Why Baxter Shows Up for Tri for a Cure

There are events you sponsor and events that change you. Tri for a Cure is the second kind. In 2024, Baxter President Jenn Lever participated for the first time, joining a team of three for the bike leg of the race. She went in knowing a little about the organization. She came out knowing it…

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Learning from the Pros: Baxter’s First CBC Experience

This spring, Kyle Bouchard and Bram Bergeron-Smith had the opportunity to represent Baxter Brewing at the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia. For both of our team members, this was their first time attending the industry’s premier event, and they came back energized with new knowledge and connections that will help us continue brewing better beer…

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This April, Every Pour of Logger Road Gives Back

April Charity Partner: Trek Across Maine

At Baxter, we’ve always believed the best things happen when community shows up for itself. This April we’re proud to partner with Trek Across Maine and the American Lung Association — and to put our beer where our values are. For the entire month of April, $1 from every Logger Road draft pour at the…

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What the Date on Your Beer Can Means (And Why It Matters)

Fresh Date on the bottom of the can

At Baxter, we talk a lot about doing things the right way. That means sourcing quality ingredients, brewing with intention, and making sure the beer you crack open tastes exactly the way we meant it to. But there’s one small detail we don’t talk about enough: the string of numbers and letters stamped on the…

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The Importance of Collaboration for Craft Brands

Wiggly Bridge Distillery logo

Anyone from Maine knows that rugged self-determination is the throughline that defines the New England spirit. It’s this intrepid predisposition that might cause a person to do something insane like founding a craft brewery or distillery. It’s certainly not an enterprise for the faint of heart. Making a craft product is a labor of love,…

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Blue Ox + Baxter

Culture doesn’t appear out of thin air. It grows from people working to meet the needs of their community, using the resources close at hand. For as long as humans have been fermenting grain, baking bread, or sharing a drink, culture has been shaped by this relationship between place, people, and purpose.   That idea…

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A New Year, 15 Years In: A Note From Our President

As Baxter closes 2025 and steps into 2026, we do so with deep gratitude for our community, our team, and every person who chooses to spend their time with us. Whether that is at our pub, in your favorite local spot, or with one of our beers in hand, those choices mean everything to us.…

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The Importance of Quality

I began my career a decade ago as a production quality control scientist for a biotech company and, in 2022, decided to merge my passions for chemistry and beer by joining the brewing industry. While I first learned the brewing process on a 10-barrel brewhouse at Battery Steele Brewing Company, I next sought to work…

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Branding Baxter – A Blog by Baxter President, Jenn Lever

As we embark on our 14th year at Baxter, there are so many things to be thankful for, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share so many more to come. When I took on the role of President of Baxter Brewing in 2019, we were already in the process of rebranding to ensure our…

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What Goes into a Label

            Hello everyone, for those of you who don’t know me I am Devin, and I am the Sales Marketing Manager at Baxter Brewing! This means I take care of all our in-house graphic design needs, and once in a while I get to be creative and design new can labels. I wanted to explain the…

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