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19 May

Posted at 10:36h in Brewery, News by
For American Craft Beer Week 2016, we took to the taps and the airwaves. Owner Eric Michaud and Head Brewer Greg Abbott blitzed four local radio stations: WCLZ 98.9 FM, Coast 93.1 FM, WPOR 101.9 FM and WGAN 570. Many thanks again to producer Olivia...

20 Apr

Posted at 13:46h in Blog by
We have officially welcomed Chef Nick Krunkkala as Executive Chef of our resto-bar kitchen. He’s been our consulting chef the past few months. He’s already developed some excellent beer- and spirit-driven dishes. In fact, our beers and spirits are ingredients in every dish on our menu. In this...

22 Mar

Posted at 07:58h in Blog, Brewery by
Interview with Greg Abbot, Head Brewer at Liquid Riot How did you get into brewing? Just after college I moved to Portland Oregon. At that time the whole West Coast was way ahead of the East Coast in the craft brewing scene. I started discovering...

29 Feb

Posted at 16:26h in Blog by
We participated in MRW’s first “Spirit Quest” food and cocktail pairing competition on Sunday. We didn’t win the top honor, but we did well and we served 300 Questers, some of whom had never been to Liquid Riot before. It was great to see these people popping our special pairing...

24 Feb

Posted at 10:11h in Blog by
We’re looking forward to our first Maine Restaurant Week, March 1-12, and we’re especially eager to share the menu we created for the event, featuring some of our favorite dishes and some special offerings just for MRW diners. Of course, we used our own beers...

12 Feb

Posted at 14:50h in Blog by
Interview with Brieshan Kenoyer, Bar Manager at Liquid Riot.  What’s your background in bartending? I started bartending probably 8 years ago and it was at a really high volume arts venue in Portland, Oregon. I was there for 5 years, and then moved to Pittsburgh...

20 Jan

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Burton-on-Funk is the barrel aged version of our Burton ale cellared in a bourbon barrel for about 10 months with Brettanomyces.

06 May

Posted at 23:48h in Blog, Brewery by
As I’m sure you’ve all noticed, unless you’re one of those crazies that loves Barley Wines (j/k, we love you guys too), everyone is pooping their pants over hops and hoppy beers these days:  aroma hops, bittering hops, super alpha hops,  old world/noble hops, new...