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BEER TO GO! Portsmouth Brewery growlers are available at the bar.

Visit our sister company, Smuttynose Brewing.

The Brewery proudly serves a selection of Squamscot sodas, family-bottled since 1863 at Conner Bottling Works in Newfields, NH.

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The Brewery provides free wireless internet access.

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We support
New Hampshire
Public Radio.

 The Portsmouth Brewery, New Hampshire's original brewpub, has been serving great food and outstanding handcrafted beers in a friendly, lively atmosphere since 1991. Please take a few minutes to explore this site. In it, you will find out about our company, our community, and our sister company, the Smuttynose Brewing Company.

We are open seven days a week, from 11:30 AM till 12:30 at night. Our kitchen is open till eleven PM on weekdays, till 12:30 on Friday and Saturday nights.

Credit: Jeremy Heflin Photography

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Thank you, Beer Advocates, for naming our Kate the Great Imperial Stout the Best Beer in America, and second best on planet earth, in the December, 2007 edition of Beer Advocate Magazine.

Listen here to Tod Mott's interview on New Hampshire Public Radio, in which he reveals Kate's secret ingredients.

Here's what the Alström brothers, writing in the Weekly Dig, had to say about Kate.

Now, having said all that, here's where we spoil all the fun. Tod brews his Imperial Stout once, sometimes twice a year. With all the notoriety, this year's batch was lapped up in about two weeks' time, instead of the customary two months. The next release is slated for June. In the meantime, we encourage you to stop in and enjoy Tod's other tasty beers. We promise you won't be disappointed!

"A linchpin in the revitalized core of downtown Portsmouth, NH, the brewery that bears the name of this old maritime city is everything a small brewpub should be."
Boston Globe - May, 2006

 

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Got a BIG PARTY? We've got a BIG TABLE for you. The Brewery's Big Table, located in our semi-private Ezra LaFleur Room seats up to twenty guests. Custom built for us by local craftsman Jack Kane, it's the largest restaurant dining table on the Seacoast. The Big Table is available for large parties, private functions, meetings and luncheons. Call ahead (603) 431-1115 or email us for availability.

ON TAP NOW at the PORTSMOUTH BREWERY...
To see what's on tap and the works, to read news from the brewhouse, or to post your own comments, please visit our Brewers Blog.

For detailed descriptions of all our beers as well as our brewery, click here.

Have a question or comment for Tod, our Head Brewer? Send him a note.

What's that wooden token for?
Every Tuesday at the Brewery is Community Pint Night. For each beer you buy, we'll donate 25¢ to a charity of your choice. It easy - on your way out the door, just place the tokens you've received in the yellow wooden box mounted next to our front door. We'll take care of the rest. So now you can do good by drinking well.

FUNDS FROM COMMUNITY PINT NIGHTS ARE CURRENTLY DONATED TO:
- New Hampshire SPCA
- Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County
- Sexual Assault Support Services
- Krempels Brain Injury Foundation

If you would like to see a particular charity featured on our Community Pint Nights, contact us.

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Over the years, a lot of folks have asked us about the origins of the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge.

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