Bar Harbor Brewing Co

I’ve been drinking their Blueberry Ale back home in Pittsburgh, PA for years and years so I was excited to stop in here for a tasting. $ 5 for about 10 ounces is a decent deal. Based on previous reviews I assumed our little tasting glass was our souvenir but turns out you just get a sticker. Was disappointed.
Their were two young women working and seemed to be bouncing back and forth between the register and tasting area. It wasn’t overly busy but apparently we weren’t holding their attention for very long. They would come over give a pour and return to doing other things.
The beer we tried were all good, but overall this was a disappointing tasting room.

This store was so cute and the staff were super friendly and helpful! We did the beer and fruit wine tasting and the fruit wines were a little too sweet for me, but the beers were super tasty! The Cadillac Mountain Stout and the Thunder Hole Ale were super tasty. I loved them and wished we would’ve gotten some to take home!
It was a fun little experience and a nice way to get out of the rainy weather outside! It’s really adorable that they give you shot glasses for doing the tastings for free as the tastings aren’t very expensive and a bonus gift is an added touch. I wish they had better marketing so they could be sold in my home state (Florida) like Sea Dog has!
Also, I lived for their root beer while I was there! We got a six pack for the week and once it was gone, we sought it out at every restaurant we were at for another! So good.
Thanks for being a memorable part of our trip, guys! :)

Went in 2 nights to do a tasting, employees wouldn’t even acknowledge us. Gave a fake number when we asked to speak to a manager.

I had had this on my list of breweries to try in Maine and was really excited to try it. Unfortunately time was tight, so we got there around 8:50. However, they did close at 9, the doors were invitingly open, and we mainly wanted to do the tasting which should fit within 10 minutes. However, we were upset when they said the tastings was closed. But we can assist you with buying any of the items (you haven’t tasted!), or you can come back tomorrow 11 – 9! (Of course, we were leaving the next day early). But the thing we thought was hypocritical was we were there before 9 that very day! So why could we come back tomorrow for tastings before 9, but we couldn’t have a tasting before 9 today? It just seemed like some 20 year olds wanted to get out of work early. Unless you advertise that tastings end 10 minutes before you close, the best business practice is you are doing tastings until you close (and the bane of a waitress or bartender, maybe slightly after for the customers that sneaked in right at close) and then you clean the equipment, close out the cash register, etc. after close and/​or you get the last customers out. We were luckily able to try their blueberry ale at another restaurant nearby and did like it; however, overall, we are still disappointed in the bad business practice.

From reading the reviews, it sounded like a good place to visit and buy some beer while in Bar Harbor. Having done the western Mass Brewers guild tour, I have visited a number of craft breweries and had great expectations. Unfortunately they were not met. They had some good beers, and we did get the flight so we could try four of their core beers. I guess $ 5 for 8 oz of beer with a souvenir 2oz Pilsner glass is reasonable.
Unfortunately, we stood at the bar for quite a while seemingly being ignored. Finally someone acknowledged us and started our pour. We were ignored again for a while before again being acknowledged. We were made to feel that we were imposing on something, although not quite sure what.
After having tasted the offerings we decided we liked the thunder hole and asked to buy a growler of it to take with us. We were told that it is not offered as a growler. The only growlers we could get were what was on the board, so I asked to taste some of those beers, and was told that they were not on tap, they were only being sold as growlers.
Something is wrong here, if you can’t taste the beer that you are being asked to buy, and your only option is to take the word of the barmaid that the growlers are filled with some of her favorite beer. That is all well and good, but her tastes may be very different than ours.
So I guess if you visit Bar Harbor Brewing, or Atlantic Brewing (they are one in the same) to have a flight of their beer or wine, it is pretty good, but not exceptional. Don’t expect to go there to try beer to buy.

Great, homey brewery in the heart of Bar Harbor. The dudes here are friendly and happy to chew the fat about beer. The Cadillac Mountain Stout is their world-​famous beer nerd concoction, but everything we tasted was really well done: the New City IPA and Thunder Hole Ale are solid, and the Blueberry Ale is excellent (I liked it better than the Atlantic Brewing Blueberry, which is interesting as they’re owned by the same folks).
Nice souvenirs in the shop, I picked up a few. You get to keep a little shot-​size glass after tasting, which is a nice touch. Worth a visit for a half hour or so.

So it is Bar Harbor Crewing Co or Atlantic Brewing Co? I still don’t know, but either way we sampled some pretty good brews here. The stout was very well done and I really wanted to try the Porter, but it wasn’t available on this go around.
This could be personal preference, but I think the marketing/​image could be quite improved should the owners desire a bigger push across the US– it is quite bland and unappealing. The beer should stand on it’s own merit, but I just couldn’t help but notice this… especially since there is just so much competition in the craft market now with appealing bottling/​canning labels and design. Being led to the beer is often half the battle before that first taste.

good beers, cheap flights. we liked their blueberry wheat a lot — really light and not heavy and syrupy like most. husband ended up getting a pint at another bar and they put blueberries in it. worth the quick stop!

Stopped in here for a few mins to kill some time while in Bar Harbor. This is really just a tasting room that offers you 2 oz samples of 4 beers for $ 3.00. Not a bad deal overall. I tried:
Leaf peeper (red ale)
True Blue (wheat ale)
Thunder Hole Ale (English style ale)
Cadillac Mountain Stout (stout)
When I think of great beers from Maine I don’t think any of the ones I tried here would make my list, but not a bad way to spend a few minutes in Bar Harbor, and I love the local names of their beers. Loved the 2 oz beer glass, made me feel like a giant!

Small little brewery but very friendly to beer enthusiast. $ 4 for a flight and you get tickets back for store credit to be used later. I ended up buying flights for everyone then was able to use the credits for a 6 pack.
After the flight they even brought out a double ipa that was only keg available in town to try. Top notch customer service and above average beers. You can’t go wrong here. There is also wine tasting acrossed the room for your non beer fans.

Sorry, left my review on the wrong restaurant… These guys I’ll have to try too… Sorry. I’ll deleted this once I figure out how…

Great place to stop and sample some local beer. And the prices are quite a deal. Flights of 4 beers are just $ 3. And another $ 2 gets you a 4 oz. glass of the one you liked best. PLUS, they give you a store credit for each of those beer purchases. So with my $ 5 credit, I bought a pint glass for a buck! Amazing. I liked all 4 beers on tap, but the stout was my favorite.

Of course I am a fan! Must try the Thunder Hole! I love beer alcohol tasting locations and i strongly recommend giving Bar Harbor Brewing Co. a stop! Loved it so much I ended up buying their bottles!

Employee was very knowledgable and nice. The flight of beer is $ 3 for 4 2 oz tastings of beer. The blueberry beer was really good. Right next door is a wine tasting for those who are not beer lovers. They give you a $ 3 credit on any purchase in the store with your flight purchase. I would go back. This is not the brewery, it is only the store where you can taste and buy beer. Kids get a taste of blueberry soda and their own root beer.

Come on 4 samplings of any of their beers for $ 3 bucks, can’t beat the price! Plus their beers are pretty damn good, and says a lot coming from a near non beer drinker. They also served up local wild blueberry sodas and Moxy for the kids as well so it was a big hit for the entire family.

Nice little tasting room where you can try out a few beers (and wines across the room if you like) and chat with the folks that make and love this stuff. I had an informative conversation about hops growing with one of the staff as mine failed this year.
You get four «shots» of beer for $ 3, and that can be used as a discount against any other beer or merch that you might want purchase to take away afterward. The coffee stout was outstanding and I had to take a bottle home. So, for the $ 6 bucks that it cost for my wife and I to do the tasting, it was like I got the large bottle of beer for «free» after applying the discount. Not bad at all!

The beer tasting is a great time! The people working there are friendly and happy. Great rainy-​day stop, plus the beers are delicous!
Also for the black and blue (or also known as summer stout! ;)). You won’t regret it!
There is also a wine tasting right across, but we didn’t make it past the beers.

For $ 3, we got to sample 4 beers at 2 ounces a pop. $ 3 for 8 oz isn’t great, but it can be applied to any purchase. Even better, you can combine these discounts when purchasing. So a couple could get $ 6 off a six pack. This is not something I’ve seen other breweries do, and I think I like it.
However, the beer here is not as good as Atlantic, plus that one is free and offers more. So if you only have time for one, well…

It’s a free beer tasting… and their beers don’t suck! So 5 stars it is!
This is not the actual brewery, but rather a tasting room. The staff person was very friendly and informed. She talked with us for a bit about local life until some other tasters interrupted us. Friendly staff with a delicious stout! Definitely worth a stop when strolling through the square.

The title may mislead you a little, this isn’t the actual brewery, this is an outlet for the brewery. Regardless it’s a great place to go to get their product.
The beer that Bar Harbor Brewing has to offer is top notch. It’s a very limited selection of average beers, but they are fantastic. A few years ago their Cadillac Mountain Stout was compared to Guinness. Now I know that in some circles that’s blasphemy, and I agree with it, however, it’s worth a shot. They’re blueberry ale is delicious, crisp and clean.
They have tastings, they make their own soda’s, and they have a high end/​high alcohol beer selection… like barleywine’s. Wine is something they also offer, they’re a bit pricey but for a local place it’s a good deal, and they are delicious!