That’s it, another year in the books. 2022 was filled with progress on the front of brewing high-quality beer for the benefit of our employees, community, and environment. Below, you’ll find an in-depth list of numbers that catalog some of the accomplishments and milestones of the past year that we’re most proud of.
Number of active members in our recycling co-op, where we gather hard-to-recycle materials from local breweries and businesses: 20
Tons of material our Recycling Co-Op kept out of the landfill: 47
How many pounds that equates to: 94,000
Number of experimental Pilot Beers we brewed: 185
Number of Podcast episodes we released in 2022: 15
Number of reasons for why we skipped episode number nine: 0 (we forgot how to count)
Pounds of Maine-grown grain we brewed with in 2021: 1,093,526
Number of years an employee has to be with the brewery before getting to go on a week-long trip to Belgium with our founder and brewmaster: 5
Number of employees in 2022 who went on their trip to Belgium: 24
Number of employees who took a month-long sabbatical, available after 10 years of employment: 16
Number of R&D trials we brewed when trying to come up with our first year-round IPA, Hop Reach: 17
Number of IPA socials held, where our R&D team hung out to taste IPA trials and chat with employees about their reactions: 4
Number of ratings generated by employees during the feedback gathering process across those trials: 500+
Position we achieved, this year, out of all Maine businesses in our size category (the highest we’ve ever been ranked): 3
Number of social media messages we received, in 2022, across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: 33,789
Number of Great American Beer Festival gold medals Allagash White has won, including its gold medal in 2022: 5
Number of beers only available in The Cellars, a brand new beer-tasting experience at Allagash: 3
Number of employees that took advantage of Volunteer Time Off in 2022: 87
Number of volunteering hours our employees completed, collectively: 998
Number of employees that participated in Giving Tuesday, where Allagash provides a $100 donation for any employee to direct to a nonprofit: 110
Amount of money donated on Giving Tuesday: $11,000
Amount of money raised, through tasting room guests’ generosity, for our tasting room charitable partners in 2022: $122,722.43
Thanks, as always, for your support!
