November 9, 2009
From the outside this place isn’t particularly inviting, set on busy Pleasant Street/Hwy 1 among gas stations, car dealerships, and fast food joints but once you step inside it is another world. The interior is bright and airy but keeps out most of the traffic noise and exhaust. Lion’s Pride offers something like 30 taps, predominantly Belgians and less common American craft selections. It also has an extensive collection of bottled beers, again heavily biased toward Belgian brews. The food and service are both good. If you care about good beer and find yourself within 60 miles of this place I recommend a stop even if it means a detour.

October 19, 2009
Spectacular! The food is fantastic and the selection is out of this world. One of the best beer and food experiences of my life. The only place that is in the same class is the original Ebenezer’s.

September 5, 2009
Here’s a truly wonderful treat in the middle of nowhere. Not that Brunswick Maine is nowhere, but this place would be phenomenal anywhere in the world. It’s off the highway in a mini-mall like setting. So, you have to drive to it. Without my GPS, I might have missed it. I’m glad I didn’t. Since Lion’s Pride opened only 2 months ago, I think it needs to get itself established. My family arrived at 12: 15 and we were the first ones there. When we left an hour later, there were maybe five tables. Our waiter admitted that he didn’t know beers really well yet, but he offered to find out the answers to any questions I might have. In fact, the Master Brewer (for the future brew pub) came by many time to see what we thought of the offering (an impressive tasting tray of six of their 35 beers on tap). This is the best service beer place I’ve ever been to. Even the cook came to our table to see if we liked our lunch (an excellent Reuben, a pot of mussels, and a plate of sausage). For all of this, you will have to pay an above-average price. For three of us, we spent $84 (without tip) for lunch. The tasting tray was $29, which is priced by taking the full glass price and halving it for each of the approximately 5 ounce pours. Anyway, this is a place that is worth going out of your way to find. While the food is very, very good, this is a story of phenomenal selection of superior beers.

August 27, 2009
an incredible place to visit, 35 beer on tap served with beautiful hand blown tap handles, beer on tap was most interesting and the bottled beer was quite extraordinary. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. I did not eat there only dropped in for a pint on my way to the river.

July 22, 2009
I stopped by last Friday on my way north with my 8yr old niece and my 16 yr old son. So I only had one glass but when it’s a 2005 Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise it was one hell of a glass The place is really fantastic the furnishing and décor are the best I have seen in a pub in Maine. From the hand blown glass taps , the gorgeous bar and bar back, to the art on the wall this place radiates class and old world charm. I happen to spy Chris, I went over to say hi and tell him how much I like the place. To my surprise he greeted me by name which was a feat to say the least. Seeing I met him once back in September last year. That is just more proof that this guy is a great proprietor. We talked a little about what was going on and I mentioned splitting a bottle of a rather obscure DFH with a mutual friend. He walks over and produced a first addition chilled bottle of Chateau Jiahu out of the cooler. WOW, that just proves that the selection of brews in this place is off the charts. Like I said I just stopped in for a quick bite and a brew so I stuck to the pub food section of the menu. I had a burger with mushrooms sautéed with beer and toped with a nice beer cheese. The burger was so good my son was stealing my fries and dipping it in my burger dripping’s. He had the wings and I didn’t get to sample any, he loved them. The only draw back was the lack of a kids menu (or the lack of one pointed out to me) but my niece really enjoyed her quesadilla. I will defiantly stop in the next time I am head north hopefully with someone else driving. I saw a couple of bottle I wanted to try I can’t wait for the brew house to get into full swing I might have to book a room in town and stay overnight.