Maine Brew Bus acquires Maine Beer Tours
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Zach Poole of The Maine Brew Bus, left, and Mark Stevens of Maine Beer Tours. Maine Brew Bus has acquired Maine Beer Tours for an undisclosed sum and plans to expand its offerings.
The Maine Brew Bus LLC has acquired Maine Beer Tours LLC, a similar company providing all-inclusive tours to breweries, wineries and distilleries in Greater Portland.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
Maine Brew Bus, founded in September 2012 by Zach and Allison Poole, said in a release the purchase increases its passenger capacity and facilitates an expansion of its tour concepts to include new itineraries for visitors to southern Maine.
Started by the husband-and-wife team of Mark and Nichole Stevens in the late summer of 2012, Maine Beer Tours was built on the premise of supporting Maine small businesses by giving their guests an unforgettable experience in the local craft beer scene.
“We are very excited about this acquisition of Maine Beer Tours,” Zach Poole, founder of The Maine Brew Bus, said in the release. “We have admired their hard work with regard to local beer tourism and adding their resources to our company complements our existing offerings. We will now be able to provide new tour options to more people, and we look forward to build upon the foundation that Mark, Nichole and their team have accomplished over the past several years.”
Plans for expanded schedule, tours
The new owners said Maine Brew Bus will add at least five new employees as a result of the acquisition.
In advance of the purchase, Maine Brew Bus hired Dan Keller as operations coordinator and Ellie Yahn as administrative coordinator. Keller comes to the team from Rising Tide Brewing Co. where he has served as a tasting room ambassador for the past three years. Yahn was previously at The Thirsty Pig, where she was instrumental in organizing the Portland Beer Week events held in November 2016.
Maine Brew Bus also finalized an expanded summer and fall schedule: Beginning in late May and running through October, multiple tour options will be available daily from its new home at Old Port Spirits, 79 Commercial St., Portland. Tickets for all tours and activities are on sale now at www.themainebrewbus.com
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