Shipyard Brewing Company - represented by Total Beverage Solution

The Shipyard Brewing Company was founded more than 10 years ago by master brewer Alan Pugsley and entrepreneur Fred Forsley. On April 24, 1994 they brewed their first batch of fine hand-crafted ale at their facility at 86 Newbury Street in Portland, Maine.

Shipyard began in 1992 at Federal Jack's Restaurant and Brew Pub in Kennebunk, which is one of Maine's original brew pubs and working breweries.

When Shipyard expanded in 1994, instead of building a new facility in an industrial park, Forsley and Pugsley opted to rehabilitate an old foundry in the heart of Portland's waterfront.

All of Shipyard's recipes are developed by Master Brewer Alan Pugsley, who is one of the most influential people in the craft brewing movement in North America.

Pugsley is from England, home of the Ringwood Brewery, where he apprenticed with the grandfather of the microbrewery movement, Peter Austin.

Since moving to the United States over fifteen years ago, Pugsley has assisted with the establishment of more than 65 microbreweries and brew pubs throughout the world. A well known trade journal dubbed Pugsley the "Johnny Appleseed of Brewing," an acknowledgement of the dominant role he has played in the renaissance of craft brewing.

Together, Pugsley and his mentor, Peter Austin, have set up at more than 120 breweries in 17 countries worldwide.

Shipyard in the News

Shipyard Ranked 16th Nationally (PDF)
Shipyard Brewing Co. of Portland, Maine, rises in survey of Top 50 Craft Breweries - Nightclub & Bar Magazine, September 2007

"It took some time for Real Ale to catch on here in the States...It was not until the late eighties that a few pioneers notably Alan Pugsley, a British brewer who relocated to Maine...began installing English-style breweries and brewpubs...all across the country."
- Men's Journal, October 2003

"Who needs tea and scones? Old Thumper, an extra special bitter
with a distinctive aroma of bread and fruit, is an afternoon snack in
a glass!"
- Gourmet, June 2003

"One beer writer has tried to sell editors on a Six Degrees of Alan Pugsley story because it is easy to name almost anybody in American craft brewing and connect him or her back to Pugsley just as quickly as you can Kevin Bacon to other movie actors."
- The New Brewer, March/April 2003

"Voted best beer among boaters: Shipyard Export Ale."
- Boating Magazine, May 2000

"Voted one of the best beers in America."
- Men's Health Magazine, May 1997