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Come enjoy our 4-room bed and breakfast set in an 1846 historic home, just steps from downtown Newcastle and Damariscotta... plus a cedar wood-fired sauna and clawfoot tub cold plunge!

07/15/2026

If you know us, you know one of our favorite things to do together is eat good food in beautiful places. And now that we have a B&B, we get to share our favorite local spots with our guests!! We've loved Broad Arrow Farm since we moved to this part of the midcoast. And we've spent maaaaany summer Saturdays there eating farm-raised charcuterie, trying new drinks and taking in the ridiculously bucolic view out over Dan and Maggy's farm (did we mention there are piglets 🐽). We've made some lasting friendships with people we met there at events, over a winter tasting dinner, or just shopping in the market. It's hard for restaurants here to stay open year-round, so we appreciate that too.

Needless to say that while they've been closed for renovations, there's been a Rooting-Pig-sized hole in our lives... and we were SO happy to check out their soft launch about a week ago and see what their team has been working on!! Still incredible and creative local plates, picnic tables on the lawn, friendly folks taking good care of you. But also so many thoughtful improvements and a much larger space (plus a new indoor bar we can't wait to park at). While the staff assured us on their second day open they were "still working out the kinks", we're honestly not sure what they were referring to. We were totally wowed and we can't wait to send our guests here!

07/12/2026

We were absolutely blown away by this week's meeting of 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County!! 🎉 We've been members since this group started up last year, and now we're thrilled to be business sponsors, too (hence the photo of us bonding with the raffle winner of the two-night stay). We LOVE the grassroots approach of this group - and the shared laser focus on supporting local nonprofits right here in our county. It feels good to do good, and it's also really powerful to get in a room with so many women who are all pulling in the same direction. We come away from each meeting feeling hopeful.

THANK YOU to this quarter's Impact Donation nominees Lincoln County Dental, CHIP Inc., and Midcoast Humane for the critical work that you do! 💞 And thank you to Beth & Warren of The Contented Sole who generously hosted 215 (!!) of our almost 400 (!!!!) members at their incredible spot looking out over New Harbor. We invited out-of-state visiting friends to come along and felt so proud to show them what we love most about this community.

Next quarter's meeting is at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and we honestly can't WAIT. Not a member yet? We need your help! Join us and help us reach our goal of raising 100K in 2026 for Lincoln County nonprofits 💵 💪 💥

07/09/2026

NEW in our shop!! 🦪✨ We love supporting local makers and we are honored to be Head Tide Designs' very first wholesale partner. These beautiful oyster shell earrings are handmade in Maine by our friend Kat Lipp, general manager and oyster farmer at Mere Point Oyster Company. Her team grows shellfish for eating, but not every oyster makes it to the plate. Kat repurposes some of the smallest shells, then adds gold hardware and real freshwater pearls to make these pieces shine.

Each shell is shaped by its environment and the people farming it, which means that no two pairs are the same. We have these earrings in a variety of sizes and in two styles (hoop and dangly). Stop by and find the ones that were made for you.

07/02/2026

Some snippets of innkeeper life lately! We're saying goodbye this morning to a full house of incredible guests. When banana nut bread elicits a round of applause at the breakfast table and new friends are exchanging numbers on their way out the door, we know we're creating a space where people feel at home 🥹 Come stay with us!

06/24/2026

Join us (and many other local studios and galleries) this Saturday & Sunday for the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce 2nd Annual Art Tour!! 🎨 🖼 We're SO excited to show off local artists Candace Bennett Vlcek and Rachel Altschuler (The Bird Gallery) at our B&B.

Candace's artwork actually predated us here at the Tipsy Butler, and her coastal landscapes and beautiful pastels made us feel right at home as soon as we moved in. She and her husband Charlie live in Jefferson and hosted us for dinner recently - and then stopped by yesterday to deliver some fresh pieces and a whole collection of prints for this weekend 💞

As for Rachel, we met last year when we walked into her Wiscasset gallery, and boy were we gobsmacked to find our favorite birds from the Maine coast and the Florida Keys hanging up all over the walls! Obviously we had to reach back out to her this spring about showing some of her work at the Butler. You'll find several of these avian cuties around the building, and we've got more collabs in the works ☺️ 🐦

06/23/2026

We were so pleased to host a "friendraiser" get-together for Hearty Roots last night! We spent years working in outdoor education, and we saw firsthand that getting people (especially young people) into the outdoors at the right time - with the right support - can change their lives. It was great to hear more about what this powerful local team is working on, see old friends, and welcome community members to the Tipsy Butler! 🌿💕

06/19/2026

Hard to believe it's been four years since we tied the knot! 🪢 So much has changed since then, and it's easy to get swept up in innkeeper life as new small business owners. So we took advantage of a recent guest-free night to pull off a spontaneous 24-hour midcoast adventure. It felt so good to relax, reminisce, and dream together about what we want to take on next at the Tipsy Butler. We joked that it was half corporate retreat, half romantic getaway - and we wouldn't have it any other way!! Scroll to the end to see what happens when we try to take a family selfie at the top of Mt. Battie on a hot summer day...

P.S. We've always loved eating good food and exploring beautiful places together, but now that we run a B&B it's extra extra special to let our neighbors and friends take care of us sometimes. THANK YOU to Tony at The Alna Store for making us feel at home every time we come in - and to our pals Alice (Lincolnville Motel), Hannah & Troy (MOSAIC RESTAURANT) for bringing the ✨ magic ✨ to our anniversary escape!💕

06/11/2026

Innkeeper Annie here! I started experimenting with watercolors last fall and absolutely fell in love with it. When the annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta t-shirt contest rolled around this spring, I wanted to pay homage not only to this incredible event, but to the rainbow of people (and pumpkins) that make Pumpkinfest possible. So I was THRILLED when organizers asked me if they could use my art for the festival's first-ever (!!!!) bumper sticker. Many visitors don't realize what it takes to pull this event off: thousands of volunteer hours, donated services and materials, committees and subcommittees that meet all year long, and a shoestring budget. And of course, a shared understanding by literally everyone who lives here that for this one weekend in October, there's no driving through town in a hurry 😂 So yes, Pumpkinfest is for everyone. And if you'd like to join us in upholding some seriously absurd traditions (like carving boats out of pumpkins and racing them in front of thousands of people), all you have to do is show up! While you're here, buy a bumper sticker or a t-shirt. Make a donation if you can. Enjoy local seafood, support local businesses, and come be a part of the incredible magic and whimsy that is the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta 🎃

06/02/2026

Whether we were whipping up pancakes in the cockpit of a 30-foot pulling boat with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School or catching fresh bluefin tuna in the Florida Keys, we always said: "Everything tastes better on a boat." Turns out, everything tastes better at the Butler, too! We make our breakfasts with love and local ingredients, and we think our guests can taste the difference. Thanks to recent guest Brendan for the kind words... Alicia especially liked the "Michelin quality" part!!

05/31/2026

Now launching: SAUNA CLUB!! We’re on a mission to make sauna more accessible and affordable - and we really want to share this cedar wood-fired beauty and clawfoot tub cold plunge with our community 🔥💕 This club is for everyone which means no fees, no waitlists, and no secret handshakes. Just book four sessions of any type, and your next solo session is on us. Pictured here are our newest sauna club members Jef, Cathi, Jeffrey and Sherry having the time of their lives!!! Stop by to pick up your sauna club card or ask for one when you book your next session.

Address

11 High Street
Newcastle, ME
04553

Telephone

+12076534103

Website

https://www.tipsybutler.com/, https://calendly.com/thetipsybutler

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