Anheuser-Busch Invests $6 Million in its Cisco Brewery in Portsmouth

Anheuser-Busch is investing $6 million in its Cisco brewery in Portsmouth to build a can line. The facility produces the company’s beer, cider and hard tea offerings. The revamped can line will enable the facility to brew and package a forecasted 29% more beer in 2023. In 2024, production is expected to increase to produce 56% more beer. 

“As a company, we’re committed to investing in our facilities and supporting our local communities by creating and sustaining jobs,” says Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch. “The Cisco brewery in Portsmouth plays an important role in producing beers and other high-quality products for our consumers to enjoy. This isn’t just an investment in our local facility—it’s an investment in a community where we live, work and operate.” 

The Cisco brewery was built in 1996 on 13 acres within the Pease Development by Washington state-based Redhook Brewery to be an exact replica of its original Woodinville, WA brewery, making Redhook the first bi-coastal craft brewing operation in the U.S. In 2016, the current can line was added to accommodate consumers’ changing preferences from bottles to cans. In 2018, the Cisco Brewers Portsmouth pub opened onsite. Construction on the canning line began in late 2022 and was completed in early 2023. Cisco collbaorated on a new beer with the New England Patriots, Forever New England.  

“It was great to join Anheuser-Busch for its announcement of a $6 million investment in Cisco brewery. This will create jobs, strengthen our economy, and ensure that New Hampshire remains one of the premier brewery destinations in the country,” says Senator Maggie Hassan. “From creating jobs to bolstering tourism, breweries have always played a vital role in New Hampshire’s economy, which is why I have worked across party lines to deliver tax cuts for breweries in our state and across the country, something I will continue to do.”

 The brewery is more tha 104,000 sqaure feet in size, which includes 92,000 square feet of production and 12,000 square feet of the adjoining brewpub and event space.