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V O L . X X V I I N O. X V I 74 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 With a second location at 48 Sanford Drive, Gorham. 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, N = no, Y = yes. Rising Tide Brewing Co. of Portland, with 4,554 barrels last year, declined to participate. S O U R C E : Each brewer via survey. Production figures are self-reported. 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/ no. employees, pre-COVID Type/ public tours?/ taproom? Sample of top brands Top executive(s)/ year founded 1 Allagash Brewing Co. 50 Industrial Way Portland 04103 800-330-5835, allagash.com 100,000 140 DND Regional Y Y Allagash White, North Sky, River Trip, Tripel, Curieux, Sixteen Counties Rob Tod founder & brewer 1995 2 Shipyard Brewing Co. 86 Newbury St. Portland 04101 761-0807, shipyard.com 60,000 31 36 Regional Y Y Shipyard Export Ale, Shipyard Bayley Brown Ale, Shipyard Pumpkinhead, Shipyard Summer Ale, Sea Dog Blueberry Ale, Sea Dog Craft Hard Seltzers Fred Forsley CEO & founder Bruce Forsley president & partner 1994 3 Maine Beer Co. 525 U.S. Route 1 Freeport 04032 221-5711, mainebeercompany.com 20,000 68 DND Regional N Y Lunch, Peeper, Dinner, Wolfe's Neck, MO, Mean Old Tom Steve Mills CEO 2009 4 Baxter Brewing Co. 130 Mill St. Lewiston 04240 333-6769, baxterbrewing.com 19,000 23 25 Microbrewery Y Y Stowaway IPA, Staycation Land, Logger Road, Couple More Miles, MHT, Ice Storm of 98' Jenn Lever president 2011 5 Sebago Brewing Co. 616 Main St. Gorham 04038 856-2537, sebagobrewing.com 12,500 135 225 Microbrewery Y Y Frye's Leap IPA, Haze FWD, Simmer Down, Runabout Red Ale, Pressed for Time IPA, Back in the Day Double IPA, NED IPA+ Kai Adams Tim Haines Brad Monarch co-founders 1998 6 Bissell Brothers 4 Thompson's Point Road Portland 04102 808-8258, bissellbrothers.com 11,000 34 DND Brewpub Y Y Substance, Swish, Baby Genius, Reciprocal, Nothing Gold, Seed Peter Bissell Noah Bissell co-founders & co-owners 2013 7 Lone Pine Brewing Co. 219 Anderson St. Portland 04101 1 536-4952, lonepinebrewery.com 10,572 31 29 Microbrewery N Y Portland Pale Ale, Brightside IPA, Oh-J Double IPA, Tessellation Double IPA, Holy Donut Rotating Series, Chaos Emeralds John Paul co-founder Tom Madden co-owner 2016 8 Mast Landing Brewing Co. 920 Main St. Westbrook 04092 887-9147, mastlandingbrewing.com 8,977 25 DND Microbrewery N Y Gunner's Daughter, Windbreaker, Neon Sails, Jonah, Saccarappa, DDH Tell Tale Ian Dorsey president & CEO 2015 9 Atlantic Brewing Co. 15 Knox Road Bar Harbor 04609 288-2337, atlanticbrewing.com 5,000 12 DND Microbrewery Y Y Bar Harbor Real Ale, Mountain Hopper IPA, Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale Alex Maffucci president 1991 10 Banded Brewing Co. 32 Main St., Building 13-W, Suite 102 Biddeford 04005 602-1561, bandedbrewing.com 4,500 25 DND Microbrewery Y Y Veridian IPA, Daikaiju DIPA, Norweald Stout, Jolly Woodsman Coffee Stout Pepperell Pils Ian McConnell founder 2013 11 Geary Brewing Co. 38 Evergreen Drive Portland 04103 878-2337, gearybrewing.com 4,500 20 DND Microbrewery Y Y Geary's Pale Ale, Hampshire Special Ale, Maine's Summer Ale, Off Trail Brown Ale, Riverside IPA, Pick ME Blueberry Lager Robin Lapoint president & owner 1983 1 With a second location at 48 Sanford Drive, Gorham. 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. Rising Tide Brewing Co. of Portland, with 4,554 barrels last year, declined to participate. This list was compiled by Heide Martin and originally published in the March 8, 2021 issue of Mainebiz. SOURCE: Each brewer via survey. Production figures are self-reported.

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