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Saison Day 2025 is right around the corner on April 26th. You can mark this celebration of the wider farmhouse ales category with an Allagash Saison since they are co-leads of the nationwide party with Threes Brewing or go out and get a mixed pack of different local ones to compare and contrast.
Some beers I never thought would ever come to cans, but then they do. Allagash Brewing is putting their wonderful and strong barrel-aged Curieux in cans this year.
I probably would have stuck with 12oz cans though.
We do not see a lot of Belgian beer. Out of trend in 2023 but the collaboration Dry-hopped wheat ale with brett from Brasserie De La Senne in Brussels and Allagash Brewing might just be one to look out for.
Allagash Brewing has a new bourbon barrel-aged beer coming and by the name of it, it sounds like beer fans should meet-up to enjoy it.
Gatherwell is an 11% imperial stout. That’s it. No special ingredients added.
I zagged to a classic this year and picked up a bottle (glass to you young folk) of Curieux from Allagash. Labeled as a golden ale but really a blend of barrel-aged Tripel with fresh Tripel.
Since I have had a couple Cur-8’s that Allagash did with Crowns & Hops, I had bit of a head start on re-visiting this classic of the beer canon. Pours a muddy orange color. Orange and a tiny touch of bourbon oak on the nose. Belgian yeast esters in effect in the taste department with a mini-mix of clove and banana show up. That bit of spice really ties it together. Does not taste over 10% at all.
Allagash Brewing Company and Crowns & Hops Brewing Co., are bringing Maine to Inglewood with Cur-8. Arriving in time for Black History Month, the new beer mashes up Crowns & Hops’ 8 Trill Pils pilsner with Allagash Curieux. A bourbon-y Tripel-esque pilsner.
Here are more details about the partnership, “Cur-8 is part of the new Eight Trillion Allies Collaboration Series that partners established breweries with Black-owned beer brands to accomplish true representation in the brewing industry. “8 Trill Pils” is named after a statistic from a W.K. Kellogg Foundation report, “Business Case for Racial Equity.” The report suggests that the U.S. stands to realize an $8 trillion gain in the national GDP by closing the racial equity gap by 2050.”
Count me as a fan of both a classic cocktail and beers masquerading as one. Allagash Brewing has recently come out with Day’s End, a “red ale that takes inspiration from a cocktail known as the Boulevardier. Brewed with lambrusco grape must, angelica root, and bitter orange peel, then aged in bourbon barrels, this beer balances notes of vanilla, red wine, oak, and caramel.”
Allagash Brewing is supplying Bixby Chocolates of Maine with a key ingredient for their brittle, beer.
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Good to see a Dark Wheat beer coming to cans and even better to see that it is coming from Allagash…
Pivoting to video and not in person can be easily made in some instances. But it can be also used with a little creative or just fun flair.
Us West Coasters will have to use our lunch break but this could be a fun way to learn about Saison’s and stay connected.