Mast Landing Brewing Closing One of Their Maine Taprooms

There are several craft breweries throughout Maine that well-known and highly regarded. In some cases, it's because of the experience of visiting a taproom. For others, it's the signature beers that they produce.

But even name recognition and quality of product aren't enough to keep some breweries from facing some financial hardship.

According to the New York Times, craft beer sales dropped 4% in 2024 with many breweries across the country reporting lower customer volume. Some of that is blamed on inflation and the price of product. Part of it is a shifting of appetite towards hard seltzers and other products.

The squeeze in the craft beer industry continues to be felt in Maine. And that includes one of its most prominent names planning to downsize their taproom operations.

Mast Landing Set to Close Their South Portland, Maine, Taproom

Mast Landing took to social media to announce that after some careful thought and consideration, they planned to close their South Portland, Maine, taproom at the end of 2025.

Mast Landing sincerely thanked everyone who visited or frequented the South Portland taproom. The final day of operation for Mast Landing in South Portland will be December 31 for a New Year's Eve send-off party.

Mast Landing Will Continue to Operate Their Freeport and Westbrook Taprooms

Despite the South Portland taproom closure, Mast Landing has no plans to close their other prominent taprooms in Freeport and Westbrook.

In fact, Mast Landing stated in their social media post that they will use the South Portland closure as a chance to invest resources and focus on making the experience at their remaining taprooms better moving forward.