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Beer MuseFirst-ever Greater Bangor Beer Week begins Sunday – 15 breweries, 28 events
Running from October 18 to 25, Bangor Beer Week is brimming with tap takeovers, beer dinners, collaboration beers, cornhole tournaments, and endless revelry and mayhem. Read on
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Beer MuseDave’s top 5 pumpkin beers available in Maine (he tried a bunch so you don’t have to)
Take a moment this fall to embrace the old New England brewing tradition of beer made with the voluptuous orange winter squash that has come to symbolize the fall season. Read on
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Beer Muse4 Maine fall beers that pair perfectly with autumn: Hop Harvest, D’Automne, Burnside & Red Wheelbarrow
In this fall beer review, I highlight Maine beers that pair perfectly with cold air and fleece-lined sweatshirts. Many fall beers have been on the shelves since August, but my palate isn't drawn to malty fall brews until the mercury drops. Read on
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Beer MuseMaine Lakes Brewfest ushers in delicious fall seasonal beers
I can think of no better way to call in the fall season than with, what else, a brewfest. On Saturday at the Beach at Point Sebago in Casco you can raise a tasting glass to fall at the 12th Annual Maine Lakes Brewfest. Read on
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Beer MuseWeekend beer events: Funky Fest at Funky Bow Brewing and Zwanze Day at Novare Res Bier Café
Whether you desire local beer brewed in Maine or imported beer from afar, the closing weekend of Summer 2015 in the Pine Tree State has two events that will help you say goodbye to the warm weather with a full glass of world-class beer. Read on
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Beer MuseTake a road trip (water trip?) to Monhegan Brewing Company (and maybe stay on the island forever)
On an impossibly perfect day in August, I build up the gusto for the journey, and, with my wife and our 8-week-old son, make my way to the island that inspired Edward Hopper and N.C. Wyeth in search of great craft beer. Read on
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Beer MuseThe Hop Yard is growing Maine’s hop harvest: Celebrate at the Hop Harvest Party
For the past three years, a local farm has been trying to make Maine a premier hop producer. The Hop Yard, with farms in Fort Fairfield and Gorham, helped Maine see its largest hop harvest in 2014 in over a century. Read on
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Beer MuseGneiss Brewing in Limerick is a Zen beer retreat
Located an hour from Portland, the Limerick brewery is set on a modest working farm where patrons can drink German-style wheat beers while hobnobbing with the half-dozen pigs or walking to the garden where they grow potatoes, tomatoes, and, naturally, hops. Read on
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Beer MuseCheck out Oak Hill, Madden & Patman’s for acclaimed craft beers outside of Portland
I want to give some love to three beer stores outside the peninsula that are working hard to procure great beer for their patrons. Read on
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Beer MuseIn a blind IPA taste-tasting, Maine Beer Company won for their Beer II session
Maine Beer Company's American style ales have always had that effect on me, exciting me to the point of spilling over and writing sentences where I try to capture the poetry found in their 16.9 ounce bottles. Read on
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Educated guesses and hopes about where Bill Murray might show up, fabulous weekend ideas including concerts, films and theater, Bar Guide review of Gary's Olde Towne Tavern in Naples, Eat & Run review of La Casita in Kittery, Indie Film gets downright creepy, Face the Music pairs cocktails with albums and Tap Lines celebrates tasting rooms. And that's just SOME of what we've got for you this week.
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