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Flip, Swirl, Sip – How to pour a perfect Allagash White
To say the important part first: if you have a bottle or can of Allagash White, we recommend that you flip it upside down, gently swirl for about ten seconds, and then flip it back over before...
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What is a beer style?
Beer styles are meant to give you an idea of what you’re going to experience, before you experience it. Think of it like a genre of movie, but for beer. In the same way that you know, generally, what...
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The Story Behind Allagash White
It’s 1993 and Rob Tod had recently graduated from Middlebury College. While deciding whether to go back to school for geology or do something else, he takes a temporary job as a keg washer at Otter...
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How we became one of Maine’s best places to work
Ten years ago, we sent our employees their first Best Places to Work in Maine questionnaire. Spanning all aspects of our business—from emotional support to physical workspace to compensation and...
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2021 By the Numbers
This past year has been a significant one for us as a brewery. We hit some enormous milestones and were able to give back to our community more than ever because of them. Thanks for taking the time to...
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What is Wort?
To answer the question technically, wort is a liquid solution of extracted grains, a sugar source which brewers create and then ultimately feed to beer yeasts. Non-technically, wort is sugary grain...
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Pale Ales vs. IPAs – What’s the difference?
Pale ale and IPA (historically called India Pale Ale) are two of the most well-known beer styles. Despite similar names, in reality they are part of an extremely diverse group in the pale ale family...
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Common Beer Terms
First and foremost, beer is fun! And delicious! But that doesn’t mean that it can’t also be confusing and complicated. Even beer industry veterans are constantly learning, growing, and adapting to...
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Hop-forward, malt-forward, yeast-forward: the myriad flavors of beer
What does it mean for a beer to be malt-forward, hop-forward, or even yeast-forward? It all starts with a beer’s ingredients. From just four simple ingredients—water, malted grains, hops, and...
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More Members, Less Waste – The Allagash Recycling Co-Op’s Second Year
In the process of brewing beer, there are certain materials that accumulate. Additionally, these materials tend not to be the easiest to recycle. We’re referring to things like plastic grain bags,...
View ArticleThe Allagash 2021 B Corp Report
As part of our commitment to transparency, we publish a yearly Benefit Corporation Report. In it, you’ll find details around our sustainability initiatives, dedication to our employees, and the ways...
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How To Create a Green Team at Your Company
What is a green team? It’s a group of sustainability-minded individuals within a company that works together to reduce that company’s environmental impact. Our Green Team At Allagash, members of our...
View ArticleReproductive Health Benefits at Allagash
The following is a communication sent to our company’s staff after the decision by the Supreme Court, in June of 2022, to overturn Roe v. Wade. Hello Everyone, We wanted to clarify reproductive health...
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The Allagash Internship Program
Over the past several years, we’ve been collaborating with local nonprofit organizations, that help recent immigrants to Maine, to help build pathways for employment in the brewing industry. In 2021,...
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Step-By-Step – How to Throw a Beer & Dinner Party
Article by Stephanie Grant, Pictures by Ali Lamoureux Even before I could throw dinner parties, I loved them. As a little girl, I would cuddle up with my mom’s tattered copy of the Joy of Cooking,...
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Seeing Stars – AMC’s North Maine Woods are Dark Sky Certified
When 80% of the world’s population looks up at night, their view of the stars is obscured by light pollution. That’s the stark fact that highlights the importance of what the Appalachian Mountain Club...
View Article2022 By the Numbers
That’s it, another year in the books. 2022 was filled with progress on the front of brewing high-quality beer for the benefit of our employees, community, and environment. Below, you’ll find an...
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Creating our ideal IPA
We wanted to create our first year-round IPA. And given the range of flavors you can build into an IPA, we knew we had our work cut out for us. Should it be tropical or citrusy? Perhaps piney? How...
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Brewing with over 1 Million Pounds of Maine-Grown Grain
Back in 2016 our founder, Rob, decided to make a pledge: by 2021, we’d be brewing with one million pounds of Maine-grown and -processed grain, per year. And on December 1st of 2021, we brewed with...
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Wild Ales For Spring
Article by: Stephanie Grant Images: Ali Lamoureux There’s something magical about the transformation from winter into spring. Nature seems to unfurl from a long sleep, adorning bare branches with tiny...
View ArticleThe Allagash 2022 B Corp Report
To follow through on our dedication to transparency, we publish this detailed, yearly Benefit Corporation Report. This report is a great way to hold ourselves accountable to the pledges we’ve made,...
View ArticlePodcast S1 Episode 6: The Brewery Lab
Breweries have a lab? For science? You bet. And we got to chat with Zach Bodah, our Quality Manager, and Hannah Johnson, our Quality Specialist, about what it’s like to work in the lab here at...
View ArticlePodcast S2 – Episode 3: Helping Immigrant Women Find their Voice in Maine
Claudette Ndayininahaze came to America as an executive with 15 years of experience in the brewing industry back in her home of Burundi. When she arrived in Maine, she could only find work in...
View ArticlePodcast S2 – Episode 2: Crowns & Hops Collaboration
In this episode, Rob Tod, our founder, and Brett, our hopefully enjoyable host, chat with Beny Ashburn and Teo Hunter, co-founders of Crowns & Hops Brewing. What’s bringing us together? The chance...
View ArticlePodcast S2 – Episode 6: Keeping our Water Source Clean
Since we started in 1995, every single Allagash beer has been brewed with water that came from Sebago Lake. This pristine, and plentiful, water source is amazing in its own right: there’s enough water...
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Our New B Corp Score: 104.0
B Corp certification is, in a word, involved. We’re required to audit nearly every facet of our business, from practices to policies to partners, and put them all together into one cohesive report....
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Our Favorite Dog-Friendly Spots around Portland, Maine
Traveling with a furry friend can create unforgettable memories. Buuuuuut, on the flipside, some places that seem perfect for dogs often turn out to be off limits, and others that seem like they’d be...
View ArticleThe Most Kid-Friendly Places Around Portland, Maine
Those of us with kids, both the young and not-so-young kind, are always looking for things to do that are enjoyable for kids and parents alike. And if you’re visiting a new city, the crossover of kid-...
View ArticleThe Best Coastal Day Trips from Portland, Maine
You’re visiting Portland (or perhaps you live here (hi neighbor!)) and you’re hoping to get away for a day trip full of quintessential Maine goodness: good food, good views, and relaxation. Well, we...
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Cultivating Community from the Ground Up
We’re proud to have worked with our friends at Cultivating Community for over a decade—partnering on events at the brewery, plant sales, volunteering at their community gardens, donations, and more....
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Our Favorite Easy Hikes near Portland, Maine
You’re near Portland, you want to get out there for a hike, but you don’t want to get OUT THERE out there. We’ve got you covered. As people that live and work here in Maine, we have a few suggestions...
View ArticleThe Best Sightseeing Spots around Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine—yep, the east coast one—is where we call home. And while we feel lucky to call it that for many reasons, one particular reason is its abundant and spectacular sightseeing views....
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The Best Places to View Fall Foliage in Maine
Leaf peeping. Foliage fancying. Bee-lining for the treeline. Its a pastime of tourists and locals alike here in Maine. And we’re the sort of people who very much like checking out all the trees we can...
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Local’s Guide to Maine: East End Beach
Maine is home to more beaches than we can count. Luckily, we don’t have to stray far from Portland, Maine to find one of our favorites: East End Beach. It’s accessible, it has picturesque views of...
View ArticleAllagash Awarded at Great American Beer Festival 2023
We couldn’t be more proud of our team. Because of their hard work and passion, we just won three major awards at the Great American Beer Festival. And with more than 2,000 breweries submitting for the...
View ArticleLocal’s Guide to Maine: Higgins Beach
This spot just south of Portland, in Scarborough, is a true gem of the Maine coastline. Higgins Beach has a little something for everyone: spacious sand (especially at low tide), ample surf, and a...
View ArticleLocal’s Guide to Maine: Reid State Park
As folks that live and work here in Maine, we have some opinions about the places we love to visit. And this state park happens to be one of them. Not often do you get to frequent a state park and a...
View ArticleThe Best Rainy Day Activities in Portland, Maine
It’s raining, it’s pouring, life is feeling boring. Well, it doesn’t have to if you happen to be in Portland, Maine. While so much of the wonder of Maine happens out of doors, there’s still plenty of...
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Allagash White is the most awarded Belgian-style witbier in the world
It’s a big claim, we know. But it’s true: Allagash White is indeed the most-awarded Belgian-style witbier in the world. Our discovery of this particular accolade is all thanks to a question from a...
View ArticleThe Best Sledding Hills around Portland, Maine
Think all that Portland, Maine, has to offer is delicious food, a scenic coastline, welcoming people, a vibrant arts scene, access to beautiful outdoor spaces, talented musicians, and world-class...
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Unexpected, but Awesome, Winter Activities in Maine
Winter activities in Maine can seem pretty straightforward, right? You’ve got your skiing, riding, sledding, x-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, etc. Wrong! (Well, actually not wrong, wrong,...
View Article2023 By the Numbers
One of our favorite yearly traditions is the exercise of putting this list together. We tend to be the type of people who are constantly looking toward the future: at the next project, the next goal,...
View ArticleBeing There for Our Community
Part of our brewery’s mission is to build community. To do so, we donate 1% of our revenue annually and collaborate with a wide variety of local nonprofits who are working to make our community a more...
View ArticleFrom Maine, With Love – Season 3 Episode 1 – Collabs, Seasonals, and Wine, Oh...
In the triumphant return of From Maine, With Love for Season 3, we dive into something all listeners of this podcast can appreciate: beer. First, we chat through two collaborations with Black-owned...
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Allagash White Homebrewing Clone Recipe
Brew it Yourself. Because we’re all about the love of brewing here at Allagash, we want to encourage any aspiring, or experienced, homebrewer to make the best beer possible. So, below, you’ll find our...
View ArticleFrom Maine, With Love – Season 3 Episode 2 – Deep Dive into Berry Wine
You in the mood to geek out on wine making? Well, you better be if you’re here to listen to the second episode of the third season of our podcast. Liz and Brett are joined by Patrick Chavanelle,...
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Reduce, Reuse, Re-Sticker – House Series Tap Handles
The dilemma: we had ordered a few too many tap handles. In the beginning, it made sense to order a large number of tap handles for Sixteen Counties, our year-round beer made entirely with Maine-grown...
View ArticleFrom Maine, With Love – S3 E3 – Behind the Scenes with Tours and Tastings
What do we have in store for you when you come by our brewery for a tour or tasting? Much more than meets the mind’s eye. We’ve got deep-stash beers able to age beautifully for ten-plus years. We have...
View ArticleAn Insider’s Summer Weekend Itinerary for Portland, Maine
If you’re coming to Portland, Maine, this summer, we have some suggestions. As people that live and work here, we’ve gotten quite familiar with the ins and outs of our food-filled, scenic, and...
View ArticleThe Allagash 2023 B Corp Report
It’s that time again: the release of our yearly Benefit Corporation Report. This single report contains all of the most notable facts and figures that add up to our pledge to brew for the good of our...
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