This recent installment brings you two happenings this week. I am not one to mince words, so that being said, I will only fully endorse the Thursday night event because of the guys putting it on. More in the details.
Thursday May 20, 2010:
If you are following this fledgling blog and have not heard of PortlandTaps.com, shame on you my friend. These guys have created the best sort of website; a simple database of bars, beers, prices and happy hours. They have done some serious leg work for all of us and it cannot be denied, they have succeeded amazingly. There is virtually no beer left unturned in Portland on the site and if they cannot find you a sweet happy hour, no one can.
Tomorrow marks their 5th Third Thursday event. This month, they are showcasing Shipyard's new American Wheat beer at Brian Boru. Feel free to review the link below for Caleb's words about the beer. I will tell you this: I think Shipyard is a sub-par brewery. Budweiser has an American Wheat, but I am not rushing out to get a 6-pack. Everything they have done has been lackluster at best. Even the Pugsley series feels like the same old tired attempts at keeping up with the craft scene.
Worst case scenerio, go out and support PortlandTaps.com because they deserve it. My advise is to try the Shipyard, but stay for something else, show your love for PortlandTaps.com and fuck Shipyard.
Friday May 21, 2010:
This event is a big deal. For beer lovers in Maine, I don't need to tell you about Novare Res. You've been there, you've got your chalice, you've drank you paycheck away. Novare does everything right and without the pretension of most of the bars you've been to. This Friday marks their second anniversary and they are throwing the sort of party we've come to expect from this multiple award winning bar. Trailing their annual Belgian Beer Fest, they are apt to have some fantastic raraties on tap that you've not seen in Maine. To top this all off, I have it on good authority that there will be at least two different versions of their personal house beer, Primus Tumultus, on hand. One (or two from what I understand, although I don't know that both will be on offer) was brewed in conjunction with the amazing Maine Beer Company. The other, once again, brewed in conjunction with the equally amazing Marshal Wharf Brewing out of Belfast.
If you are not convinced, you don't love beer. Full stop.
See you at the bar, friends!
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