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V O L . X X V I N O. X V I 66 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine I N N OVAT I O N / R & D Maine's largest brewers Ranked by annual production in barrels C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N 1 Data from 2019 survey. 2 Larry, Peter and Pat Geaghan are co-owners. N O T E S : 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, = no, = yes S O U R C E : Each brewer via survey and Maine Brewers Association Purchase this list and more as an Excel document at mainebiz.biz/DataCenter @ 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 dened 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. S O U R C E : Each brewer via survey and Maine Brewers Association Maine has over 150 breweries, including many rural craft brewers. The world's first total alcohol abstinence organization was founded in Portland in 1815, and by 1851 was able to get enough support to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in Maine. It was repealed in 1856 200 200 IDEAS FOR MAINE'S BICENTENNIAL Deacon George Thomas launched the clipper ship Red Jacket from his Rockland shipyard in 1853. No large sailing vessel matched its speed for crossing the Atlantic. The schooner Bowdoin was conceived by Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan in 1917. He hired designer William H. Hand of New Bedford, Mass., and builder Hodgdon Brothers of East Boothbay. In 1921, the Bowdoin, named after MacMillan's alma mater, was launched. The cribstone bridge between Bailey and Orr's islands, in Harpswell, is on the National Register of Historic Places and listed as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The 1,150-foot-long bridge was completed in 1928, built with Yarmouth granite slabs, using no mortar or cement, allowing the tide to flow through the openings.