The Inn on Peaks Island

Jereme from ThinkBeer, Luke from BlogAboutBeer, Me and Chris Sweet from Ale Street News (photo by Jason from BeerBloggers)

This past Wednesday the Maine Beer Writers' Guild held its second meeting at the Inn on Peaks out on Peaks Island. 

The Inn on Peaks is owned by the Shipyard Brewery and you really can not ask for a more picturesque place to have a pub. Peaks Island is only a few miles off shore but provides a nice relaxing atmosphere. Thankfully the weather cooperated and the $7.75 ferry ride over was quite nice (made even nicer by some "boat beers"). The ride itself is just long enough to enjoy a good beer. A nice pre-cursor to the night ahead.

The Pub at the Inn on Peaks actually has a 15 gallon brewing system. Unfortunately we didn't have a chance to see it (and I couldn't find any pictures online). From what I've heard, beer is brewed at the Shipyard Brewery in town and then shipped over for fermentation. I could be wrong so please feel free to correct me if you know more.

Beer highlights of the night were definitely the Casco Bay Red on cask and Old Thumper (too bad it wasn't on cask...maybe next time!). The Inn is a very casual and relaxing place to have a beer and the view of the Portland skyline from across the water is amazing on a nice evening. 

If you've never been out to Peaks Island or you've never had a beer at the Inn, definitely try and make it happen this summer. If you're coming from "away", the inn has 6 rooms available and all of them are pretty plush.

Thanks goes out to Tami from Shipyard for making things possible and to the Inn at Peaks for hosting us! Cheers!

BREWERY (well, its not really a brewery) FACTS:

Name: The Inn on Peaks (owned by Shipyard Brewery)

Location: Peaks Island, Maine, USA