We'll have transportation information using the great, new eco-rideshare program at Pickup Pal. Share rides, save money and gas, save the Earth, get out from behind the wheel, and be safe!

Make sure to pick up your Portland Phoenix later this week to check out what's being poured by your favorite Maine microbreweries. Several of the brewers are featuring something new, and you'll also have a chance to sample beers from smaller microbrewers such as the Sheepscot Valley Brewing Company, Belfast Bay Brewing, and the Kennebec River Brewery.

And remember, it's Halloween weekend, and while we encourage you to come in costume -- please -- no face paint as it interferes with proper carding and ID verification when the doors open.

And there's still time to upgrade your ticket to include the Friday Night Dinner with the Brewers at the Portland Clarion Hotel, with a wicked five-course dinner. The menu was created by the Clarion chef and the brewmasters at Gritty's, Atlantic Brewing, Shipyard, and Allagash, and it features a different beer selection with each of the five courses. We'll have that menu on the website later this week, and I promise you will want to be there for this first-ever event in Maine!

Learn your beer!
Drink responsibly, Designated Driver program is available.

You loyal Gritty McDuff's fans just wiped 'em clear out of tickets to the November 1st Maine Brewers Festival! The ticket frenzy is over at Gritty's, so order a pint of Halloween Ale and plot your new strategy:

Buy Saturday tickets at MaineBrew.com that are packaged with the Friday night Brewers Dinner! You still have a choice of Saturday Happy Hour or Saturday Evening Session, but get to that Maine Brewers Festival website NOW.

The Friday night dinner will be a special chance to Learn Your Beer with expert brewers from four of Maine's best microbrewers -- Atlantic Brewing from Bar Harbor, Shipyard Brewing, Allagash and their excellent Belgian-style beers, and Gritty's. Then enjoy a dinner menu specially created to pair with the evening's beer selections, collect your Maine Brewers Festival schwag, and head out to your Halloween adventures!

Saturday-only tickets still available at RSVP, Forest Ave in Portland!