Tag Archives: Gneiss Brewing

What is a Growler? and other growler questions answered

In the past I’ve written about laws concerning growler fills, how to clean your growler and I’ve even reviewed a stainless steel growler but I haven’t spent any time explaining “what is a growler?” and some of the basics surrounding them. Growler: A reusable vessel that’s purpose is to transport beer (possibly cider, Kombucha) from keg […]

Banded Horn Brewing Company to host Brewers Invitational Ping Pong Tournament

On Saturday, June 7th, 2014 Banded Horn Brewing Company will play host to the “Brewers Invitational Ping Pong Tournament” at the brewery in Biddeford. The tournament is being held to benefit Engine, an arts-based nonprofit in Biddeford. Engine’s mission is “To make arts driven programming, cultural development and sustainable creative entrepreneurialism an explicit community value […]

The Maine Dream Team-up Project: Conclusion

The Maine Dream Team-up Project has officially come to a close, a fifteen day blog series that asked seventeen different, beer minded individuals, four questions about who they would like to see collaborate on a beer. In return I received a total of 74 different dream collaborations that consisted of 25 different Maine breweries, 29 […]

The Maine Dream Team-up Project: Carla Companion

Carla Companion is a craft beer lover and investigator of all things beer. She started a craft beer website and blog www.thebeerbabe.com in 2007, sharing her thoughts as she explored what was new in beer, as well as brewery visits, trips and “beer adventures.” Moving to Portland in 2009, she found herself surrounded by the […]

The Maine Dream Team-up Project: Gene Beck

Welcome to Nocturnem Draft Haus. Our mission is to serve our guests the finest beers from Maine, the US and abroad paired with some artisan-style, simply prepared, locally sourced food. We are not pretentious. We are down to earth. We are not beer snobs. We are adventurers. We are a collection of many walks of […]

The Maine Brew Bus is coming to Bangor

Trip Advisor ranks The Maine Brew Bus as the #1 activity in Portland, Maine,  so when Don Littlefield approached me about being  a guest guide on the bus I was interested to say the least, when he told me the tour was going to be in Bangor I was sold. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 […]