It all begins with Geary’s.

By Jason Singer and Pete Lyons

Way back in the 1980s, Maine beer drinkers had limited choices. 

Many of us turned to homebrewing to upgrade from the Budweiser/Miller Lite/Old Milwaukee trinity that dominated the beer aisle. 

But in 1986, when Geary Brewing Company became the first craft brewer in New England, all those plastic buckets and tubing became obsolete, and the biggest pots in Maine kitchens could go back to boiling lobsters. Geary beer was not only delicious, it was brewed right here in town on Industrial Way.

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