Category Archives: GRUB & BREWS
3 Beer Apps for Your Smartphone
Granola Bar Adventure!
I’m a freestyler. In general, I like to make my own rules, wander off the trail… But there is one place that this lust for spontaneity consistently gets me into trouble- the kitchen. It is because of this that I greatly prefer cooking to baking. At least with cooking, recipes have a bit more wiggle […]
From the West: A Barleywine Fest
The time had finally come, the month of February. I had been waiting patiently, knowing that after about two months of non-stop work, there was indeed a light at the end of the tunnel. That light was Strong Beer Month. 21st Amendment Brewery and Magnolia Pub and Brewery team up every year to offer up […]
BREWS: Rising Tide Ishmael review
Call me Ishmael. Just don’t call me a fan of Rising Tide Brewing‘s new ale. Ishmael may have been the omnipotent observer of Melville’s classic Moby Dick, but he sure as hell didn’t see this one coming. It’s not that the beer was bad. Ishmael is a perfectly normal and acceptable Amercian copper ale, with […]
A collaboration of delicious proportions: Allagash & New Belgium’s Vrienden
Baxter Brewing holds its first public tasting, and I was there!
From the West: Bay Area Brew Fest, Part Two
This is the second part of a two part series about the author’s adventures at the Bay Area Brewfest. If you’re looking for part one, click here. From the entrance way, it seemed like the Bay Area Brewfest was tiny. However, as I walked through the boisterous crowd, I realized it wasn’t small at all; […]
Baxter Brewing nears its first batch
I’m lucky enough to live in Lewiston, Maine right now (haha, that’s a joke you’d probably only get if you live here in Maine). The problem is, that is a joke. But Luke Livingston, a Lewiston native has other ideas for his fair city, and he’s taken the first step toward helping to change Lewiston’s […]