Episode 27: Mike Dixon from The Great Lost Bear

<p><!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"> <div class="libsyn-shortcode"></div> </div> <p><!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <p> </p> <p><b>Today’s Guest: Mike Dickson</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Mike Dickson joined the team at The Great Lost Bear back in 1985 and ever since then, he has been helping one of the greatest beer bars in the world bring all of the best craft beers to the residents and visitors of Portland, Maine. Mike was there at the beginning of the craft beer movement in America and he sits down to talk with us about how things started at The Great Lost Bear, how things have changed over time and through the pandemic, and how they manage to choose which of the amazing Portland beers to put on tap. </span></p> <p><b>Address:</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Great Lost Bear</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">540 Forest Ave</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Portland, ME 04101</span></p> <p><b>Times of Note:</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">1:50 - Mike says hello.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">2:20 - What we’re drinking.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">4:29 - A brief history of Mike’s career in beer and before.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">6:15 - The birth of craft beer in Maine.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">10:34 - How The Great Lost Bear grew physically.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">12:13 - The employees never leave!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">12:52 - We met his daughter after finishing up the recording. So cool to see families continuing the tradition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">14:27 - More and more and more and more taps.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">15:21 - The beers that started The Great Lost Bear.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">17:00 - How they pick which beers to have on tap.</span></p> <p><span style="f