From Maine, With Love - An Allagash Brewing Podcast

Send a text 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 laughs.

Send us a text 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 all pulling in the same direction. We look back at the early trials, the first recipe tweaks, and the steady climb from tens of thousands of pounds to well over a million, fueled by partnerships that feel more like friendships. Along the way, Brewmaster Jason Perkins and Senior Technical Brewer Branch Rothschild share stories from the fields and malt houses that make this possible. You'll learn how local grain affects Maine’s economy, our carbon footprint, and for the future of New England beer.

Send us a text 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 podcast by Jason Perkins, Allagash Brewmaster, and Ryah Lempert, our Social Media and Content Intern. It's a fun conversation that bops from the beers themselves, to how awards ceremonies work, to some fun chatting about what winning awards like these is actually like for the people that created them! To be clear: we never take any of these wins for granted, and our entire team works incredibly hard to make them possible. So cheers to the whole team here at the brewery, and cheers to you for giving this podcast a listen!

Send us a text 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, submitted by our very own newsletter subscribers! Fun fact: Brett messed up in the beginning of the podcast but decided to keep it in, to make the show feel more "human." See if he was successful!

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's the instant hit Tropical Lime IPA. There's a brand new From Maine, With Love beer. It's #41, our Tart Summer Ale. And also a couple very exciting events that you can be a part of. Give it a listen.

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... All of these questions, and more, are answered in this podcast!

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!

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 special space for all of our Scarborough-based friends. If you want to hear about everything we're planning in Scarborough, this is the episode for you!

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 brewery, right now.

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 about these exciting, impactful partnerships, this is your podcast. Oh, and we break down some other fun things happening around the brewery, just because. As always, thanks for listening!

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 memory lane to talk about the origins of Allagash White, the early days of the brewery, long hours, hard work, and fun that was had. So crack an Allagash White (we did) and enjoy this exploration of the origins of Allagash Brewing Company.

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 story behind the beer label design, as well as why our birding-enthusiast employees weren’t too happy about a previous version of the beer. Plus, hear more about our upcoming events, and a very cool concert featuring Maine’s own Julia Gagnon, here at the brewery.

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 historically creepy tales from all over Maine.

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, lager recipes. Brett is joined by lager aficionado (and R&D Brewer) Corey McNutt and Hospitality Director Emily Wallace to give a full perspective, both inside the brewery and out, of our lager-brewing trajectory.

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 our thought process behind the recipe, as well as the finished product. Give it a listen!

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, who were behind the creation of our extremely tasty new sparkling citrus hop water. Available right now!

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 beers even judged? And what indeed are the top beer-judging competitions in the world? If you've ever wanted to go behind the scenes in the competition beer world with two experienced beer judges, wait no longer: this episode is for you.

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, that in 2023 we won a Travelers' Choice award, placing us in the top 10% of highest-rated attractions, worldwide. In this episode, you'll hear directly from Emily Wallace, our Hospitality Director, all about how we go about making sure all of our guests have the best experience possible while visiting us.

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 for a behind-the-scenes look into our tour, food-pairing, and tasting program. Stay for a brief explanation on the origin of agrarian societies.

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 brewery. So pull up a chair and drink deeply of the fruit wine knowledge that Patrick has to impart!