USA, ME: Tributary Brewing Co. to open soon in Kittery

Tributary Brewing Company could open as soon as this coming weekend, seacostonline.com reported on August, 26.

“We're so close I can taste it,” said master brewer and owner Tod Mott.

Mott, a former master brewer at the Portsmouth Brewery, has been hoping to open the microbrewery since last spring, but there have been several construction delays.

“Everything is just taking longer than we anticipated,” he said.

The new storefront, sign and equipment have been installed. In fact, Mott started brewing more than two weeks ago in anticipation of the opening.

He said he is in “desperate” need of a certified HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) technician to install the condenser for the walk-in coolers. Once that's accomplished, he can open the doors.

He said the first brews will be an American mild. The second is a Hefeweizen.

He has also brewed a brown ale, but “it's kind of a disappointment to us. It was the first beer we brewed. But we'll have to see how it tastes when it's fully conditioned,” he said.

A fourth beer, a Belgian farmhouse ale called a saison will not be ready for another three or four weeks, he said.

Tributary's tap room will offer 2-ounce and 9-ounce brew samples that people can drink on-site, as well as the 32- and 64-ounce glass bottle growlers to take home.

27 August, 2014