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Inside The Send Brewing Co., which opens in South Portland Friday. Courtesy of The Send Brewing Co.
The Send Brewing Co., which will specialize in Japanese-style beer and comfort food, is slated to launch Friday in Knightville. The 50-seat venue at 15 Ocean St.
— formerly home to Foulmouthed Brewing — will offer three American-style beers to start: a pale ale, IPA and stout. Owner Cole Corbin said he aims to introduce The Send’s Japanese-style lagers this spring. The Send also serves Sapporo and a sour ale from Mast Landing, along with sake, wine, hard seltzer, cider and some non-alcoholic options.
The food menu spotlights Japanese comfort food that Corbin enjoyed while growing up in Japan, including cold and hot shareable plates like a daikon salad, karaage (Japanese fried chicken), tempura onion rings, onigiri rice balls and curry korroke, a croquette filled with potato and Japanese curry. The Send’s chef, Jayde Miller, lived and cooked for a period in Japan and cooked locally at The Continental and CBG. The interior features a ceiling mural and neon installation, a collaboration between Portland designer Jill Perry of Third Bird Creative and neon artist David Johansen, aka Neon Dave.
Corbin was previously an aerospace engineer with NASA. After a stint working at a brewery in Virginia, he attended brewing school in Chicago and Germany. Corbin then worked for eight years at Maine Beer Co.
, eventually becoming its director of brewing operations. For the last two years, Corbin worked part-time in the kitchen at Nighthawk’s Kitchen in Freeport and as a bartender at Mast Landing, to gain experience in both front- and back-of-house operations. The Send will be open Thursday through Monday from 11:30 a.
m. to 9:30 p.m.
, except Sundays, when it will close at 8:30 p.m. We invite you to add your comments.
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