Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., the A-Team and local Brunswick brewer Lion’s Pride will host a beer-tasting event in Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill. All students are welcome to enjoy snacks, including those under 21, though only of age attendees may purchase the alcohol.
Lion’s Pride, the sister pub of Ebenezer’s Pub in Lovell, Maine—which Beer Advocate has dubbed the Best Beer Bar in the World five years in a row according to Beer Advocate—is beginning to brew its own original beers, which will be available for sale at the event.
“[This event] provides students with an opportunity to experience essentially alcohol in a space that doesn’t promote heavy drinking, promotes respectful drinking, promotes tasting it for what it is,” said Ryan Collier ’15, a member of the A-Team, a group of staff, students and administrators whose aim is to promote responsible drinking.
Lion’s Pride is hoping to produce a specialty Bowdoin brew sometime this spring or next fall.
While this event will be relatively small, the A-Team is organizing a larger event for the weekend before Ivies that it expects similar to the event that it expects will include six different brewers.