Founded in 1994, our company is named for Smuttynose Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, a small, rugged archipelago that lies seven miles off the New Hampshire Coast. Steeped in history and legend, the Isles of Shoals have been home to poets, pirates, ghosts, fishermen and harbor seals over the centuries. The Smuttynose Brewing Co. is a genuine craft brewery. Our mission is to brew fine, fresh, distinctive beers, characteristic of our New England origins. Portsmouth is a colonial era seaport town, so it goes to follow that sooner or later we'd offer our tribute to those big, hoppy nineteenth century ales that made the long sea voyage from England's temperate shores, 'round the Cape of Good Hope, to the sultry climes of the faraway East Indies. Brewed the traditional way with lots of malt and loads of hops, Smuttynose IPA is full-bodied, crisp and delicious. Finestkind. Ayuh. Make mine a Smutty!