Maine Public has published a report on Shipyard’s exports to the UK where their beer is in 900 pubs.
This international marketing strategies appear to be paying off. Coles says sales of the American Pale Ale have grown 30%, year over year in the UK- 50% for the IPA. Marston’s even has plans to lead a group of visitors from the U.K. to Portland later this year in order to visit the original birthplace of Shipyard.
Maine Beer Company has leased a 30,000 sq ft space at 15 Sanders Way in Westbrook for a “storage and distribution site” to enable MBC to expand production capacity, reports Mainebiz.
The Press Herald published an article earlier this week about Good Fire Brewing Company, a new brewery in East Bayside.
With a striking space, a clear vision for a varied catalogue of beer, and a brewing team dedicated to the art and science of beer making, expect Goodfire Brewing to make a big noise in East Bayside.
Today’s Maine Sunday Telegram has an article about the small but growing number of female beer brewers in Maine.
The state’s thriving beer industry mirrors national trends in which female brewers are a distinct minority. But as more women develop a taste for the product, the boys’ club door has been swinging open.
The article indicate that Shonee Strickland will be the head brewer at Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company when it opens in Yarmouth.
Portland Beer Week kicks-off on Sunday. The full schedule more than 50 tap takeovers, lectures, beer dinners, and tours.
It would be close to impossible to get to them all so I’ve made a short list of the ones I’m most interested in getting to:
Mast Landing and Battery Steele have collaborated with Standard Baking to produce a 8.8% Imperial Stout called Bring Back Breakfast. The beer was brewed with Standard morning buns and vanilla beans. They’re releasing Bring Back Breakfast on October 25th.
Good Beer Hunting has published a lengthy article about the founding and evolution of Bissell Brothers Brewing.
There are loads of obstacles you don’t see coming when starting a business. “If you go down this road, you will be faced with a million reasons to quit,” Peter says. Questioning the idea, realizing how much more things cost, how much longer everything takes. These are challenges you’ll face as you move forward. How you deal with them is a test of your mettle. “That’s part of the story that I like to think anyone can relate to,” he continues. “That transformation. It’s not just beer, it’s not just starting a brewery—it’s shattering your beliefs of what you think you can do.”
The Forecaster has published an article about Island Dog Brewing.
Still in its nascent stages, Island Dog Brewing only sells tasting flights, pints, and growlers, although by August they hope to distribute kegs to area bars and restaurants – including Otto Pizza, which is in the same complex behind the Maine Mall, and will deliver pies to the 4,200-square-foot tasting room.
A new brewery called the 