Maine Beer: Learning from the past with Josh Christie
How has the State of Maine, infamous for their fight for prohibition almost 70 years before the ban of alcohol went national, come to be one of the top beer destinations in the world? On a recent Monday, The Maine Brew Bus welcomed author, beer and book enthusiast, and bookstore owner Josh Christie to elaborate on this contradicting history of alcohol in Maine. Christie, also the author of Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland (2013), was on hand to help us to understand Maine brewing, alcohol and history from the 1800’s-now. As we sat around the conference table working on an assortment of Rising Tide beers and a few large pizzas from Otto, Josh begins to explain. He said, “In the 1800’s Maine was known as the drunkest state in the U.S. I also read a New York Times headline from around…