The Maine Highlands Guidebook Maine Highlands Guidebook 2019-2021 | Page 33

Food & Drink
Explore:
Craft Beer
The Maine Highlands has a collection of craft
breweries that offer a vast variety of styles and
flavors. One of the best ways to experience craft
beer is by visiting brewery tasting rooms where
you can sample a wide variety of brews and learn
about the brewer’s methods.
Plan your trip around the Maine Brewers Guild
Beer Trail and sample flights in the Greater Bangor
region. Or visit in June for The Greater Bangor
Convention and Visitor’s Bureau’s annual Tap Into
Summer beer event along the Bangor Waterfront.
YOU’LL FIND ALL OF the national chain restaurants that
you know and love in The Maine Highlands, but if you’re
willing to leave the “eaten” path, you’ll also have a chance to
sample chefs’ specialties and local and sustainably-farmed
produce and meat at independent establishments.  2 FEET BREWING CO., BANGOR
2feetbrewing.com
Maine is known for its seafood, but also for home-grown
potatoes, goat cheese, grains, blueberries, apples, maple
products, pork, eggs, and fiddleheads, in season.  2O7 BEER COMPANY, BREWER
207beercompany.net
From small cafés and diners for a quick breakfast or lunch to
brew pubs and fine dining restaurants for dinner, Maine’s culinary
delights are easy to find and delicious all year-round. For a
local take on Indian, Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese,
or Thai, try the downtowns in Bangor, Orono, and Brewer.
If you love craft beer, you’ve come to the right place! Maine has over
80 craft breweries that produce high quality, award winning, creative
brews. In The Maine Highlands, you won’t leave hungry—or thirsty!
Get on the Bus
Maine is among the top five states
in the nation for the number of
microbreweries per capita, and
you can tour a few of them on
the Growler Bus, with departures
from Bangor to local and
regional craft brewers of all sizes.
Learn about brewing, meet the
craftspeople, and sample some
of the best and most interesting
brews in this beer-happy state.
Savor the flavor and plan your “beer-cation” today!
BANGOR BEER CO., BANGOR
bangorbeerco.com
 BISSELL BROTHERS THREE RIVERS, MILO
bissellbrothers.com
 BLACK BEAR BREWING CO., ORONO
blackbearmicrobrew.com
 BLANK CANVAS BREWERY, BREWER
facebook.com/blankcanvasbrewery
 GEAGHAN BROS. BREWING CO., BANGOR
geaghans.com
 MASON’S BREWING COMPANY, BREWER
masonsbrewingcompany.com
 MARSH ISLAND BREWING, ORONO
marshislandbrewing.com
 ORONO BREWING CO., ORONO & BANGOR
oronobrewing.com
 SEA DOG BREWING CO., BANGOR
seadogbrewing.com
THE MAINE HIGHLANDS.COM |
33