor 04609 288-2337, atlanticbrewing.com 4,000 12 Microbrewery Y Real Ale, Blueberry Ale, Mountain Hopper IPA Alex Maffucci president 1991 1 Data from 2019 survey. 2 Larry, Peter and Pat Geaghan are co-owners. Notes: Brewery types are defined as follows: Regional produces 15,000-6 million barrels/year, microbrewery produces less than 15,000 barrels/year and 75% or more is sold off-site, brewpub sells 25% or more on-site. IPA = India pale ale, N = no, Y = yes This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the March 9, 2020 issue of Mainebiz. SOURCE: Each brewer via survey and Maine Brewers Association C O M P I L E D B Y T I M O T H Y D O Y L E C O M P I L E D B Y T I M O T H Y D O Y L E T H E L I S T