The Craft Beer Incubator of Portland, Maine

So there is this one magical, industrial park building that has earned the nickname "The Craft Beer Incubator of Maine".  Located on the western outskirts of Portland this one building currently hosts three new breweries and had previously been the startup location of the now larger Rising Tide brewery and Maine Beer Co. 

You can see here from the sign that 3 out of the 11 companies in the building are breweries.  It comes in handy as a place to go try some samples because you can just walk from one front door to the other and visit three breweries in one fell swoop.  Take a cab!

The three breweries are:

Austin Street Brewery

Bissell Brothers

Foundation Brewing

Austin Street is the smallest of the three and therefore not easy to find on tap in the city just yet.  The other two there are several pubs in Downtown and Old Port that serve them such as Novare Res, King's Head, Mama's Crowbar, etc. 

Personally I liked the Austin Street beers the best with the Crushable IPA being my favorite at a very drinkable 3.7%.  Still I though all the beers were very good.  The Eddy Saison at Foundation was probably my 2nd and I quite enjoyed the Substance ale from Bissell.  Bissell is probably the best one to drink at as they will serve you a full pint and have stand up tables inside and out to drink it at. 

As an added bonus, the formidable Allagash brewery is right across the street.  Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to go over there for a tour.  Next time.

Some photos: