Beer This Week

What can you expect from the new smooth sipping Cargo New England IPA (6.6% ABV) from Rising Tide Brewing Company?

🍍 Big pineapple aroma and flavor? Check!

🍻 High quality hops from Crosby Hops (Amarillo, Idaho 7, and Meridian)? Check!

🌲 An easy-drinking beer with notes of papaya + pine in addition to pineapple? Check!

Sound up your alley? Find it on draft at the brewery and in 4 packs to-go.

📸: Rising Tide Brewing Company

The ✨magical ✨Can Land of Allagash Brewing Company!

Allagash’s newly opened can bar at their Portland tasting room features just about every canned beer they have in stock that is not also on draft! Adjacent to their Enchanted Forest seating area, the Can Land is just right around the corner near their covered patio.

They will have all canned beers available for your pouring + sipping pleasure available again when they open Thursday at 11AM.

📸: Allagash Brewing Company

🍓Celebrate the start of strawberry season the only way us beer lovers know how, with beer! Stars & Stripes Brewing] Strawberry Blonde is back on tap.

Freeport location is open 12pm-10pm today. Portland 12pm-11pm.

📸: Stars & Stripes Brewing]

Who's going with us!?

New Openings: Disco Jalisco Food Truck from Tomaso's Canteen - Portland Old Port Tomaso's Canteen's taco food truck, Disco Jalisco will be debuting Tuesday, June 21st at Austin Street Brewery in Portland, ME.

Fun things are happening Austin Street Brewery's Fox Street location (as always), including the continuation of their Pride events! 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Here's a brief breakdown:

TONIGHT 6/15: Neon Skate Party with Biddeford Darlings from 6PM-9PM 🛼
(They are even busting out the disco ball and glow sticks and Phoenix Flight Creative Studios will be painting faces!)

JUNE 17TH: East End Vend Outdoor Market from 3PM-7PM 🛍️ This is an open-air, community market featuring artists, farmers, and foodies.

JUNE 26TH: Self Love Yoga Class from 10:45AM - 11:45AM 🧘 A morning of yoga and meditation in celebration of Pride! Emily Lambdin will guide the class through a 40 minute hatha/vinyasa flow followed by 15 minutes of breath work and meditation.

📸: Austin Street Brewery

How are breweries showing up for Pride this year? 🏳️‍🌈 Banded Brewing Co. recently released, Here, their delightfully fruity New England Pale Ale with Flowers, where they will proudly be donating a portion of Here to support EqualityMaine, an organization that works hard to secure full equality for LGBTQ+ people through advocacy, organizing, and education.

But the celebration of Pride doesn't stop there! Banded Brewing Co. will also be hosting a Boogie Wonderland Disco Pride Party 🕺🏼 at their Portland location this Thursday, June 16th! They are inviting you to dress up in disco and/or drag and to party with Portland's finest Queen, Cherry Lemonade. Runs from 5PM-9PM.

📸: Banded Brewing Co.

If it is raining, Brickyard Hollow is pouring! 🍻

This small-batch craft brewery offers happy hour every Monday - Friday! Beat those rainy day blues with their $7 slice and pint from 4pm-6pm.

📸: Brickyard Hollow

ICYM - back in late May Belleflower Brewing brought back the first sour they ever released, Faerie Offering with blackberry, blueberry, and cherry! 🍒🧚

With a ruby red pour and a berry medley aroma, the first few sips bring a jammy mix of blueberries and cherry alongside some tartness from the blackberries. Finishes off clean and refreshingly tart.

Mischievous fearies please take Belleflower's peace offering!

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Go where there's good beer and corn hole.🍻 Bangor Beer Co.

Loosen up that throwing arm and head on over to Bangor Beer Co. today to finish up the weekend on a high note. Open 12pm-9pm. Click through to see this weekend's tap list.

📸: Bangor Beer Co.

Something totally new from Fogtown Brewing Company!! Welcome their FIRST fully fledged triple IPA, Extra Thought. 🗯

Using their much loved Second Thought as a jumping off point, Fogtown Brewing cranked up the ABV to 10.5% for this limited release. Brewed with locally grown barley, wheat malt and organic rolled oats from Aurora Mills and Farm, Extra Thought is the he pinnacle of all things hazy and dry-hopped.

The final result? Velvety smooth with notes of tangerine, fresh citrus, and hint of piña colada.

Available on draft and in cans at both their Ellsworth and Bar Harbor locations!!

📸: Fogtown Brewing Company