Austin Street Brewery

Microbrewery in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
115 Fox Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Description
Austin Street Brewery was founded in 2013 by Jake Austin and Will Fisher. The duo started out as friends and quickly realized their shared passion for craft beer and general imbibing. After several years of homebrewing on Austin Street in Westbrook, they decided to take the plunge. Self-financed and eager to begin, they purchased and assembled a one-barrel brewing system and got to work. Austin Street opened its doors on Industrial Way in Portland, Maine in early 2014. Since then, Will and Jake have maintained 100% ownership of their startup. Although this arrangement has its limitations, Jake and Will insist this is the only way for them to stay true to their creative roots while providing the best products possible to consumers and guests of their tasting rooms. Now utilizing 160 barrels of fermentation space between two production facilities, the pair is poised to maintain their position of integrity and quality in the very community that supports them.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can at home watching Bruins. See brown pour and pretty beige head. Nose is smoke and some cocoa. Tatses of caramel, rye, smoke, pumpernickel, cocoa powder. Smooth palate. Smoke lingers on palate and not over whelming. Pleasant brew on this stormy night.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2022 at 02:49

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
16 oz. can from Whole Foods, Portland, Maine. Pours a cloudy gold color with an off-white head and excellent retention. Lots of fine streaming bubbles. Decent lacing. Hoppy aroma (as expected). Piney hops flavor with a medium bitter finish. A pretty standard pale ale profile. I'm not tasting any of the supposed citrus, pear, or caramel malt flavors. Lower than average carbonation for the style. Medium body.
Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2022 at 21:49

4.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 3
Canned 8/4/21, drunk 8/27/22. Ebony ink. Large, light-tan head showing moderately-strong retention. Thick, rich, oppressive bourbon and alcohol with some ash, licorice and molasses behind it... More of the same in the grossly over-barreled and boozy flavor. This is like when barrel aged stouts first came out and 99% of them were disgustingly over-barreled, with the only thing noticeable the heavy bourbon. Here it's the same with vanilla, licorice and molasses. Absolutely nothing soft/sweet/balancing anywhere. Booze and more barrel on the end. Dumped it after a few sips. Cant remember the last time I had a good beer from these guys. Not sure what the hell happened to this once great brewery.
Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2022 at 14:00

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cans at home. Lemon colored pour and soapy white head. Nose is citrus and melon. Tatsss of honey dew, lemons, mango, some grass and florals. Thin bodied. Light soap.
Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2022 at 01:57

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can (5/31/22) pour from The Beer Store, Nashua. It's a deeply hazy, light brown-golden yellow with light sparkle, finger-width white foamy head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma is lemon, florals over biscuit. Taste follows aroma though biscuit/bread is more forward. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste with moderate lingering bitterness. Overall, taste is stronger than aroma and more malty. Kind of what you'd expect from C hops. OK.
Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2022 at 23:47

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz. Draft Fox street. Flavor is classic hefeweizen. Soft bubble gum and banana. Medium in body. Bubblegum and banana is subtle. Pretty good for the style.
Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2022 at 17:59

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Peach and guava. Hazy yellow. Medium bodied. Grass. Citrus tingle. Nose is lively. Not bad.
Tried on 06 Aug 2022 at 17:52

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy yellow orange from a can. Somewhat grassy and faint stone fruit aroma and flavor. Good beer.
Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2022 at 22:46

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
16 oz can. Aromas bread dough, light pepper, and mild yeast. Flavor shows me moderate biscuit/ bready backbone. Light-moderate pepper on the finale. Also subtle honey, and lager yeast. Not very complex. However usually the style isn’t. Easy enough to drink.
Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2022 at 21:05

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
8oz pour at brewery. Pale yellow, light cloudiness, thin white head. Lemony aroma, zesty. Taste loses some of the zip and offers light bready malts, still with a small citric edge. Finishes fast.
Tried on 01 Jun 2022 at 16:45