BYOV, bring your own vessel – that’s the simple premise behind Portland Greendrinks, the informal, volunteer-managed social networking group built around a common interest in the natural environment and local brews.
Greendrinks had been flowing regularly in the Portland area for about a dozen years until the pandemic shutdown.
“This is our first event back, and it sold out like that,” said board member Aviva Shaw, snapping her fingers.
Greendrinks returned July 13 with a gathering at Portland’s newest park, a newly landscaped piece of land on the waterfront between Ocean Gateway and Fore Points Marina, tentatively called Park on Amethyst. More than 250 people preregistered via Eventbrite – a Greendrinks first – at $10 a ticket to benefit Portland Parks Conservancy. Drinks were courtesy of Banded Brewing, Nonesuch River Brewing, Orono Brewing, Sebago Brewing, Hardshore Distillery and Norumbega Cidery.