Maine Suds

This article on Maine’s craft beers profiles Maine summer beers (Grizzacca, Lunch, Peppernell Pilsener, Maine Island Trail Ale, Allagash White, Mount Desert Island Ginger, Pemaquid Oyster Stout, Summer Swelter, Tortuga Wild Summer Pineapple, and Hazelnut Coffee Elwood Brown); Maine beer bars (The Black Birch in Kittery, The King’s Head in Portland, The Great Lost Bear in Portland, Novare Res Bier Café in Portland, Standard Gastropub in Bridgton, Ebenezer’s Restaurant & Pub in Lovell, Newcastle Publick House in Newcastle, The Badger in Union, and Nocturnem Draft Haus in Bangor; the eclectic backgrounds of people involved in the industry today; how Dash Masland creates the molecular DNA prints of the various yeasts involved in the brewing process; a primer on beer receptacles; and the connection the Maine brewery business has to Maine agriculture. [images