Big brewers increase their investments in marijuana producers as part of a push to revive lagging sales, but the strategy comes with risks.
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Government shutdown a stinging blow to Maine’s craft breweries
The federal bureau that approves company expansions and beer labels for out-of-state sales has been closed since Dec. 22, preventing breweries from introducing new releases outside Maine.
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Side By Each Brewing, Poutine Factory nearly ready to serve in Auburn
AUBURN — A winding, 87-foot, wooden bar top is installed. There is room for a dozen 275-gallon tanks. And one-quarter of an actual food truck is mounted on a wall. Side By Each Brewing Co. and The Poutine Factory are nearly ready to open. The new businesses, announced last summer, are in the former, 10,480-square-foot […]
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PBR won’t disappear thanks to a new brewing deal with Miller Coors
The fate of Pabst Blue Ribbon was in the hands of a jury. The classic lager — the cheap, light beer of choice among many hipsters and baby boomers alike — was at risk of disappearing from the shelves, the jury had been told. Wednesday marked the end of a nine-day trial involving a brewing […]
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New owner of Three Dollar Deweys revealed
The mystery of who bought Three Dollar Deweys has been solved. Joe Christopher, owner of Three Rivers Whitewater, a whitewater rafting company in West Forks, acquired the lease at 241 Commercial Street and purchased the pub business; he plans to re-open it by March 1. Christopher, originally from Brunswick and “a long-time patron” of Deweys, […]
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Norridgewock man accused of strangling woman over beer
AUGUSTA — A Norridgewock man who spent 20 months in prison for repeatedly phoning his girlfriend from jail in violation of a bail condition is facing a new allegation that he strangled her over beer. Derek D. Taylor, 35, is charged with domestic assault against the woman in Waterville and saw his bail set Monday […]
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Parade fetes Red Sox’s World Series championship; trophy, manager Cora hit by beer cans
BOSTON — Confetti cannons boomed and huge crowds of fans cheered wildly on Wednesday as the Boston Red Sox rumbled through downtown aboard duck boats to mark the team’s fourth World Series championship in the past 15 years. One of the team’s championship trophies and team manager Alex Cora were hit by flying cans of […]
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Patriots ban fan who threw beer at Chiefs player
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots say they have banned from Gillette Stadium a fan who threw beer in the face of Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill late in the Patriots’ 43-40 win. After scoring on a 75-yard pass with just over three minutes to play in Sunday’s game Hill’s momentum carried him […]
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Trouble brewing: Climate change could double the price of beer
WASHINGTON — Add beer to chocolate, coffee and wine as some of life’s little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say. Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, in the future. Losses of barley yield can be as much as 17 […]
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Taps almost flowing at Lewiston’s new Baxter brew pub
LEWISTON — Just a short time ago, the empty mill space that is the new home of Baxter Brewing Co. was covered in dust and cluttered with old kegs and brewing equipment. Now, one of the state’s largest breweries is readying to show off the work that’s been put into redeveloping the 4,800-square-foot room into […]