Allagash Black Friday Release: James & Julie and Midnight Brett
A Black Friday extravaganza is going down at Allagash this holiday season, kicking off at 10am on Friday, November 27. Bottles of Midnight Brett and James & Julie will both be available, alongside live music, free coffee and donuts, special beers on tap and more. Shopping is for the birds, go drink some beer.
Bottle limits and pricing are TBA.
Commercial descriptions:
James and Julie: our take on a Flemish Sour Brown and offers an aroma of raisins, figs, cherries, and caramelized sugar. Mahogany in color, this medium bodied ale finishes with a clean acidity and a hint of spice. We brew this sour brown ale with Pilsner, Special B, Maize, and Chocolate Malt and ferment it with our house yeast strain. It then ages for two years on stainless steel with our own blend of Lactobacillus and Pediococcus cultures.
Midnight Brett: This beer gets its name from the Midnight Wheat we brew it with. The dark wheat gives it a deep, dark chocolate color. The aroma opens with fresh berries and sour cherries, and ends with a warm roastiness. Each sip offers smooth drinkability met with the zip of tart fruitiness on the palate. We brew this beer with 2-row, Midnight wheat, raw wheat, and rye malt. It’s hopped with a blend of Perle, Glacier, and Simcoe hops. We then add our house strain of local, wild Brettanomyces yeast. The yeast works its magic over the next eight months where the beer ferments in a stainless tank. Midnight Brett begs to be shared no matter the hour on the clock.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Nancy Bottle Release Nov. 14
Free coffee, donuts and a limited wild ale release – yup, I’m sold. Allagash Nancy returns to the brewery on Saturday, November 14 at 9:30am, so start setting those alarm clocks. This is a sour red ale fermented with 6,000 pounds of cherries harvested from Maine’s own Doles Orchard.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
Nancy is a sour red ale fermented with Maine cherries and Brettanomyces in 100% stainless, for just shy of a year. The cherries were a blend of Balaton and Montmorrency and added at a rate of 2lbs per gallon. Copper in color, Nancy has an aroma of cherries, bread crust and a touch of cinnamon. The flavor is a medley of tart cherry, citrus and pie spice. The finish is dry with a lingering tartness. 6.3% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Ghoulschip 2015 Release Oct. 24
Your favorite spooky wild ale is back again for 2015, as Allagash is ready to drop a fresh batch of Ghoulschip on Saturday, October 24 at 4pm. Haunted House, a seasonal spin on their brewery-only House Beer will also be available in 4-packs of 12oz bottles.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
- Samples of both beers will be available
Commercial description:
Allagash Ghoulschip is our version of a pumpkin beer. We brewed it, on Halloween 2008, with a monster mash that included shredded Maine pumpkin and toasted pumpkin seeds. After much toil and some trouble, molasses were added to the boil. The wort then spent the night outside, in our Coolship, possessed by the yeasts of beers past. In the morning, the cooled wort was racked into a stainless tank and pitched with our house yeast. After primary fermentation the beer is then transferred to oak barrels. Ghoulschip fermented and aged in the dark recesses of our cellars for almost three years. The resulting beer is light bodied and pumpkiny in color. Apricot dominates the aroma, with vanilla and caramel lurking in the background. The flavor profile is scarily clean, with a dry, tart finish that will haunt you. Boo. 6.9% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Farm to Face Bottle Release Aug. 22
Allagash Farm to Face is set to return this summer, dropping at the brewery on Saturday, August 22 at 9:30am. This is an ale fermented with 6,000 pounds of fresh local peaches for nearly one year, finishing at 5.7% ABV.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
Commercial description:
Farm to Face was brewed as a pale ale and fermented in stainless with our house yeast. After primary fermentation, pediococcus and lactobacillus were added along with 3lbs of peaches per gallon. 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. The finish has a long lasting peachyness. 5.7% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Coolship Resurgam Bottle Release Apr. 11
Coolship time is upon us yet again. Allagash Coolship Resurgam is back for another installment this month, with bottles releasing at the brewery on Saturday, April 11 at 9am. This is a blend of young and old unfruited spontaneously fermented ales. Yum! =)
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 4 per person
- Approx 4000 bottles produced
Don’t forget the free coffee and donuts!
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Wild Beer Round Up Jan. 24
The 2nd annual Allagash Wild Beer Round Up is next on tap for the Maine scene, featuring Emotional Honey alongside a trio of familiar faces (Tiarna, Old HLT and FV13). Fun kicks off at 9am on Saturday, January 24 with games, food, prizes and more.
Emotional Honey is a sour red ale aged in an oak foudre for 2 years, then finished in mead barrels for another 8 months, weighing in at 6.8% ABV.
The details:
- Bottle sales begin at 10am
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 bottles of each per person
Commercial description:
Emotional Honey is a sour, red aged for two years in an oak foudre with pediococcus and lactobacillus. The beer was then transferred into mead barrels, from Vermont mead maker Artesano, and aged an additional 8 months. The finished beer is copper in color with a complex aroma including oak, dill and stone fruit. Emotional Honey has a lingering malt character in the flavor, an assertive tartness and long, dry finish. 6.8% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Pick Your Own Bottles Debut Dec. 13
Allagash emptied out one of their oak foudres recently, unleashing a sour red ale dubbed Pick Your Own, releasing on Saturday, December 13 at 10am. After aging for 2 years in oak, the brewers added local raspberries, cherries, strawberries and blueberries, then allowed the beer to rest another 3 months in barrels.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
- Available at the brewery only
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Midnight Brett Bottles On Sale Nov. 28
Everything in black for Allagash this coming Black Friday. From black coffee and donuts to black 100% brett-fermented beer, they’re pulling out all the stops for the latest batch of Midnight Brett when doors open at 10am.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 4 per person
Commercial description:
Midnight brett is chocolate brown in color, brewed with 2-Row, midnight wheat, raw wheat and rye malt. It was hopped with a blend of Perle, Glacier and Simcoe hops, then fermented with our house strain of Brettanomyces in stainless tanks. The finished beer has the aroma and flavor of fresh berries, sour cherries and a slight roasted character. The finish is pleasantly tart and fruity, making this beer very drinkable. 7.3 % ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Farm to Face Bottles Debut Nov. 3
Millions of peaches…peaches for me. Allagash has yet another funky, wild and fruited ale set for release, as Farm to Face is ready to drop on Monday, November 3 at 10am. This one will also hit distribution in limited quantities, so no need to fret if you aren’t a Portland local.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 bottles per person
Commercial description:
Farm to Face was brewed as a pale ale and fermented in stainless with our house yeast. After primary fermentation, pediococcus and lactobacillus were added along with 3lbs of peaches per gallon. 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. The finish has a long lasting peachyness. 5.7% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Ghoulschip Returns Oct. 25
Boo! Allagash’s wild and funky take on the pumpkin beer is ready to return just in time for Halloween on Saturday, October 25 at 9am. Ghoulschip is brewed with hundreds of pounds of locally-grown pumpkins, toasted pumpkin seeds and molasses, then aged in oak barrels for 2-3 years.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
Commercial description:
Allagash Ghoulschip is our version of a pumpkin beer. We brewed it, with a monster mash that included shredded Maine pumpkin and toasted pumpkin seeds. After much toil and some trouble, molasses were added to the boil. The wort then spent the night outside, in our Coolship, possessed by the yeasts of beers past. In the morning, the cooled wort was racked into oak barrels and pitched with our house yeast. Ghoulschip fermented and aged in the dark recesses of our cellars for almost three years. The resulting beer is light bodied and pumpkiny in color. Apricot dominates the aroma, with vanilla and caramel lurking in the background. The flavor profile is scarily clean, with a dry, tart finish that will haunt you. Boo. 6.9% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Golden Brett Bottle Release Aug 25
Bottles of Golden Brett are ready to return at Allagash Brewing Company, gracing the retail shop with its presence on Monday, August 25 at 10am. This will be the 2nd sale since bottles debuted back in April, although it appears there’s considerably less of this oak-fermented golden wild ale this time around.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 bottles per person
- 348 bottles available
Commercial description:
Golden Brett is a dark golden colored beer, brewed with Victory, 2-Row and Red Wheat malt. It was lightly hopped with a blend of Northern Brewer and Simcoe hops. The beer started it’s primary fermentation in a stainless tank and finished fermentation in a 800 gallon oak foudre. The finished beer has fruity nose and flavors of citrus, apricot and bread crust. The mild tartness of the beer gives way to a long, clean finish. 7.2% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Neddles Release June 23
It’s official – Neddles will be the next barrel-aged beer rolling out of the Allagash Brewing Company retail store. This sour brown ale aged in rum barrels named after the brewery’s first employee will drop on Monday, June 23 at 10am.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- No bottle limit
- Available at the brewery only
Commercial description:
Neddles is a sour brown aged in rum barrels from Ned’s new venture, New England Distilling. Dark amber in color with an aroma of green apple and candied fruit that is balanced nicely with notes of brown sugar and toasted marshmallow. This tart beer begins with dark fruit flavors, followed by molasses, coconut and honeysuckle. 10.5% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Little Sal Bottles Debut May 19
Allagash’s first ever beer crafted with blueberries is finally ready, as Little Sal will hit the brewery’s retail store shelf on May 19 at 10am. This wild ale was made using 1 pound of local Maine blueberries per gallon and aged in a single red wine barrel with Lacto and Pedio for over a year and a half. The operative word here being “single,” so this one is gonna go fast.
Price and limit TBA. UPDATE 5/8:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Coolship Red Bottles Return Apr. 23
Allagash’s flourishing coolship project will get another booster shot on Wednesday, April 23 at 10am when bottles of Coolship Red return to the brewery’s retail store. The road to this finished project is a long and winding one, as the beer spends 3 years in wine barrels with 6 months aging on 100 pounds of fresh Maine raspberries per barrel. Now that’s some fruited wild ale for ya.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 per person
- Available at the brewery only
Commercial description:
Allagash Coolship Red is our coolship beer, aged on raspberries for six months, in oak wine barrels. We use 100 lbs of fresh Maine raspberries per oak barrel. Coolship Red is bright red in color with raspberry and oak in the aroma. Raspberries dominate the flavor of the this tart beer, along with hints of dried apricot. The finish is tart and dry. 5.7% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Golden Brett Bottles Debut Apr. 7
Another week, another barrel-aged wild ale coming straight outta Allagash Brewing Company. This time around, Golden Brett will debut in bottles (was brewed before but draft only) at the brewery in Portland on Monday, April 7 at 10am.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 5 bottles per person
- Available at the brewery only “for this first bottle release”
Commercial description:
Golden Brett is a dark golden colored beer, brewed with Victory, 2-Row and Red Wheat malt. It was lightly hopped with a blend of Northern Brewer and Simcoe hops. The beer started it’s primary fermentation in a stainless tank and finished fermentation in a 800 gallon oak foudre. The finished beer has fruity nose and flavors of citrus, apricot and bread crust. The mild tartness of the beer gives way to a long, clean finish. 7.2% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Avancé Returns Mar. 7
More barrel-aged beer on the way from Allagash this week. On Friday, March 7 the brewery will unveil bottles of the latest batch of Avancé, which was aged on 500 pounds of strawberries in oak barrels.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 2 bottles per person
- Available at the brewery only
Commercial description:
Allagash Avancé is a Dark Belgian Strong Ale aged in bourbon barrels for a year with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus and then local strawberries and finished in stainless steel for six months. 10.8% ABV
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland, ME.
Allagash Red Howes Bottles Coming Soon
Ready for another Allagash Brewing Company bottle release? The Portland, Maine brewery’s imperial stout with cranberries, Red Howes, is bottled up in 750mL format and ready to go after being brewed back in October. This will be a brewery-only release however the date is still TBA. Check back for more details soon.
EDIT 1/7: Bottles will go on sale Saturday, January 25 at the brewery
The details:
- Doors open at 8am, bottle sales begin at 9am
- Limit (2) 750mL bottles per person
- Free coffee and donuts
- Limited draft distribution to follow
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
Allagash Tiarna Release Dec. 20
Time for another barrel-aged beer from Allagash! Their latest 375mL bottle, Tiarna is set to debut at the brewery on Friday, December 20 at 10am.
The details:
- $15 per 375mL bottle
- Limit 4 per person
- Limited nationwide distro will begin in January
Commercial description:
Tiarna is a blend of two beers, one aged in oak and fermented with 100% brettanomyces and the other fermented in stainless with a blend of two belgian yeast strains. 7.1% ABV.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
Allagash Midnight Brett Bottles Coming on Black Friday
Allagash Brewing Company is set to debut another bottled wild ale this holiday season on Black Friday, November 29. While Chicago will be losing their minds over the Goose Island Bourbon County series, Portlanders can pick up the first bottles of Midnight Brett at the brewery, with distribution following shortly after.
Midnight Brett originally debuted in May 2013 as a draft-only release, and will now join other limited edition Allagash beers such as FV13, Merveilleux, Old HLT and others.
Pricing and bottle limits are TBA. UPDATE 11/22: $15 per 375mL bottle, limit 4 per person. Bottle sales begin at 10am. Limited national distribution will follow afterward.
Commercial description:
Midnight Brett is chocolate brown in color, brewed with 2-Row, Midnight wheat, raw wheat and rye malt. It was hopped with a blend of Perle, Glacier and Simcoe hops. The beer was fermented with our house strain of Brettanomyces in stainless tanks. The finished beer has the aroma and flavor of fresh berries, sour cherries and a slight roasted character. The finish is pleasantly tart and fruity making this beer very drinkable. 7.3% ABV.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
Allagash Merveilleux Debuts Soon, Limited National Distro
Marvelous! Another barrel-aged wild ale is ready to roll out of Portland’s Allagash Brewing Company next week according to an Instagram post this morning. Merveilleux, a blended wild ale aged in bourbon and wine barrels, will be available at the brewery’s retail store next week, followed by limited national distribution “soon.”
Commercial description:
Merveilleux, French for marvelous, is the second release of this limited series. This beer is a blend of five different beers fermented in a mix of both bourbon and wine barrels. Brettanomyces, pediocaucus and lactobacillus were all utilized to create a myriad of flavors in this unique copper colored beer. The aroma is defined by the presence of the Brett resulting in both a crusty bread and fruit character. The tartness works well with the light oak and distinct citrus flavors, which are followed by a gentle maltiness and dry finish. 9.6% ABV.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
More Allagash FV 13 Available Now
In case you missed it when this lovely wild ale hit distribution, Allagash released more bottles of FV 13 at the brewery yesterday afternoon. Originally released in February, FV 13 is their first crack at aging ale in Foudres, or giant oak tanks like the one pictured on the label (think Rodenbach or New Belgium).
Allagash “unearthed a very small amount,” so these will be brewery only and limit 2 per person. Don’t sleep if you want to grab some of the final bottles of FV 13.
Commercial description:
FV 13 marks our first venture into the world of foudre beers. Foudres are giant oak tanks used for aging (this one holds 2700 gallons.) FV 13 is a blend of wild yeast and bacteria, a base beer with lots of malt character, and about four years of patience. The finished beer is copper in color, with an aroma of cherries and caramel. The flavor is a blend of sweet and tart, with notes of fruit and caramelized sugar. The full mouthfeel gives way to a tart, mouth drying finish. 8.9% ABV.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland. Check them out here.
Allagash Bourbon Barrel Black Bottles Coming
After numerous installments as a draft-only release, Allagash announced the bottling and distribution of Bourbon Barrel Black this week. This is a silky, deep, dark Belgian ale brewed with candi sugar, then aged in oak bourbon barrels for about 10 months.
Bottling is going down today, with the beer hitting Maine and Massachusetts distribution in limited quantities after ‘”a few weeks” once bottle conditioning is complete. Stay tuned for more info, more barrels and more beer.
Allagash Coolship Red Available Now
According to the brewery’s Facebook page, the next batch of Allagash Coolship Red is available now at the retail store. These are $15 per 375mL bottle with a limit of two per person.
Coolship Red is a spontaneously fermented ale aged in oak barrels with raspberries.
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
Allagash Wild Beer Roundup May 18
An announced Allagash bottle release? That’s right – the Portland brewery is giving everyone a rare opportunity to pickup a couple bottles of their wild and barrel-aged beers during their Wild Beer Roundup on May 18. Featuring 3 previous cellared releases (Ghoulschip, Vrienden, Old HLT) and a brand spankin’ new brew (Coolship Single Barrel One), doors will open at the brewery at 8am with the sale kicking off at 9.
Breakfast, games and draft beers (no list yet) will be on hand for the event, which will probably see people lining up early, so plan accordingly if you hope to land bottles.
Important note – the bottle limit is 2 per person, meaning a TOTAL of 2 bottles, not 2 of each available beer. Everyone will have to pick and choose, which will hopefully allow as many people as possible to get their hands on some of Allagash’s wild ales.
The details:
- Doors at 8am, bottle sales start at 9am
- Breakfast, games, draft beer available
- $15 per bottle, limit 2 TOTAL per person
- Ghoulschip, Vrienden, Old HLT and Coolship Single Barrel One available
- First come, first serve
Allagash Brewing Company is located at 50 Industrial Way in Portland.
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