Josh on July 7th, 2010

Another month, another entry in my ongoing tour of the bars, breweries and beer of the great state of Maine. This time around, the focus is on Portland Old Port stalwarts Gritty McDuff’s and Sebago - two of my favorites.

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Josh on July 6th, 2010

“Hey, you got your hefeweizen in my barleywine!” “Hey, you got your barleywine in my hefeweizen!” Enter the hefewine.

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Josh on June 24th, 2010

Last weekend, I ventured down to Boston to cover Beer Advocate’s American Craft Beer Festival for RateBeer.com. In today’s column, I took a look at how the fest went, what went right, and the few things that left me wanting.

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Josh on June 16th, 2010

For my short(er) pre-American Craft Beer Fest column on RateBeer.com, I take a look at three up-and-coming breweries in the Portland area.
The pre-ACBF press crunch means that things will be a little lighter here this week. That doesn’t mean there isn’t some exciting stuff brewing, however. Big news, actually – it looks like [...]

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