{"id":1557,"date":"2009-07-08T00:11:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2009-07-08T00:11:55","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T04:11:55","slug":"visting-maine-stop-into-the-liberal-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/08\/visting-maine-stop-into-the-liberal-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Visting Maine? Stop into the Liberal Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/forblog\/liberal_cup.jpg\" alt=\"liberal cup logo\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be traveling through central Maine (visiting family\/friends or spending some time in vacation land) stop by <strong>the Liberal Cup<\/strong>.  The Liberal cup is located in Hallowell, Maine which is only about 10-15 minutes off\u00c2\u00a0 highway 95.  Hallowell is right side by each with Augusta and is only 2 hours from the Mass\/NH border (some Mainers may even call this Southern Maine).<\/p>\n<p>We happened to be in the area on Friday night, so we stopped in for a bite to eat and to enjoy a tasty local brew.  The menu listed about 15-20 different beers, but they had 5 or 6 beers available on draft.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Dunkel John&#8217;s Band<\/strong> was the only seasonal beer, so I dove right in.\u00c2\u00a0 It was very smooth and drinkable.<\/p>\n<p>The menu is reasonably priced (ranging between $5 and $16) and offers a wide variety of choices.  During my visit, Prime Rib happened to be on the special menu, so I had to indulge.\u00c2\u00a0  It was delicious, oh so tender and juicy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Liberal Cup<\/strong> is a brew pub (non production brewery) and has a avid local following.  You can easily paint a picture in your mind by the following: &#8220;Old world style English Pub. Comfortable, friendly atmosphere serving delicious homemade fare and fresh brewed beers crafted in our brewery on the premises.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0  Located in the active downtown Hallowell, right along the river, the brew pub is surrounded by some great little shops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* The Liberal Cup is located at 115 Water Street, Hallowell, Maine &#8211; 04347.<br \/>\n* Bar Business Hours: Daily 11:30 am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Closing<br \/>\n* Restaurant Business Hours: Serving lunch &amp; dinner daily from 11:30 am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 10:00 pm<br \/>\n* Opened &#8211; 2000<br \/>\n* Owner &#8211; Geoff Houghton<br \/>\n* Website &#8211; None<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal Cup has a sister brewery called <strong>The Run of the Mill <\/strong>brewery, located in Saco, Maine, which opened in 2008.  The Run of the Mill Public House &amp; Brewery is located near the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s downtown.  Along with the inside seating area, there is an outdoor patio that overlooks the rapids in the Saco River.  I have yet to visit this location (but if the atmosphere, the beer and the food are the same), I&#8217;d recommend to put it on\u00c2\u00a0 your travel destination list.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!!<\/p>\n<p>Sean<br \/>\n2Beerguys.com<\/p>\n<p>Drink Craft Beer, You&#8217;ve Earned It.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be traveling through central Maine (visiting family\/friends or spending some time in vacation land) stop by the Liberal Cup. The Liberal cup is located in Hallowell, Maine which is only about 10-15 minutes off\u00c2\u00a0 highway 95. Hallowell is right side by each with Augusta and is only 2 hours from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[120,88],"tags":[666,665,663,2068,664,662],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/liberal_cup.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/1560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}