The Maine Warden Service and partner agencies will try to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related incidents and fatalities as boat traffic increases.
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Pandemic has Mainers buying more liquor, but there’s no trickle-down effect for brewers
While liquor sales have spiked since the coronavirus hit Maine, craft breweries, which rely heavily on taproom sales, are struggling.
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Maker of Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy to release modern update
Bottles of Allen’s Cold Brew, a new version of Maine’s most popular spirit, will make their way to stores next month.
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Allen’s Coffee Brandy dethroned as Maine’s top-grossing hard alcohol
Though the state’s longtime favorite spirit continues to reign as the leader in volume, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Fireball Cinnamon Whisky brought in more sales revenue last year.
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‘Alcoholic Tide Pods’: Whisky-filled seaweed pods hard to swallow
A 195-year-old single-malt Scotch whisky distillery has rolled out three kinds of limited-edition “glass-less cocktails,” and all anyone can seem to think of are Tide Pods.
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A century after Prohibition, some Maine towns are still dry
Three dozen small Maine towns — home to more than 12,000 — have maintained bans on booze, beer and wine sales long after Prohibition’s national repeal.
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PBR Hard Coffee creating a buzz in Maine test market
‘It is kind of like a Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee, with alcohol,’ said one liquor store manager. Maine is one of 5 states the brewery chose to test its new concoction.
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UMaine turning water into wine?
Imagine a New Year’s Eve of drinking with no calories or hangover. Imagine eating broccoli and tasting chicken wings. Orono Assistant Professor Nimesha Ranasinghe can imagine that and virtually so much more.
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Jay brothers accused of assaulting teens
JAY — Two brothers, including one who is wanted in Massachusetts, are accused of assaulting two teenagers early Thursday on Hidden Circle, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said Friday. The 17-year-olds, a boy and a girl, told police that Benjamin York, 23, of Jay provided them with alcohol at his residence on Hidden Circle before York and […]
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New law lets farmers markets hold tastings of Maine-made alcoholic beverages
BRUNSWICK — Caitlin Mance and Jacob Georgeson approached the Norumbega Cidery booth at the Crystal Spring farmers market on a late May morning, wearing the telltale expressions of uncertain but curious shoppers. Noah Fralich, the owner of the New Gloucester hard cider house, had the perfect icebreaker. “Would you like to try some cider?” Fralich […]