'Tis the season for saison

Summer has arrived, and the best way to beat the heat is to go down into the basement and bring up the saison that you have been storing all Winter/Spring.

Brewfest DOs and DON'Ts

With Bangor's premiere brew festival Tap Into Summer! - right around the corner, I figured I would discuss some strategies for making the most of your next brew festival adventure.

You gotta be fresh

Ever crack open a bottle or can of your favorite beer and noticed something was off? Maybe the malty notes taste a bit muddled, perhaps the hop flavor wasn't quite as bright as you remember it, or you even taste a cardboard or metallic flavor in the beer. Chances are, if you look around the container you will find a date stamp, and this is usually the culprit as to why your beer isn't all it can be - staleness.

Blank Canvas changing locations

Blank Canvas Brewery in Brewer just served its last beers at 71 Center Street; they will be closing down for a little over a month to relocate to 46 Betton Street, also in Brewer.

More fun than a barrel ofbeer

If you have looked around at your local bottle shop lately, you have surely noticed an increase in the availability and variety of barrel-aged' beers.

Hit the trail

New Brews From Away'

As the craft beer map continues to expand and brewers around the world are trying new ingredients and styles. Session beer, shandy, gose and chili stout have all had their moment in the sun; now, it appears that the summer of 2016 will belong to the fruit beer.

After a bit of a tease earlier in the year, it appears as though spring has indeed sprung. With spring comes not only a change in weather, but a change in activities. It is time to break out of the cold-weather routines and embrace the growing to-do list that comes with the spring thaw. It is time for yard work, but fear not, because yard work comes with yard work beer!

Happy Birthday Nocturnem!