Established Craft Brewery | 2,500+ BBL/Yr
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This is a premium, founder-led craft brewery strategically located in a highly sought-after market known for its thriving craft beer culture and year-round visitor traffic.
For the last 10 years, the company has built a recognizable regional brand anchored by a diverse, innovation-driven beer portfolio spanning IPAs, lagers, Kölsch-style ales, and seasonal releases. The business generates revenue across three channels: high-margin taproom sales, a wholesale distribution network exceeding 600 accounts, and contract brewing for third-party brands.
With a recently expanded distributor relationship covering Maine and New Hampshire, this brewery enters the market as a scaled, operationally mature platform with meaningful upside remaining. The seller is pursuing an asset sale and is open to a transition support arrangement to ensure continuity of commercial relationships and staff retention.
For the last 10 years, the company has built a recognizable regional brand anchored by a diverse, innovation-driven beer portfolio spanning IPAs, lagers, Kölsch-style ales, and seasonal releases. The business generates revenue across three channels: high-margin taproom sales, a wholesale distribution network exceeding 600 accounts, and contract brewing for third-party brands.
With a recently expanded distributor relationship covering Maine and New Hampshire, this brewery enters the market as a scaled, operationally mature platform with meaningful upside remaining. The seller is pursuing an asset sale and is open to a transition support arrangement to ensure continuity of commercial relationships and staff retention.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 9
- Employees
- 13 (6 Full-time, 7 Part-time)
All employees are W2. - Facilities & Assets
- The brewery operates out of an 8,100 SF integrated production facility and taproom located within one of the most well-trafficked brewery clusters in Northern New England. The taproom accommodates approximately 120 guests indoors, with a seasonal outdoor patio that more than doubles total capacity during peak months.
The production facility is equipped with six 30 BBL fermenters, six 30 BBL bright tanks, and additional 15 BBL and 7 BBL tanks, supporting an annual output of 2,500–3,000 barrels with approximately 10% capacity headroom. Equipment is stainless steel, approximately 7.5 years old, with an estimated remaining useful life exceeding 15 years.
The sale includes all brewing and taproom equipment, vehicles, and leasehold improvements — totaling approximately $1,012,059 in fixed assets — plus current inventory valued at approximately $115,508. The current lease has approximately 3 years remaining with a 5-year renewal option. - Market Outlook / Competition
- Maine consistently ranks among the top craft beer destinations in the United States, drawing significant domestic and beer-tourism traffic year-round. The brewery benefits directly from its position within a concentrated brewery destination that generates built-in foot traffic and cross-patronage. The craft beer segment remains competitive, but this brewery's combination of brand equity, product breadth, and established distributor infrastructure positions it favorably against newer entrants and smaller independents operating without comparable scale.
- Opportunities for Growth
- The most immediate and compelling growth opportunity is re-entry into the Massachusetts market, where the business previously generated an estimated $300,000–$500,000 in revenue without a dedicated sales effort.
Additional upside includes increased draft line placement across existing accounts, expansion of the contract brewing program, and the addition of a dedicated sales representative to accelerate distributor account growth. A buyer with regional distribution relationships or multi-state operational experience could meaningfully accelerate the growth trajectory that current ownership has established.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 8,100
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- The owner is looking to pursue new ventures.
- Transition Support
- The ownership team is fully committed to a smooth transition and open to post-closing involvement under mutually agreed terms. Key operational staff expected to be retained include a recently hired, high-performing Head Brewer, an Operations Manager, a Taproom Lead, and a Warehouse Manager with over five years of tenure. The lean organizational structure means institutional knowledge is well-distributed across the team, reducing key-person dependency and supporting a straightforward handoff for a qualified buyer.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2520892
- Listing Views
- 53
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