05/25/2018
It is that time of the year again, SAVOR descends on DC and we honor the craft brewing world by showcases barrel aged beers from Allagash.
Allagash Brewing Company started in 1995, as a one-man operation in a small corner of a warehouse in Portland, Maine.
Founder Rob Tod had worked in a brewery setting before and recognized a void within the craft brewing movement. While both German and British styles had become prevalent throughout the U.S., the ever-creative Belgian styles were very difficult to find. Through his travels, Tod had sampled many of these unique beers and wanted to share these flavors and traditions with the American drinking public. He assembled a small 15-barrel brewhouse from used equipment and began his quest towards the production of traditional Belgian-style ales.
Rob sold his first batch of beer – the very first Allagash White – in the summer of 1995. Since that time, Allagash Brewing Company has grown and expanded – now we’re available in 17 states and the District of Columbia. But they’re still brewing beers in that brewhouse Rob welded together, still aging and bottling specialty beers in the warehouse where the first batches of White were brewed, and still striving to share our interpretations of Belgian-inspired beers.
On May 31st, 2018 Union Street will tap 8 of the best examples of the brew work from Allagash including:
HOPPY TABLE BEER | BELGIAN ALE
CONFLUENCE | AGED GOLDEN ALE
PASTICHE | BARREL AGED BLENDED ALE
CURIEUX | BOURBON BELGIAN TRIPEL ALE
INTERLUDE 2016 | OAK AGED BELGIAN ALE
ST. KLIPPENSTEIN 2017 | BOURBON STOUT
JAMES BEAN 2017 | BOURBON COFFEE STOUT
JAMES BEAN 2018 | BOURBON COFFEE STOUT
See you Thursday!
