201-250 guest capacity
This venue can host up to 250 guests
About this vendor
Come celebrate with Oxbow!
Oxbow is a wedding venue that offers three unique locations in Maine -- Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland, Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford and Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle.
Oxbow Blending & Bottling is located in Portland’s vibrant East End neighborhood, and as the name implies, is where we blend and package all of our aged beers. This location is also home to our large urban bar and event space, which has become a cultural hub and community gathering space hosting weddings, ceremonies, rehearsal dinners, family parties, and brunches. We have a great space to create your unique wedding celebration with a stage for a live band and a DJ booth for your epic dance parties!
Our Beer Garden can be found in Oxford, ME, and is a stylish, rural wedding venue. This country-style property is the third in an impressive collection of Oxbow venues. The company’s other locations can be found in Portland and Newcastle. Each amazing space boasts a unique vibe. At the beer garden, natural farm surroundings and rustic decor create an inspiring atmosphere. This peaceful location is situated just off Route 26 near the Western Maine Mountains. Just a short drive from Portland, the venue is easy to reach.
Both small and large celebrations are possible at Oxbow Beer Garden. A combination of indoor and outdoor spaces make way for events of up to 200 guests. Couples may opt for a cozier celebration inside the barn. The barn features a simple exterior with light wooden paneling. This minimalist design makes for a romantic wedding backdrop. The property sits on a sprawling country estate. The happy couple can exchange vows in the enchanting backyard beer garden. This charming setting is complemented by stunning rural vistas. A spacious deck area is available for the cocktail hour. The newlyweds can host their main event in the intimacy of the barn. The sprawling surroundings of the farm are also an ideal site for dinner and dancing.
The professional team at the brewery aims to keep guests in high spirits. Their talented chefs specialize in mouth-watering wood-fired pizza. They will work to design a custom menu filled with sensational flavor and seasonal delights. The team grows its own produce on-site. The farm is ripe for the picking with delicious fruit and veg. Behind the bar, the staff can pour a variety of refreshing drinks. Sample some Oxbow originals, from beer and wine to soda and spirits. The team at the venue can supply rental items and organize transport. There is plenty for loved ones to explore as they wait for the celebrations to begin. Beautiful hiking trails are accessible all year round. An on-site store lets guests purchase lovely keepsakes of the big day.
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Ceremony Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- Up to 250
Settings
- Backyard
- Barn
- Brewery & Distillery
- Garden
- Restaurant
- Tented
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Bar Rental
- Cakes & Desserts
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Se Habla Español
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Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland is highly praised by multiple reviewers for hosting perfect weddings, providing smooth planning processes, attentive and friendly staff like Rebecca, delicious food, and offering a beautiful venue. Guests appreciated the accommodating and communicative team, centralized location, relaxed atmosphere, stunning decor, and a variety of food options. The inclusive packages, attentive service, and flexibility with last-minute changes garnered high recommendations for memorable wedding celebrations at Oxbow.Review photos
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We had our wedding reception at Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland in August 2024, and it was absolutely perfect! From the moment we met Rebecca and Courtney, the planning process was smooth and stress-free. They were incredibly communicative and attentive to every detail, ensuring our vision came to life.
The venue was beautiful, and the staff was amazing – so friendly and accommodating. Thanks to their hard work, we had the best party and an unforgettable experience. We couldn't have asked for a better place to celebrate our special day. We highly recommend Oxbow Blending and Bottling to anyone looking for a memorable event!
Rebecca and the Oxbow team were amazing from start to finish! They listened to everything we brought to them and worked with us throughout the whole process. The end result was amazing, and it was truly a night to remember...3 months later our guests are still talking about it!
We had our wedding in the summer of 2023 at Oxbow in Portland and it was a night to remember! We couldn’t have asked for a better location, venue, or team. Rebecca and her team make coordinating all of the typically stressful details a breeze! The staff was extremely friendly and helpful leading up to the event and throughout the event. The venue is in a centralized location that make it accessible for everyone traveling and creates a fun and welcoming atmosphere. The team helped us out with everything from food vendors, to tech set up for the music, flowers, and the reception. I can’t say enough good things about our experience and would recommend to anyone looking!
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We had our ceremony and reception at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford this year (September 2024), and it was the most incredible wedding day! Our amazing experience with Rebecca and the Oxbow team started nearly two years prior, when we visited the venue and fell in love with it. It's a beautiful space. Every step of the way, Rebecca was always in touch to answer our questions and make sure we had everything we needed to ensure the day was a fun one. And it was perfect—everything came together so beautifully! The space was wonderful for our ~100 guests, the food was spectacular thanks to Chef Connor (we had everything from Oxbow-raised pork to rhubarb crumble), the drinks were delicious, and the whole day ran seamlessly thanks to Rebecca and her team. My partner Ryan and I are so grateful for Rebecca—she's an incredibly kind, thoughtful, patient, and sharp events manager who made the entire planning process very clear and easy to navigate, and the day of a seamless and unstressful experience. After lots of thoughtful planning from Rebecca, Ryan and I were able to really enjoy our wedding day without having to stress over logistics.
Oxbow Beer Garden was also the perfect venue for a big live band and a dance floor, which I would do again in a heartbeat. We booked Big Magic, who were excellent (and Rebecca/Oxbow helped them get what they needed to have a great set).
THANK YOU to Rebecca and Oxbow for a spectacular wedding!
Beer, pizza, beautiful Maine foliage, what more can you ask for? We always initially hoped for a relaxed, fun wedding, where we can spend time with our loved ones and Oxbow sure did deliver! The food exceeded our expectations, the blueberry crumble and oysters were a guest favorite. The staff were so efficient and kind, even leaving us the leftovers. It's quite obvious that they've streamlined the wedding process so that everything runs smoothly. My husband and I both work a lot, so if you're looking for a one-stop-shop kind of venue that still delivers all of the nuts-and-bolts of a traditional wedding, we highly recommend Oxbow!
We hosted our wedding welcome party at Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford, Maine and it was exactly what we were looking for! We love visiting Oxbow Beer Garden when we visit Maine and thought it would be the perfect location for our wedding welcome (and we were right)! Our guests kept commenting on the gorgeous venue, the staff was incredibly friendly and efficient, and the food was amazing! Rebecca was a pleasure to work with leading up to our event and was very communicative throughout the entire process. We would highly recommend Oxbow Brewing Company to anyone looking to have a wedding celebration!
After our original venue made the decision to shut its doors for good four months before our wedding, and we panic searched for another venue in the same city on the same date, we couldn't believe Oxbow--a space of our dreams--was not only available but happy to work with us to quickly make our dreams and original vision come true (spoiler: they made it even better than we had originally envisioned and the service we received was something out of a movie).
We'll sing Oxbow's praises for a lifetime to come. They were the MOST organized, seasoned, and service-oriented group of people we talked to and worked with during our 1.5-year engagement. From their planning documents, extreme responsiveness, and willingness (and often proactively) to go above and beyond in all aspects of the day, we were oh so happy and at ease from the moment we signed our event contract through the end of our wedding night. This is all in addition to the upkeep and design of the space itself, the day-of bar staff that made our guests feel at home (and fall in love with their beer), their ability to store our decor and wedding needs early the week before, to hold onto it until we were ready to pick up later in the weekend, our amazing day-of coordinator, COURTNEY, who treated us as if it were her best friends getting married, and their 1:1 communication throughout the planning process with our other vendors, without needing us involved (!)...we could go on and on.
Thank you thank you thank you to the entire team at Oxbow, and a special shout out again to Courtney, Rebecca and Katie...we can't wait to come back!
We held our rehearsal dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden and everything was absolutely spectacular. The atmosphere was warm and cozy, with magical string lights and beautiful arrangements of pumpkins and florals. Even on a rainy and cold autumn evening, the space heaters and warm apple cider kept everyone comfortable and content. The staff, servers, and bartenders were kind, courteous, and professional, and Rebecca and her team were extremely helpful throughout the planning process. And the food was wonderful as well—the pizza was delicious and the kale salad delectable (our guests are still talking about it). We couldn’t have dreamed of a better rehearsal venue and are grateful to have teamed up with Oxbow for this special occasion.
We had our welcome party here the day before our wedding and it was wonderful! Rebecca was so easy to work with and made the whole process a breeze. Everyone had such a great time and the staff did an awesome job serving over 100 guests.
Warm hospitality, smooth event execution, delicious food/beverage and rustic ambience are the hallmarks of a wedding at Oxbow Beer Garden. My husband Erik and I highly recommend this venue - you will not regret it!
My husband and I had our rehearsal dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford and we couldn't recommend this venue more for either a rehearsal dinner or a wedding! Rebecca and her entire team were SO helpful every step of the way and made every single moment of the night so special. Our event was an absolute dream! Between the florals the venue supplied and the incredible food that was served every single guest, including ourselves, were totally blown away. Our event was back in June and we still have family who tell us how spectacular our rehearsal dinner was!
Also, and very importantly, the beer + drinks were so incredible! Overall, this is a 10/10 location to have a wedding or rehearsal dinner - the team at Oxbow will go above and beyond to make your dreams come true!!
We loved the Oxbow beer garden as customers before choosing it as our wedding venue, and the staff's flexibility and personableness ultimately helped us decide to get married there.
Throughout the process, working with Rebecca was a dream – she was always available to answer questions, especially as our vision was different than what other couples had done there in the past. She worked with us and our vendors every step of the way, and on the day of, everything came together exactly as we'd envisioned. The staff was incredibly friendly, attentive and organized, and multiple guests commented on how great they were throughout the night. The food was amazing, the bars and buffets never had long lines, and the entire day went off without a hitch, despite some unexpected rain storms that the staff handled swiftly and professionally.
I can't say enough good things about the team here and their dedication to making our wedding dreams come true. Thank you to Rebecca and all the Oxbow staff!
Great beer, great staff, great place! A beautiful event space in downtown Portland! My husband and I are so glad we chose Oxbow Blending and Bottling for our wedding because they made it so easy! All we had to arrange ourselves was catering and a photographer (and even then, Oxbow staff met the vendors and coordinated all the drop offs and set up). Oxbow handled staffing, the bar, beverages, flowers, ambiance, tables, AV equipment, set up, clean up, and more, all included in the event space price! They were easy to work with and made accommodations for our budget and event specifications. Highly recommend for a good beer on a summer afternoon or to host the event of your dreams!
We hosted our Wedding Welcome Party at Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford and it was incredible. We had about 130 guests and besides at the beginning of the event, there was rarely too long of a line for the bar. Rebecca was amazing and extremely flexible. We decided to add 20 pizzas to our event about a month before it and Rebecca made it happen. She is an incredible communicator, always responding to our emails and calls in an extremely timely manner. The drinks are great and the food is incredible. Our entire group was hosted under the large wooden event area and outside on the main grass as well. Our guests loved to mingle from one area to the next and they even got a chance to sit around one of the many fire pits that were lit. The event was done extremely well and we will definitely be back!
We had our wedding at Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland in December. From the very start, Rebecca made the entire process smooth, and in the final weeks when she was not able to attend our actual wedding day the transition to other event staff was seamless. The entire day went so smoothly and our guests all fell in love with the location - we often receive photos of guests who have returned on their own visit. We cannot thank Oxbow enough for hosting such a special day, providing so much support throughout the planning process, and just truly being such a special event location - it was the perfect intimate winter wedding location.
We had our wedding welcome dinner at Oxbow in Portland. Rebecca and team were extremely hands-on and helpful throughout the planning and event. They accommodated all of our requests and everything ran extremely smoothly, including working with a caterer who was new to the space. We had a blast and received tons of compliments from our guests!
My husband and I were lucky enough to have our dream wedding at the Oxbow Beer Garden. The staff, venue and whole day was full of fun and relaxation which is hard to imagine on such a big day but Rebecca who we worked with directly with made sure her staff and herself were always there with a smile on and making sure everything went perfect. I cannot recommend Oxbow enough for your wedding. It was everything we could have ever asked and dreamed for!
Our experience was amazing! The events manager Rebecca was a joy to work with, the staff on the day-of was great, and the space was perfect for us. They worked with us on all of our requests, and of course the beer and the fries from Duck Fat were phenomenal.
We had our reception at the Oxford Beer Garden location June 2022. We were married at a nearby Bed and Breakfast and this was one of the only locations for a reception dinner.
Even though the choices nearby are limited, there was literally nothing about my experience that was a disappointment. It was absolutely perfect and what we wanted.
The private room at the Oxford location is a perfect venue for a small party. We had 13 but could have probably included up to 20.
The food was incredible. There is nothing lowbrow about gourmet woodfire pizza, the best kale salad of my life and the strawberry rhubarb crumble. They were able to accommodate several picky eaters, a vegetarian and two folks with gluten sensitivities. And of course, its Oxbow, the beer and wine selection are varied and delicious.
Rebecca specifically made the entire process clear, easy, and magical. We didn't have to worry about anything. My brother dropped off our instamax photobooth/guestbook, the baker dropped off the cake, we plugged in our spotify list and they literally took care of the rest including tealights and cute tiny flower arrangements for the table. Casually walking into the courtyard with Taylor Swift's Lover playing is a core memory and the night only got better. We ate a delicious meal, got a bit tipsy, danced our first dance and watched a perfect early summer purple-pink sky sunset on the lawn.
The only regret I have is not taking pictures on our phones. We let the flower girl and ring bearer play photographer with the instamax.
This review is actually for the Portland, ME, location- Oxbow Blending & Bottling, but there isn't a setup for that location on this site, just wanted to be clear for anyone reading!
We could not have been happier with our wedding reception at Oxbow in Portland. Rebecca was so helpful and patient with us in initial planning and as we threw questions at her for 6 months leading up to the day. Staying in touch with us after our initial query is what really led us to pulling the trigger to start planning and ultimately led to us booking the date in October that I really wanted. The decorations we provided, setup we requested, and plans for the event were executed flawlessly by Courtney and Josh, despite my being difficult to keep on track while dancing the night away! There was also some confusion with my family members who were trying to help us get all rentals/decorations delivered (they tried to deliver them to the wrong Oxbow, which gave us all a good laugh), and the Oxbow staff were very helpful as those family members called them as well. They really went above and beyond at every opportunity. We utilized the “bulk” flower relationship they have with Broadturn Farm, which turned out above our expectations (the colors were exactly what we wanted even though they were not contractually obligated to do that)- Rebecca helped coordinate drop-offs of extra flowers etc. with Angela, and it all went exactly to plan. Everyone had such a wonderful time at the reception, continues to talk about how wonderful the venue was, and we can’t thank Oxbow enough for pulling it off.
Oxbow was so great to work with in planning and hosting our fall wedding reception. Rebecca was always responsive and a pleasure to work with throughout the planning process. Oxbow was able to bring my vision to life on our reception day and I couldn't have been more impressed with their staff. Everything ran so smoothly and seamlessly. The drinks, apps and pizza were all delicious. We truly had our dream reception at Oxbow - it's the perfect venue for the non-traditional couple. We love that the Beer Garden is a place we can always return to and remember such an amazing night. Thank you Oxbow!
We had our wedding welcome party at Oxbow in Portland and it was the perfect spot! Planning a big event with Oxbow was super easy, Rebecca was amazing to work with. Our guests loved the space and the beer! We also had Duck Fat frites from the shack, which were a huge hit! Would HIGHLY recommend having your wedding or event here.
Oxbow Blending & Bottling has a perfect location nestled off of Washington Avenue on Portland’s East End neighborhood. We had the fall brewery wedding of our dreams here on 10.09.22. Plethora of airbnbs in the area allowed us to get ready close by, pop over to the Eastern Promenade for photos and then right down to Oxbow: we rented a trolly. We were taken care of from the moment we initiated contact with Rebecca. Our emails never went unanswered and we had an overall flawless experience. I would highly recommend Oxbow to fulfill your fellow brewery wedding dreams. cheers!
Even with hurricane rain the night of our Wedding Welcome Reception, Oxbow Beer Garden was the perfect venue! Everyone was kept warm and dry under the covered pavilion and had heaters to keep everyone warm! The staff were so friendly and accommodating and the pizza and drinks were crowd pleasers! We highly recommend hosting your event at the Oxbow Beer Garden for a fun, casual and inviting night.
We had our wedding after party at Oxbow Blending & Bottling and it was such an amazing experience! The team helped us plan beforehand and coordinate with vendors, answered all of our questions leading up to the event, and helped the day of flow seamlessly! It was such a beautiful space with local art on the walls, plenty of seating at the picnic tables and bar, and an awesome dance floor space. Our guests were thrilled with the quality of drinks and uniqueness of the venue. We recommend Oxbow for all events, including weddings!
We recently held our Welcome Dinner for our daughter's wedding at Oxbow Beer Garden and couldn't have been happier with the event, staff, food, etc! Everything was perfection. We set this up without first visiting the site, and were thrilled with the setting - the outdoor deck is very large and comfortably accommodated our entire guest list. The grounds surrounding the deck are lovely, clean, and lively. The food was fantastic and the staff executed flawlessly. I highly recommend holding your event here - and eating here when visiting the area!
The staff at Oxbow are genuinely happy to be doing what they’re doing. They’re proud of their venue, their food, their beer, and their atmosphere – and they do everything they can to make sure you’re having as great of a time as they are.
Oxbow was the first and only venue we looked at for our wedding, and we couldn’t have imagined a better location. Guests appreciated the great food and drink (and that the bar had more than beer!) and we loved the vibe of the beer garden.
Rebecca (the Oxbow event coordinator) was incredibly helpful from day 1 and was in constant contact to make sure we had everything we needed. For example, when we asked for coffee service for our late-night reception, Rebecca said… “sure!” A true professional!
We had the most wonderful experience celebrating our wedding at Oxbow! The venue was gorgeous and the staff was incredibly helpful. The team was extremely communicative throughout the entire process of planning and then we worked with an amazing weekend of coordinator! The staff at the event was amazing and helpful and went above and beyond for all of our needs! We had our wedding at the Newcastle location, which is by far the most rustic of the locations, so we did need to coordinate a fair amount to bring in bathrooms and catering and make sure electricity and water were available, but the team was very helpful in coordinating directly with the vendors to make this happen! We also stayed at the airbnb on site, which was so helpful!
Oxbow beer garden is the perfect venue for hosting fun outdoor wedding. The food is incredible, the staff is super friendly and professional, and most importantly the venue is beautiful. They have captured the essence of farm wedding and thrown in elegant modern touches to create a beautiful welcoming atmosphere. Onsite there is a rental space to prepare for the wedding or for accommodations after the event. Oxbow did an incredible job with the design and layout of this space. I am so grateful for the hard work that Rebecca and her team put into making our wedding perfect.
My husband and I were married this August at Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland, Maine and can't say enough good things about our experience. Rebecca made planning everything easy, and the myriad of options presented to us made it so that we felt our wedding reflected us as a couple. The staff is incredible, and we didn't even need to bring extra decoration: The flowers were beautiful, We received so many compliments on the wedding and venue, and everyone had a blast! We'd certainly recommend Oxbow to anyone considering a brewery wedding in Portland.
We were married at Oxbow Blending and Bottling in Portland, ME on 05/07/22. Our experience was excellent. The venue looked amazing and the staff was very friendly and attentive. We had to postpone our wedding for six months and Oxbow was very accommodating and helpful throughout that process. Rebecca was great to work with. She was very responsive and always willing to speak with us about any questions or concerns. Everything went perfectly, it was exactly what we wanted. We could not have asked for a better team to work with!!
Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford was the perfect location to host our wedding rehearsal dinner this past summer!
After the pandemic started in spring 2020, we realized we would have to postpone our wedding plans for that summer and regroup. Once we decided to hold out-door only events to celebrate our wedding in the summer of 2021, the first place we called was Oxbow. Ever since they opened, Oxbow has been one of our favorite spots to spend time – the food, the libations, and the vibe are great! The staff were so helpful and made everything easy. Our guests were just so excited to be able to celebrate all-together at such a fun venue and not worry about the risks of being indoors.
A shout out to Rebecca for being so awesome! She is amazing!
Abby and Brendan, August 2021
My husband and I had our rehearsal dinner at Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland, ME and wow it was so magical. Rebecca and team were so collaborative, accommodating, and so helpful throughout the planning process and day of. The space was stunning, lit perfectly with fresh flowers for such a sweet romantic touch.
The beer and bevs were enjoyed by our guests, and the delicious catering from Stone Garden Catering was truly unmatched! Diane & team were so amazing - we created a beautiful and unique menu that truly blew everyone away. The Duckfat fry cones were the perfect snack and were a huge hit!
Would recommend Oxbow to anyone looking for a fabulous experience, event, or just a beer! So happy that Oxbow & team were such a special part of our wedding weekend.
- The Creamers
I had my wedding and reception here and it was as close to perfect as you could get! Not only were the food and beverages delicious, the staff were AMAZING! They took care of everything and were so wonderful to work with. Wedding aside, this place is awesome. Great atmosphere to hang out, spend time with friends, and enjoy some delicious food and drink. I live out of state but the next time I'm in Maine, I will definitely be stopping at Oxbow again!
If you want to get married in a brewery Oxbow is the ONE. The the breweries we talked to were expensive and/or didn't know what they were doing. Oxbow has Rebecca as their amazing event coordinator and she was so amazing and helpful. She coordinated with the other vendors and made the night go so smoothly. Oxbow also included an open bar (which they were very generous with!) and decorations. Everything was perfect without us having to think about anything. Oxbow was perfect for ur wedding, I'd love to go again as a guest!
We hosted our small wedding for about 25 guests (ceremony and reception) at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford on a Saturday afternoon in August 2021. We had our own designated area away from other patrons, but due to how small our event was, Oxbow didn't need to close to the public. Rebecca was so easy to work with and very flexible and the process was just so smooth and low-stress despite being during a pandemic (and we live out of state so only visited once during the process, the rest of our planning was done over phone/email) . Of course, the beer was excellent and the pizza is just so great. We were all also so pleasantly surprised by the pita and hummus that was part of our appetizers. I would highly recommend visiting just to enjoy a beer on the beautiful property or planning an outdoor event with Rebecca and her team! We have already been back since the wedding and hope to get up to the property to snowshoe over the winter!
Oxbow is the BEST. We were lucky to have our wedding here and I would not change a thing about our day. They made planning a wedding easy. Everyone we worked with was incredible and our wedding day was incredible. We walked into the venue and it was set up even better than I could have anticipated. Every guest was raving about. how friendly, fun, and helpful the staff was. I can't recommend Oxbow enough.
My husband and I hosted our wedding reception here in June of last year and let me tell you - it was Maine summer backyard perfection. Rebecca and her team did all the set up and clean up for us (with our artistic direction bc my husband and I are both designers), we had an INCREDIBLE open bar with our rental that served well into the wee hours and a little hair of the dog the next morning. A lot of DIY spirit was involved but they were incredibly accommodating and game to help with the vision of the day as well. I had so many of our friends and family say how awe-struck they were with the property and how it really made the event that day. Thank you!
We had our rehearsal dinner here and it was beautiful! Our guests loved the venue and so did we. The beer is awesome and if you are looking for the perfect Portland vibe Oxbow has it. We loved the tasting room set up and the uniqueness of the space. We would recommend to anyone to have their event here!
We couldn’t have asked for a better venue than Oxbow Beer Garden! Rebecca was amazing to work with and the whole staff was incredibly kind and helpful. The outdoor space was perfect for our 75 guests. It was great to have the food, drinks, and some decor all taken care of. We went with a farm-to-table style dinner and multiple guests commented that it was the best food they’d ever had at a wedding. I would absolutely recommend this venue!
Everything about working with Oxbow was a dream. Rebecca answered all of my questions during the planning process, and was so kind and helpful! It rained the weekend of our wedding, and we ended up booking a last-minute tent which we had to set up ourselves- Rebecca was there to help. During the event, the staff were all completely amazing. So nice and helpful, and totally supportive despite my wedding-day nerves. The food was amazing, the beer and drinks were amazing, the venue itself was totally beautiful. Tons of parking, very easy to get to, lots of bathrooms, and so many options for food!! It was the perfect day, and so many of my guests remarked that the staff were a huge part of it. Thank you Oxbow!!
We celebrated our wedding in August 2021 at Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford, ME with about 110 people. Oxbow - both the space and the staff - was amazing. The space was beautiful and their staff decorated it with seasonal flowers. (We hired a separate florist for a few smaller things.)
During our event, Oxbow supplied all of the food. During cocktail hour we had charcuterie, veggies, and their fantastic pizza. (This is coming from a New Yorker who has tried many types of pizza over 15 years of research.) Our dinner was served buffet-style with chicken/fish/veggie options and salads, all of which were delicious. Of course, they also included their amazing beer, along with wines, and some mixed drinks.
The staff was absolutely amazing. Much to our dismay, a hurricane decided to make an appearance on our wedding day (we know we know, rain on your wedding day is a blessing!). The Oxbow staff quickly adjusted. They changed the plan for where they thought food should be set up, donned ponchos and other rain gear, and with positive spirits got our guests food in both a timely and remarkably dry fashion (calling tables up one-by-one)! They did all of this with smiles and friendliness At the end of the evening, they came out to dance with us and we couldn't have been happier.
Everything ran extremely smoothly. In weddings, something always goes wrong but none of the things that stressed us out that day had ANYTHING to do with Oxbow. When the bride showed up, they even led her to a little bridal suite, saved the cake for us to take home, and did things like help coordinate the tent and wedding canopy set up and set up a guest book. Much credit goes to Rebecca, the event coordinator, and Birch, one of the co-owners.
Not only will we continue to come to Oxbow on the regular for our pizza and beer needs but we are so thrilled to be able to remember it as the place we got married. We give Oxbow our highest recommendation for throwing an event. And even if you aren’t throwing an event, we highly recommend coming to Oxbow’s Beer Garden for pizza and beer.
We hosted our wedding Welcome Dinner here. Rebecca was wonderful and extremely easy to work with. They gave us the back part of the garden that had a tent and picnic benches as well as fire pits. It was an incredible atmosphere. The bartenders were extremely friendly and everyone had a wonderful time! We were able to bring in a food truck as well! I cannot say enough good things! We’ll be visiting every time we are in Maine.
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49 Washington Ave, Portland, ME
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Rebecca Thomas
Events Director
We are so excited to celebrate with you at Oxbow! Oxbow Brewing Company offers an onsite wedding coordinator to plan & execute your Oxbow celebration! Rebecca has been working at Oxbow for over 6 seasons managing events & weddings across all three locations in Maine. We specialize in rehearsal dinners, ceremonies, wedding receptions & after-party celebrations.
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