Baxter Brewing Co. will debut its latest ‘Passion Project’ beer, Howl Together, on January 16th. The project represents a collaboration with Man Up to Cancer, a support group founded by Maine-resident, Trevor Maxwell, dedicated to combating isolation and depression in male cancer patients.

Baxter Brewing Company’s Winter NEIPA, Ice Storm of ’98, will hit shelves 23 years after the historical storm made landfall in Maine. The latest in Baxter’s seasonal offerings pays homage to the infamous winter storm that besieged the northeast United States and Canada more than two decades ago, and the resolute spirit of the Mainers that endured.

On Friday, September 11, Baxter Brewing Company hosted the Travis Mills Foundation’s brew day for Limb-it-less Blonde Ale (5.3% ABV). This is the third year in a row Baxter has worked in collaboration with the Travis Mills Foundation to produce Limb-it-less, available October 1.

Baxter Brewing Company is set to launch their new Fall seasonal, Firestack, on September 3rd, 2020. A departure from the Festbier and pumpkin-spiced brews typical of Autumn, Firestack is a 6.3% ABV Red IPA with an aggressive hop profile, medium body, and slightly sweet finish.

Baxter Brewing Co. – Maine’s third largest craft brewery – will begin distribution of select brands in Pennsylvania on June 29th. Baxter Brewing is partnering with Penn Beer Sales & Service, Kirchner Beverage, Nittany Beverage and Ace Beverage for wholesale.

To make their beer even more accessible to fans across Maine, the Baxter team has added a delivery route from Augusta to York, Tuesdays through Fridays, in addition to their no-contact curbside pick up.

Baxter Brewing founder Luke Livingston announced Monday that he will retire from the brewery, effective on September 13. Jenn Lever, Baxter’s current operations manager, will take over as president of the Lewiston, Maine-based craft brewery. Livingston, 34, who founded Baxter in 2010, said in his retirement announcement that it was “time to find my next adventure.”

When Baxter Brewing opened inside of the 168-year-old Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston, Maine, in 2011, the state did not allow breweries to sell beer directly to drinkers for on-premise consumption. State laws loosened in 2012, but Baxter – which is ranked as the third-largest brewery in Maine — had already dedicated the vast majority of its facility to production.

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LEWISTON — AUBURN, MAINE — “One of the things I like best about the craft beer industry,” says Luke Livingston, founder of Baxter Brewing Co., in Lewiston, Maine, “is the chance to meet such great people.

A brewery selling 5,000 barrels of beer in its first year of production isn’t entirely unheard of, but it used to be inconceivable. Even craft beer Paterfamilias Jim Koch himself forecast it would take five years to reach the milestone, but Boston Beer Co. reached the figure within five months of its first delivery.

LEWISTON — AUBURN, MAINE – Baxter Brewing Company, the acclaimed all-cans craft brewery in Lewiston, Maine that was the first of its kind in New England, introduces Tarnation, a California-style lager and the newest addition to Baxter’s roster of year-‘round varieties.