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The Black Fly Brewfest attracted vintners, distillers and craft beer makers from all over Maine. This year, there were more than 100 samples of beers, wines and spirits with inventive creations like Mossy Ledge Spirits’ Holy Hell Jalapeno vodka, Gigantic Dad Pants IPA from Cushnoc Brewing Co. of Augusta and Winterport Winery’s POG Passionfruit Orange Guava Summer Ale.
The Houlton festival will feature more than 100 different samples of craft beer, wine and spirits from all over Maine.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent and First Mile Brewing Company recently partnered in a fun endeavor designed to bring the community together. The Fort Kent brewery has added a new beer to their taps aimed at celebrating the connection of the university to the greater community.
For the owners, it’s been a dizzying ride: “I was just devastated” Author: Rob Caldwell Updated: 3:07 PM EST January 12, 2021 WEST BATH, Maine — There are about 150 breweries in Maine, one for every 9,000 people. They have sprung up on islands (Monhegan), in the northernmost end of Aroostook County (First Mile Brewing in Fort Kent), and in towns that have fewer people than you’d find in an apartment building in Boston (Airline Brewing in Amherst, population 258). Hard to believe that not all that long ago, in the early 1980s, not a single craft brewer...