Miles & Pints: The Travel And Beer Podcast

  Today’s Guest: Mike Dickson 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.  Address: The Great Lost Bear 540 Forest Ave Portland, ME 04101 Times of Note: 1:50 - Mike says hello. 2:20 - What we’re drinking. 4:29 - A brief history of Mike’s career in beer and before. 6:15 - The birth of craft beer in Maine. 10:34 - How The Great Lost Bear grew physically. 12:13 - The employees never leave! 12:52 - We met his daughter after finishing up the recording. So cool to see families continuing the tradition. 14:27 - More and more and more and