It’s hard to be sure which “wave” of breweries Maine is currently experiencing. Inarguably, the OGs like Geary’s, Shipyard, Gritty’s, and Sebago represent the first. But with such a proliferation of newcomers since the late twenty-aughts, it’s probably anachronistic to even think of them as waves anymore. The constant expansion of the scene also means the level of professional expertise here is first-rate, and over the last few years we’ve seen numerous brewers bow out of established outfits to strike out on their own as heads of brewing for new upstarts.