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Gone Fishin’
Have you ever heard the term “secret fishing hole?” It’s a term not thrown around lightly among the die-hard angler community. Mentions of such things often dissipate as quickly as they appear. The term usually carries an aura of mystique, status, and most of all, secrecy. Well as luck has it, I encountered my first…
Read MoreA Sensory of Direction
We all have that one beer; our so-called “Ah-ha!” moment. I remember mine vividly. It was a Russian imperial stout, much like our very own Wicked Dark. Everything about that beer was pleasing to me: the jet-black color, the inch-and-a-half of brown-tinted foam on top, a warm alcohol sensation. It was rich with complex coffee,…
Read MoreThis Too Shall Pass
If you have read a newspaper or turned on a television set in the last 60 days you know we find ourselves in a “new normal” in which seemingly everything has changed. Life for me has become a game of figuring out how to come out on top of the ubiquitous stress, anxiety, and depression.…
Read MorePink Boots Get Muddy
On March 8, Baxter Brewing proudly hosted a consortium of beer industry professionals to take part in the creation of a new product for our “Passion Project” beer series. This collaborative super team consisted of accomplished restaurant owners and managers as well as personnel from multiple breweries in Maine including brewers, owners, marketing associates, HR…
Read MoreThoughts on the Run
“I wanna give the Earth relief, R-E-C-Y-C-L-E. Oh, I wanna give the Earth relief, R-E-C-Y-C-L-E! Runners have a funny habit of getting songs stuck in their heads. As characteristic as cold beer is after a hard workout, it is likewise common practice to fixate on a tune and…
Read MoreIntroducing Out of Range
We all love the allure of escape. Whether eluding our daily stressors, the responsibilities of adulthood or how to embark on the upkeep of our social lives, we all look to get away sometimes. Today, escape could not be more on the forefront of our collective minds. Here in Maine nature abounds, and gives us comprehension to the notion of wanderlust and being out of…
Read MoreCraft Beer & Beards
In the craft beer world there is a common phenomenon that happens: Beards. At the very least, some sort of facial hair is corralled or tamed into a unique design only fitting the face it is on. Some twenty plus years ago my classmates, working a list of superlatives, conferred me the “Rusty Razor Award”. …
Read MoreThe Possibilities are Limb-It-Less
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to meet Staff Sargeant Travis Mills, chances are you have a story to tell about it… His charisma, natural positivity, and disarming sense of humor make him legitimately unforgettable. That being said if you’ve been living under a rock (no offence to those who live under rocks, it’s only…
Read MoreProst Secco Returns
From what I have heard from my vintner friends in Upstate New York, this harvest was one of the toughest they’ve seen in a long time. The crop set was relatively low to begin with and then, after a really promising summer, they got hit with twice the average rainfall in the latter part of…
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