FREEPORT — On Cyber Monday, while holiday shoppers scoured the Internet in search of deals, Paula Truman, spirits director for Bow Street Market, stocked the shelves with locally made liquors with names such as Cold River Vodka, Gunpowder Rye Whiskey, and Blueshine, a new blueberry moonshine. “You can’t get this stuff on Amazon.com,” market owner […]
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Farm-to-flask distillery launches Maine-made moonshine
PORTLAND — Moonshine, white lightning, mountain dew and hooch. In an East Bayside warehouse a version of these clandestine spirits was released, not under the light of the moon, but at happy hour on a Friday. The sixth product from Maine Craft Distilling, Blueshine, has been on the market less than a week and sales […]
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Maine v. N.H.: The battle for booze bucks
HALLOWELL — Animated, with thick round glasses, salt-and-pepper hair and a tall, lean frame, Gerry Reid could pass for a professor in the Harry Potter universe. His last job was in tequila, as managing director at Jose Cuervo International, where he oversaw new product development, sales and marketing, and launched ready-to-drink margaritas. In his new […]