This past year has been a significant one for us as a brewery. We hit some enormous milestones and were able to give back to our community more than ever because of them. Thanks for taking the time to look through the numbers that defined our brewery in 2021.

Pounds of Maine-grown grain we pledged to brew with, per year, by 2021: 1,000,000

Pounds of Maine-grown grain—when we made the pledge in 2016—we were actually brewing with: 65,000

Pounds of Maine-grown grain we brewed with in 2021: 1,093,526

Date we hit the million-pound mark: Dec. 1st

Number of trumpet salutes one of our resident musicians, Oly, performed for the occasion: 1

Number of R&D beer trials—to test different yeast, hops, and other brewing ingredients—we brewed: 90

Number of pilot beers—which any brewery employee can submit an idea for—we brewed: 97

Age of Cliff, an Allagash fan who celebrated his birthday drinking an Allagash White, in Allagash socks, in an Allagash chair: 104

Number of pilot beers that we released to fans through our brewery-only From Maine, With Love series: 12

Ounces of beer in a bottle of Allagash White: 12

Ounces of beer in a bottle of From Maine, With Love #11: 50

Number of Bite into Maine’s lobster rolls enjoyed by people visiting our brewery tasting room: 16,635

Number of Bite into Maine’s pretzels with beer cheese eaten by our guests: 10,618

Pounds of beer cheese that equates to: 2,650

Brewery of the Year awards (for our size category) we won at the Great American Beer Festival 2021: 1

Number of our beers that won a silver medal at the Great American Beer Festival 2021: 2 (Allagash White and Tripel)

Number of local businesses we’re working with—through our Recycling Co-Op—to properly recycle items like PakTech carriers, plastic wrap, and cardboard: 20

Number of PakTech carriers we were able to properly recycle through our Co-Op and Tasting Room recycling program: 112,800

Number of pet chickens that visited our tasting room: 1

Amount of money we donated to Sebago Clean Waters in 2021, based on the amount we brewed: $11,500

Number of Volunteer Time Off hours taken by our 143 employees: 610

Amount of money raised, through tasting room guests’ generosity, for our tasting room charitable partners in 2020: $34,580

Amount of money raised, through tasting room guests’ generosity, for our tasting room charitable partners in 2021: $107,812

Total amount of money, including Tasting Room donations, that we charitably donated in 2021: $508,000 

Thanks, as always, for your support as we head into another exciting year of brewing for the good of our employees, community, and environment.

And for your enjoyment, below is the cake (made with Maine-grown grain) that we enjoyed in celebration of hitting our Maine-grown grain milestone!