Assuming we keep existing past the end of the Mayan calendar next week, we’ll be exploring Portland, Maine as our pre-conference excursion for the 2013 Beer Bloggers’ Conference!
This is a super exciting excursion that will surely sell out, so make sure you register now for the conference and for this fun activity! Cost for citizen bloggers is just $50 and $100 for other participants. Here’s the itinerary:
Thursday, July 25th
- Beer & Cheese pairing at Cabot Creamery
- Beer Dinner at Sebago Brewing Company
- Pub Crawl through Portland
Friday, July 26th
- Bus together to Boston via Portsmouth, NH
- Beer Pairing lunch at Portsmouth Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
What is not included in this excursion is your transportation to Portland and your lodging. We are working to secure a room block and good rate for us at a local Portland hotel, and will let attendees know those details as we get them. To get to Portland, you can either fly in to Portland’s airport (PWM) and then depart from Boston Logan (BOS). Or – there’s Amtrak’s Downeaster service from Boston’s North Station or Concord Coachlines directly from Logan airport. Both options offer free wi-fi. The bus option is noted to be faster and less expensive than Amtrak, though Amtrak is more scenic.
Whoo hoo! So who’s in?
Do you have an idea on what time this will start? If I do it, I’d like to arrange to do my travel on Thursday so I don’t have to spring for an extra hotel night.
5pm is the scheduled start of the beer & cheese tasting with Cabot Creamery on Thur. The Agenda page breaks everything down: http://beerbloggersconference.org/america/agenda/
We want to thank Carla Companion in Portland and Brian Aldrich in Portsmouth for their help in setting up this excursion. Thanks!
I can vouch for the awesomeness of the bus. It is clean, frequent, on-time and inexpensive. You can pick it up directly at Logan and it leaves about every hour on weekdays. You don’t have to book a specific one (just buy a ticket and then hop on the next one that comes). http://www.ridecj.com for more info. Hope you all come up to see my awesome city!!
Cheers,
The Beer Babe
But do they serve beer?
Thanks for researching the bus/Amtrak options. I was comparing air fares to Boston and to Portland, and the difference is hundreds of dollars. Flying into Boston and busing to Portland is a helluva lot cheaper, even adding in the excursion fee.
Cheers!
Thanks, Gerard! Yes – the bus option seems to be the best – convenient and least expensive!
Ooops, the link I posted is wrong. The Concord Trailways is the way to go. 🙂