Black Bear Brewing - Bangor

Loved eating, drinking and playing with open microphone there! We often come back.

My favorite brewery in Bangor. Put your hands down. Always a nice selection to choose from. This time they had at least 10 fresh beers to choose from. The Pail Ale is excellent and goes to me. Beautiful rustic feeling for the interior. External seats available in the summer months. A small but decent menu I recommend adding the Cuban-just to the appeal. The only thing that keeps me from 5 stars is the beer to leave situation. Growler. No cans.

Most annoyed that I don't get my bail back for my breeders. It's a deposit, so not cool to keep it!! Also much too hot inside, they should invest in some fans. The beer is good with good variety and it is a beautiful place if it is not so warm.

A friend and I had lunch today. The beer was good as usual. The pulled pig offered for some dishes was less than cheap. The pig had no season, and it was dry plated. The tacos were served with a small side of Bbq sauce, the Black Bean salad was not served with any kind of sauce on the side. My concept of pulled pork is that the pig is beautifully spiced, and laid in a bbq sauce, and plated.

Cool little spot in a town of a few diff breweries, this was my 2nd fave. The IPA was solid and my wife liked her beer as well, cant recall which one. We ate as well and I got the pastrami sandwich which was excellent. It came with seasoned potatoes which could have used a little salt. My wife got the mac and cheese with bacon which was good not great. I felt like the food was right on the verge of being excellent, but did lack a bit of flavor. They were out of stickers which was a bummer but I would return if ever up in the area again.