Beer Suggestions

Gritty’s Irish Red Ale, The Maine Beer Writers’ Guild & Spring Beer in Maine

by Luke

Like spring itself, spring beers don’t really exist in Maine. In order to have any impact, they would need to be on the shelf by mid-February — when it’s still very much the heart of winter — or stay on the shelf well into April or May, and by that time – if your summer [...]

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Flying Dog Garde Dog: On Garde Old Man Winter

by Luke

This evening I find myself sitting with my first bottle of Flying Dog’s new spring offering – Garde Dog. Garde Dog is a Bière de Garde-style brew. Bière de Garde, or “keeping beer”, is a style of ale traditionally brewed in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. These farmhouse-style beers were usually brewed in the winter [...]

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Peak Organic Maple Oat Ale

by Luke

By now many of you know that Peak Organic Brewing — a local Portland, Maine brewing company which contract brews certified organic beer at the Shipyard facilities — has released a new spring beer: Maple Oat Ale. The three other year-round beers from Peak don’t do too much for me (they’re not bad by any [...]

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Ten FIDY, One Imperial Stout

by Luke

Thanks to the generosity of good friends, this evening I am able to indulge in a can of Osker Blues Ten FIDY Imperial Stout; a beer from a small Colorado brewery which has gained somewhat of a cult following lately, due to its scarcity (I’ve been told cans of it have been seen on eBay [...]

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Vignola Beer & Cheese Tasting: A Recap

by Luke

By 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon I was pretty convinced that I had in fact died and gone to heaven. If you missed out on the 2nd Annual Beer & Cheese Tasting at Vignola in Portland yesterday, I’m really quite sorry and it really is in your best interest not to let that happen again next year. The event [...]

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A Great Barleywine on a Great Winter Day

by Luke

Today marked the beginning of Maine’s oft-annual January Thaw and temperatures reached 41 degrees (and they say it should read 50 on Tuesday). To celebrate, we got up early and headed to Shawnee Peak for a down-right perfect day of hitting the slopes. The conditions were excellent and we returned home this evening sore in all [...]

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