Casco Bay Brewing Co.

Infobox Brewery
name = Casco Bay Brewing Co.


caption =
location = Portland, ME United States
owner = Bryan Smith
opened = 1994
production = 11,000 bbls a year
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Rip Tide Red Ale|style=Irish red ale brewbox_beer|name=Old Port Ale|style=Pale ale brewbox_beer|name=Casco Bay Pale Ale|style=Pale ale
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Summer Ale|style=Summer ale brewbox_beer|name=Oktoberfest|style=Pilsner
other_beers =

Casco Bay Brewing Co. is an American microbrewery, located in Portland, Maine.

History

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 had a capacity of 11,000 bbls a year. As of 2008, Casco Bay has been acquired by Shipyard Brewing Company and is now brewed and bottled in their facility near the Portland waterfront.

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.

ee also

*Brewery
*Craft beer

External links

* [http://www.cascobaybrewing.com/brewery/home.html Official site of Casco Bay Brewing Co.]
* [http://portlandme.about.com/library/weekly/aa060498.htm Article on micro & craft breweries in the Portland, ME area]
* [http://www.shipyard.com/ Shipyard Brewing Company, Portland, ME]