General Information

The 17th annual Maine Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th, 2010. This festival celebrates the quality and community of Maine's craft brewers and their tasty celebrated brews. Great food, door prizes, interesting vendors, and fantastic music round out the experience. This event has become an anticipated New England tradition. We hope you'll join us for fun, friends, and most importantly, great beer! (Tickets On Sale Now!!)

Friday Night Dinner with the Brewers is Back!!! 6-9pm

The Friday Night Dinner with the Brewers, continues to be a smashing success! The chef from the Clarion Hotel meets a month in advance with the owner-brewmasters from local breweries, to review what food and brews would be fresh and seasonally-appropriate for Maine's November brewfest. We plan the five-course menu, the brewers decide whose product match best with each course, some good acoustic music is booked, and we’re ready! We open the evening with a panel discussion about the brews and breweries, moderated by Yankee Brew News. There’s a brewer (or panelist) sitting at each table of guests, so we can all ask questions and listen to great brewing stories all evening... what a hoot for anyone who likes a good beer, a good story, and some up close and personal contact with Maine's craft brewing industry!

Here's what your ticket package will include:

A pre-dinner panel discussion with 4 Maine brewers about 1 or 2 beers that they each bring to the dinner, many of which you'll have a chance to pair with your dinner.

Whoa! What a line-up of your favorite Maine craft brewers we'll have, Last year it was Gritty's, Allagash, Shipyard, and Atlantic. Stay tuned to learn this year’s line-up.

Panel discussion and presentation, with the evenings featured brewers, moderated by our guest professional industry insider.

Dinner at Portland's beautiful and convenient Clarion Hotel

Great, live background music!
Admission to the regular Saturday festival, either the Happy Hour session or the evening session

Each dinner table features a brewery employee. Each table of attendees has a chance to talk with, and learn from, a brewing expert while they're enjoying dinner.
A limited edition, full-color, full sized Maine Brewers Festival beer mug.

Your Favorite Craft Brewers on VIMEO!

Directions to the Portland Expo

For you GPS users, the Expo address is: 239 Park Avenue, Portland Maine 04102

From Northern Maine

• Follow Interstate 295 into Portland.
• Take Exit 5a off Interstate 295 (Congress St.).
• Take a right at the bottom of the ramp at light. Take another right at next intersection (Route 22 east / Congress St.). Congress St. is a one way street at that point.
• Get in the left lane and take a left at the first traffic light (St. John St.).
• Get in the right lane and take a right at the next traffic light (Park Avenue).
• Hadlock Field will be on your left. Just past Hadlock Field is the Portland Exposition Building at the top of the hill.
• There is a parking lot between the Portland Expo and the Portland Ice Arena, with a nother lot at the rear of that lot, towards Fitzpatrick Stadium. Parking for the event fills up fast and there is usually an event at the Stadium the day of the beer festival.
• Our advice: park there early or seek alternate parking.

From Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine

• Follow Interstate 95 into Maine. Take Exit 44 off Interstate 95 (Interstate 295).
• Follow Interstate 295 into Portland. Take Exit 5 off Interstate 295 (Congress St.).
• Follow signs for Route 22 east (Congress St). Congress St. is a one way street at that point.
• Get in the left lane and take a left at the first traffic light (St. John St.).
• Get in the right lane and take a right at the next traffic light (Park Avenue). Hadlock Field will be on your left.
• Just past Hadlock Field is the Portland Exposition Building at the top of the hill.
• There is a parking lot between the Portland Expo and the Portland Ice Arena, with another lot at the rear of that lot, towards Fitzpatrick Stadium.Parking for the event fills up fast and there is usually an event at the Stadium the day of the beer festival.
• Our advice: park there early or seek alternate parking.

From Northern New Hampshire, and Western Maine

• Follow Route 302 into Portland. Immediately after the intersection with Interstate 295, take a right through Deering Oaks Park.
• At the next traffic light after the park, take a right onto Park Avenue.
• Continue on Park Avenue through the next 2 traffic lights.
• At the next blinking light, the Portland Exposition Building will be on the right.
• There is a parking lot between the Portland Expo and the Portland Ice Arena, with another lot at the rear of that lot, towards Fitzpatrick Stadium.
• Parking for the event fills up fast and there is usually an event at the Stadium the day of the beer festival.
• Our advice: park there early or seek alternate parking.

View The Portland Expo at 239 Park Ave, Portland, ME on Google Maps