(Originally published in Maine Today Magazine on September 3, 2014.) If you’ve read my column, you’ve gathered that I’m a hop head. Heck, I even shave with soap made from hoppy beer. As the Beer Muse, I’ve mostly steered the Maine drinking community towards local brews awash in hops. But it’s clear to me that … Continue reading The Beer World Goes Sour
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Welcome to the Maine Beer Renaissance
(Originally published in Maine Today Magazine on July 17, 2014.) We live in a new world, my friends. A fertile world where macro-breweries are losing shelf space by the minute to local micro and nano-breweries all across this glorious country. And nowhere is this brewing rebirth more prevalent than in the great state of Maine. … Continue reading Welcome to the Maine Beer Renaissance