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After a “get together for a beer” at Great Lost Bear last week, Russ from Beer, Maine & Me, Luke from A Blog About Beer, and I formed the Maine Beer Writers’ Guild. Beer and Maine seem to go together like beer and, well, just about anything really. Microbrewed “craft” beer flourishes here, as does its appreciation. So it should come as no surprise—especially with the recent rise in popularity of both craft beer & blogging—that a number of beer-themed blogs and print publications have been popping up across the state. But there has been no way to connect these local beer writers and enthusiasts with one another—until now.

While similar organizations exist on a national scale (The British Guild of Beer Writers & the North American Guild of Beer Writers), the Maine Beer Writers’ Guild is believed to be the first such organization which exists on a local, state level.

Our goals are simple: to promote better beer writing and celebrate Maine’s craft brew culture. Meetings will be held on a monthly basis, beginning with an April 2nd meeting at Gritty McDuff’s on Fore Street in Portland.

For more information on the Maine Beer Writers’ Guild and its members, to join (writers), or to help with a future meeting (publicans & brewers), visit www.mainebeerwriters.org.

Update: Giving credit where credit is due, the MBWG is apparently not the first state beer writers’ organization. The New Jersey Association of Beer Writers pre-dates us by at least a year. Oh well.