20-05-2025
Well & Good Brewing buys Mainely Custard in Freeport
May 20—The owners of North Yarmouth's Well & Good Brewing recently bought Mainely Custard on Route 1 in Freeport, with plans to add a beer garden to the operation this summer.
Well & Good Brewing co-owner Byron Kern said the Mainely Custard property includes a building next to the ice cream shop that the previous owners hadn't utilized. Kern said he and his wife and co-owner, Elise, will continue to operate the frozen custard shop as is, perhaps offering some new flavors. But they aim to turn the second building into the base for a beer garden that will have tap lines for about six Well & Good beers.
The garden will have picnic tables and Adirondack chairs, and there will be a limited food menu with items like hot pretzels, beer cheese, bratwurst, Polish sausage and hot dogs.
Kern said Well & Good, meanwhile, will sell pints of frozen custard from Mainely Custard as soon as this week. The log cabin-style brewery on Cumberland Road will eventually also offer the same food menu as Mainely Custard.
The Kerns closed on Mainely Custard in mid-May, after the shop had already launched for 2025. They plan to keep the seasonal operation running through the fall.
Kern said he hopes to have the beer garden up and running in Freeport by sometime in July, at which time they'll also start offering food at Well & Good.
"We're really excited to take what is already a terrific business in Mainely Custard and be able to add the beer we're making, add the custard to the brewery and then add food to both places," Kern said. "It's kind of a fun marriage, and a way the two businesses can add something to each other."
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