For the first time ever, our Imperial Porter is available in cans! Hell Awaits was first brewed at the old brewery more than a decade ago. This release commemorates our 666th batch on our current 40-barrel brewhouse. Imperial porters are noted for their strength and bold flavors while still being balanced by the restrained use of dark malts separating them from the imperial stout style. Brewed for …Read More
Our head brewer Rusty Packer loves hops and Italy and the Grateful Dead. Introducing…Streets of Rome! An Italian-style pilsner, Streets of Rome references the Bob Dylan song “When I Paint my Masterpiece”: Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble Ancient footprints are everywhere You can almost think that you’re seein’ double On a cold, dark night on the Spanish stairs Before he became a brewer, Rusty …Read More
We’ve been brewing Slick Nick since 1998…and this year we put a special twist on the winter warmer. Introducing…You Devil You, a version of Slick Nick that’s bigger, bolder, and more devilish than ever. Last November our brewers filled bourbon and rye whiskey barrels from New England Distilling with Slick Nick to age for this special release. The extended barrel aging makes this version of Slick Nick especially potent (10.3% …Read More
Remember that time on Star Trek: The Next Generation when the starship Enterprise traveled to the Romulan Neutral Zone to help assist a sister ship but then when Captain Jean-Luc Picard tried to use the replicator to make his favorite drink (“Tea, Earl Grey, hot.”) it produced, instead, a potted plant? Well, Erik White, die-hard Star Trek fan and Sebago Brewing Cellarperson, does. In fact, it’s the inspiration behind …Read More
Some people greet the arrival of the cold months in Maine reluctantly. At Sebago Brewing, we welcome the wintry weather with…Barleywine. This year’s edition of the bourbon barrel-aged ale really packs a punch. We asked Peter Dahlen, our Director of Brewery Operations, what sets this year’s Barleywine apart. How is the 2021 version different from previous years? Our Barleywine this year has notably more rich chocolate and bourbon …Read More
It was October 2018. There was a chill in the air you could feel in your bones. The brewers’ newest concoction smelled of cherries, vanilla, and bittersweet chocolate. They knew it was good, but this stout was…SCARY GOOD! Scary Garcia is a seasonal fan favorite, and it’s baaack. For this pastry stout, the brewers used pastry-beer hybrid ingredients to keep it tasting more beer-flavored, rather than using whole pastry …Read More
Every year for more than a decade, we look forward to the fall harvest…of hops. Local Harvest Ale is an annual labor of love where the brewers use hops from The Hop Yard, which is (literally) right around the corner from the brewery in Gorham. Access to the freshest ingredients matters. Peter Dahlen, Director of Brewery Operations, compares it to another Maine tradition, strawberry picking: “Using hops within …Read More
Our brewers like to have some fun. Their latest small batch is a rustic session ale made with Vollkombrot (aka rye bread) and cascara (dried coffee fruit skins). Fell & Found is the brainchild of former brewer Kevin Depot. The process involves a traditional technique that incorporates leftover bread into the mash – in this case, traditional German brown rye – which gives it bready aromas while increasing …Read More
Our brewers conjured up something special with our latest limited release beer. 2nd Dose is a big, bold double dry hopped New England double IPA. The double dry hopped beer used double the brewhouses and double the brewers. Head Brewer Rusty Packer explains: “We brewed from both brewhouses for the brew that day with two brewers and then knocked out into the same tank. Plus we added extra potent Lemondrop …Read More
A couple of months into 2020, and our brewers are killing it – from the mega-release of MEGARED (on draft at all Sebago locations) to our beloved Barleywine in a (new) can. But wait, there’s more! Here are a few more new small batch beers to try… Beer for Keeping Bière de garde – French for “beer for keeping” – is a classic style of French farmhouse ale. For …Read More
We are fired up to tell everyone about some new specials in our brewpubs and a special new beer in stores! This football season we’ve teamed up with Hannaford Supermarkets to showcase local craft beer and simple beer and food pairings. Hannaford Chef’s Table is a program where local star chefs create recipes that cooks at home can make — but we took it a step further. Our brewers …Read More
It was just last year that the Brut IPA hit the scene, thanks to Kim Sturdavant, Brewmaster at Social Kitchen & Brewery in San Francisco. His goal was to make the driest, lightest IPA possible, hence the name “brut” like a dry champagne. The secret is to add amyloglucosidase (a common enzyme) to help the yeast to consume more of the sugars during fermentation, usually used in a high-gravity …Read More
Sour beers are unpredictable. They can take a long time to mature too, most sours taking more than a year before they can even be considered for blending or serving. Our brewers are proud to present their latest labors of love, one a barrel-aged Brett beer and the other a kettle sour. Both are fruity and delicious. Racking My Brain took about 18 months to complete. Brewers took Saddleback …Read More
What’s both cloudy and light? The answer, friends, is Hefeweizen and we just brewed 40 barrels of it! Hefeweizen is a German beer (pronounced HAY-fuh-vites-in if you want to get technical). “Hefe” means yeast, which gives the beer its cloudy appearance, and “weizen” refers to wheat. Typically, Hefeweizen has a low-hop character and with phenolic (clove) and fruity (banana) aromas and flavors. This isn’t the first time we’ve …Read More
Humlevenner. Loosely translated, the Norwegian word means “hoppy friends,” the perfect moniker for a beer made by brewers who live around the way from each other. Kevin Robichaud, a brewer at Sebago, and Charlie Melhus, co-founder of Norway Brewing Company, both live in Norway. Since Charlie opened Norway Brewing in 2015, Kevin has helped out from time to time, but this is the first official collaboration brew between the …Read More
