Baxter Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Lewiston,
Maine,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Baxter Brewing Company
Established in 2010
Contact
Description
Baxter Brewing Co., LLC is the first craft brewery in New England to can its entire line of beers. Located in the historic Bates Mill in Lewiston, Maine, Baxter Brewing Company currently distributes its quality, flavorful, and unique craft beers statewide in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, & Connecticut, in six-packs, twelve-packs, and on draft.
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
12 oz can shared by a friend, thanks Mike! Canned in October 2015 if I read the dating correctly, must have been sitting in the liquor store. Clear amber orange with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, malt, floral notes, toasty notes. Tastes of malt, caramel, toast, biscuit, light citrus. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2016
at 22:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from tap at Century House dark amber mahogany with a thin head. Aromas of almond coconut chocolate and vanilla. Taste is nice creamy with notes of coffee coconut vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2016
at 18:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Julio’s Liquors. Aroma is strong fruit and citrus. Appearance is beautiful, clear, dark copper with minimal attractive sparkle, two-finger width fluffy white head after aggressive pour and nice sudsy lacing. Taste is surprisingly forward sweet malt (mainly caramel) with fruit and citrus with bitter ending. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, slightly sticky texture, average carbonation (could be a tad more) and bitter, dry, crisp finish. Overall, this is a nice IPA. Good West Coast flavor without getting overly bitter. Surprising amount of malt in the flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2016
at 19:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, undated, drunk 3/17/16.
Initial tan head fizzles out to a small ring atop a dark amber hued dark mahogany. High clarity.
Almond meal and coconut in the nose are flecked with dark chocolate, hints of vanilla and coffee. Sort of straddles the line between porter and brown ale. I guess it’s that stupid thing some people call a "brown porter". Whatever the case, it’s fairly aromatic, with absolutely nothing overdone or fake. No alcohol, no flaws.
Nutty, almond meal and very light flaked coconut in the flavor are kind of amazing. I don’t love coconut or even nutty flavors in my beer and I hate brown ales, but this has a low but ample carbonation, very mild bitterness, just enough malty sweetness and a drinkable, watery texture. I wouldn’t drink these things all day, that’s for sure, but it’s very well-executed for what it’s trying to do. Roastiness does build up on the palate and the beer comes off fairly robust as it goes on. Nice! Surprising treat from Baxter.
Initial tan head fizzles out to a small ring atop a dark amber hued dark mahogany. High clarity.
Almond meal and coconut in the nose are flecked with dark chocolate, hints of vanilla and coffee. Sort of straddles the line between porter and brown ale. I guess it’s that stupid thing some people call a "brown porter". Whatever the case, it’s fairly aromatic, with absolutely nothing overdone or fake. No alcohol, no flaws.
Nutty, almond meal and very light flaked coconut in the flavor are kind of amazing. I don’t love coconut or even nutty flavors in my beer and I hate brown ales, but this has a low but ample carbonation, very mild bitterness, just enough malty sweetness and a drinkable, watery texture. I wouldn’t drink these things all day, that’s for sure, but it’s very well-executed for what it’s trying to do. Roastiness does build up on the palate and the beer comes off fairly robust as it goes on. Nice! Surprising treat from Baxter.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2016
at 22:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at hotel bar, Ramada Plaza, Portland. Colour is almost black with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Chocolate and roasted malts. Pretty decent porter. Some coconut and mint also.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2016
at 18:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
fat hos BlindaTigern. Ljus klar jävel. Känner tyvär inte doften då mild å andra dofter i vägen. Smaken kommer här. Omedelbart bärig lite söt å viss syrlighet. God Dipa som är lite för besk i förhållande . Ja men den gör sig inte i jämförelse med den från Other half.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2016
at 12:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. Creamy, mocha head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Vanilla and chocolate aromas. Dry with coconut, almond and chocolate upfront turning to espresso in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2016
at 19:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can, unsure of date, assumedly fairly fresh, drunk 1/13/16.
Highly clear, light amber to golden body is topped by a medium-sized white head that quickly fades to a ring.
Light herbal/grassy hops with a touch of juju fruit-like character, some rye spiciness and a touch of iced tea character. I think I smell the ginger, which does actually lift the aroma up somewhat, as the hops are not present in very high quantity. Yet nor is there anything wrong with what’s here (don’t get any oak, and the spices are not overdone at all). No alcohol or flaws.
Very straightforward in the flavor, moderately sweet, with various spice notes from rye, hop, pepper, ginger, etc...A touch of light butteriness from the oak, with herbal and grassy hop notes on the end and low bitterness overall. Quite homogenous, actually. Having not read the deScription, I didn’t realize there were any adjuncts in here at all. Carbonation is moderate with no alcohol noted.
Highly clear, light amber to golden body is topped by a medium-sized white head that quickly fades to a ring.
Light herbal/grassy hops with a touch of juju fruit-like character, some rye spiciness and a touch of iced tea character. I think I smell the ginger, which does actually lift the aroma up somewhat, as the hops are not present in very high quantity. Yet nor is there anything wrong with what’s here (don’t get any oak, and the spices are not overdone at all). No alcohol or flaws.
Very straightforward in the flavor, moderately sweet, with various spice notes from rye, hop, pepper, ginger, etc...A touch of light butteriness from the oak, with herbal and grassy hop notes on the end and low bitterness overall. Quite homogenous, actually. Having not read the deScription, I didn’t realize there were any adjuncts in here at all. Carbonation is moderate with no alcohol noted.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2016
at 16:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin white head that quickly dissipated leaving a light little cap of a film of a head. Lacing was slightly bubbly and somewhat stringy.
The smell had some dry coconut, roasty coffee, subtle dry almond/nuttiness with a little bit of cocoa powder here and there.
The taste was moderately bitter and roasty through the coffee and then some sweetness from the coconut and cocoa powder.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fine sessionable feel as a porter. Gets pretty dry on my tongue with the roasty to bitterness quality rolling on my tongue.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good porter that I’d have again. Seems like \"coconut\" in a porter is the in thing.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin white head that quickly dissipated leaving a light little cap of a film of a head. Lacing was slightly bubbly and somewhat stringy.
The smell had some dry coconut, roasty coffee, subtle dry almond/nuttiness with a little bit of cocoa powder here and there.
The taste was moderately bitter and roasty through the coffee and then some sweetness from the coconut and cocoa powder.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fine sessionable feel as a porter. Gets pretty dry on my tongue with the roasty to bitterness quality rolling on my tongue.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good porter that I’d have again. Seems like \"coconut\" in a porter is the in thing.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2016
at 19:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange to yellow color with a slight transparency about it. A sustaining white foamy head appeared and gracefully dissipated at a nice pace.
The smell starts off with sweet grapefruit, fresh pine, fresh tropical fruits bursting into a light crisp malt backbone.
The taste wraps the previously mentioned hops together in a mainly bitter manner. Sweetness tends to sit back way more. It gets pretty bitter in the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable sort of feel to it. Carbonation seemed nice and low enough to allow the bitterness to hit pretty hard on the feel. It’s pretty dry as well.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good DIPA, it hits all of the marks as one. I’d have again.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange to yellow color with a slight transparency about it. A sustaining white foamy head appeared and gracefully dissipated at a nice pace.
The smell starts off with sweet grapefruit, fresh pine, fresh tropical fruits bursting into a light crisp malt backbone.
The taste wraps the previously mentioned hops together in a mainly bitter manner. Sweetness tends to sit back way more. It gets pretty bitter in the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable sort of feel to it. Carbonation seemed nice and low enough to allow the bitterness to hit pretty hard on the feel. It’s pretty dry as well.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good DIPA, it hits all of the marks as one. I’d have again.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2016
at 19:03