My trips to Maine this summer included a variety of brewery stops, I made an effort to mix in old favorites, newer places that I had visited once or twice, and a couple completely new to me breweries. One favorite that I didn’t get a chance to visit this summer was Bissell Brothers. Fortunately, I […]
On my way back from my parent’s house in Maine a couple weeks ago I made a stop in Portland and visited a few breweries in the East Bayside neighborhood, which has quickly grown into another beer hub in a city full of amazing breweries. One of the places I stopped with Lone Pine Brewing. […]
Barreled Souls Brewing Company in Saco, ME is probably best known for their big beers, a selection of stouts, barleywines and other high gravity styles that are often brewed with adjuncts and aged in a variety of spirit barrels. These beers are delicious, but just a piece of the breweries repertoire. Barreled Souls also cans […]
This year has seen a number of new breweries open across the state, some with fully equipped taprooms and others as contract brands, making and packaging their beer at other breweries and relying on distribution. My life is completely crazy right now so my brewery visits have been limited, and many of the new taproom-only […]
Recently the Mass Brew Brothers ran a tournament style blind tasting of local IPAs, with 4 regional tastings feeding into a final bracket. You can find the full results of each region and the finals HERE. The results were surprising to many people, beers from top-rated breweries like Trillium and Tree House were bounced early […]
When a brewery moves into a new state for distribution they usually take one of two tactics. The first is to release every possible beer, flood the shelves and do tap takeovers, and try to attract the interest of every type of beer drinker. The second strategy is to pick one or two beers that […]
My wife and I have never gone overboard for Valentine’s Day, it is kind of a silly holiday and we’ve never wanted to deal with the craziness and jacked up prices at restaurants, especially now that we have kids. We usually try to make something yummy to eat and maybe add in a small gift. […]
Lat year my friend Ari and I made a bet on which team would win the AL East (I took my Red Sox while he is a Yankees fan). I won the bet, and the stakes were a 12 pack of beer of the winners choice. I was going to let him off easy until […]
When a brewery (or any business for that matter) undergoes an ownership change it can cause a mixture of excitement and trepidation for regular customers. In the case of a brewery the causes for concern come in the form of worry that the new owners will stop making classic styles or that quality will decline. […]
No one says that stuff after spending weeks on a kolsch, or a year bottle conditioning a brett saison to subtle elegance — Jake Austin (@Rabbitjake) August 31, 2018 I love these tweets from Austin Street founder/brewer Jake Austin. His point is unfortunately very accurate, there is a very vocal segment of the craft beer […]
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