Each year, the Friday Night Dinner with the Brewers, is a smashing success! Chef Lee from the Clarion Hotel meets with the owner-brewmasters from featured brewers, to discuss and sample what food and brews would be fresh and seasonally-appropriate for Maine's November brewfest. We planned the five-course menu, the brewers decide whose product matched best with each course, some good acoustic music is booked, and we are ready! We'll open the evening with a panel discussion about the brews and breweries. There will be a brewer 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! We'll improve on the winning format by adding a little more "learn your beer" Q&A and discussions, for those who want that. Here's what your ticket package will include:

• A pre-dinner panel discussion with 5 Maine brewers about the beer that they each bring to the dinner.
• We’ll have a line-up of your favorite Maine craft brewers.
• 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.

The Maine Brewers Festival and the Clarion Hotel Portland is proud to present the Maine Brewers Festival “Dinner with the brewers Brewers.”

6:00pm - Enjoy appetizers, drinks & live music
6:30pm - Q&A with Maine's best brewers
7:15 - Dinner with the brewers