MAINE BREWS, GOOD TIMES
Alan Pugsley, called the Johnny Appleseed of microbreweries, has left his footprints all along the newly created Maine Beer Trail.
By NANCY ENGLISH, Special to the Maine Sunday Telegram
June 28, 2009
Mainers enjoy a little self-improvement in their pastimes, like spending time at a brew pub. Fortunately, the state's thriving brew pubs and their local beers are worth devoted studies.
It's fun to learn about beer.
Terms like cask-conditioned, Ringwood yeast and specific gravity come up in conversation with brewers quickly enough. The cask-conditioned beers known as real ales are naturally fermented and pumped by hand from the cellar into the glass at the bar.
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