Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company

Gritty McDuff's Brewing CompanyGritty McDuff's Brewing Company
Gritty McDuff's Brewing CompanyGritty McDuff's Brewing Company
Brewery, Bar, Eatery

396 Fore St
Portland, Maine, 04101-4026
United States

(207) 772-BREW | map
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BEER STATS
Average:
3.6
Beers:
30
Ratings:
2,053
PLACE STATS
Average:
3.79
Reviews:
76
Ratings:
156
pDev:
12.93%
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Ratings by DrStiffington:
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Reviewed by DrStiffington from New Jersey

3.78/5  rDev -0.3%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 4 | food: 4
I stop here for lunch every Fall when I visit Maine. It has a great New England atmosphere. I usually sit at the bar with a book or watch ESPN on a flat screen and try the sampler, then select a pint or two while the wife and kids do other things in Portland. Their beers are good, not exceptional. They are worth chceking out for sure, though. The place has very tasty pub food. Nothing fancy, but enjoyable nonetheless. There's a kids menu, so lunch with the family is no problem. They have a little store right next door where you can buy their beers bottled or in growlers.
Feb 04, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.79 by cratez from Canada (ON)

Sep 12, 2023
 
Rated: 4.09 by StrangerTides from New York

Jul 16, 2023
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

3.72/5  rDev -1.8%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.75
Stopped in for a beer after dinner on a Sunday night at the brewpub in downtown Portland. Old school type brewpub, large bar, lots of wood, and dinning table. Draft list is centered on traditional styles, including a couple of cask beers. The beer I had was decent. Didnt have any of the food, looked like typical pub menu.
Sep 06, 2021
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Reviewed by erosier from Connecticut

4.03/5  rDev +6.3%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4 | service: 3.75 | selection: 4.25 | food: 4
Great spot in downtown Portland making old school types of beers. The service was good, the food was pretty good too. Selection of beers was great, the dry irish stout was fantastic, great to see that as a choice. The ambiance is an old school bar with an old school mug club. Overall it's worth a stop if you're in town.
Jul 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Jul 31, 2020
 
Rated: 3.83 by slasich from Pennsylvania

May 16, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by O-Meg from New York

Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.71 by Arg914 from New York

Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.48 by jfcaa193 from Canada (QC)

Oct 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.2 by littlestevie14 from Massachusetts

Jul 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by Fitzy01 from Maine

May 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.73 by NHPest from New Hampshire

May 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.2 by DM39 from Massachusetts

Feb 27, 2017
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Rated by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

3.48/5  rDev -8.2%
vibe: 3 | quality: 3 | service: 4.5 | selection: 3.25
Hole in the wall. Super dark. Dark wood and low lighting. The beers tasted old. Super divey. Went her while we waiting for dinner.
Sep 12, 2016
 
Rated: 1.5 by bootdown21 from Connecticut

Sep 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4.03 by GreesyFizeek from New York

Jul 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by smanson56 from New Hampshire

May 22, 2016
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Reviewed by Grogsky from Canada ()

4.44/5  rDev +17.2%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.5
If you've got just a few minutes to try a few samples and experience some craft beer in Portland, ME, I highly recommend checking this place out. Upstairs is great, but if downstairs is open, definitely head down!
Apr 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.51 by NYR-Zuuuuc from Connecticut

Apr 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.78 by BEERMILER12 from Maine

Mar 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.08 by FedJack from New York

Mar 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by tmac from New Hampshire

Feb 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.86 by JAEvans from New Jersey

Jan 28, 2016
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Reviewed by ScorpioFemme from Pennsylvania

4.68/5  rDev +23.5%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 5 | food: 5
We Want Gritty's!!

Southern Pennsylvania needs Gritty's to find a distributor in York County who will bring your incredible Scottish, Christmas, and Halloween ales to our area so the locals can taste splendor in a glass! I am forced to drive to Philadelphia (90 minutes each way!) to get my Gritty's Fall & Winter Ale fix but hope that I won't have to one of these days. If you haven't been fortunate enough to enjoy one of their seasonal ales (for lover's of Scottish & ESB's), you are missing out on their yummy versions of those styles. I miss Maine terribly and Gritty's almost as much!
Oct 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.04 by chicagoish from Pennsylvania

Sep 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.51 by HopsnMalts_NJ from New Jersey

Sep 09, 2015
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Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts

3.49/5  rDev -7.9%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.25 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
Stopped in for lunch on a Wednesday - not a lot of people in at the time until the raucous crowd from the BrewBus dropped in...

We were seated at a communal table that was located in a room away from the main bar area. Nice enough seating and the community feel was cool (without the brew bus gang). Our server was very pleasant and well-informed. The menu was a little confusing about what constituted a flight, but the waitress explained it clearly. Not much to question on the menu - it is pub grub.

There were nine beers in the flight, two duplicates on cask which was a nice way to compare and contrast those beers. The beer was mostly OK, but I though the stout was awful. The food was very good - nicely prepared fish sandwich and my wife said the fish tacos were tasty as well. Good onion rings.

More than the vibe (which to me includes the people) the place does have a nice ambience from all the brick - it's a pretty cool building and the downstairs/outside seating would have been nice on a much cooler day. It was mid-90 weather and the AC was welcome.

I'd like to try the Freeport location to compare. They are always packed and always seem to have something going on. It was nice to check it off, but it's no place I feel compelled to visit again.
Sep 02, 2015
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Reviewed by mynie from Maryland

2.99/5  rDev -21.1%
vibe: 2.5 | quality: 2.75 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3
I don't know how long they've been open, but Gritty's feels like a very, very oldschool brewpub. The beers are all English-style, served only slightly colder than room temperature, and the quality varies from "okay" to "the first batch of homebrew someone didn't fuck up entirely."

We stopped by around 11 PM on a Saturday. Everyone was friendly but the place was packed and very loud. There's some minor aesthetic signals toward Englishness, but the vibe was much closer to an American sports bar than a faux-English/Irish pub. That's fine if that's your thing--there were lots of early twenties kids there trying to mate with one another. But it's not my thing.

So, not really a great vibe, and not really great beer. Nothing about the place was horrid, but it doesn't really qualify as a beer geek destination in 2015.
Aug 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.34 by Oleyomoleyo from North Carolina

Jun 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.93 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jun 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by mitch3114 from New York

May 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

May 13, 2015
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Reviewed by KLHBB from Arkansas

3.94/5  rDev +4%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 3.25 | service: 5 | selection: 3.75 | food: 3
Fun place, great service. Quiet when I was there, but I can imagine this as a party place. Informal, old world pirate vibe. Beer and food are good enough, but the strength is in the brick and wood charm.
May 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.08 by xtonytx from Connecticut

Mar 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.21 by 31Sam13 from New Hampshire

Mar 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by benzalman from California

Mar 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by psweendogg from Connecticut

Feb 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.46 by misternebbie from Pennsylvania

Feb 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by OJT1993 from Maine

Feb 03, 2015
Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company in Portland, ME
Brewery rating: 3.6 out of 5 with 2053 ratings