KITTERY, Maine — Beer is coming to Kittery.

KITTERY, Maine — Beer is coming to Kittery.



Brewmaster Todd Mott has signed a lease to rent space at Post Office Square to bring his Tributary Brewing Co. to town. Its motto, according to its newly minted Facebook page? One tributary leads to another.



Salmon Falls Winery is also expecting to sublease some of the space to open its own wine-tasting facility.



Tributary Brewing Co., a microbrewery that will offer beer tastings, could open as soon as March, according to Mott. “It’s absolutely fantastic news,” Mott said.



He said he is hoping to begin renovations by mid-October, and to get the equipment by February for a March opening. Right now, he and Salmon Falls Winery owner Andrew Bevan are working with state liquor officials to figure out how to accommodate both a beer- and wine-tasting facility under the same roof. Mott said the two operations have to be separated, according to the state.



Mott has been waiting to open his own brewery since leaving Portsmouth Brewery in 2012. He had hoped to open his doors as early as this fall, but there have been several challenges along the way.



Among them, the town did not include microbreweries among its allowed uses, so the Planning Board created a “specialty food and beverage facility” ordinance to pave the way.