Men’s Journal assembled a list of what they consider the 25 Best Beers in the World. Westvleteren 12 didn’t make the list but Allagash Curieux and Peak Organic Pale Ale did.
So for our beer survey, we asked craft-brew luminaries a simple question: What’s the best beer in the world? Then we tried them all. The result? A been-there, drank-that guide to the greatest brews on the planet, in no particular order. Enjoy.
Dan Shelton, organizer of The Festival, shared his frustrations with Maine alcohol laws with the Bangor Daily News.
The hitch caused The Festival organizer Dan Shelton to criticize the state law restricting brewers from pouring their own samples during festivals, a regulation he blamed for unnecessarily driving up his need for volunteer pourers. He said he needed to have 80-plus volunteers, one at each booth, and wasn’t sure how many he was short by when organizers realized they needed to scramble to add more.
“Maine is a great beer state and Portland’s a great beer town,” Shelton said. “We were all enthusiastic about Portland, but then we started to learn about these laws, and that’s when it started going sour for us.
If My Coaster Could Talk has published commentary from the volunteer’s perspective, and The Beer Babe has posted a piece from the perspective of an attendee.
The Festival, the international gathering of brewers and beer enthusiasts in Portland, came to a close last night.
Today’s Press Herald includes a set of article about The Festival, a beer tasting event that bringing brewers from all around the world to Portland.
Tickets for The Festival are on sale at thefestival2013.eventbrite.com.
Today’s Press Herald includes an Eat & Run review of In’finiti,
This time around, I ordered the pretzel crusted chicken sandwich ($7), which came with avocado, tomato, arugula and aioli on a kaiser roll. It was moist, tender and a bit on the sinful side. Therefore, I loved it.
as well as a bar review of Flatbread, an article about Baxter Brewing’s expansion, and an article on the 30th anniversary of Mark’s Hot Dogs.
Today’s Press Herald includes an article about Josh Christie’s new book Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland.
In addition to stories about the founders and the start of each brewery, Christie writes about many of the beers from each brewery, usually tells readers his favorites, and often describes how the beers were named.
He ends with a description of some of the best beer bars in the state.
Christie writes the blog Brews & Books.
This week’s Portland Phoenix has published a report on a beer club for women, Maine Beer Mavens.
…Now, the club known as Maine Beer Mavens has 150-some Facebook members, women who blog about beer, homebrew, and increasingly prefer craft beer to cocktails and wine. Tesini, a recipe developer who writes for DRAFT magazine and blogs for ChicksThatDigBeer.com, had longed for more ladies-only events like the ones she attended at the female-owned Vermont Homebrew Supply before moving here from the Green Mountain State in 2010.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald features an article about Dirty Pearl, an oyster stout that the result of a collaboration between Eventide and Bunker Brewing.
Smith and Sorensen added 35 large oysters and about three quarts of oyster liquor (saved and filtered from the oysters they use at the restaurant) to a 60-gallon kettle.
The oysters are tossed into the wort at the end of the boil, just before adding the yeast. The oysters stay in the kettle for about 20 minutes, and the heat opens up the shells and releases more oyster liquor.
The Dirty Pearl release party is scheduled to take place Tuesday 5 pm at Eventide.
Portland is #3 on the Travel + Leisure list of the Best Beer Cities in the country.
Mainebiz has published an article about Bissell Brothers Brewing Company, a new brewery under development in Portland.
According to their business plan, the two brothers aim to brew unique, complex, unfiltered ales targeted at the growing market of craft beer in Maine and greater New England. The beers will be packaged in both kegs and silver 16-ounce cans sold in four packs, the latter of which they say is a rapidly growing segment of the craft beer market. They plan to sell, distribute and promote their product in-house, essentially by word-of-mouth and personal connections.
The article also makes passing mention of Banded Horn Brewery.