It’s June and summer is here. Ahem, if you consider that the average temperature has been camped out between 51 and 63 degrees, with a few wonderful exceptions. summer is here. But hey, forget the temperature and focus on all the positives: breweries, wineries and distilleries, many of them dotting the two-lane highway that snakes […]
Here we go again, Mainers! Snow is in the forecast, the third time this week where I am, Waterville, which is smack between Bangor and Augusta on the highway and on the television weather map. Here are some strategies for the upcoming “event.” Below is the chili they serve at Gritty McDuff’s Brewpub: IF YOU […]
I’m back from a month in Italy, and super psyched that my Patriots are in the Super Bowl, ahem, again. I grew up in Littleton, Massachusetts back when they were the Boston Patriots. We eventually got used to sharing them with the five other New England states, if not begrudgingly, when they re-named the team. […]
On a recent sunny and cold Sunday near Christmas, I went to Bissell Brothers brewing company in Portland with my family. Beer lovers spread out at tavern tables and along the windows in the vast and beautiful tasting room at the old mill at Thompson’s Point.Under the tall Christmas tree were boxes and bags bursting […]
Just wanted to tweak this original post to add our locally owned Craft Bier Cellar in Portland. Thanks to owner Greg Norton for giving me a heads up distinguishing his business from that of Craft Beer Cellar, also in Portland. Some days I think you think all I care about is beer. I mean, I […]
One might think Andy Geaghan chose Brewer, Maine as the location for his new 20 barrel brewhouse just for the pun of it. But after my visit on Wednesday, I saw why it was a smart choice: it’s literally just over the river via the highway from his family’s iconic Geaghan’s Pub and Brewery at […]
Well, here we are, March 9th and daylight savings time has given us some more daylight and I got to take a walk today without five layers and something across my face. We did it! We made it through just about the most horrific winter I can remember. Oh, I know….it ain’t over til it’s […]
My year-long project of writing a travel guide to New England craft breweries is coming to a close: I have four more days until my second deadline. I thought I’d write about what happens when you press the “send” button and your manuscript flies through some cloud (Cirrus? Cumulus?) to your editor. Let it be […]
This Friday, August 1st, Maine’s own Allagash Brewing Company will join over 119 craft brewers from all over the region to pour their creations at the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America, New England Edition. Touted as the biggest beer event in Maine’s history, the Beer Camp is a celebration of Sierra Nevada’s opening of […]
