Allagash Brewing
New year-round release: Allagash Hoppy Table Beer
New for 2017, Allagash Hoppy Table Beer Is starting to ship this week. Expect this year-round from now on.
Low alcohol by volume Belgian-style beers are the inspiration for Allagash Hoppy Table Beer. High ABV doesn’t always mean the beer is better, as Allagash is about to prove to you.
The famous Allagash House Yeast (we think it deserves proper name treatment) fermented this beer, that boasts Chinook, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops. The dry-hop? More Comet and Azacca, plus a subtle addition of coriander. Combine the flavor of that House Yeast with that lineup of hops, and everything screams winner here.
A mildly hoppy aroma full of grapefruit springs from this straw-colored, light-bodied ale. Flavors of pine and stone fruit balance the beer’s clean, slightly bitter finish.
Allagash Hoppy Table Beer is a 12 ounce bottle and draft offering, year-round starting in January, 2017.
Style: Belgian-style Pale Ale (w/ Coriander)
Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Comet, Azacca
Malts: Allagash 2-Row Blend, Maris Otter, Maine-Grown Oats
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Debut: January, 2017
4.8% ABV
Image: Mat Trogner, Allagash brewing
A new winter tradition: Allagash Hibernal Fluxus 2016 debuts
A winter sibling to the ever-changing Fluxus release, Allagash Hibernal Fluxus 2016 debuts this month.
Every year, Allagash Fluxus returns as a new style, with new fun additions along with it. The 2014 release featured spruce tips and honey, 2016 release has ginger, and is partially gin barrel aged.
READ MORE: Allagash Fluxus Series
For the winter season Allagash Hibernal Fluxus 2016 will start a new tradition beginning with this Belgian-style stout brewed with figs.
The taste of Hibernal Fluxus straddles the rift between roasty and sweet with notes of bitter baking chocolate, espresso, biscuit mall, and mocha a chewv creamy inauguration of a new tradition.
Allagash Hibernal Fluxus 2016 is a 750 milliliter bottle release. A portion of the proceeds from Fluxus will go to local groups helping Maine families keep their heat on during the winter. The beer debuts at the brewery on November 11th, with full distribution to follow shortly after.
Style: Belgian-style Stout (w/ Figs)
Hops: Northern Brewer, Hallertau
Malts: Midnight Wheat, Special B, Chocolate Malt, Oats
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: 11/11/16
8% ABV
Allagash Ghoulschip (a cellared edition) on sale October 29th
Allagash Ghoulschip, a spontaneously fermented pumpkin beer, will be on sale again this weekend at the brewery in Portland, Maine.
Interesting thing to note about these bottles – they are from the 2015 batch. The 2016 edition just isn’t ready yet. Such is the downside of the fermentation and perfection of wild beer.
Allagash Ghoulschip is probably one of the most fun spontaneous beers the brewery has set out to create. The brew team gets to put fresh pumpkins in a woodchipper in order to check the chunks needed for the beer. Face it, Halloween demands pumpkins. The hot wort is sent to chill in the coolship over night, on Halloween night, where the spontaneous fermentation begins as the dead walk the earth again.
All in all, Allagash Ghoulschip is a blend of 1,2, and 3 year beer, brewed with pumpkin, toasted pumpkin seeds, and a touch of molasses. The cellared edition will be available in the taproom in 12.7 ounce bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Pumpkin, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Molasses. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
Latest Return: 10/29/16
6.9% ABV
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A french aperitif creates upcoming Allagash Emile
Allagash Emile will soon grace the Portland, Maine based brewery’s small bottle series. Another wild beer with a great backstory.
The American sour/wild ale has been aging in oak foudres that once held Pineau des Charentes, a French aperitif. The drink is essentially a fortified wine that is blended with a clear brandy and matured.
Allagash Emile (named for the man that proportedly created the sibling to cognac, is a fermented Allagash house yeast, then aged in foudres with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.
The color of mature rosewood with ruby highlights, Emile carries the aroma of black currants and elderberries with hearty, earthy undertones. Notes of both dark chocolate and dates infuse the taste, making for a beer that’s part France, part Belgium, and all Maine.
Allagash Emile will be a 12.7 ounce bottle release. The brewery will announce a release date in the near future.
Style: American Wild/Sour Ale (Foudre Aged. Pineau des Charentes.)
Hops: Northern Brewer
Malts: 2-Row, Red Wheat, Special B, Local Oats, Midnight Wheat
Availability: 12.7oz Bottes
7.2% ABV
Allagash Fluxus 2016 debuts, with gin & ginger
Allagash Fluxus 2016 is ready for the public. The beer’s style changes annually, a commemoration of Allagash selling their first beer in 1995.
This year’s recipe is saison brewed with a plethora of Allagash base malt, including barley, rye, and wheat. After a heathy dosing of Noble hops, and ginger root, the beer was then partially aged in gin barrels. The barrels previously held Barr Hill Tom Cat Gin, made by Caledonia Spirits in Hardwick, Vermont.
The result is a highly aromatic saison with overtones of ginger and botanicals, a hint of vanilla in the flavor, and a vibrant finish.
Allagash Fluxus 2016 is a part of the brewery’s Tribute Series, with the likes of Hugh Malone, Victor and Victoria.
Style: Saison (w/ Ginger. Partial Barrel Aging. Gin.)
Hops: Northern Brewer, Tettnang, Perle
Malts: Allagash 2-row Malted Barley Blend, Malted Rye, Malted Wheat
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft. One-Off.
Debut: July, 2016
8.5% ABV
Spotlight: Allagash Sixteen Counties
Allagash Sixteen Counties is a new year-round beer from the Portland, Maine based brewery.
First, the name. Allagash Sixteen Counties is named for the sixteen counties the in the brewery’s home state.
The beer is amber in color, brewed with a 2-Row malt blend from Buck Farms in Mapleton, Maine, as well as caramel malt, biscuit, and brown malt. The hops are local as well, featuring Centennial, Cascade, and Mount Hood hops from the Hop Yard in Gotham, along with Aroostook hops from Westfield. Maine.
Per Allagash, the resulting flavor “…is bright amber in color and offers aromas of clove, sweet malt, and pine. The first sip opens with flavors of bread, malt, and caramel and finishes clean, dry, and with a lingering hop bitterness.:”
What to expect: A light Belgian-style ale, accented by the Allagash Brewery’s famous house yeast
Allagash Sixteen Counties will be available in 750 milliliter bottles, corked and caged starting May, 2016.
Style: Belgian-style Pale Ale
Hops: Centennial, Cascade, Mount Hood, Aroostook
Malts: 2-Row, Caramel, Biscuit, Brown
Release: April, 2016
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