Casco Bay Brewing Co.

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Casco Bay Brewing Co.
Location	Portland, ME United States
Owner	Bryan Smith
Year opened	1994
Annual production	11,000 bbls a year
Active Beers
Rip Tide Red Ale	Irish red ale
Old Port Ale	Pale ale
Casco Bay Pale Ale	Pale ale
Seasonal Beers
Summer Ale	Summer ale
Oktoberfest	Pilsner

Casco Bay Brewing Co. is an American microbrewery, located in Portland, Maine. The brewery was founded by Bob Wade and Mike Lacharite in 1994. Today Casco Bay distributes beer throughout New England under its own brand as well as the Carrabassett brand. The brewery has a capacity of 11,000 bbls a year.

Casco Bay Brewery handcrafts its brews in small, 20-barrel batches, blends them in 40- and 80-barrel fermenting tanks, and bottles and kegs the brews. Casco Bay uses two-row malted barley and a variety of other specialty malts. The brewery also utilizes grains from Germany, England, Belgium, Canada and the United States to adjust the flavor, color and mouthfeel of its brews. It imports hops from Germany for its Pilsner and utilizes hops from the Pacific Northwest of the United States for the rest of its brews. The ale yeast is an American strain, while lager yeast is imported from Germany.

[edit] See also

• Brewery
• Craft beer

[edit] External links

• Official site of Casco Bay Brewing Co.
• Article on micro & craft breweries in the Portland, ME area