Bread and Brews is Back!
Co-hosted by MOFGA and the Maine Grain Alliance.
Join us on the MOFGA grounds for a celebration of Maine-grown grain! We’ll be highlighting the people and businesses who use this grain to make bread and beer.
Inside the Exhibition Hall there will be a beer tasting with local breweries, and outside and in the kitchen we’ll have a full line-up of workshops. Live music and food for sale outside.
The Maine Grain Alliance will also be hosting a special workshop called “Pizza at Home and in the Pub – Committing to Local Grains” before the main event begins. (Tickets sold separately here.) They will be baking up treats in their wood-fired oven, too!
Tickets:
$50 ($45 for MOFGA/MGA members.)
$25 ($20 for MOFGA/MGA members) for those not participating in the beer tasting.
Free for kids under 12.
Special workshop with the Maine Grain Alliance: Pizza at Home and in the Pub – Committing to Local Grains – more info & registration here!
Food Vendors:
Uproot Pie Co. – serving up 9″ pizzas from their mobile wood-fired oven. Based in Rockport.
Spark Bagel – slinging naturally leavened, honey boiled bagels and bagel sandwiches. Based in Monroe.
Vesper Bread – baking beautiful sourdough bread & treats just a few miles away in Freedom, Maine.
The Paleta Guy – sharing handmade popsicles and shaved ice made with real whole fruit. Based in South Portland.
Breweries from across Maine, including:
Allagash Brewing Co
East Outlet Brewing
Flight Deck Brewing
Fogtown Brewing Co
Frosty Bottom Brewery
Lake St. George Brewing Co
Moderation Brewing Co
Outland Farm Brewery
Oxbow Brewing Co
Sasanoa Brewing
The Urban Farm Fermentory
Music from GoldenOak, a Maine-based band rooted in the natural landscape. Golden Oak is fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall & rounded out by up-right bassist Mike Knowles and Drummer Jackson Cromwell. Their latest album “Room to Grow” is a 10-song reflection of the emotional and physical impacts of the climate crisis. This video features Gabriel Frey, a 12th generation Passamaquoddy black ash basket maker.
Workshop Schedule:
| TIME | KITCHEN | TENT | GARDENS & ORCHARD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 p.m. | Making Beer Braised Mushrooms & Polenta with Chef Erik LeVine | Growing Grains on a Homestead Scale with Ross Ludders | Tour of the Gardens at MOFGA with Jack Kertesz |
| 4 p.m. | Making Muufo (unleavened Somali flatbread) with Muhidin Libah of the Somali Bantu Community Association | Making Great Homebrew with the brewers at Frosty Bottom Beer CSA | |
| 5 p.m. | Making Traditional Buckwheat Ployes with Fr. Paul Dumois of Farmington | Grain Seed Restoration with Richard Roberts of the Maine Grain Alliance | Tour of the Gardens at MOFGA with Jack Kertesz |
| 6 p.m. | An Introduction to Malting with Joel Alex of Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon |
Please note:
- No dogs, please
- IDs checked at the door for those 21+ participating in the tasting.
- Breweries will be serving until 6 pm; music will end at 7 pm.
