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Yeast Propagation!  Welcome to the Baxter Brewing Quality Lab, where science and beer unite! The lab has one lab tech (myself) and our quality director, but the space also serves as a common area where people come to discuss quality matters, experiment with new recipes, and do our weekly sensory.  The lab is also home…

When I agreed to work for Baxter Brewing in the summer of 2020, a fresh start was all I had in mind.  Not just your typical “new job” fresh start, mind you, but a full life reset was my aim; I would soon be packing my bags and moving across the country on a whim. …

Baxter Brewing is a space full of collaboration and flexibility. Very few employees, if any, wear one hat, and as a relatively small crew, we spend a lot of our days supporting one another and problem solving together, even if it isn’t our exact area of expertise. This type of cooperative culture makes exploring new…

Things are Heatin’ Up at Baxter Brewing! If you follow Baxter Brewing on Instagram (and you should), you may know that we’ve been working on some flavorful, unique hot sauces that pack a punch!   “I’ve always been obsessed with exploring new and interesting flavors. Whether it’s beer, food, or sauce, I love to push…

The year is 2011. Adele is cranking out now-classics like “Rolling in the Deep”; Oprah just ended her reign as the undisputed talk show queen, and I’m a naïve 19-year-old using phrases like “Totes mcgoats” or “Humble-brag”. Oh, and more importantly Baxter Brewing has just canned their first beer becoming the 16th brewery to open…

November 11th marked the 67th Veteran’s Day in Maine –technically the 83rd if we count the years it was called Armistice Day. On the first Armistice Day, Woodrow Wilson addressed his fellow countrymen and wrote, “To us in America the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those…

I was only five years old in January of 1998, but that was old enough to remember the storm. The Icestorm of ’98, as it was later known, was the blizzard of the century. For 48 straight hours Mother Nature let loose her blistery wrath and dumped ungodly wet precipitation and ice across Maine. When…

It’s a mountain adventure as Kat and Carolyn head to the Bigelow Reserve that hovers over Flagstaff Lake in western Maine! Recalling her childhood experiences camping, Kat introduces Carolyn to the natural joys of pitching a tent, hitting a mountain peak, and enjoying a relaxing night by the fire. During their time at the ecological…