From Maine, With Love - An Allagash Brewing Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We had to figure out how to make citrusy, smooth, and beautifully hazy Allagash White pour out of a tap in the side of a tree. And we had to do it for an ad that we're calling "Naturally Occurring." To hear all the behind-the-scenes on how our engineering team worked up a tree pouring rig, and how we even landed on the idea for a beer-pouring tree in the first place...

Send us Fan Mail We made a soccer jersey. And it was a big, cool project. First: we collaborated with soccer apparel legend, Umbro. Second: we enlisted the help of one of the people behind the most exciting new soccer team in the country (the world?) The Portland Hearts of Pine. Third: we designed it ourselves. To hear from the team that put this jersey together—and how it helps to deliver the aut...

Send us Fan Mail It's Earth Month, and we're talkin' good. Good recycling numbers. Good savings in water usage. Good use of spunding to offset carbon emissions. What is spunding? Listen and find out. In this episode, Brett, Liz, and Tom run through the highlights of the annual Allagash Benefit Corporation report, which dives deep into the details of how Allagash, as a business, brew...

Send us Fan Mail Just over a month into the year and things are getting exciting. Two of our beers are finalists in the Good Food Awards. Our tour program is one of the top ten in the country, and you can help it rank higher. Plus we have crowd favorites from our tasting room that have graduated to larger distribution. So give this ep a listen! It's packed with fun, digressions, news, and lau...

Send us Fan Mail In this season opener of From Maine with Love , we’re sharing a milestone that’s been years in the making: in 2025, we brewed with more than 2 million pounds of Maine-grown and processed grain . What started back in 2015 as a conversation about barley—at a time when most Maine farmers were focused on potatoes—has grown into a statewide network of farmers, maltsters, and brewers al...

Send us Fan Mail Allagash Tripel and Allagash Lager both won Gold Medals in their respective categories at the Great American Beer Festival 2025. Because of those wins, our  brewery also secured "Brewery of the Year" accolades in our size category. All of which is to say "WOooooooOOoooo!" So, to celebrate and talk a little more about both of those beers, Brett is joined on the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we bring back one of our favorite podcast episode formats from last year: telling spooky stories. In honor of  Haunted House , our dark hoppy ale that's available basically everywhere Allagash is sold, we wanted to share creepy, spine-tingling stories that you could sip the beer to. So, hit listen, grab your Haunted House, and enjoy a bevy of spooky stories,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we introduce the world to Ryah, our Social Media & Content Intern. You'll learn the answers to the questions: what does a brewery internship entail? What sort of people even work at a brewery? And what the heck is it like to dive into the business behind marketing craft beer? And, oh by the way, we've got some delicious beer on the docket. There&apos...

Send us Fan Mail First you flip it, then you sip it. It's that easy to make sure you have the best possible experience—full citrusy aroma, pillowy mouthfeel, and beautifully balanced flavor—with your next can, or bottle, of Allagash White. But there's more to this story... Why flip it? How vigorously should one flip? Wait, do they flip the kegs? What happens if I already opened it? All o...

Send us Fan Mail We've got another roundup for you and top billing is the great state of Ohio! Allagash beer is coming back your way after a 20 year hiatus. Also on the podcast docket is our Barrel Bonanza, some fun reviews of our Hazy IPA, and a roundup of some things we're excited about. Thanks, as always, for listening!

Send us Fan Mail Our new space in Scarborough—full of food, drink, and good vibes—is rapidly shaping up for a July opening. So we're chatting with our Hospitality Director, Emily Wallace, to get a big update of everything we're planning to offer. Long story short: a lot.  We've got more food planned. More variety of beers and drinks than ever before. And more plans to make this a sp...

Send us Fan Mail We've got a roundup with updates from the ground up. Which is just a way-too-clever way of saying: we have a lot to talk about. From filming our first very legit TV advertisement to the release of an imperial IPA to a blueberry beer to soccer highlights, and everything in between, this podcast will give you a snapshot of the bevy of exciting things we have going on at the bre...

Send us Fan Mail Sports! Get your sports, here! We've got baseball. We've got soccer. We've got surfing and more! Jokes aside, we're experiencing a sports revolution here at Allagash, with becoming an Official Partner of the New York Mets, a sponsor of the Portland Sea Dogs, as well as Beer Sponsor of the Hearts of Pine soccer team here in Portland. If you want to hear all abou...

Send us Fan Mail It's our 30th Anniversary as a brewery and our 4th Anniversary as a podcast. So we're celebrating both with Allagash Founder Rob Tod, and Allagash Brewmaster Jason Perkins. That's right! It has been 30 years since Rob started Allagash Brewing Company in the corner of a warehouse on Industrial Way. And we're taking a refurbished Vermont Gas Company van-ride down...

Send us Fan Mail You love it, you really love it. We’re talking about Ski House, our big Belgian-style white beer brewed with ginger—the main subject of our most recent episode. And we're focusing on it because you all have been enjoying this beer so much, we've had to brew way more than we originally planned. Cool! In the episode, you’ll learn more about the beer’s historic origin, the...

Send us Fan Mail Thrills. Laughs. And spine-tingling tales. In honor of Haunted House, our seasonal-favorite dark hoppy ale, we're recounting some real spooky stories to pair with the beer's haunting notes of cocoa, coffee, and devilish hint of hops. Sit back in your creakiest chair, crack open a Haunted House, and enjoy these personal spooky stories from Allagash staff, as well as histo...

Send us Fan Mail With the arrival of Allagash Lager, our easy-drinking, crisp, and refreshing new release, we wanted to go on a trip down lager (memory) lane, to look back at all of the innovative, interesting, and totally unexpected lagers that came before it. We also talk about the development of this lager itself, and how it came down to a very difficult choice between three, very highly rated,...

Send us Fan Mail We got some pretty amazing comments when we announced the release of our Hazy IPA. (Two of these are true, one is not.) 1: Never thought I’d see the day 😍  2: Definitely one of the four horsemen of the beer apocalypse 3: I’m going to name my baby Allagash Hazy IPA In our latest podcast, we had our brewmaster read and react to comments like these, and more! Plus, we talked about o...

Send us Fan Mail Are you looking for a zero carb, zero calorie, zero alcohol, carbonated drink that combines the best of hoppy aromatics with the refreshment of a classic seltzer? First, wow, that's a specific thing to look for. And second, you're in luck, because, we now make exactly that: Allagash Hop Water. In this episode you'll hear from Zach and Matthew of our Quality team, wh...

Send us Fan Mail Allagash White is the most-awarded wheat beer in the world. And as of its silver medal win at the Great American Beer Festival in 2024, Allagash Tripel is also the most-awarded beer of its style. In this episode, we sit down with Brewmaster Jason Perkins and Sensory Program Manager Karl Arnberg to dig deep on beer awards. What does it take to brew an award-winning beer? How are be...

Send us Fan Mail We're lucky to be living in a city with a ton, ton, ton, of amazing things to do, eat, see, and experience. That fact makes us even more grateful for our ranking on Tripadvisor , which states that visiting the Allagash Tasting Room is the #1 thing to do in Portland, Maine . In fact, our guests—our wonderful, sweet, smart, kind guests—have ranked us so highly, so consistently,...

Send us Fan Mail What happens at a tour or tasting here at Allagash? Much more than you might have guessed. We've got samples of deep-stash beers able to age beautifully for ten-plus years. We have pours fresh out of the barrel (shhh, don't tell). And we have passionate and extremely knowledgable people like Lindsay Bohanske, this episode's guest, to guide you through it all. Come f...

Send us Fan Mail You in the mood to geek out on wine making? Well, you better be if you're here to listen to the second episode of the third season of our podcast. Liz and Brett are joined by Patrick Chavanelle, Senior R&D brewer, and potentially vintner, here at Allagash. We dive deep into the recent berry wines, berry wine/cider hybrids, and cider that we've created here at the bre...

Send us Fan Mail In the triumphant return of From Maine, With Love for Season 3, we dive into something all listeners of this podcast can appreciate: beer. First, we chat through two collaborations with Black-owned breweries: Cur-8 and Verb. Then, we dip into the details of our very first "seasonal" beer by having a brewery-side chat with Joe Jr., the brewer who came up with the beer&apo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we're joined by Allagash HR Director Celine Frueh to get into the nitty gritty of building positive company culture. This was a fascinating conversation that touches on all sorts of topics like: how we use a yearly employee survey to figure out the biggest spots for growth, how to preserve the things people love as the company grows, and the business case for...