Posts Tagged: Maine
Maine: Tom Attends Beer Dinner At Bar Lola, Portland
Posted by on Thursday, February 5, 2009 in - leave a comment
[Ed.: My pal in Maine, Tom Whitehead has forwarded his report on a beer dinner recently held at Bar Lola, Portland. Tom is one of my go to guys when I am in Maine for doing things like dropping Mentos in Coke to see when happens. Sometimes he screws up his face at the odd Belgian brew that I hand …
Maine: Imperial Porter, Shipyard Brewing, Portland
Posted by on Thursday, December 4, 2008 in - 2 comments
I have a huge soft spot for Shipyard. Ten years ago, when I lived in the Canadian Maritimes to the east of Maine [You: ...there is something... to the east... of Maine??] it was a taste of civilization getting across the border to taste the southern delights of their export ale or - madness of …
What To Drink On US Election Night?
Posted by on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 in - 6 comments
I am not a big mid-week imbiber and, let's be honest, I have no skin directly in this game but as a big fan of spending election night watching TV, writing on the internet, listening to NPR web radio, leaving a radio on in another room where an AM radio station from somewhere far away fades in and …
Maine: Black, Allagash Brewing Company, Portland
Posted by on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 in - 4 comments
You will recall I visited Portland, Maine a few weeks ago and when there stopped by Allagash Brewing to pick up a small haul to bring back. The beer called only Black is describes as a Belgian style stout, the only other example of which I have seen is Podge Belgian Imperial Stout sampled in the …
Maine: Novare Res, Off Of Exchange Street, Portland
Posted by on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in - leave a comment
While in Maine, I headed out one night with pals who lived there to find a new Belgian beer bar that I had heard plenty about - Novare Res. We had a bit of trouble finding the place at night as it sits in a mid block courtyard near the corner of Exchange and Middle Streets in the old port part of …
Maine: Shopping At Allagash Brewing Co., Portland
Posted by on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in - 3 comments
We stopped in at Allagash to pick up some supplies yesterday, three hours early for the tour but that was fine. I was really looking just to shop on the one rainy morning during our week in southern Maine. I plan to be on the beach most days at 3 pm. Not that I usually mention landscaping but …
Scratch Bakery, South Portland, Maine
Posted by on Sunday, August 17, 2008 in - leave a comment
I should get a photo later this week (here is a good wintery one on Flickr) but just a note that it's nice to find a rental house five blocks from Scratch Bakery in South Portland Maine where you can buy fine cheese, fine wines, a whole whack of great breads and other backed goods - not to mention …
Porter Season: Four US Porters Side-By-Side-By-Side-By-Side
Posted by on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 in - 2 comments
...Colorado, Maine, New York, Massachusetts... • This porter season thing is a little overwhelming - sure it's a whole season but there's supposed to be snow by Friday and I gotta get on to the imperial stouts, old ales and barleywines...and winter beers...and Christmas ales. You know I want to …
Maine: Export Ale, Shipyard, Portland
Posted by on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 in - 4 comments
I got a little fancy the photo effects but this is one of my first favorite south of the border ales and the only US beer I ever saw listed anywhere as a "Canadian ale" but I am thinking this is very like Mendocino Eye of Hawk and Special London Ale from Youngs. • A rocky off-white head sits … read more »
Two New England Browns
Posted by on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
If there is one style of beer that can confuse it is brown ale. Beer, after all, is pretty much brown. There are any number of Belgian ales that can be thought of as brown but called Flemish brown or reds, quadruples or just browns. But there are also dubbles which are big and earthy and brown …
