Archive record · Brewery
Allagash Brewing Company
Portland, Maine, Maine, USA
- Founded
- 1995
- Archive ID
- TB-XF8B15XW
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
A B-Corp certified independent giant that essentially introduced the Belgian Witbier style to America with Allagash White.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A B-Corp certified independent giant that essentially introduced the Belgian Witbier style to America with Allagash White.
The People
Behind the beer
Bet the brewery on Belgian witbier in Maine, 1995.
The Beer Library
Beers
Allagash White
Year-RoundBelgian Witbier
Rob Tod bet an entire brewery in Maine on a Belgian wheat beer in 1995, when almost nobody in America knew what witbier was. It is now one of the country's best-selling craft beers.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Curieux
Year-RoundBourbon barrel-aged Belgian-style ale
(Year-Round) [USA Pass 03]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ski House
Year-RoundBelgian-style strong specialty ale
(UNKNOWN) [USA Pass 03]
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Awards
- 2026
World Beer Cup
- 2002
Great American Beer Festival
- 1998
World Beer Cup
Allagash White
Ski House
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
Surviving objects
1 object catalogued here so far, held by Maine Historical Society — Costume collection. That is what the archive has recorded, not the extent of what the holder keeps — follow each link for the institution's own finding aid or catalogue. The archive links to each record rather than reproducing its photograph; the images belong to the holding institution and are licensed object by object.
TEXTILE / T-SHIRT
Straight answers
Common questions about Allagash Brewing Company
- Who owns Allagash Brewing Company?
- Allagash Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Portland, Maine, USA.
- Is Allagash Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Allagash Brewing Company is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Allagash Brewing Company founded?
- Allagash Brewing Company was founded in 1995 in Portland, Maine, USA.
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