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    April 25, 2012

    Minnesota Cheese Festival founder says wheels are turning for June 3 event

    Minnesota is known for lots of things. Lakes, casseroles, and an intentional lack of eye contact immediately come to mind. What Minnesota in not particularly known for is cheese. That's been the hallmark of our neighbors to the east since the borders were drawn. Whitney McChane is on a one ... More >>

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    March 27, 2012

    The new Old Chicago in Eden Prairie

    The Old Chicago chain of beer and pizza joints is re-making itself, and they're starting in Eden Prairie. Last week the Eden Prairie location celebrated its grand reopening by giving away pizza for a year to the first 100 people who came into the restaurant. This location is the showcase for what's ... More >>

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    March 5, 2012

    Summit Unchained #9-Dunkel Weizen to be released this week

    It's been two and a half years since Summit Brewing Company released Kölsch, the first of its Unchained Series beers, in August 2009. Since then the succession of beers conceived, controlled, and coaxed into being by Summit's crew of brewers has produced some of the most adventurous beers to come o ... More >>

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    February 20, 2012

    Town Hall Brewery's Barrel-Aged Beer Week starts tonight

    If you like your beer with wood, then this week Minneapolis Town Hall Brewpub is the place for you. The first beer of the brewpub's 2012-Barrel Aged Beer Week will be tapped tonight at 6, kicking off a week-long celebration of big brews that have spent time in bourbon and whiskey barrels. A new beer ... More >>

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    February 16, 2012

    Firkin Fest returns to the Happy Gnome

    Cask-conditioned beer enjoyed under a tent on an early spring afternoon; this can only be Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome. The annual celebration of British-style real ale returns to the St. Paul beer bar on March 24. Cask-conditioned beer is naturally carbonated by refermentation in the keg. The res ... More >>

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    January 26, 2012

    Beer and food pairing seminar with Master Cicerone

    Master Cicerone Nicole Erny​Only four people in the world have earned the right to use the title Master Cicerone™. San Francisco Bay Area beer maven Nicole Erny is the youngest of them and the only female. What is a Cicerone you ask? A Cicerone is the beer-world equivalent of a sommelier; an ... More >>

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    January 9, 2012

    Top 5 brewpubs in the Twin Cities

    The Twin Cities have a great and growing beer scene. I've spent the last year traveling the upper Midwest visiting breweries and tasting brews. I've been to about 130 and can say with some authority that the beers brewed in the Twin Cities are among the best in the region. We've got some great brewp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Winter beer fest season kicks off this month

    This abnormally warm winter is about to get even warmer, as January marks the start of the winter beer fest season. Area beer lovers will have three sampling opportunities beginning January 21 with the St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo. The following Saturday, January 28, brings the Beer Dabbler Winter Carn ... More >>

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    January 3, 2012

    Mankato Brewery launches this week

    Mankato Brewery brings locally brewed beer to Mankato​The new breweries just keep on coming in this exploding Minnesota beer scene. Last week saw the launch of the Minneapolis-based and Belgian-inspired Boom Island Brewing Company at Pig and Fiddle, the Edina beer pub recently opened by the ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Bemidji Brewing needs a kickstart

    Bemidji Brewing is state's newest brewery-to-be​For the Minnesota craft-beer world there's yet another new kid on the block; or at least on its way to the block. From up there near the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi comes the announcement of Bemidji Brewing Company. The brewery's three p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Dean's Kombucha is looking for investors

    Deane's Kombucha wants you to invest in its future​For a while last year it seemed doubtful that Deane's Kombucha would survive. The St. Paul-based maker of fermented tea beverages started by Bryan Bertsch in 2009 was well on its way to success when the federal government suddenly discovered t ... More >>

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    November 18, 2011

    Lift Bridge releases the Commander Barleywine tomorrow

    Lift Bridge releases the Commander Barleywine​With its sparkling new brewery now running at full-tilt, the boys at Lift Bridge are releasing their first barleywine-style beer and the first in what will hopefully be a long line of limited-batch, big-bottle beers. The Commander is a 12.5-percent ... More >>

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    November 7, 2011

    Lucid Brewing completes first brew and launches Community Brewing Project

    Lucid Brewing wants to get people involved in the brewery​After clearing all of the regulatory hurdles earlier in the week, Minnetonka-based Lucid Brewing celebrated its first official brew day on Saturday, making it the newest addition to the exploding Minnesota craft-brewing community. Lucid ... More >>

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    September 9, 2011

    Autumn Brew Review "beer-ku" poetry contest

    Win tickets to ABR with Haiku promoting Minnesota beer​Autumn Brew Review The year's best beer fest, hands down Write poems, win tickets. If you don't already have tickets to the Autumn Brew Review on September 17, the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild wants to give you a pair. Show off your poe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    September is beer fest month in the Twin Cities

    Mark RobertsBeer fests abound this month in the Twin Cities​Grab your goblets and get a good protein base in your gut. It's going to be a marathon month for beer fans in the Twin Cities. Every weekend holds something big, including two Saturdays with two events each. This Saturday kicks it off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Local craft on draft at the 2011 MN State Fair

    Surly Furious is among the local beers headed to this year's MN State Fair​In past years the craft brew selection at the Minnesota State Fair has been fairly limited. There was Summit and ... well there was Summit. Not that Summit is a bad choice, but a little more variety would be welcome. Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    This year's Autumn Brew Review will be twice the fun

    Tickets go on sale July 15th​This is the 11th year for Autumn Brew Review, the big fall beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild and held in September on the grounds of the old Grain Belt Brewery in Northeast. Each year the Brew Review features the best that Minnesota brewe ... More >>

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    July 5, 2011

    Beer Dabbler Highland Fest next up in the summer festival season

    Beer Dabbler serves up suds at Highland Fest​The summer beer-fest season continues on July 16 with the return of the Beer Dabbler Showcase at the Highland Fest in St. Paul. This is the third year for this event, and it just keeps getting bigger. Organizers are promising more of everything this ... More >>

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    June 21, 2011

    St. Paul Summer Beer Fest this Saturday

    St. Paul Summer Beer Fest kicks off the summer season​The summer beer festival season kicks off this Saturday, June 25, with the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. In its third year, this is the biggest and best organized of all the Twin Cities' summer celebrations of suds. Formerly held in the parkin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Summit Unchained #7 is coming. Here are details

    Summit releases Unchained #7 week of July 11​Though the mid-July release is still nearly a month away, Summit is already touting the seventh beer in its Unchained Series, Honeymoon Saison. Details about the beer have been announced, as have a collection of release-week events at area watering ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Lucky Bucket and Millstream beers arrive in Minnesota

    Lucky Bucket Brewery launches this weekend in Minnesota.​Somehow the word has gotten out that Minnesotans love to drink beer. The list of out-of-state breweries starting distribution here just keeps expanding. In the last two months alone we've welcomed Stone Brewing Co., Brooklyn Brewery, and ... More >>

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    March 28, 2011

    Firkin Fest 2011: A recap

    Michael AgnewFirkin fun at Firkin Fest​Firkin Fest 2011 took place Saturday at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul. The annual approbation of cask-conditioned ale attracts beer fans from the metro and beyond to sample a wide range of beers served in the traditional English style; naturally carbonated ... More >>

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    March 24, 2011

    More changes proposed to MN beer sales/distribution laws

    New bill proposes changes to brewpub license​Another new beer bill has made its way to the state Legislature. In addition to the Sunday sales bill and the so-called Surly bill, we now have S.F. No. 1013 that proposes changes to the brewpub license. If passed, the bill would allow the state's b ... More >>

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    March 21, 2011

    Summit Unchained #6: An interview with brewer Damian McConn

    Mark RobertsBrewer Damian McConn and his Gold Sovereign Ale​Earlier this month Summit Brewing Company released the sixth beer in its Unchained Series. Gold Sovereign Ale is an English IPA brewed according to a 19th-century recipe but using modern ingredients and brewing processes. In crafting ... More >>

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    March 10, 2011

    Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome March 26

    Michael AgnewFirkin Fest 2011 promises to be bigger and better than last year​What the firk is a firkin, you ask? A firkin is an English quarter-barrel of beer. These days when we talk about firkins, though, we're usually talking about the traditional, cask-conditioned ales that are served fro ... More >>

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    March 3, 2011

    Stone Brewing Co. announces MN launch events

    Stone Week Minnesota promises to be "a week-long lineup of epochal events"​Stone Brewing Co. of San Diego is one of those breweries whose beer people seek out. Stone's beers and the copy used to promote them are renowned for being over-the-top; the latter suggesting that the drinker with bottl ... More >>

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    February 7, 2011

    Winterfest 2011 reveals trends for Minnesota beer

    Mark RobertsBeer fans savor MN suds at Winterfest​The 2011 Winterfest beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild took place last Friday night at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. As beer festivals go, Winterfest is an intimate and elegant affair, if you can call 800 p ... More >>

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    January 28, 2011

    Fulton Beer buys a brewery

    ​Since they started selling beer a little over a year ago, the guys at Fulton Beer have taken heat in the beer-nerd community for calling themselves a Minneapolis brewery while brewing their beer in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Last August they took a first step toward answering this criticis ... More >>

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    January 26, 2011

    Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival sold out

    Beer Dabbler sold out, but you can still get tickets​Once again Twin Cities beer fans have demonstrated their insatiable desire for good beer and their willingness to support those that provide it. Advance tickets for the Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival event scheduled for Saturday in Mears Park ... More >>

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    January 24, 2011

    Winterfest showcases the best of the best of Minnesota-brewed beer

    The best of Minnesota beer at Winterfest​Winterfest, the annual celebration of home-grown craft beer, returns to the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on February 4. Sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild and open only to breweries that are current guild members, Winterfest showcases th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo debuts January 22

    St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo coming January 22nd.​There's a new beer fest in town. The first ever St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo happens in less than two weeks on January 22nd from 4 - 8 PM at the St. Cloud Civic Center, 10 4th Ave S. Over 40 breweries are expected to be represented at the event. Food ... More >>

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    December 29, 2010

    Toast the New Year with beer

    Deus Brut des Flandres--one of several beers made like champagne!​New Years Eve is a night for frivolity and toasts. Effervescent festivities call for an equally effervescent beverage. For most this means champagne. But many, like me, aren't so keen on the vinous variety of bubbly. We would pr ... More >>

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    December 20, 2010

    Faces Mears Park has your Christmas dinner covered, this Week in Food.

    Some brandy with your Alexander? ​The Twin Cities are alive with holiday festivities. Learn the ABCs of beer, trade in the roast beast for General Tao's tofu, and sip on brandy and cognac this Week in Food. Monday 12/20 You drink enough of it--you should try to get to know it. Learn the ABCs of ... More >>

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