During an unseasonable weekend, when the skies were dotted by clouds, the air crisp, and visions of children and adults dressed in their Halloween best, George A. Hancock, founder of Maritime Pacific Brewing Company, passed away. He was nearly 80-years old.
Focused on his brewing legacy, for George, his journey began in the late ‘70s, when President Jimmy Carter signed the repeal of home brewing in 1978, which went into effect in 1979.
Working as an insurer for an engineering firm, and one who had answered the call of wanderlust, having traveled throughout Europe and the United Kingdom, George took the opportunity to brew his own beer with a close friend, in an attempt to replicate those beers he enjoyed abroad, as a replacement for the “stale” beers consumed in the United States…