Thanks, I was looking for suggestions in Portsmouth as there are quite a few breweries there, but I don't know much about them. From what I've gathered Stoneface, Kettlehead, Liars Bench, and Earth Eagle are the go-to's. We will likely venture to Portland one day and check out a few there. Austin Street and Bissell specifically, then some others if there is time. Not sure we will make it to Mass, but they do have lots of good breweries right now. Trillium, Tree House, and I believe there is another. Lucky Hare or something like that. We wanted to stop at Tree House on the way but I believe they are closed Sundays.
I did not know that about Alchemist re: the guy is from Pittsburgh. Heady Topper is one of my favorites, and we have been to quite a few VT breweries. Foam, Fiddlehead, Alchemist, and Burlington were our favorites, but have not been to Hill Farmstead yet.
Other Half has been killing it, but it's still hard to get here. Same state yes, but they are 6 hours away. I'm closer to Pittsburgh than NYC. Lots of good NY breweries right now too. Other Half, Equilibrium, District 96, Evil Twin, Sand City, and Finback are all real good.