Shipyard Brewing Company's brewmaster, Alan Pugsley, is featured in the latest issue of Down East Magazine. The article, entitled "It's About the Beer," examines the major influence that Pugsley has had not only on Maine beer but on beers across the country:
"Among the beer cognoscenti, however, Pugsley’s reputation verges on the legendary. 'My former partner called him the Johnny Appleseed of craft beer,' says Bob Johnson. Now an owner of South Portland’s Scratch Baking Co., Johnson co-founded Magic Hat Brewing in Burlington, Vermont, in 1993. 'Brewing is an almost magical mix of hands-on physical labor, art, and science. When they all come together, at the end of the day, you’ve got this beautiful glass of beer — and Alan Pugsley is the one who brought that aesthetic to New England.'"
The Shipyard Brewing Company was founded by master brewer Alan Pugsley and entrepreneur Fred Forsley. Shipyard first began in 1992 at Federal Jack's Restaurant and Brew Pub in Kennebunk, which is one of Maine's original brew pubs and working breweries. Within two years, demand for Shipyard beer outpaced the small operation and, in April 1994, Forsley and Pugsley opened the Shipyard Brewing Company in the heart of the waterfront in Portland, Maine on the site of the former Crosby Laughlin Foundry.
Read the full article HERE.
