Portland Brewery near Rising Tide

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  1. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

    I heard there was another brewery very close to RT. Anyone know name?
     
  2. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

  3. TheMonkfish

    TheMonkfish Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Chad

    Wow - that's damn close. I must have driven by Rising Tide three times while trying to find it for their tour. Great people there - probably some of the most giving (in terms of time) I've met while on a tour. Glad to see them doing well and expanding (hitting VT now and NH soon.)
     
  4. ChickenSandwichCarl

    ChickenSandwichCarl Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Maine

  5. FrankLloydMike

    FrankLloydMike Maven (1,284) Aug 16, 2006 Massachusetts

    I haven't had a ton from them, so I can't speak to them all, but the Munjoy Mild I had back in April was a nice version of the style--a very drinkable, malty English ale.
     
  6. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,157) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    Had their porter during Portland Beer Week - excellent.
     
  7. Brez07

    Brez07 Initiate (0) Sep 29, 2009 Maine

    The Coffee IPA they did impressed me
     
  8. JuliusTheCat

    JuliusTheCat Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Maine

    Hmm, surprised to hear some good things. The first three or four of their beers I had were very underwhelming. They were also priced at a super premium level (at Sonny's). So, it was a pretty quick two strikes. I was then going to grab a growler one day, but the glass was super fancy & expensive, and what I had tasted of theirs in no way warranted it. Strike 3.

    But, maybe time to give them another shot if I see something interesting on tap...
     
  9. ChickenSandwichCarl

    ChickenSandwichCarl Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Maine

    I did like the Coffee IPA, but I only had two sips of it because when I was at the brewery, he couldn't get it to pour. Its just amatuer hour over there and with so many other better beers around(such as RT right down the block), its just not worth it.
     
  10. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,157) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    I also enjoyed their rye beer at brunch at Sonny's. Don't recall the price being exhorbitant - maybe because they were being featured at the brunch during beer week?
     
  11. skipjack17

    skipjack17 Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2009 Massachusetts

    Is this in the same building as Tandem Coffee Roasters? Last time, I was up there, we didn't stop in for coffee, but I recall some brewing going on there the last time I did.
     
  12. beerinmaine

    beerinmaine Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2009 Maine

    Building right across the lot.
     
  13. beerinmaine

    beerinmaine Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2009 Maine

    I was underwhelmed with the first couple from Bunker, liked some of the more recent (and stronger) ones better.
     
  14. dasenebler

    dasenebler Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2008 Maine

    Bunker is kind of hit or miss, but I really enjoyed their Brown Ale, Trashmaster Stout, and Pilsner.
     
  15. beerinmaine

    beerinmaine Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2009 Maine

    Portland has a nice little fermentation cluster going in the "yEast" Bayside neighborhood. Rising Tide, a craft distillery right next door (name temporarily forgotten), Bunker around the corner, and Urban Farm Fermentory (ciders, cysers, etc.) right next door to them. It's like the in-town version of brewery row out in the industrial park on the outskirts (Allagash, Bull Jagger, Gearys, New England Distilling, MBC for a few more months, and previously Rising Tide).
     
  16. LostTraveler

    LostTraveler Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2011 Maine

    Dont forget Maine Mead Works too.
     
  17. beerinmaine

    beerinmaine Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2009 Maine

    Not yEast Bayside, but not far.... :slight_smile:
     
  18. ChickenSandwichCarl

    ChickenSandwichCarl Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Maine

    Whenever I hear someone say yEast Bayside it makes me think of the epsiode in South Park where Stan's parents buy a Prius. After they've purhcased it they think they're better then everyone and end up in San Francisco, going to parties where everyone farts into a glass and sniffs their own ass.
     
  19. beerinmaine

    beerinmaine Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2009 Maine

    Pretty odd impression, since the folks over there are about as down-to-earth as it gets.
     
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