Category: Beer

PPH Festival Round-up

| Posted in Events, Beer

Today’s Press Herald includes a set of article about The Festival, a beer tasting event that bringing brewers from all around the world to Portland.

Tickets for The Festival are on sale at thefestival2013.eventbrite.com.

In’finiti, Flatbread, Baxter, Mark’s

| Posted in Reviews, Beer, People

Today’s Press Herald includes an Eat & Run review of In’finiti,

This time around, I ordered the pretzel crusted chicken sandwich ($7), which came with avocado, tomato, arugula and aioli on a kaiser roll. It was moist, tender and a bit on the sinful side. Therefore, I loved it.

as well as a bar review of Flatbread, an article about Baxter Brewing’s expansion, and an article on the 30th anniversary of Mark’s Hot Dogs.

Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland

| Posted in Beer

Today’s Press Herald includes an article about Josh Christie’s new book Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland.

In addition to stories about the founders and the start of each brewery, Christie writes about many of the beers from each brewery, usually tells readers his favorites, and often describes how the beers were named.

He ends with a description of some of the best beer bars in the state.

Christie writes the blog Brews & Books.

Maine Beer Mavens

| Posted in Beer

This week’s Portland Phoenix has published a report on a beer club for women, Maine Beer Mavens.

…Now, the club known as Maine Beer Mavens has 150-some Facebook members, women who blog about beer, homebrew, and increasingly prefer craft beer to cocktails and wine. Tesini, a recipe developer who writes for DRAFT magazine and blogs for ChicksThatDigBeer.com, had longed for more ladies-only events like the ones she attended at the female-owned Vermont Homebrew Supply before moving here from the Green Mountain State in 2010.

 

Eventide x Bunker = Dirty Pearl

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The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald features an article about Dirty Pearl, an oyster stout that the result of a collaboration between Eventide and Bunker Brewing.

Smith and Sorensen added 35 large oysters and about three quarts of oyster liquor (saved and filtered from the oysters they use at the restaurant) to a 60-gallon kettle.

The oysters are tossed into the wort at the end of the boil, just before adding the yeast. The oysters stay in the kettle for about 20 minutes, and the heat opens up the shells and releases more oyster liquor.

The Dirty Pearl release party is scheduled to take place Tuesday 5 pm at Eventide.

Under Construction: Bissell Brothers Brewing

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Mainebiz has published an article about Bissell Brothers Brewing Company, a new brewery under development in Portland.

According to their business plan, the two brothers aim to brew unique, complex, unfiltered ales targeted at the growing market of craft beer in Maine and greater New England. The beers will be packaged in both kegs and silver 16-ounce cans sold in four packs, the latter of which they say is a rapidly growing segment of the craft beer market. They plan to sell, distribute and promote their product in-house, essentially by word-of-mouth and personal connections.

The article also makes passing mention of Banded Horn Brewery.

Reviews of Blue Rooster & The North Point, Visit to MBC

| Posted in Reviews, Beer

The Press Herald has published a review of Blue Rooster,

I ate one, and literally had to push myself back from the counter where I was seated.

The [brussels] sprouts were so appealing — so full of well-conceived, co-mingling tastes, textures and flavors — I had to stop, slow down and savor.

Had I not used some self-discipline, I might have devoured the whole basket one after the other in rapid succession.

and a bar review of The North Point.

The North Point is unlike any bar I’ve been to in the Greater Portland area. It reminds me of a bar I’d see in southern France or maybe in Quebec City, within the old portion of the city. Emphasis is placed on enjoying the experience and each other rather than amenities such as televisions, pool tables or dart boards.

Today’s paper also features an interview with the owners of the Maine Beer Company about their new digs in Freeport.