Gardiner’s Swine & Stein Brewfest Is More Than Just Beer (think
ciders, meads, and spirits, oh my!)
Sample the variety of Maine’s craft beverage producers with all-day tastings, live
bands, food trucks and quirky contests.
GARDINER, ME - Gardiner’s most popular event of the year is back! Swine & Stein Brewfest will take
over the streets in historic downtown Gardiner on Saturday, October 11th from 12 to 5pm with all-day
tasting of craft beverages, a full lineup of great music, pork and other dishes from tasty food vendors and
entertaining games all day long.
Now in its 16th year, Swine & Stein Brewfest celebrates the diversity of Maine’s craft beverage producers.
More than twenty breweries, fermentories, cideries, and distilleries will be serving samples in the open air
beer garden all day long.
An array of food trucks and local restaurants will be offering pork dishes and poutine along with a variety
of other types of cuisines to satisfy all appetites. Live music will entertain throughout the day from the
stage in the street, and an assortment of unconventional games and activities encourage mingling and
merriment. For the eleventh year, participants will groom, style, and dress their facial hair in the hope of
being named “best in show” in the Beard and Mustache Competition. Other competitions include an
intense Rock Paper Scissors Championship and the crowd favorite Frozen T-shirt Race. New for 2025, a
prize for the “Best Brewfest/Oktoberfest Costume”!
Brew samples will be 4oz, spirits will be 0.5oz samples and wine will be 1.5 oz samples for responsible
enjoyment throughout the event. A complimentary tasting glass is included with admission.This year’s
pouring line up includes: Absolem Cider, Ambition Brewing, Bateau Brewing, Birchwood Brewing, Black
Pug Brewing, Crooked Keg Brewing, Cushnoc Brewing, Dasch Seltzer, Definitive Brewing, Doom Forest
Distillery, Flight Deck Brewing, Footbridge Brewing, Mason’s Brewing Company, Mossy Ledge Spirits,
Olive Pit Brewing Company, Run Amok Mead, and more!
Tickets can be purchased online at swineandsteinbrewfest.com or at select downtown Gardiner
businesses at the discounted price of $5 off VIP and General Admission. VIP tickets are limited and
generally sell out before the day of the event and provide entrance to the event space at 11:30 am with
pouring beginning at 12:00 noon. General Admission tickets begin at 1:00 pm. Ticket prices before the
event are $50 for VIP and $45 for General Admission, with day of event general admission at $50.
Thanks to designated driver sponsor Janet Slade State Farm Insurance, non-drinking tickets online and at
the gate are $10 and include unlimited soda and water.
Proceeds from the event support Gardiner Main Street’s mission to grow and sustain our historic
downtown while celebrating our unique cultural heritage and vibrant community.
For full event details, including craft beverage maker profiles and brewfest updates visit
swineandsteinbrewfest.com. For questions contact Gardiner Main Street at 207-582-3100 or
info@swineandsteinbrewfest.com.