The Great American Beer Festival honored the Portland brewery Friday with its Brewer of the Year award and two silver medals.
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The Wrap: Share your apples for a new cider, find out who fed Phil
Have a Negroni, Tony, plus eat Filipino food in Portland
Tap lines: Enjoy its easy-going style, but whatever you do, don’t call it Kölsch
Many Portland-area breweries make a Kölsch-style ale, but no surprise the Germans have rules around the name.
In pairing beer with lobster, all roads lead to Allagash White (with some refreshing stops along the way)
Maine Beer Co.’s Peeper and Oxbow’s Farmhouse Ale are among other local brews that make a good match for the state crustacean.
DIY cordials are simple to make, but patience is key
Save money, and supply yourself with delicious homemade gifts or an ingredient for your own household drinks.
The Wrap: Cocktails cruise into Casco Bay, and Japanese options to expand
More beer, sushi, ramen, local plates, and pancakes for Portland. (If only anyone could find any staff.)
Fans of hard seltzer are finding lots to love in new flavors flowing from Maine’s craft breweries
With fewer calories and less alcohol than beer or cocktails, hard seltzer appeals to health-conscious drinkers – and many others.
Cheverus High grad develops product that’s hard seltzer adjacent
NOCA drinks are now for sale in several states.
The Maine Millennial: Waking up sober every day
Quitting drinking is not a one-time decision but a choice that has to be made every morning.
Our View: Increased smoking, drinking part of COVID’s cost
It will take a few years to know if people’s pandemic coping methods will result in increased sickness and death.