Smuttynose Brewing Company

Smuttynose Brewing Company (founded 1994) is an award-winning craft brewery located on the historic Towle Farm in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA and independently-owned by partners Peter Egelston and Joanne Francis.[1] The company takes its distinctive name from Smuttynose Island, one of the Isles of Shoals. Smuttynose beers are all unfiltered and known for their distinctive labels, many of which feature original photography. They also travel widely, available in 25 states and 11 countries. The Towle Farm campus has been certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council, recognizing the efficient design and green mindset of the company as it entered its next chapter.

1994- Smuttynose is founded in Portsmouth, NH, by Peter and his sister Janet, craft brewing pioneers who opened the Northampton Brewery (1987) and the Portsmouth Brewery (1991), by acquiring the assets of a small, short-lived microbrewery in a warehouse on the southern edge of town. Early partners Paul Sylva and Jim Beauvais, founders of Ipswich Brewery, are quickly bought out. Seven years of brewing experience is quickly put to use and the first Smuttynose pints are poured on July 14, 1994 along Portsmouth's historic waterfront. Legendary mayor Eileen Foley toasts the new brewery with sixteen ounces of Shoals Pale Ale, the brewery's initial offering. Shoals is quickly followed to market by Old Brown Dog, a paradigm of the style.

1998- The Big Beer Series debuts with Barleywine, Imperial Stout, Kölsch and Dunkel Lager in limited-edition, twenty-two ounce bottles. The Big Beer Series has expanded its roster to include nearly 25 different beers, some of which have graduated to other parts of the Smuttynose line-up.

2001- Robust Porter debuts, winning a gold medal at Great American Beer Festival.

2003- Big A IPA and Pumpkin Ale debut.

2004- Finestkind IPA debuts, featuring iconic label models, Cy and Paul. Finestkind is one of the first heavily-hopped, bottled IPAs in New England; its debut begins a massive upswing in growth and interest in the brewer. Also, Smuttynose starts looking for the site of its new home, considering the historic mills in Newmarket, New Hampshire, but the deal falls through in late 2005. Subsequently, Smuttynose begins working on plans to build a new brewery on a 10-acre (40,000 m2) parcel along U.S. Route 1 in Portsmouth, but the project meets community opposition and is abandoned.

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