USA, ME: Baxter Brewing to expand production

Baxter Brewing Co. plans to quadruple beer production as part of a $2 mln expansion, President Luke Livingston announced on October, 15.

A new 24-hour beer-making process is expected to be operating by spring 2013, Livingston said.

The Lewiston-based brewer has been operating for two years in the Bates Mill Complex. It currently makes three year-round beer varieties and a seasonal brew. Distribution reaches across Maine and Massachusetts.

However, Baxter has been unable to keep up with demand.

“People are begging for beer,” he said. “From our standpoint, it’s tough leaving all that beer and money on the table.”

The planned work will include the construction of a steel and concrete bunker for fermenters, another canning line and new offices in an upstairs suite at the former mill.

17 October, 2012