Beer Buzz: Allagash Brewing’s New On-Site Orchard, 10,000 Bottles Of beer On The Road

American Craft Beer|August 5th, 2019|

(Courtesy Mannheim Police)

The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s some more of what’s been happening in the beer world while you were drinking your way through the weekend.

$13,000 Beer Spill In Germany (Mannheim, DE) – It’s the stuff of nightmares. According to the Daily News a beer delivery truck in Southwestern Germany literally “lost it” sending 10,000 bottles of beer into the road.

The beer delivery truck was carrying 1,280 cases of beer when it lost nearly 40% of its cargo; an economic hit estimated at 12,000 euros (US $13,330). It took six hours and 29 volunteer firefighters to clean up the mess. And the 53-year-old truck driver is currently under investigation for not securing his load properly, according to Mannheim police.

Words To Drink By (Washington, DC) – “If you think that legal recreational cannabis isn’t going to affect craft beer sales to some degree…you need to check what you’re smoking.” Tom Bobak / American Craft Beer

Allagash Brewing Plants On-Site Orchard (Portland, ME) – Earlier this year Allagash was forced to clear out some trees and large bushes at its compoundto make way for some planned expansion work on its facility. That left the brewery room plant a small unplanned orchard that’s already producing fruit being used in its small batch beer production.

Jason Perkins / Courtesy Allagash Brewing

Allagash Brewing’s new orchard is a boutique operation consisting of just 40 peach and cherry trees. Fruit is used in a number of Allagash’s spontaneously fermented coolship beers. And even though Coolship Cerise is aged on a blend of Balaton and Montmorency cherries and Coolship Pêche uses Maine grown peaches, the 30^th largest US craft brewery, doesn’t expect it new mini-orchard to provide the vast amount of fruit necessary for its needs.

Allagash doesn’t have any plans to expand its little orchard, Allagash brewmaster Jason Perkins told the Portland Press Herald. “We aren’t farmers,” he explained “We brew beer…we don’t grow trees.”