Whether you are celebrating lost cities under the sea or shooting for low Earth orbit, take Atlantis along for the ride. We use a special blend of dark malts and add Galaxy, Cascade, and Calypso hops to create this smooth and hoppy black ale with just a whisper of cherry-wood smoke. We think Poseidon would approve.

• OG: 1.054
• ABV: 5.2%
• IBUs: 45
• Malt: 2-row, cherry wood smoked, crystal, pale chocolate, carafa
• Hops: Magnum, Centennial, Cascade, Galaxy, Calypso

Availability: limited

atlantis [at--lan-tes] (n)—a fabled island in the Atlantic that according to legend sank beneath the sea west of Gibraltar

Dark as squid ink and moody as the sea, Ursa Minor is our take on a winter wheat beer. Starting with a German wheat-beer yeast and a base of malted wheat, we added a blend of dark crystal and roasted malts to create a wheat stout. Redolent of dark fruit, weizen yeast esters, and roasted barley, Ursa Minor is perfect for an icy winter’s eve.

• OG: 1.067
• ABV: 6.7%
• IBUs: 40
• Malt: 2-row, malted wheat, crystal, chocolate, roasted barley
• Hops: Magnum

Availability: September through April.

Ursa Minor?[ur-suh mahy-ner] (n)—constellation also known as the Little Bear, which contains the north star, Polaris

Heady like the sweet breath of Zephyrus, our India pale ale is redolent of citrus, apples, and pears, balanced by a touch of caramel. We use malted barley grown by local farmers and add a special blend of Cascade, Centennial, and Calypso hops to create this juicy, hoppy ale.

• OG: 1.068
• ABV: 7.2%
• IBUs: 55
• Malt: Maine 2-row, crystal
• Hops: Magnum, Calypso, Cascade, Centennial

Availability: Year round.

Zephyr (n)—a westerly breeze or wind, considered by many to be the fairest of wind direction

Ishmael is our richly-flavored American copper ale. This American interpretation of the altbiers of Düsseldorf is brewed with continental Munich malt, American-grown hops, and a clean-fermenting ale yeast to produce a slightly sweet and malty beer balanced by a firm bitterness.

• OG: 1.048
• ABV: 4.9%
• IBUs: 36
• Malts: Munich, 2-row, malted wheat, pale chocolate
• Hops: Magnum, Mt. Hood, Northern Brewer, Willamette

Availability: Year round.

Ishmael [ish-mey-uhl] (n)—narrator and protagonist of the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick.

Chart a new course with Daymark as your guide. We start with a classic, clean and crisp American pale ale brewed with spicy Columbus and Centennial hops. Then we accent the grain bill with rye grown on small local family farms right here in Maine and northern New England and malted to our specifications at Valley Malts, an artisanal malt house. Finally we dry hop the finished beer for a bright floral aroma.

• OG: 1.052
• ABV: 5.5
• IBUs: 45
• Malts: 2-row, malted rye, malted wheat
• Hops: Centennial, Columbus

Availability: Year round.

 daymark [dey-mahrk] (n)—a navigational aid distinctively marked for daytime visibility, normally attached to a permanent structure in the water

Rising Tide Beer is the blog site for Rising Tide Brewing Company. Rising Tide is a new brewery in Portland, Maine handcrafting small-batch ales 90 gallons at a time. We’ve just signed a lease and the time has come to get serious about our start-up. We hope you’ll follow along with us here as we build our brewery and ramp up to production later this year.

If you have any questions about our beer, our brewery, or brewing in general, we hope you’ll get in touch with us using the contact form.

Cheers!