General Information

The 19th-annual Maine Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 2nd and 3rd, 2012, as New Englanders come together to celebrate the local Maine craft beer community. The Evening with the Brewers VIP Session will kick off the festival weekend on Friday night, and the highly anticipated festival will begin on Saturday afternoon with two high-energy sessions.

Festival attendees will receive a complimentary logoed tasting glass (real glass!) with tick­ets to enjoy 12, 4-oz pours of Maine craft beer. The festival weekend continues to be a highlight to a beer lover’s winter with great food, interesting vendors, fantastic music and prizes to complement some of the best micro brews in the country! It’s an experience that can't be missed. We hope you'll join us for fun, friends, and most importantly, great beer! Tickets on sale now!!

If you have any ticket questions, please email info@learnyourbeer.com.

Participating Food Vendors

		Portland Pie Co. Locations: 51 York St Portland, ME (207) 772-1231 869 Main St Westbrook, ME (207) 591-6248 400 Expedition Dr Scarb. ME (207) 510-6999 786 Elm St Manchester, NH (603) 622-7437 www.portlandpie.com www.facebook.com/portlandpieco
		Love Cupcakes “Love Cupcakes takes everyone's favorite, old school dessert and serves it with a distinct twist.  Love Cupcakes serves fresh and incomparably delicious cupcakes out of a vintage, 1960's travel trailer, allowing them to spread the love all over Southern, Maine and beyond.  They keep it simple, they keep it local and of course, organic.  Love Cupcakes always offers your traditional favorites, with a weekly special to sweeten things up.  They do our best to buy their ingredients from local vendors when available.  You can mix and match flavors to fit your every desire without ever having to think about sharing - who doesn't Love Cupcakes? Love Cupcake's home base is Portland, Maine, but you'll probably see us anywhere from Camden to Kittery.  To find out where they are going next, please check out their "Find Us" page for detailed information and directions.   Love Cupcakes on Facebook www.lovecupcakesinme.com

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