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Portland, Maine – July 2012

This past weekend we spend two days in one of our favorite New England towns – Portland, Maine. We visited many of our favorite spots. If you want a REALLY good rundown of what Portland has to offer, make sure … Continue reading

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Portland Craft Beer Tweetup – Fall 2010

Taking some notes on my first beer.  Curvee Angelique Deglazen Toren.  Bitter unripe apple flavors mellowed out with caramel flavors. Saturday we shot up to Portland for an impromptu tweetup.  I had only been planning it for a week, so … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 6 – Everything Else)

Today I’m publishing the final post in this series documenting our recent trip to Portland, ME. Today is mop-up day. I’m going to cover everything that I previously failed to mention. In case you’ve missed my other posts on Portland, … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 5 – Portland Bars & Brewpubs)

Portland is chock-full of bars and brewpubs. The selection is pretty ridiculous, and you can’t walk more than a block without running into at least one drinking establishment (and often times it’s more like 3 or 4). We hit a … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 4 – Allagash Brewery)

If you’ve been keeping up with my posts about Portland, ME this week you know that we first visited Shipyard Brewery. On Friday afternoon we hit up the Allagash Brewery, which was a completely different experience. Tours are given pretty … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 3 – Great Restaurants)

I would be terribly remiss if I failed to mentioned the great restaurants we ate ate while we were in Portland this past weekend. Wild BurritosThe very first thing we did when we hit Portland was go in search of … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 2 – Shipyard Brewery)

Shipyard Brewery is Maine’s largest brewery. Thus, how could I turn down the opportunity to visit the brewery? Upon arriving I was greeted by the gift-shop attendant. I was initially taken a little back because I was asked to not … Continue reading

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Vacationing in Portland, ME (Part 1 – Overview)

This past weekend my wife and I vacationed in Portland, Maine. Over the next few days I’ll chronicle our trip in a number of blog posts. Today’s post is a summary of our thoughts and feelings about the city, as … Continue reading

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