As part of Banded Brewing’s Neighborhood Night series, they will be hosting the Maine Brewshed Alliance for an interactive info session and fundraiser. Join us on Thursday, Dec 12th, from 6:00-8:00 PM to discuss the importance of keeping our local water sources clean and ways that anyone can help! A representative of the MBA will be on hand to provide information about the goals of the MBA and how local breweries are getting involved. Representatives from the Saco Watershed Collaborative and the Ecology School will also be joining to discuss their approaches to source water conservation right here in the Saco-Biddeford area.

As a Maine Brewshed Alliance member, Banded Brewing will proudly donate $1 to the MBA for each beer sold during the event. So come down to help keep Maine water clean by drinking beer made from it!

NRCM will be this month's featured nonprofit at Portland Greendrinks, and we'll be there to talk about our project, the Maine Brewshed Alliance, a coalition of craft breweries committed to protecting clean water. We'll have giveaways and games, and will be screening our mini-documentary "For Beer's Sake" on loop.

Clean water, great beer. Luckily in Maine, we have both! That’s why the Maine Brewshed Alliance, a coalition of craft brewers and the Natural Resources Council of Maine, is working to protect the #1 ingredient in beer – water.

Join us for a party at the Zoo to celebrate the Maine Brewshed Alliance with live music, raffle items, and giveaways! We’ll also be debuting our short film “For Beer’s Sake”, produced by Shipyard Brewing Company and featuring a number of brewery partners and our friends at Sebago Clean Waters. And of course, we’ll have beer on tap from several Brewshed Alliance breweries!

Great beer relies on clean water - so join Mast Landing Brewing Company and the Maine Brewshed Alliance to improve the health of our local waterway with a river clean-up!

Meet us at Mast Landing at 10:30 on Saturday, October 5th. We'll provide the necessary materials and head out in teams to pick up trash along the waterway. After wrapping up, join us in the tasting room to enjoy a beer on us and learn more about the Maine Brewshed Alliance's efforts to keep Maine waterways clean.

Join us on Monday, September 16th from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Hidden Cove Brewery in Wells to thank Congresswoman Pingree for her leadership in supporting the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has conserved land and created outdoor recreation opportunities in every county across the country – including iconic public lands in Maine like Acadia National Park, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, and Sebago Lake. Despite this, the program has been chronically underfunded, and has only received its full funding amount twice in its 54-year history. Congresswoman Pingree has been a tireless advocate for the program and has paved the way for a bill to ensure permanent, full funding. Come join us to thank her for her support and ask for her help getting the bill over the finish line!

Cash bar, light refreshments will be served. 

Join us at Side By Each Brewing Company as they release their special watershed brew in support of Lake Auburn, which provides drinking water and water used for brewing to the Lewiston-Auburn area. 

What: Special beer release of a Mexican Lager called "Lago Castaño" (Spanish for "Lake Auburn")
Date: Thursday, September 5th  
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Side By Each Brewing Company, 1110 Minot Ave, Auburn, ME 04210
RSVP at the Facebook event here.

The average beer is more than 90 percent water, and the characteristics of the local water supply, like the pH, mineral content, and purity, are central to the quality of each brew. Lake Auburn is one of the cleanest sources of drinking water in the country—so clean that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted the Auburn Water District and City of Lewiston Water Division a waiver from filtration. This allows the two agencies to keep costs down for their customers. But to keep this waiver, the water quality must remain exceptional.

The Maine Brewshed Alliance and Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission will be there to talk more about the importance of clean water in the brewing process, efforts to keep our water clean, and how you can be involved. 

Come find our table at Wolfe’s Neck Center for the Agriculture and Environment’s event, Beers in the Barn!

Bangor Daily Brews: Can environmental action be good for business?

Representatives from Maine's lobster, craft brewing and outdoor recreation industries will join the Bangor Daily News and the Natural Resources Council of Maine to discuss economic incentives and imperatives for environmental action.