14 british gastropub rooms in Portland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Portland | British Gastropub across every city.
Portland's pub-and-brewery culture is one of the densest in the country, and much of it runs on the gastropub model of good beer alongside serious food. The breweries cluster on the peninsula's edges, with Bissell Brothers in Libbytown and a tight knot of taprooms including Goodfire, Lone Pine, and Rising Tide in East Bayside. In the Old Port, Gritty McDuff's Brew Pub on Fore Street is the long-standing brewpub that helped start it all.
Allagash Brewing Company ★ 4.8
north-deering · 50 Industrial Way, Portland, ME 04103
Allagash Brewing on Industrial Way, since 1995 from Rob Tod, is Portland's flagship Belgian-style brewery, with free ticketed tours via the operator site.
Bissell Brothers Brewing ★ 4.7
libbytown · 38 Resurgam Place, Portland, ME 04102
Bissell Brothers Brewing at Thompson's Point opened 2013 from Peter and Noah Bissell, with the modern New England IPA program built around The Substance Ale.
Foundation Brewing Company ★ 4.5
north-deering · 1 Industrial Way, Suite 7, Portland, ME 04103
Foundation Brewing on Industrial Way, opened 2014 by the Bonney and Mahaffey families, runs hazy IPAs, farmhouse beers and Detroit-style pizza.
Goodfire Brewing Company ★ 4.5
east-bayside · 219 Anderson Street, Suite 6, Portland, ME 04101
Goodfire Brewing on Anderson Street in East Bayside, since 2017, runs hop-forward IPAs alongside crisp lagers and a German Kolsch (Dizzy Spell).
Lone Pine Brewing Company ★ 4.4
east-bayside · 219 Anderson Street, Portland, ME 04101
Lone Pine Brewing on Anderson Street opened 2016 from Tom Madden and John Paul, with core IPAs (Portland Pale, Tessellation) and a pilot system for one-offs.
Oxbow Blending and Bottling ★ 4.6
east-bayside · 49 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME 04101
Oxbow Blending and Bottling on Washington Avenue, since 2014, is the Portland blending and bottling outpost of the Newcastle, Maine farmhouse brewery.
Rising Tide Brewing Company ★ 4.5
east-bayside · 103 Fox Street, Portland, ME 04101
Rising Tide Brewing, founded 2010 by Nathan and Heather Sanborn and at 103 Fox Street since 2012, anchors East Bayside as a Portland craft pioneer.
Shipyard Brewing Company ★ 4.1
old-port · 86 Newbury Street, Portland, ME 04101
Shipyard Brewing on Newbury Street opened 1994 from Fred Forsley and English brewmaster Alan Pugsley, with English-style ales and the Pumpkinhead seasonal.
D L Geary Brewing Company ★ 4.3
north-deering · 38 Evergreen Drive, Portland, ME 04103
D L Geary Brewing on Evergreen Drive opened in 1986 from David and Karen Geary as the first commercial craft brewery east of the Mississippi.
Austin Street Brewery ★ 4.4
east-bayside · 1 Industrial Way, Suite 8, Portland, ME 04103
Austin Street Brewery on Industrial Way, since 2014 from Will Fisher and Jake Austin, runs hop-forward IPAs and a clean German-style pilsner.
Battery Steele Brewing ★ 4.5
north-deering · 1 Industrial Way, Suite 4, Portland, ME 04103
Battery Steele Brewing on Industrial Way, since 2017, runs hazy IPAs and barrel-aged wild ales out of the Allagash and Foundation neighbouring complex.
Definitive Brewing Company ★ 4.4
east-bayside · 35 Industrial Way, Portland, ME 04103
Definitive Brewing on Industrial Way, since 2017, runs a clean lager-forward program from a warehouse-and-patio taproom with rotating Fri-Sun food trucks.
Camp Pennant ★ 4.2
old-port · 250 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101
Camp Pennant on Commercial Street, the 2024 rebrand of Michaud's 2013 Liquid Riot under Michael Fraser, pours Pennant Distilling lines plus wood-fired pizza.
Gritty McDuff's Brew Pub ★ 4.0
old-port · 396 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101
Gritty McDuff's on Fore Street, since 1988, is Maine's original brewpub and one of the first in the modern American craft scene, with cask ales on tap.