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Guests aboard The Maine Brew Bus have always received great discounts and benefits while in Portland. Now learn about four new partnerships that will enhance anyone’s visit to Portland! After booking a tour with us, our guests receive a confirmation e-mail that details offers and discounts with codes to be used at area lodging properties, bakeries, and restaurants. And the day before the tour they also receive a reminder e-mail that contains many of these same offers. We encourage those offers and discounts to be shared among their group, and certainly used when they come to town. Our friends at Holiday Inn By The Bay, Residence Inn Portland Marriott, Katie Made Bakery, Ten Ten Pie, and Hella Good Tacos have seen many Maine Brew Bus guests come through their doors over the past few years to use these great offers and…

Just this week we received our 500th individual review on TripAdvisor that rated us Excellent with 5 stars. This is truly astounding, and really we owe it all to our hard working team. I’ve written before about how important TripAdvisor is to our overall business. Many travelers coming into Maine are using this resource to…

Introducing our new line of Beercationland items, available for the first time at the Maine Brewers’ Guild Summer Session this Saturday! We know first hand that many people come here from all over the country in order to eat great food and drink great beer in Maine. We have had well over 2,000 people do that already this year, they have come from 28 different states and several countries. Last year, the Maine Office of Tourism found that 46% of guests to Maine reported that touring/sightseeing and food/beverage/culinary activities ranked highest when they were deciding to visit Maine. We have certainly positioned our company well to capture this growing market. So we are happy to produce some items that feature a new logo, one that symbolizes the unique position that Maine has in this relatively new area of Beer Tourism….

Here’s an exciting new project from one of our past faculty, Tim Clapper. Learn more about Oak & Dagger Public House of Raleigh, N.C., and how you can actually get involved. One of our most popular posts was in January where we explored the current careers of some of our former staff. At that time, our past…

The Maine Brew Bus is always looking for ways to expand outside Greater Portland. These three new tours in York County will extend our reach to our partners in Southern Maine. We are excited to announce that we have three new tour offerings that are specifically designed for visitors and residents of York County. Our…

Our Road Team will be on hand at the Lewiston-Auburn Great Falls Brewfest later this month. Learn more about this unique festival now in it’s third year, and how to join us there.  Luke Livingston, the founder of Baxter Brewing Company, had an idea a few years ago: organize a beer festival in Lewiston-Auburn that…

The Maine Brew Bus has grown again, with the addition of several key members to our faculty. Today we learn about Mike, who has joined us with quite an impressive background of industry work and community service.  When Mike applied to us to work on The Maine Brew Bus, we didn’t quite know what to…

Craft Brew Races has their next event in our hometown of Portland, Maine. Run a fun and scenic 5K around Back Cove, then enjoy beer and cider from 40 different producers. Grab tickets today and save money! The Maine Brew Bus is a proud sponsor of the Craft Brew Races series. The events, produced by Gray Matter Marketing, consist of a relaxed (but timed) 5K run or walk followed by a craft beer festival with unlimited samples. There are now 8 annual Craft Brew Races that are mostly in New England, but also with events conducted in beer friendly towns like Boulder, Colorado and Savannah, GA. Our first event with Matt Gray and his company was in 2014, the inaugural year of the Craft Brew Races, and the Portland session that was held at the Portland Exposition Building in the…

Thompson’s Point welcomes it’s first alcohol producer this weekend as Cellardoor Winery opens their doors on Saturday. Find out more about this award winning company, and our future tours that will stop by their stunning space. In 2007, Bettina Doulton bought Cellardoor Winery of Lincolnville, ME. The purchase was quite an impulse buy, the former Boston-based…

Although we have guests in Southern Maine all year long, there is certainly an increase of visitors between June and October. So naturally we have increased our tour options to accommodate all those thirsty folks. Only a couple of years ago, we wondered if we might be able to do some weekday tours during the…

Each year the Portland Phoenix newspaper conducts voting with their readership in order to determine the Best of Portland. We are pleased to have been presented the 2016 award for Best Portland Tour! The Best of Portland is an annual awards program is designed to showcase which of the businesses, restaurants, artists, trends and quirky local…

We asked some of our long-standing partners what The Maine Brew Bus really means to them and their businesses. Their answers show why we are much more than just visiting tour groups to them. Hear it in their own words. Video produced by Ben Moore, Active Beer Geek