Welcome to the Maine Hike N Brew Crew Podcast, Season 2!!! In this episode we talk about some of our adventures in the off-season, we try some Maine brew enhanced summer concoctions and close out with some fun facts about National Beer Day.

Matt travels north to Quebec City on Halloween to explore the terrain and local brews. He also visits Riviere du Loupe, Fredericton, the Moosehead Brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick and also catches up with friends in eastern Maine.

Sean Sullivan from the Maine Brewer's Guild joins us a Trinken Brewing Company in West Bath as we discuss the growing craft beer industry and what the Guild is doing to help breweries be successful. We also discuss some other trends in the industry and efforts to connect with beer from ancient times.

Owen & Matt don't let the summer weather stopping them from hiking but they do try to balance it with some ocean breezes at the La Verna Preserve in Bristol & some beer from Waterman's Beach Brewery in South Thomaston, both offering some breathtaking views. We also discuss some other recent adventures and continue our quest to nerd out over what makes a good craft beer and other beer trivia. 

Our friend “the Regular Beer Guy” Mark joins us at Bath Ale Works in Wiscasset. Owen hikes Higgins Mountain in Georgetown. Then we do a little a ‘stew n brew’ over Brews in the News.

Owen hits the road to New Hampshire and Matt stays local. Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor and Bateau Brewing are featured. And we discussed to what lengths would we go to make beer sustainable.

Ed Molleo discusses hiking the New England leg of the Appalachian Trail and then he sticks around to help deliver our "News in Brews." Owen wraps things up with some fun facts about the AT.

Years before I ever thought of podcasting and when the pandemic lockdowns were just starting I did a series of nightly toasts and songs on Facebook Live for my friends and family. As the pandemic stretched into the summer I decided to try a series of video about beer. In this flashback episode we discuss Belgian witbiers & German hefeweizens, darker lagers and finally porters and stouts. These were all recorded on an iPhone and downloaded from my Facebook page so I apologize in advance if some the audio isn't great particularly when I'm joined by Owen.

Despite some challenges from the 'vid we persist in our quest to explore the best trails and beers Maine has to offer. Owen visits Hedgehog Mountain in Freeport. Matt visits Devil's Back on Orr's Island. We discuss what we like about Trinken Brewing in West Bath and Flight Deck in Brunswick as well the influence of German brewing in Maine's craft brewing scene.

Mount Pisgah in Winthrop, Maine and Van Der Brew brewery. (You might have to turn up the volume in the main segment. Bare with us as hope to update it soon.)