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sebagobeers — This is Part Five of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. I say See-bay-go, you say See-bah-go I had stopped by Sebago Brewpub a couple years ago while interviewing for a job in Portland. It was on the […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 5: Sebago Brewpub

8 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged beer / brewpub / brown / citra / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / pale ale / Portland / red ale / Sebago Brewing Company / stout by squirrelfarts

glbbear — This is Part Four of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. This is where I’m supposed to tell you how awesome the tour of Rising Tide Brewing Company was. The Lady Friend had been in contact with the […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 4: Rising Tide Fail and Great Lost ...

6 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged beer / brown / cask conditioned / Great Lost Bear / IPA / lady friend / Portland / Rising Tide Brewing Company by squirrelfarts

mainebeertanks — This is Part Three of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. Zounds! What epic façade be this? Why, verily, ’tis The Maine Beer Company! Oh yeah. It’s all Taj Mahals and Versailleseses over here. Brewers truly lead lives […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 3: Maine Beer Company

4 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged beer / brewery / IPA / Maine Beer Company / pale ale / Portland by squirrelfarts

grittysbar — This is Part One of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. It’s summah time up dere in Maine, ayuh. The ol’ Lady Friend and I ventured north to the City of Portland, ME (Pot-lind) for another round of dastardly drinkable destinations. Apparently you CAN get […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 1: Gritty McDuff’s

1 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged ale / beer / bitter / brewpub / cask conditioned / Gritty McDuff's / IPA / lady friend / Maine / Portland / red ale / stout / summer by squirrelfarts

biker — If you’re a beer nerd, live on the South Coast of MA (or anywhere reasonably close) and haven’t been to the Rose Alley Ale House, you’re a dbag. Seriously. Why didn’t you people tell me about this place?? There’s some craft beer craziness going on there. Save me, Jeebus. Following […]

Rose Alley Ale House

28 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged barleywine / beer / bitter / fruit beer / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / oak-aged / quad / Rose Alley Ale House / wifey by squirrelfarts

justbeerint9kegs — I don’t remember where or when I became aware of Just Beer brewery, but it’s been in the back of my mind for awhile. Since we had nothing planned for the weekend, on a whim I proposed doing a trip down to the south coast of Mass. The Just Beer […]

Just Beer.

25 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / brewery / Cascade / IPA / irish lad / just beer / lady friend / pale ale / Sorachi-Ace / summer / wheat by squirrelfarts

hops — Irish Lad and I are comrades in beer. His counterpart, Wifey, is not a beer drinker, and has started to get irritated when we hang out, because he and I geek out with beer talk, for hours if left uninterrupted. We both enjoy a wide variety of craft brews, as […]

Beeriffic Brews

18 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / Berkshire Brewing / boobs / Boston Beer Works / citra / Harpoon / homebrew / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / pale ale / PBR / rye / Sierra Nevada / wifey / zero by squirrelfarts

passport_back — This is Part Five of an ongoing series chronicling the Grand Beercation of July 2011. To start at Part One, click here. 3 Needs A fantastically divey taproom. 3 Needs is only about a block away from the madness of Church St in Burlington, but you’d walk right past it […]

Beercation 2011: Part 5, 3 Needs

12 Jul, 2011 in Drink / Vermont tagged beer / Belgian / boch / brewpub / Burlington / Ferrari / hop burn / IPA / lady friend / nipples / passport / pilsner / vermont / wheat / wit by squirrelfarts

flatbread_03 — This is Part Four of an ongoing series chronicling the Grand Beercation of July 2011. To start at Part One, click here. American Flatbread What is this so-called pizza’ed pie? Post Magic Hat, we checked into our hotel and called a cab to drive us downtown for an evening of […]

Beercation 2011: Part 4, American Flatbread

7 Jul, 2011 in Drink / Vermont tagged American Ale / American Flatbread / beer / brewpub / Burlington / hop burn / IPA / lady friend / palate fatigue / pale ale / pizza / vermont by squirrelfarts

magic_hat_07 — This is Part Three of an ongoing series chronicling the Grand Beercation of July 2011. To start at Part One, click here. Magic Hat Oh so Vermonty. Following a tour of Switchback Brewery, it was off to South Burlington to pop into Magic Hat Brewery. Arguably Vermont’s most well-known brewery, […]

Beercation 2011: Part 3, Magic Hat Brewery

6 Jul, 2011 in Drink / Vermont tagged beer / brewery / Burlington / golden ale / hefeweizen / IPA / lady friend / pale ale / passport / Sister / summer / vermont by squirrelfarts

vt_brewer_passport — I had been thinking of a quick blast up to Canada for some time for the specific purpose of acquiring a certain whisky, until Lady Friend came along. Between the two of us, we decided to expand it to a tour of several Vermont breweries, and a night in Montreal. […]

Beercation 2011: Part 1, Enter the Vermont

5 Jul, 2011 in Drink / Vermont tagged American Ale / beer / brewpub / Burlington / ESB / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / pale ale / passport / pilsner / red ale / sour beer / vermont / Vermont Pub and Brewery by squirrelfarts