Drafternoon Beer never tasted so good

After the jack-o-lanterns have extinguished and the trick-or-treaters have returned home, November creeps in. Fall leaves, sent skittering down the street by chill winds, hint at the inevitable winter to come. But rather than using early November as a time ...

Baxter Brewing Co. has been brewing beer since 2010 in a renovated mill building in Lewiston. From day one, the brewery set itself apart by deciding to package all of its beer in cans. While cans are now widely popular ...

This week, the Brewers Association announced that the number of breweries in the U.S. now exceeds 7,000 – 7,028, to be exact – and that there are nearly 2,000 more breweries that have identified themselves as being “in planning.” In ...

Though I don’t think of myself as a fanatic about pairing beer with food, I have been adamant about beer’s place at the Thanksgiving table. If you think about the various courses that are included in the typical Thanksgiving feast, ...

Through it is only the end of November, we’ve already had a significant snowstorm pass through Maine, bringing us straight into winter whether we were ready or not. When the snow falls and the cold wind begins to whip down ...

The beer shelves are getting fuller, and the list of possible beer choices is getting longer. Every time I go into a store that has even a moderate selection of craft beer, I encounter brews I haven’t tried yet. It’s ...

Winter is a fun time for craft beer. Brewers, free from the summer tasting room frenzy, find the time to experiment and brew more labor-intensive beers. While many beer folks go looking for boozy, sweet comforts of imperial stouts and ...

Chances are you have someone on your holiday gift list that is really into beer. I’ve encountered many bewildered shoppers wondering what to get the beer lovers in their lives, and if they don’t know beer themselves, it can be ...

This year has been an incredible one for Maine breweries with over a dozen breweries opening, hundreds of new beers and collaborations produced, and at least a half dozen additional brewery projects in planning. But among the constant releases, one-offs ...

You can’t sample beer at all of the Portland-area breweries in one day, and for health and safety reasons, you probably shouldn’t try. But what you can do is pick a brewery neighborhood to explore – and spend some time ...