Tag Archives: Allagash Brewing Company

Allagash 20th anniversary interview with Greg Devito

Name: Greg Devito Year of Employment at Allagash: I don’t know when I started…8 years ago maybe. There were like 8 people at the company and we were all in one building. I spent a lot of time making boxes and putting stuff into boxes. It was pretty awesome. (2005ish) Job Title:  Cellar manager? Custodian? Favorite Allagash Beer? […]

Allagash 20th anniversary interview with Naomi Neville

Name: Naomi Neville Year of Employment at Allagash: 2009 Job Title: Sales Director Favorite Allagash Beer? It depends on the day. Black or Tripel. Favorite Allagash Beer/Food pairing? Pork buns at Pai Men Miyake with Triple. Otherwise Lobster Rolls with Black. Have you always had this job or other jobs in the company? I was […]

Allagash 20th anniversary interviews with Kate Benthien

Name: Kate  Benthien Year of Employment at Allagash: 2008 Job Title: Accounting/Philanthropy Favorite Allagash Beer?  Black Favorite Allagash Beer/Food pairing? Black Beer Float and maybe a brownie on the side. Have you always had this job or other jobs in the company? When I first started I did all of our tours and worked in/managed our retail […]

Allagash 20th anniversary interview with Jason Winchester

Day two of a week long series of Allagash Brewing employee interviews, See yesterdays interview here. Name: Jason Winchester Year of Employment at Allagash: 2007 Job Title: Production/Guest Relations Favorite Allagash Beer? Hugh Malone Favorite Allagash Beer/Food pairing? Farm to Face and Fish Tacos Have you always had this job or other jobs in the […]

Allagash 20th anniversary interview with Jessica Caruso

Allagash Brewing Company is celebrating 20 years of brewing beer in Maine on Saturday June 27th in Portland by hosting a street fair. There will be live music,entertainment, food and of course great beer. Tickets to the street fair can be purchased online at $10 per person, children 12 and under are free. I can’t […]

Ten rare beers to be poured at Allagash Event in May

Last April I collaborated with beer minded folks from around the state of Maine in The Maine Dream Team-up Project. I asked each participant four questions about who they would like to see in a brewery collaboration, question four was “Free for all! Anything goes here as long as there is 1 Maine brewery involved.” […]

Maine Brewers Guild Presents: Beer School

The things in life I truly appreciate are the things I’ve spent the time to understand, many of these things were not taught in school and educating myself has been an extracurricular, a voyage of self improvement through learning, Beer is one of those things. The things I’ve learned about beer didn’t come from grade […]

Allagash Brewing Company celebrates 10 years of barrel aged beer

Wooden barrels and beer have a long history, prior to stainless steel kegs the wooden barrel was what beer was stored and transported in. Today the wooden barrel is less for utility and more for the flavoring process. Brewers buy barrels that have previously contained wine or spirits, brew beer and age it in the […]