Cheers to Portland for making Travel + Leisure's list of best beer cities
Photo / Tim Greenway
The wild barrel room at Allagash Brewing Company in Portland.
Maine’s most populated city has once again earned national acclaim for its vibrant beer scene, as Portland made Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of America’s 20 Best Cities for Beer Lovers.
The New York-based travel magazine placed Portland at No.14, ahead of brew capitals that include Boston, which is home to the second-largest craft brewery in the country, Boston Beer Co. — the company behind Samuel Adams.
Travel + Leisure singled out Shipyard and Allagash brewing companies for being early starters in the microbrew movement of the 1990s, adding that Portland has been a “beer-nerd magnet for years” thanks to that pair of popular breweries. Urban Farm Fermentory in the city’s East Bayside neighborhood also received a nod from the magazine for its use of local ingredients to make new and exciting brews.
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