Favorite Maine Beverages (Bath, Topsham, Strong: pub, activities, market)

[AliceT]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

My wife makes Kahlua.

Haven't made any in about 15 years. Homemade is so much better than store bought.

[Elcarim]

Originally Posted by AliceT

Haven't made any in about 15 years. Homemade is so much better than store bought.

Oh, now that's a recipe I need to add to my box!!!!

[AliceT]

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[Elcarim]

I heard that! Thank you!!

[bringselpup]

[quote=Maineah;3230183]

Originally Posted by bringselpup

Great research! I was pretty sure it was a contract brew....,but I do remember it as a pioneer brew when things were getting started around here in the micro-brew world! Alan Pugsley and his partner Mike Hall were my teachers!
Alan Pugsley, Mike Hall, David Geary, Ed Stebbins,Fred Forsley, Paul Hendry, Pete Camplin, Dennis Hansen, Mike LaCharite, Kai Adams... All of these people started and perpetuated Maine brewing. I have a lot of respect for these people! They started the whole thing! It was fun to see it start from an idea to where it is today.

Sad in a way, I mean whatever happens to a recipe like that? That was a good bottle of beer.

Oh and my wife has some sort of homemade Kahlua recipe too. We still have some in a jug she made years ago. The last time I had a sombrero with it I was up wide eyed until 4 am. I look at it but I don't dare drink it.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by Abbymoulton

When I was a very little girl, probably about 50 years ago, there was a small store in Andover that sold Birch Beer (clear in color). Anyone know if that type is still available? The only kind I have found now is the one that in amber in color and it really is not the same.

Sorry for digging up a long cold thread, but I found some yesterday. Of all places Washburn Food Mart had a 12 of cans in stock. It is called White Birch Beer and is put out by "Shur Fine" of all things. So if there is a "Shur Fine" grocery store around your area, you might check to see if they have any in stock, If not, they might be able to get some for you. It is kind of mild for a Birch Beer, but it IS clear and does have good flavor.

Shur Fine is the label that Associated Grocers of Maine uses in the small stores they service.

[RANGER.101ST]

I Like Cpt Morgan Once In A While.moxie Is Ok But Id Choose An Rc Over It.but My Main Beverage Is Strong Black Coffie You No The Kind That Your Spoon Will Stand Up In.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by RANGER.101ST

My Main Beverage Is Strong Black Coffie You No The Kind That Your Spoon Will Stand Up In.

Too bad Stan's at Madawaska Lake is long gone now then. He was "home of the 10 cent coffee" for YEARS before he closed up and they finally tore the old falling down building he was in down. As my Brother used to say,"10 cent coffee, you do get what you pay for! Better than no coffee, but not by a wide margin."

[island mermaid]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Sorry for digging up a long cold thread, but I found some yesterday. Of all places Washburn Food Mart had a 12 of cans in stock. It is called White Birch Beer and is put out by "Shur Fine" of all things. So if there is a "Shur Fine" grocery store around your area, you might check to see if they have any in stock, If not, they might be able to get some for you. It is kind of mild for a Birch Beer, but it IS clear and does have good flavor.

Shur Fine is the label that Associated Grocers of Maine uses in the small stores they service.

I've seen a Shur Fine in Wiscasset and one in Lisbon!

[bignhfamily]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Sorry for digging up a long cold thread, but I found some yesterday. Of all places Washburn Food Mart had a 12 of cans in stock. It is called White Birch Beer and is put out by "Shur Fine" of all things. So if there is a "Shur Fine" grocery store around your area, you might check to see if they have any in stock, If not, they might be able to get some for you. It is kind of mild for a Birch Beer, but it IS clear and does have good flavor.

Shur Fine is the label that Associated Grocers of Maine uses in the small stores they service.

We have Market Basket grocery stores here across the maple curtain. They have their own store brand and they too make a Birch Beer soda. I've heard you can also make birch syrup.