We are so happy to announce the participants in the 2015 Maine Madness Beer Tournament. What we’d like to ask of you is that you peruse this list and see if there are any Maine beers you dearly love that are not on this list. We are going to finalize the list in the next day and this weekend we will have “Selection Sunday” when we randomly choose our head-to-head match-ups for the first round. Last year we divided the bracket into categories, but we felt that it would be most democratic to randomly pick the match-ups.
This tournament is a celebration of the glorious Maine beer landscape. If you see a beer on this list you’re unfamiliar with, track it down and toss it down your grocery hole! Our motto at the Maine Madness Beer Tournament is: To Drink ME is to Love ME.
The 2015 List (in Alphabetical Order)
Ace Hole Pale Ale // Marshall Wharf Brewing
Allagash Black // Allagash Brewing
Allagash White // Allagash Brewing
Angels With Filthy Souls // Bissell Brothers
Baby Genius // Bissell Brothers
Blackfly Stout // Gritty’s Brewing
Blueberry Ale // Sea Dog Brewing
Bonfire Rye // Sebago Brewing
Brett Loves Hops // Austin Street Brewing
Burnside // Foundation Brewing
Cant Dog // Marshall Wharf Brewing
Calcutta Cutter // Rising Tide Brewing
Coal Porter // Atlantic Brewing
Coolship Resurgam // Allagash Brewing
Crystal Persuasion // SoMe Brewing
Curieux // Allagash Brewing (2014 Runner Up)
Daymark // Rising Tide Brewing
Dinner // Maine Beer Company
Eddy // Foundation Brewing
Epiphany // Foundation Brewing
Export Ale // Shipyard Brewing
Farmhouse Pale Ale // Oxbow Brewing
Fresh Cut // Peak Organic Brewing
Frye’s Leap // Sebago Brewing Company
Grizacca // Oxbow Brewing
G-String // Funky Bow Brewing
Halloween Ale // Gritty’s Brewing
Hop Swap // Sebago Brewing Company
HSA // Geary’s Brewing
King Titus // Maine Beer Company
Lobster Ale // Belfast Brewing
London Porter // Geary’s Brewing
Lunch // Maine Beer Company
Machine Gun Czech // Bunker Brewing
Maine Island Trail Ale // Rising Tide Brewing (2014 Tournament Winner!)
McGovern’s Oatmeal Stout // Belfast Brewing
Mean Old Tom // Maine Beer Company
Mo Pale Ale // Maine Beer Company
Norweald Stout // Banded Horn Brewing
Pale Ale // Geary’s Brewing
Pale Ale // Peak Organic Brewing
Pale Ale // Tributary Brewing
Pamola Xtra Pale Ale // Baxter Brewing Company
Paper Planes // Barreled Souls Brewing
Patina Pale // Austin Street Brewing
Peeper Ale // Maine Beer Company
Pemaquid Oyster Stout // Marshall Wharf Brewing
Pepperell Pilsener // Banded Horn Brewing
Phantom Punch Stout // Baxter Brewing Company
Pumpkinhead // Shipyard Brewing
Real Ale // Atlantic Brewing
Salad Daze IPL // Bunker Brewing
Sea Belt Scotch Ale // Marshall Wharf Brewing
Simmer Down // Sebago Brewing Company
So Folkin’ Hoppy // Funky Bow Brewing
Stowaway IPA // Baxter Brewing Company
Summer Ale // Geary’s Brewing
Summer Ale // Shipyard Brewing
Swish // Bissell Brothers
Ursa Minor // Rising Tide Brewing
Veridian IPA // Banded Horn Brewing
Wanderlust // Foundation Brewing
Whoopie Pie Stout // SoMe Brewing
Please add Gneiss weiss and/or obsius stout to your list. Thanks!
Good call! We’ll add Weiss…