Everyone is a brewer

Out in an industrial section of Portland, we found a collection of breweries, including Allagash, where we took a tour. One of the largest craft breweries in Maine, Allagash maintains a spirit of experimentation that fuels some crazy beer innovations. Every staff member is encouraged to brew, to seek advice from colleagues, and to come up with crazy concoctions that are ultimately vetted by a team who puts some of them into production. While I can't say that I loved all the beers we tasted on the tour, I appreciated the willingness to try, and to fail (one of the beers was a test run for which they were soliciting tasting room feedback).