Allagash Brewing Company

Why it matters

Allagash White is the beer that made witbier an ordinary American order, and the brewery went on to build one of the few serious coolship programmes outside Belgium.

Details

Reference beers

• Allagash White5.2% ABV

  The beer that made witbier an ordinary American order.

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Styles it is associated with

• Witbier — A Belgian wheat beer brewed with unmalted wheat, coriander and orange peel — soft, hazy, citrusy and lightly spiced.

Traditions

• American craft brewing — The post-1980 American movement built on intense hop character, reinterpretation of European styles, and rapid categorical change.
• Belgian spontaneous fermentation — Lambic brewing in the Senne valley: inoculation from ambient air, years in wood, and blending to produce gueuze.