MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins say Target Field is the first major league ball park to serve beer from a vending machine. The self-serve beer station debuted Sunday during the game against the New York Yankees. A second station is expected to be added in time for the All-Star Game next week. To buy […]
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Baxter preparing for Saturday’s Great Falls Brewfest in Lewiston
LEWISTON — After visiting too many beer festivals in too many corners of the Northeast — sometimes three or four in a single weekend — Baxter Brewing founder Luke Livingston figured it was time to launch a festival in Lewiston-Auburn. He and his growing staff had learned a lot while setting up tables and taps […]
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Maine brewers deny there is a craft beer bubble
PORTLAND — Maine’s boom in craft beer production shows no signs of stopping this year, a trend that stands to increase craft beer’s share of the overall beer market and raise competition among smaller brewers and national giants joining the fold. A study commissioned by the Maine Brewers’ Guild found the 35 breweries operating in […]
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Luke Livingston: Lewiston’s man behind the can
Canned beer. Seems like only yesterday when those two words evoked images of Old Milwaukee or a six pack of Schlitz. The days when Miller High Life was considered “the champagne of beers” and commercially brewed, traditional-tasting lagers were a pub crawlers’ only option. Enter Luke Livingston. A well-practiced home brewer with a taste for […]
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Displaying beer alcohol content now legal in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — It’s now legal for bars and breweries in Maine to publicly display the alcohol content of their beer. A new law that took effect Tuesday repeals a 1937 statute that banned the display of alcohol content, such as on signs or menus. The old law was aimed at advertisements selling beer based […]
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New FDA rules may cut long-standing ties between beer makers, farmers
BANGOR — America’s booming brewing industry and farmers alike are bothered and befuddled by a proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule change that could alter a partnership that dates back to Neolithic times. In Maine and across the country, brewers and farmers have formed handshake agreements: Brewers brew beer, producing barrels or truckloads full […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Feb. 24 AUBURN — City Council workshop at 5:30 p.m. Topics include budget and bond package for Auburn Water District. Regular meeting at 7 p.m. LEWISTON — School Committee, 6:45 p.m., Dingley Building, reports of Lewiston Middle School improvements, funding reclassification from unexpected McMahon construction funds, No Child Left Behind accountability and Montello School […]
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Effort on to repeal arcane Maine beer law
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s craft beer industry and a state lawmaker are trying to repeal an arcane law that bans bars and breweries from publicly displaying a beer’s alcohol content. The 1937 law resurfaced recently when a state liquor inspector told a Bangor-area brewer to stop listing alcohol percentages. Since then, other brewers and taverns […]
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Beer & Bikes on Jan. 29 supports Trek Across Maine
LEWISTON — In 2014, the American Lung Association of the Northeast will host the 30th annual Trek Across Maine, the organization’s largest fundraiser nationwide. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., trekkers, potential trekkers, volunteers, friends and family are invited to attend the first Beer & Bikes of the New Year at Pedro […]
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Sights Unseen: Behind the can-do philosophy at Baxter Brewing Co.
Coming up on its third anniversary in January, Lewiston’s Baxter Brewing Co. is hopping. For 2014, three more 240-barrel fermenters are being added to the the exterior of the 130 Mill St. facility, and production of brewed beer will more than double, going from 12,000 to 25,000 barrels of beer a year. “We will have […]