[3] Allagash Brewing Company was founded in 1995 by Rob Tod in Portland, Maine.

[7] In 2019, founder Rob Tod was the recipient of the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional.

Before the beer is bottled, a small amount of yeast and sugar is added and a second fermentation occurs.

It is this second fermentation which produces a notable increase in carbonation, a softer feel and remarkable complexity.

[9] In 2007, Allagash was the first brewery in the US to build a traditional coolship for spontaneous fermentation by wild yeasts.