January 23, 2023
Creating our ideal IPA
We wanted to create our first year-round IPA. And given the range of flavors you…
February 21, 2022
Common Beer Terms
First and foremost, beer is fun! And delicious! But that doesn’t mean that it can’t…
February 9, 2022
Pale Ales vs. IPAs – What’s the difference?
Pale ale and IPA (historically called India Pale Ale) are two of the most well-known…
January 20, 2022
What is Wort?
To answer the question technically, wort is a liquid solution of extracted grains, a sugar…
September 22, 2021
The Story Behind Allagash White
It’s 1993 and Rob Tod had recently graduated from Middlebury College. While deciding whether to…
August 12, 2021
What is a beer style?
Beer styles are meant to give you an idea of what you’re going to experience,…
June 17, 2021
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…
March 17, 2021
What is Spontaneously Fermented Beer?
You may have heard your fellow beer drinkers buzz about “spontaneously fermented” beers. So what…
March 12, 2021
If you like Wheat Beers, Give These Other Styles a Try
Ah, wheat beers. Light, refreshing, and citrusy, but also full-textured, spicy, often creamy. Wheat beers…
November 18, 2020
What’s an Imperial Stout?
The term “imperial” simply refers to a big beer, both in terms of flavor and…
October 30, 2020
How to Tap a Keg
Our guess is that you searched this on your phone and have a keg sitting…
October 6, 2020
Is a Tripel three-times something? – What is a Tripel Beer
What exactly is tripled in a tripel? The short answer is, technically nothing! The style’s…
August 20, 2020
I like IPAs. What other beer should I try?
At this point in time, the most widely available style of craft beer is the…
June 19, 2020
Why is it named Allagash White?
Since 1995, we’ve brewed Allagash White, our flagship Belgian-inspired wheat beer with coriander and Curaçao…
May 26, 2020
What makes a crisp beer crisp?
Across the brewing industry, one beer descriptor keeps popping up: crisp. It’s used to describe…
April 6, 2020
What is a Pilot System?
When it comes to innovating new beer, we rely on every single person that works…
March 25, 2020
Beer Fundamentals – What are hops?
The four main ingredients in beer are malt, water, yeast, and hops. And though many…
March 9, 2020
Beer Fundamentals – What about water?
In any beer you’ve ever enjoyed, 85%-95% of it was water. Arguably, water could be…
March 2, 2020
Beer Fundamentals – Beer has yeast in it?
Next to brewing, the most important part of a beer’s life cycle is fermentation. Like…
February 20, 2020
Beer Fundamentals – What is Malt?
Unless you’ve homebrewed or have read a lot about the technical side of brewing, we’d…
February 4, 2020
What is Dry Hopping vs. Wet Hopping?
What is the difference between dry hopping or wet hopping a beer? Luckily, the answer…
January 17, 2020
5 Beer Styles to Help You Navigate Any Craft Beer Menu
Scanning the beer menu at a craft beer bar can feel overwhelming. With so many…
January 9, 2020
What makes beer bitter?
Bitterness. It’s either one element of many in a well-rounded beer or the one thing…
December 6, 2019
Ale vs. Lager – what’s the difference?
Virtually every single beer* you’ve ever enjoyed can be broken into one of two main…
November 19, 2019
Tripel vs. Triple IPA
We wouldn’t fault you for thinking these two beer styles were similar. As with so…
November 12, 2019
Why rinse a glass before pouring beer into it?
Here’s the scenario: you order a beer at your favorite taproom. The next thing you…
October 29, 2019
What Makes Beer Sour?
There are a variety of ways to get sour flavor into a beer—and an almost…
October 25, 2019
Stout vs. Porter – What’s the Difference?
What exactly is the difference between stout and porter? While there are many varieties of…
September 27, 2019
Should I put a slice of fruit in Allagash White?
Rob Tod founded Allagash Brewing Company in 1995, and released one beer: Allagash White. And…
September 12, 2019
What Makes Beer Hazy?
The haze days are upon us. At this point in time, hazy beers are widely…
July 15, 2019
Calories in Beer
When we’re asked how many calories beer contains, it’s not a simple answer. Depending on…
June 24, 2019
What is a Session Beer?
Session beer isn’t really a style of beer. "Session” is basically an adjective used to…
June 10, 2019
Does Beer Expire?
A question we get often: does beer expire? Short answer, no. Beer isn’t like milk.…
May 14, 2019
Is it OK to let cold beer warm up?
This is one the most-asked questions in our tasting room. Is it ok for cold…
April 11, 2019
What is: a grisette?
A grisette is a refreshing, low alcohol beer with origins in the Hainaut province of…
February 27, 2019
What is: Wheat Beer vs. Witbier vs. Hefeweizen
An American wheat beer, a witbier, and a hefeweizen.We’ve heard a lot of people ask…
February 5, 2019
What is: Can Conditioning?
What is can conditioning? Put simply, it helps to carbonate beer. How it works: we…
September 25, 2017
What is: Wild Beer
What we call wild beer, many other people call "sour" beer. This is purely a…
July 17, 2017
What is a White Beer?
At Allagash we love witbiers, literally translated from Flemish to mean "white beers." Originating in…
May 8, 2017
Gueuze and Gose – What’s the difference?
This post was contributed by Certified Cicerone, Lindsay Bohanske. One of the best things…
January 10, 2017
What is Table Beer?
Because the style has been growing in popularity, we thought it would make sense to…
December 5, 2016
Why Age Coolship Beer in Barrels?
When talking about spontaneously fermented beer, it’s better to think of the barrel not as…
November 28, 2016
How We Brew Coolship Beer
Normally, when brewing pretty much any style of beer, there are a couple things you…
November 18, 2016
What is a Coolship?
In the fall of 2007 Rob Tod had an idea. Rob, the founder of Allagash,…
