Maine Beer Co. Dinner

check their fb

 

It is, I'm there now. At least 3-5 cases left. It is definitely an amazing double ipa.

 

I think that's giving the quality of their bottled beers too much credit. IMO a more apt comparison of quality and region would be Lunch at $7-8 /.5liter vs Jack's Abby - Kiwi Rising for $4-5 /.5liter. Personally I think Kiwi Rising was a much better beer in the bottle - even within a week of bottling, the Lunch bottles I've had were no better than Hoponius Union imo. On tap, is another story. YMMV

 

Hopefully there are some left when my wife stops by tomorrow.

 

All sold out at the brewery.

Via FB:

Just sold our last bottle of Dinner - thanks to everyone who made the trip to to MBC! If you missed it in bottles, we've still got a keg on tap in the Tasting Room. Swing by to try some while it lasts!

 

The keg kicked earlier today too. I was hoping it would last until tomorrow because I had plans today and I couldn't make it up to Freeport during the week to pick up some bottles. I hope they brew it again soon.

 

I got one bottle left. It's yours if you want it.

 

Whoa! I'll BM you.

 

Guys from Maine gotta stick together.

 

Will they make this again?

 

it seems like it would be crazy not to based on the success it seems to have had...they sold out of bottles in three days and kicked the kegs in four. i wouldn't even care if it remained brewery only, frankly it's incredibly annoying to constantly see another one or lunch that's beyond a month old just sitting on a shelf. some of the others are even older like peeper etc...

 

They should make less Peeper, Mean Old Tom, and King Titus, and focus on Lunch and Dinner.

Hopefully they'll make dinner again.

 

That would be awesome, I've been at the brewery when they had fresh lunch and it's crazy to watch how much they sell (I was there for a few hours)...I actually prefer Another One to Lunch myself but that's just preference thing I suppose.

 

You see Lunch on the shelf? I wish I did more often ha ha. It would be nice if the price in Massachusetts was closer to the price in Maine. Hopefully Dinner will return in the summer.

 

Haha yup, it's crazy to see it like that and also annoying...cause you get excited, then your like oh, well I suppose I won't buy that...

 

ISO!!!

 

While I realize there are dedicated Lunch fans out there, I was a fan of said beer after having batch 1 uber-fresh, but since then (almost three years now) there are so many more well-made IPAs available in New England that I rarely (if ever) buy Lunch anymore. To be honest, I prefer fresh MO to fresh Lunch. All that aside, Dinner is waaaay better than Lunch. I drank my bottle four days after bottling and would not hesitate to say it was in the same club as fresh Heady and Double Sunshine. I do hope MBC brews Dinner more often - it's a fantastic beer.

 

I'd love to try Dinner. I think Lunch is a phenomenal IPA and I was just able to get my first bottle of "Another One" the other night. I'll tell you what, AO is an amazing IPA. I checked the reviews in BA and was surprised to see rankings in the 3's - I don't know if MBC tweaked the last batch or something, but this was one of the better New England IPA's I've had - I'd put up there against Tree House, NEBCO, Trillium, etc. . .

 

They tend to get lower reviews despite the quality because of their high prices in MA.

 

Heady is a bargain at under $4 for a 16 oz can.