All Aboard: The Maine Craft Beer Coaster is Ready to Roll

The Maine Craft Beer Coaster is back and this run has something truly special in store! Boston-area residents can now purchase an all-inclusive ticket to travel roundtrip from Boston to Portland, Maine to celebrate with a brew or two! And just as the craft beer coaster is arriving to Portland's train station...the Maine Beer Box will arrive in port to set up shop for the Maine Brewers' Guild International Beer Festival. Beer just about everywhere!

The Maine Beer Box is a custom built, 40-ft refrigerated shipping container with 78 taps. Each year, as part of the Global Brewers Trade Project, the box is proudly loaded up with Maine craft beer and sent abroad to a foreign beer festival where the creations of Maine Brewers are shared with beer lovers for the first time.

In exchange, the beer box is loaded up with the host country's finest craft beer and returned to Maine for lucky attendees of the International Beer Festival to enjoy. The project started in 2017 with Iceland, and continues this fall with the UK. More than 50+ Maine Brewers will be on-hand to pour for guests from near and far, along with food and music - all in the comfort of the spacious, indoor Brick South venue.

Board the iconic Amtrak Downeaster for a daytrip to the city Forbes called "America's craft beer capital." No need to book passage across the pond when all of this is just a quick trip up the coast!

Ticket Purchase Includes:
Roundtrip Coach travel from Boston's North Station (BON) and back
General Admission to Maine Brewers' Guild International Beer Festival
On-Board Amenities
Maine craft beer will be available for sale on-board

Beer Coaster Itinerary
9:30am Check-in Opens, Boston's North Station (BON)
10:20am Downeaster 691 departs North Station (BON)
12:55pm Downeaster 691 arrives in Portland (POR), 4 minute walk from station to festival
1:00pm General Admission Gates Open
5:00pm Last Call / Taps Close
6:00pm Festival Concludes
6:55pm Downeaster 698 departs Portland (POR)
9:25pm Downeaster 698 arrives at North Station (BON)

Attendees must be 21 & over. No one under the age of 21 will be admitted to the festival for any reason. Attendees are strongly encouraged to have as much fun as humanly possible, and to drink responsibly.

Grab your tickets today and devour the details of a trip to Maine unlike any other aboard the Craft Beer Coaster!