According to Leigh Olson Management, Allagash Brewing Company has released a short video, The Red Howes Story – The new Imperial Stout brewed by Allagash Brewery and Allagash employee Jeff “Oly” Olson (Trouble, The Skull, Retro Grave, Victor Griffin’s In~Graved). The Red Howes Story consists of reel-to-reel video of Olson’s Grandfather and family, behind the scenes video of the brewing of Red Howes, and narrated by Olson. The video can be seen at the link below.

RED HOWES is set for release this Saturday, January 25th. The limited bottles will be sold in 750 ml only at the brewery and will be distributed nationwide on draft.

Named after Olson’s Grandfather, Red Howes is Imperial Stout brewed with over 3,000 pounds of New England cranberries. Coincidently, the cranberry’s brewed in the beer are of the Red Howes and Early Blacks variety. The beer is black in color with a creamy beige head brewed with 2-Row barley, a blend of roasted malts and grains. Cocoa, coffee, and berries fill the aroma with flavors of dried fruit and bitter chocolate with a slight tartness and, a dry, lingering finish. 8.5% ABV.

Olson is no stranger to the brewing industry having worked in breweries and wineries for over twenty years whilst not on band tours. Moreover, Olson has been writing and recording in the music industry since the formation of TROUBLE (1979) and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in film scoring, cum laude, from Berklee College of Music. Currently, Olson is playing drums and keyboards for THE SKULL (featuring original TROUBLE vocalist Eric Wagner and longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner), keys for Victor Griffin’s IN~GRAVED, and is a multi-instrumentalist with his heavy psychedelic/doom project RETRO GRAVE.

Olson will be scheduling meet and greets both in Portland, Maine and New York, New York. The dates are as follows.

Saturday, January 25th – Allagash Brewing Company – Portland, Maine
8AM- Doors
9AM- Beer goes on sale
10AM – Jeff “Oly” Olson will perform a set list from the music of TROUBLE, THE SKULL, Victor Griffin’s IN~GRAVED, and RETRO GRAVE.
*Bottles only

Saturday, March 1st – Idle Hands Bar- New York, New York
8PM-11PM
*Draft only