Positive change takes teamwork. And it’s your support that helps us achieve our goals of using less water per barrel of beer, keeping more waste out of the landfill, and looking at everything we do with an eye for sustainability. As a Certified B Corp, we view all of our sustainability practices as powerful ways to be a positive member of our community, both local and global.
In 2016, we made a pledge to brew with one million pounds of local grain, per year, by 2021. And we did it! There’s no better way than buying local grain to help support the farmers and maltsters that call Maine home.
We’re always working to reduce our impact. That includes finding new homes for material we can’t use and ensuring that our waste is recycled. One specific way we do this is our Recycling Co-Op, where we collect hard-to-recycle materials from partner breweries and stores, and ship it all off to be properly recycled.
For every barrel (31.5 gallons) of beer that we brew, we donate ten cents to Sebago Clean Waters—a collective of organizations working to preserve our local water source. Clean water is essential for our company, our community, and our high quality of life here in Maine.
When you’re coming by the brewery, bring your recycling with you. We take plastic PakTech carriers, natural corks, metal cages, caps, brown paper, air pillows, and bubble wrap. And for every bag’s worth of recycling you bring in, you get a punch. Get six punches and we’ll give you a $10 Allagash gift card.
We collect plastic PakTech carriers of all kinds. Even if it didn't come from us, bring it on by! We store them up and then send them in bulk to a local recycling facility for special handling.
We collect wire cages from our 375mL and 750mL bottles, as well as metal caps, and direct them to a facility that can recycle metals.
Our shipping team tries to re-use all packaging material they receive—right now, we're using air pillows, brown paper, and bubble wrap!
We collect corks at the brewery and then send them to a company called Cork Forest, to be properly recycled.
Just a few of the excellent organizations that we work with. Every single partner helps us improve our sustainability as a brewery.
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