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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Down East Magazine and Portland Press Herald. Updated August 2026.
Allagash Brewing Company · Riverton
Down East's perennial Best of Maine brewery pick, featured on the Sour/Wild ballot with Coolship Resurgam. Rob Tod is the 2019 James Beard Outstanding Wine/Beer/Spirits Professional. Allagash White is the most-awarded witbier in the world.
Bissell Brothers · Thompson's Point
Down East Best of Maine Beer winner for Pilsner (Precept) and New England IPA (Swish). Peninsula-facing taproom in a century-old rail building. Substance Ale is the flagship that put the Portland NEIPA style on the map.
Maine Beer Company · Freeport
David and Daniel Kleban's 'Do What's Right' brewery. Lunch and Dinner are the benchmark Maine IPAs, with Down East's beer poll regularly slotting Lunch at the top of the American Pale Ale and IPA ballots.
Oxbow Brewing Company - Portland (Blending & Bottling) · East Bayside
Newcastle farmhouse brewery's urban blending house. 200+ oak barrels and spontaneous fermentation for Belgian-style farmhouse ales with American accents. Down East's repeat pick for farmhouse/saison.
Rising Tide Brewing Company · East Bayside
Nathan and Heather Sanborn's family-owned East Bayside anchor since 2010. Down East's Best of Maine perennial finalist and a reliable Maine-grain-forward pick across IPAs, pilsners, and barrel-aged lagers.