The Shipyard Brewing Co., Maine’s largest brewer, is marking its 20th anniversary now with various events. The company’s origins stretch further back than 1994, however, to a couple of years before. In 1992, Fred Forsley, a Gray, ME, native and real estate entrepreneur, opened the Kennebunkport Brewing Co. and the Federal Jack’s brewpub above it
The brief bio that has graced the end of most of my Gazette essays mentions how I left the area for 16 years and returned in 2013. Some may wonder where I was during those 16 years.After brief stints in Wakefield, Rhode Island and Olean, New York, my.