New England Breweries

[Likebull]

So for my 30th. birthday, my girlfriend and I are planning a road trip to New England.
Along the way I would like to stop at a few breweries.
So far we decided to stop at
Treehouse, Trillium, and The Alchemist.
Any other suggestions while we're up that way?

 

[BlackDog56]

Hill Farmstead--great beer in a great location.

david

 

[abbysdad2006]

Bissell Brother's in Portland, ME

 

[Likebull]

Thanks! That looks like a really good one!

 

[Maylar]

Sam Adams, Harpoon. A cool way to see a bunch of them is join a tour -

http://bostonbrewtours.com/

 

[Maylar]

And if you're coming down to Connecticut, we have a few - City Stream, and Two Roads for instance.

 

[jmartie13]

I think Vermont has somewhere around 50 breweries....you could spend days up here...

 

[Likebull]

Wow! thanks guys. I'm pretty much looking for the best of the best.
like brews that you can get on the stores down here in Pennsylvania

 

[JonM]

I've only been to Maine, so Maine Brewing Co. just outside of Freeport and Allagash in Portland.

 

[fourfarthing]

Allagash and Foundation (across the street and amazing) if in Maine. Ommegang if you drive through upstate NY to get there.

 

[Auger]

Earth Eagle is a tiny place in Portsmouth, NH, but amazing food and they do a lot of gruits in addition to traditional beers. Well worth a stop if you're going up or down the I95 corridor. Two Roads in CT is an absolutely beautiful brewery. In thecentral part of the state, Back East and New England Brewing Co are both great. Long Trail in VT is very nice, and they will often have a lot of limited release/barrel aged bottles available at the brewery that you can't get in stores.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Well worth a stop if you're going up or down the I95 corridor.

I'd recommend the Portsmouth area too. Especially if you heading north towards Portland. There's a lot of small microbreweries in the area and the other side of the river into Maine. Plus the north shore is beautiful to meander out towards Rockport/Gloucester/Ipswich/Newburyport on the way up to Portsmouth. Beautiful scenery and food.

Earth Eagle is on my list of places not yet hit. Check out their website.

I've never taken it but there's a brewtour bus out of Portsmouth that loops you around. They stop at www.tributarybrewingcompany.com/ The place is your basic small microbrewery. You'll most likely run into the head brewer running around with a hose boiling up some wort. Nice character. However, he has a long history in local/national brewlore. I've seen on twitter his Mott The Lesser is being served in Portland. It use to be one of those once a year/hard to get release out of Portsmouth Brewing Company known as Kate the Great. Google it.


Where are you coming up from? There's many places to get lost in. Which is a good thing.

 

[kh54s10]

I haven't been to the breweries but my favorites bought commercially are Two Roads in CT and Long Trail in VT. I have not been disappointed with any of their beers that I have tried.

 

[Likebull]

I'm coming from Pennsylvania

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I'm coming from Pennsylvania

oh sh!ti You gotta go thru New York. Forget about it ;-)


Here's a good start with some good research:
http://www.vermontbrewers.com/membermap/

http://mainebrewersguild.org/map/

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/...breweries-map-of-every-massachusetts-brewery/

https://nhbeer.org/beer-map/

http://ctbeertrail.net/page/breweries-1

http://www.brewingnews.com/webpdfs/YBN/YBN_RhodeIsland.pdf


In all respect I hear NY's Suarez makes some good lagers http://www.suarezfamilybrewery.com/

Maybe you could use Suarez as an appetizer. What you drink before you start to drink.

 

[akthor]

If you like high ABV barrel aged brews. Barreled Souls in Saco ME. Small 1.5 bbl brewery all barrel aged.

 

[fourfarthing]

If you are coming North I HIGHLY recommend hitting Suarez. Buy his Pilsner. Send me one as a thank you. Not too far off the beaten path if you take 9 up to 84 to traverse CT.

Also, you would pass Kent Falls if you go that way and have an hour. He makes some quality funky stuff and has a cool farm brewery concept, but is only open on Saturdays.

 

[fourfarthing]

And Lawson's finest and Foley Brothers in VT have great IPAs too.

 

[Likebull]

thanks guys! so many to choose from now!
We decided to go as far as Hill Farmstead and staying near the brewery a couple nights.
gonna try to hit up as many as possible on the way back.

 

[j1laskey]

FYI...Trillium in Fort Point only sells bottles, can and growlers. You can not taste their beer at that brewery. So, plan on stopping at their Canton location.

If you're stopping in the Boston area check out, Mystic, Slumbrew, Nightshift, Bone Up, Dorchester Brewing.

Maybe check out Bog Iron in Norton....maybe

 

[Mainer]

There are 17 breweries in Portland alone.

If you're going to Allagash and Foundation, also hit up Austin Street around the back of the Foundation building. Much smaller (only 4 taps) but excellent.

Oxbow Brewing (based in Newcastle but with a bottling/tasting room in Portland) specializes in farmhouse ales.

In York County between Portland and Portsmouth, NH are a handful of exceptional breweries. I strongly endorse Funky Bow in Lyman, Gneiss in Limerick (specializing in a broad variety of German-style wheat beers from hefes to dunkelbocks), and Banded Horn and Dirigo in Biddeford (the latter producing lagers only, but a good variety thereof).

 

[JonM]

If you're in Portland, check out The Great Lost Bear. Good food and TONS of taps. You can get a tour of New England breweries right there.

 

[Eugenio]

Portland is a must, allagash is certainly a fun visit.

For Boston, besides what has already been said, I would highly recommend Idle Hands and Castle Island, both fantastic breweries. Check with Castle Island, I know they are building, so may not be available for samples. I also highly recommend Down the Road Brewery, which is in close vicinity to nightshift, bone up, etc. It is currently under construction, but if you want to taste some of their beer and check out how the construction is coming along, I could take you there.

Have fun, New England is awesome for beer.