Maine Beer Geeks Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are treated to some great sour beers from our friends and Grateful Grain Brewing Company in Monmouth, Maine, and Belleflower Brewing Company in Portland.  Hear our thoughts on these two fine examples of a style of craft beer we have only recently come to know and love.  Oh, and we discuss... er, bitch, some more about the state of affairs with our favorite baseb...

Send us Fan Mail After what seemed like the longest Summer hiatus evah; we're back behind the mics talking about our two favorite pastimes... Red Sox baseball and Maine craft beer.  In this episode we highlight the year in baseball that was 1987 and we sample three tasty collabs released by our local craft breweries - two by Bissell Brothers and the other by Belleflower Brewing.  Tune in to h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we wrap some baseball talk around a "themed" craft beer tasting.  Listen in to find out which beers we tasted and what we thought.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk more baseball and drink more beer.  'Nuff said!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we of course discuss the Year in Baseball 1984 which was the Year of the Tiger(s).  It was also the year one of the Geeks embarked on a career in journalism and had the good fortune to cover the Red Sox home opener... which just so happened to be against the Detroit Tigers.  Listen in as Rich reminisces about his adventure at Fenway park when he got to rub elbows a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the Year in Baseball 1983, which holds a special memory for one of us.  And of course we talk some about the goings on in the 2022 season thus far for our beloved Boston Red Sox.  Kevin introduces a new West Coast style IPA from Sebago Brewing Company; and we also taste a favorite from Bissell Brothers Brewing Company.  Baseball and beer... goes together...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we review the Year in Baseball 1982 while enjoying a couple of collab beers between Mast Landing Brewing Company and Belleflower Brewing Co. - released simultaneously at each brewery.  We also engage in spirited debate regarding the drama surrounding the recent start by Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers where he was removed from the game after pitching sev...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are hanging out at Maine's Original Brew Pub, Gritty McDuff's in Portland, Maine; chatting beer and the history of the brewery with co-founder, Ed Stebbins; and his friend/mentor, Alan Pugsley.  This was a treat for us to spend time with two of the true pioneers of craft beer here in Maine.  Give a listen... 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are privileged to spend time with not one, not two... but three Maine craft beer pioneers and legends - Richard Pfeffer and Ed Stebbins, Co-founders of Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company; and Alan Pugsley, Master Brewer and President of Pugsley's Brewing Projects International.  Listen in as we taste and get the back stories on some of Maine's most i...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we podcast live from Belleflower Brewing Company in Portland, Maine and help them celebrate their first anniversary.  We are joined by brewery team members and also fellow customers.  The band will be starting in an hour or so and the party rages on so come on down to join us for a delicious beer or two and grab an mic for a few minutes while you're here!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we were lucky enough to get our hands on a handful of the Guild's collaboration IPA V2, and we sampled them all.  We also review the 1976 season of Major League Baseball; well, because this is podcast episode #76.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we dive into our beer cellars and bring out versions of the Black is Beautiful Collaboration from Weathered Souls Brewing Company (San Antonio, TX), brewed to support Justice and equality for People of Color.  We tasted versions from Fogtown Brewing Company, Austin Street Brewery, Mast Landing Brewing Company and Bissell Brothers Brewing Company, the latter a tasty...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we review the year 1978 in Major League Baseball, with of course a bent toward our beloved Boston Red Sox.  Oh, and we sample a fantastic 7-way collaboration beer between our friends at Vitamin Sea Brewing Company and a bunch of industry heavy hitters.  As a bonus, we also taste an amazing West Coast Style IPA from Mast Landing Brewing Company.

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode we discuss the 1975 MLB season, which just so happens to be a monumental one for both of us in terms of solidifying our Red Sox fandom and developing a deep love of the game.  Listen in as we wax poetic about this magical year.  We also begin a review of a couple more variations of the Maine Brewers' Guild Collaboration IPA V2, this time from our frien...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we sample and contrast Belleflower Brewing Company's The Sun and The Moon, two tasty IPAs brewed with the same grains and yeast, but with different hop profiles - The Sun with Northern Hemisphere variants (Strata & Idaho 7) ; and The Moon with Southern Hemisphere hops (Motueka & Nelson Sauvin).  Check out our thoughts on these two beers as well as a co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we sample some of the bounty from our recent road trip to Tree House Brewing Company in Charleton, MA.  We were fortunate to pick up some of their flagship beer, Julius; as well as a few more from that beer's lineage - King Julius, Blender and Blender King - and we sample them all here.  We also recap the year 1973 in baseball and get engage in a "spirite...

Send us Fan Mail Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts; and Bissell Brothers Brewing Company in Portland, Maine have brewed several tasty collaboration beers over the years and this latest iteration, Middle Aged Genius, is Trillium's twist on Bissell's popular Blonde Ale, Baby Genius.  In this episode we taste both side by side and give our takes.  There may have been a coupl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we last two new collaboration beers - Petite Puffin, a pale ale from Bissell Brothers/Trillium Brewing; and Schmoophoric Nights:  Raspberry Cheesecake, a double fruited sour brewed by Definitive Brewing/Imprint Beer Co.  We also debate over several baseball topics.  Give it a listen and let us know what you think about these beers and/or our baseball takes.  CHEERS...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk baseball!  More specifically, the Hall of Fame vote.  With the 2022 announcement just a few days away we reveal our personal ballots for this year's MLB Hall of Fame class.  Listen in as we engage in spirited debate over controversial topics such as whether the suspicion or confirmation of performance enhancing drug use should overshadow otherwise outs...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we travel to Lucky Pigeon Brewing Company in Biddeford, Maine, to spend some time with Kathleen & Bev Pigeon.  Listen in to hear what factors led them to launching the first dedicated gluten free craft brewery in Maine, and only the second of its kind in New England.  

Send us Fan Mail In this episode join us as we taste a few offerings from Lucky Pigeon Brewing Company in Biddeford, Maine - Maine's first and only dedicated Gluten-Free craft brewery.  We're looking forward to having two of the four co-owners of this brewery - Kathleen "Pidge" Pigeon & Beverly Pigeon - as well as head brewer, Scott Nebel, on a future podcast episode, but f...

Send us Fan Mail It's a new year and a time for new beginnings as it were.  In this episode we look ahead to 2022, with regards to both craft beer and baseball.  We also sample an outstanding version of the Maine Brewers' Guild Collaboration IPA V2 from Bissell Bothers Brewing Company.  Listen in to discover the things we are looking forward to.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take a final look back on our adventures over the past year.  From the tasty beers we drank to the road trips we embarked on... and the things we missed (i.e. Craft Beer Festivals).  And being the beer geeks we are we taste a few out-of-state beers gifted to us.  Join us for this tasty journey.

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of our conversation with Alan Pugsley we are treated to a tasting of some of the beers he has been associated over the years, including Geary's Pale Ale, Shipyard Finder, Rupee Premium Lager Beer and more.  Listen in to hear Alan's take on each beer and our thoughts as well.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Alan Pugsley, Master Brewer & President of Pugsley's Brewing Projects International.  Alan has been in the craft brewing industry in England and here in Maine for over 40 years and was instrumental in the founding of such iconic and longtime Maine breweries Geary Brewing Company, Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company and Shipyard Brewing Co...