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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
I’m a big fan of Allagash Brewing, and so far, they have, in my eyes, done no wrong. When I went to Arizona for my brother’s wedding last May, I had the honor of sampling some of New Belgium‘s Fat Tire. When I saw that Allagash—brewers of the inimitable Black and Curieux Belgian style beers—and […]
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 […]