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PublishedApril 25, 2020
Pandemic has Mainers buying more liquor, but there’s no trickle-down effect for brewers
While liquor sales have spiked since the coronavirus hit Maine, craft breweries, which rely heavily on taproom sales, are struggling.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
The Wrap: A chef runs a marathon, and help is at hand
More creative ways to help out-of-work restaurant workers, Fat Boy is sold, and a new cookbook from Salt Water Farm in Lincolnville.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2020
SoPo grappling with public alcohol policy
Event organizers and craft brewers push for a rules change to allow alcohol at special events.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
New brewery with Bath ties finds home in Wiscasset
Pepper Powers is moving his brewery with multiple Bath Iron Works-themed brews a few miles up Route 1 to Wiscasset.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
Craft breweries embrace sustainability along with remarkable growth
Maine's craft breweries have seen a 32 percent surge over the past five years, but the industry has committed to sustainability measures to protect products and profits.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2019
The decade in Maine business and economy
From the depths of the Great Recession, Maine's economy began a steady rebound that has allowed some industries to flourish despite a growing worker shortage.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Commentary: Imagine a day without water, and how we can prevent that
Most of us want Congress to invest in water infrastructure before our systems fail. Let's make sure lawmakers know it.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2019
New brewery will open in West Bath in December
Trinken Brewery Co. is taking over the shell of a former auto body shop at 144 State Road.
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
Brewers push bill to loosen Maine’s beer distribution laws
They say antiquated regulations for third-party distribution threaten to hold back Maine's booming craft beer industry.
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PublishedMay 24, 2019
Freeport brewery launches effort to put more clean energy into its beer
Maine Beer Co. hopes to inspire other clean energy efforts and expand its 50-kilowatt solar system so that the brewery generates more energy than it uses by 2030.