D.L. Geary Debuts Wee Heavy at GLB Tonight

Published November 19th, 2008 in Beer Events, Maine, Watering Holes | 2 Comments »

D. L. Geary Brewing Company will debut re-introduce its Wee Heavy Scottish Ale tonight at Great Lost Bear. Details are sparse, and the Geary website doesn’t even have the beer listed yet, but this is a good time of year for Scottish ale, so I’m intrigued. I assume there will be prizes and specials, but you’ll have to head down to Forest Ave. to find out for yourself. There’s a good chance I will.

Notice the above label appears to be box art, and it says “Four 12 oz. Bottles.” Something tells me this one is a limited release, and might be a little stronger than the average Geary offering. I’ll be keeping an eye out at RSVP for this one, too.

Maine Welcomes Stone and Victory Beers

Published October 22nd, 2008 in Breweries, Maine | No Comments »

I’m a little late to the party in announcing this, but Victory Brewing Company of Pennsylvania and Stone Brewing Company of California are now finally both offering their beers up here in the Pine Tree state. Novare Res welcomed Victory on September 25, Ebenezer’s in Lovell held a Stone launch party a couple Saturdays ago (I was, sadly, not in Maine that weekend), and Great Lost Bear held a Victory Brewing showcase last Thursday evening.

In case you actually wanted to go to one of these, tomorrow night, October 23, GLB will be welcoming Stone and offering up its Pale Ale, IPA, and Arrogant Bastard (yum) for the usual $2.50 a pint Thursday price. Having just picked up a six pack of the IPA at the local RSVP the other night, I can tell you first hand that a stop by the Bear tomorrow would be well worth the effort. Welcome to Maine Victory and Stone. Better late than never!

GLB Features American Take on Oktoberfest Tonight

Published October 9th, 2008 in Beer Events, Maine, Watering Holes | No Comments »

Portland’s Great Lost Bear will host its Oktoberfest (spelled with ‘c’, unfortunately) tonight. Unlike Novare Res’s single beer edition, this one will feature three American-brewed Octoberfest beers, a token German beer, and an ale for those who’ve had quite enough lager for one week. Samuel Adams and Harpoon Octoberfest, and Dogfish Head Dogtoberfest make up the American contingent, along with Beck’s from Deutschland. The Ale will be Long Trail Harvest Ale. I’m not quite as excited about this as I was about the Monk’s Fest, but for only $2.50 a pint from 5-9, this one is worth checking out as an easy way to compare a handful of good American brewer’s take on the German tradition.

Pumpkin Showdown at The Bear

Published October 1st, 2008 in Beer Events, Maine, Watering Holes | No Comments »

Check out Great Lost Bear tomorrow night for a Halloween showdown. On Thursday, October 2, GLB will be pitting Portland’s own Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale against Dogfish Head’s Punkin Ale, Jack’s Spiced Pumpkin Ale, Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale, Southampton Pumpkin Ale, and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale. That’s a whole lot of pumpkin ale, but at $2.50 a pint from 5-9 PM, you can afford to try them all. Hope to see you there!

GLB Features Godfather of Maine Brewing Tonight

Published September 18th, 2008 in Breweries, Maine, Watering Holes | No Comments »

David Geary, the founder of D. L. Geary Brewing Company, and widely acknowledged “godfather” of Maine brewing, will be on hand tonight at Great Lost Bear as they showcase several Geary’s brews. First up, of course, is this year’s Autumn Ale. It will be accompanied by their Pale Ale, London Porter, and their Hampshire Special Ale (my favorite of their lineup), both on cask and from a regular keg. As always, $2.50 a pint from 5:00 till 9:00, and Geary’s and GLB prizes galore.

GLB Looks to Improve Lager’s Image Tonight

Published September 11th, 2008 in Beer Events, Maine | No Comments »

There are two basic types of beer—ales and lagers. Among the non-Budweiser drinking population, ales are generally lauded and lagers mocked as weak, clear beers not worth drinking. Of course, Bud is trying to break into the ale market as well with an “American ale,” so maybe they agree with that sentiment? Unlikely…

Anyway, lagers as a whole can be much better than the macro-brewed examples would lead us to believe. In fact, there are actually some pretty good lagers out there (you like Octoberfest beers, yes?). Great Lost Bear will present a few lagers that might just improve your opinion, tonight. On tap tonight, you can find Stella Artois, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber, Sam Adams Octoberfest, Brooklyn Lager, and Sam Adams Boston Lager. Having enjoyed all of these (well, Stella is only above average; the rest are pretty good though), I hope the Bear is able to expand beer horizons tonight. As always, $2.50 pints from five till nine and brewery and GLB prizes to be had. Enjoy!

Win Some Schwag from BlogAboutBeer.com

Published September 2nd, 2008 in Maine, Other Beer Sites | No Comments »

I just wanted to give a quick link back to BlogAboutBeer.com’s one year anniversary contest. Luke has put together over $500 worth of prizes for getting getting his blog “out there” on the web. Entry is really simple: all you have to do is participate in the BlogAboutBeer.com community. Some examples of ways to earn entries in the prize drawings include:

Sign up with MarketLeverage (must be done via the link on the original post) – 5 tickets
Vote for the post on “brewpoll,” using the brewpoll button at the end of the post – 1 ticket
Comment on the post – 1 ticket
Subscribe to BlogAboutBeer.com via the RSS feed, either using your favorite RSS feed reader or Subscribe to blogaboutbeer.com by Email – 3 tickets

Good luck with the contest, Luke, and congrats on a year in the beer blogosphere!

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