Burby and Bates

October 18, 2006
I love Burby and Bates for the selection, wine tastings and service. The selection of beers is always growing. As soon as it becomes available in Maine, it’s available here. There’s a wine tasting about every other Saturday with a good selection of wines from local distributers. As for service, this is a little more hit or miss. If you get the owner or Jeff, they can order anything for you or tell you whatever you need to know about any beer/wine/liquor available.

June 12, 2006
I love Burby and Bates, it’ll always have a place in my heart as "the store" i discovered good beer in. I’ve spent a lot of money here and i’m glad they’ve gotten the stuff they have. They have a rack of Belgians, a rack of English Beer, a lot of the Maine micros, and all sorts of random stuff comes in. Burby’s rules. If you go to UMO this is where you get good beer.

March 25, 2006
WOW. What a selection. I was floored by just which beers I found there. Local Micros like Bear-Brew, Bar Harbor, etc. Lots of hard-to-find Europeans (Germans and Belgians), Asians (They had Lion stout! I was pretty impressed), and they have wines and macros to if that’s your thing. Friendly enough service too. Pleasantly surprised. I’ll be swinging by whenever I’m in Orono.