MONMOUTH — Grateful Grain Brewing Co. sits on a street corner in the Kennebec County town of Monmouth. There is not much to it. A blinking yellow caution light is draped over Route 126 out front and there is a four-pump gas station across the street. “We are in the middle of nowhere,” Grateful Grain […]
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Maine breweries to share $1 million tax break
Tucked inside the recently passed federal tax overhaul was a very specific tax cut that could cumulatively save Maine breweries about $1 million this year. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act was passed at the end of 2017 along with tax reforms that lowered both personal and corporate tax rates. The act includes […]
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New Monmouth brewery has good things on tap
MONMOUTH — For a year, the four founders of Grateful Grain Brewing Co., all friends and hockey dads, planned, built, brewed and hoped. When their small craft brewery opened earlier this month, they sold out of all of their beer in nine hours. “A lot of people have been driving by, ‘Oh, my god; we’ve […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says he tips servers less to push political point
Gov. Paul LePage takes an order while tending bar at the Quarry Tap Room in Hallowell on Monday. LePage was the celebrity bartender to benefit a foundation set up by quadruple amputee Travis Mills to help fellow military veterans. Here’s a heads-up for anyone waiting on tables around Maine: You might want to be wary […]
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The buzz about Maine’s beer scene
50 new breweries in 6 years, with a dozen more on tap LISBON FALLS — Half a mile off Route 196, tucked in the Lisbon Industrial Park — not that you’ll find it on the sign — is the largest craft floor malting operation in North America. Capable of annually processing just under 900,000 pounds […]
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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 […]