Allagash Brewing
Allagash Invisible Orange Is So Metal [RELEASED]
Allagash Invisible Orange releases May 30th, in the brewery’s tap room in Portland, Maine.
The base beer is a Belgian-style porter, aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. Blood orange juice was added just prior to packaging.
Invisible Orange is a subtly-fruited Belgian Style porter aged in French oak wine barrels for 18 months. The resulting beer is dark brown in color with chocolate and roasted notes throughout the flavor and aroma. Notes of blood orange are present in the aroma and the beer finishes with a gentle acidity.
It was brewed with a blend of 2-Row, Coffee and Chocolate malts with blood orange pulp and zest added in the brewhouse. After fermenting with a Belgian Abbey yeast, it was transferred into barrels and underwent an aging period in barrels with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. Before packaging, a small amount of fresh blood orange juice was added.
As for the name, it’s so metal. Particularly death metal, when the fans or singers hold their hand in a claw-like position, like they are holding an invisible orange.
Allagash Invisible Orange is available in 12.7oz bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blood Orange. Wine Barrel Aged.)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Release: 5/30/15
9% ABV
As of June 1st, bottles were still available in the tap room.
Allagash Century Ale Now Available
Allagash Century Ale, a brett saison, has been bottled by the Portland, Maine brewery. Century Ale has spent two years in stainless steel tanks with saison yeast, and brettanomyces.
…We dry hopped this beer with a blend of Hallertau Mandrina Bavaria, Hallertau Blanc, Equinox (formerly HBC 366) and 6300 hops.
Allagash Century Ale was bottle conditioned until it shipped in March. Limited quantities, all Allagash markets.
Style: Saison
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles, Corked & Caged.
Arrival: March/April, 2015
Note: Post updated, as many markets are now getting this Allagash Century Ale in Mid-April
Allagash Wild Friendship Blend Tasting Opportunity Now Open
Not too long ago, Allagash Brewing (Portland, ME) and Russian River Brewing (Santa Rosa, CA) created a very special collaboration with world renown Belgian brewery, Brasserie Cantillon.
Wild Friendship Blend, born in Belgium, is a three way blend of 3 year old Cantillon Lambic, 2 1/2 year old Allagash Coolship, and 2 year old Russian River Sonambic.
Sure to be a very limited release, is Allagash’s version of Wild Friendship Blend, brewed/blended again with beer from Cantillon and Russian River. All the breweries agreed that this special collaboration would only be poured at special events.
On Saturday, May 9, 2015, Allagash will host Wild Friendship Celebration, where Wild Friendship Blend will finally be served. Attendees of the Wild Friendship Celebration will get to taste this small-batch brew of which only 1500 bottles were produced. No bottles will be sold. Additionally, three other rare beers from each brewery will be offered.
Brewery founders Jean Van Roy (Cantillon), Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River), and Rob Tod (Allagash) will all be in attendance. “Full Plates Full Potential,” an initiative to end childhood hunger in Maine, will receive a portion of the proceeds from the Wild Friendship Celebration.
Tickets will be available at WildFriendshipBlend.com starting on March 16 through March 23. Those wishing to attend can submit their email address for the random ticket selection process – 350 addresses will be randomly chosen to purchase two tickets.
Details about the event:
- The event is Saturday, May 9 at Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine. There will be two separate sessions: 1-4 pm and 5-8 pm.
- Tickets for this event are $100 (plus ticket service fees) and include a souvenir glass from the event.
- Attendees will receive 4 ounces of each of the 10 beers being poured at the event (including Wild Friendship Blend). Admission also includes food from 3 prominent local restaurants/caterers
- 350 tickets per session will be available, and sold through a random ticket selection process.
- Ticket buyers and attendees must be 21 years of age. Proof of age and tickets must be presented at the door at time of entry to the event.
- If you are selected to purchase a ticket, information on parking & transportation arrangements will be available at time of ticket purchase.
Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
6.4% ABV
Image via Allagash Brewing
Allagash Four Makes Return
Allagash Four Ale is back on shelves. The Belgian-style quadrupel is brewed with four hops, four malts, four sugars, and fermented a total of four times, with four yeast strains.
The complexity of the brewing process is matched by the complexity of this unique beer. Flavors of raisin, candied fruit and plum express themselves throughout.
Allagash Four is available in 750ml bottles, and draft.
Style: Belgian-style Quadrupel (w/ Candi Sugar)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. Limited release.
10% ABV
Image via Redstone Liquors
Allagash Emotional Honey Launches 1/24
Allagash Brewing kicked off 2014 with Saison. 2015 sees the launch of Emotional Honey.
A part of the brewery’s ever-growing 12.7 oz, corked & caged series, Allagash Emotional Honey is aged in mead barrels.
The brewery will launch the beer at the brewery on January 24th.
Style: (Barrel Aged. Mead Barrels)
Availability: 12.7 oz Bottles. Brewery only.
Arrival: 1/24/15
6.8% ABV
Image via Allagash
Allagash Farm to Face Releases November 3rd
Allagash Brewing (Portland, ME) releases Farm To Face will go on sale at the brewery on November 3rd, 2014. After that, the beer will ship in limited quantities to the brewery’s distribution area.
Allagash Farm to Face starts as a pale ale, fermented in stainless steel with house yeast. After that fermentation, pedicocccus and lactobacillus (souring bacteria) is added to the beer, along with peaches from Applecrest Farm Orchards in New Hampshire.
…Ten months later, the finshed beer is bright amber in color with peach, graham cracker and green apple in the aroma. Drinking this medium bodied beer is like biting into a juicy peach with tartness throughout!
Allagash Farm to Face will be available in limited quantities in 12.7oz bottles.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 375ml bottles, corked & caged
Arrival: 11/3/14
5.7% ABV
Allagash Celebrates 10 Years of Curieux
Allagash Brewing’s (Portland, ME) Curieux has just turned 10. To celebrate a decade of success with the bourbon barrel aged tripel, Allagash is releasing a special 1.5 liter bottle, and unveiling a special contest.
The bottle (seen above) is limited to a run of just 1,000. The contest? Well that requires your creativity. Allagash Curieux fans can submit a video of less than 3 minutes, showing off their love of the beer. After the deadline, fans can vote for their top 5 favorites on the brewery’s Facebook page. Grand prize is a trip for two to the brewery in Portland to be a part of the making of this beer firsthand. The contest runs October 15th – November 5th.
“In the spring of 2004 we decided to get a few freshly emptied bourbon barrels and try our hand at barrel aging beers,” said Rob Tod, founder and brewer at Allagash Brewing Company. “Curious about what would result, we decided to try our Tripel.”
Throughout October, Allagash will hold special barrel-aged events around the country with members from the brewery. The beer lineup includes Curieux, James Bean, Odyssey, Bourbon Barrel Black, and more.
Want one of the 1,000 big bottles, visit Allagash.com/locator.
Is there an Allagash party in your town? Allagash.com/Curieux
