French farmers traditionally brewed beer with a melange of grain, including barley, spelt, and rye, and stored it until spring, during which time the influence of local wild yeast lends gently sweet flavors to the toasty, spicy, amber brew. Our spin on this style—a bière de printemps—adds French hops and Maine wild yeast for a transcontinental beer that’s also rustic, bucolic, and eminently drinkable, featuring notes of strawberry, honey, and black tea.
Grain: 2-Row, Maine Malthouse Mapleton Pale, Maine Grains Spelt Berries, Carapils, Cara 45, Goldpils Vienna, Maine Malthouse Flaked Rye, Maine Grains Flaked Spelt, Dingemans Aromatic
Hops: Strisselspalt, Aramis, French Fuggle, Barbe Rouge
Yeast: Baron, House Brett
Availability: Brewery Only
Package Size: 12 oz. Can
When it comes to innovating new beer, we rely on every single person that works at Allagash. Doesn’t matter if they’ve been at the company for ten days or ten years. That’s how our pilot system works: anyone at our brewery with an idea can potentially create the next big Allagash beer.
