Entries Categorized as 'beer laws'
November 30, 2011
[ December 3, 2011; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. December 4, 2011; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. December 10, 2011; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] The new Northern Brewer Minneapolis store (6021 Lyndale Ave. S.) has a classroom area that will be used for brew sessions, classes, workshops and guest speakers. Over the next two weekends, the place will be packed with visitors from the realm of sports, homebrew and craft beer.
MN Stars Team — 12/3/2011 (1:00pm-3:00pm)
Northern Brewer proudly sponsors [...]
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November 16, 2011
[ November 16, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] Thanks for the head’s up, Matt! The West Bank Brewing Association is having another night of beer and policy conversation tonight at 7:30 at Republic, featuring some guy named Omar from Surly and Jim from Fulton. Read on friends.
Greetings! The West Bank Brewing Association would like to invite you to join us for [...]
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November 6, 2011
[ November 7, 2011; 1:30 pm; ] If you’re not already familiar, Rob Miller wants to open Dangerous Man Brewing Co. in Northeast Minneapolis next summer. He’s run into a snag in that the spot he’d like to use is within 300 feet of a religious institution, a no-no according to the lawbooks at this point. The goal, of course, is to [...]
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November 3, 2011
[ November 5, 2011; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Minnesota Beer Activists is holding a fundraiser…er foamraiser Saturday at Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis from 4-8. Proceeds & donations will go to funding the groups’ initiatives and operations. The event will include beer from Lift Bridge, Steel Toe, Harriet, Odell and Lucid as well as food from Natedogs, Mustachios as well as music from [...]
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May 24, 2011
Yay!
Celebrate with a local beer! Nice work local craft beer fans, brewers and breweries! Next round, let’s get that brewpub legislation passed! T-shirts too!
Commence enjoying local beer in 4, 3, 2….
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May 14, 2011
Here’s a nice little piece on beer activism in Minnesota featuring Minnesota Beer Activists, Minnesota Beer Activists fight for your drinking rights. City Pages, Jessica Lussenhop (great beer name!)
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April 27, 2011
[ May 2, 2011 to May 7, 2011. ] Dumping these all into the calendar would be an exercise in futility (though we might do it if we don’t sit and enjoy these Alaskan samples, instead), but here’s the list of events that the Original Gravity folks have planned. Here’s what we have thus far… things may change:
Launch Week Events mapped out
http://bit.ly/AlaskanMeetsMN
Alaskan will be [...]
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April 14, 2011
The House Regulatory & Reform Committee heard the Minnesota Pint Bill and Liquor Store Apparel Bill yesterday. A lively discussion about American jobs and Minnesota steel preceded both bills being laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus liquor bill. The omnibus bill, which will include a variety of liquor-related legislation, is expected to be [...]
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April 10, 2011
The Minnesota Pint Law (…or Surly bill, if you prefer) as well as legislation to allow liquor stores to sell store-branded apparel are scheduled in a hearing in front of the House Regulatory & Reform Committee on Wednesday at 2:30pm. If you can make it, please do.
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April 6, 2011
SF416, The Minnesota Pint Law, (or “the Surly bill,” if you will) passed a senate committee hearing tonight and now moves to the floor for debate. Very cool. That puts us one step closer to allowing breweries to sell pints of beer at their brewery.
Thought I couldn’t make it tonight, it sounds like there was [...]
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April 4, 2011
The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the various beer bills has been rescheduled from tomorrow morning to Wednesday evening at 5:30 in room 123 of the Capitol.
See our previous post for information on contacting your legislator and attending the hearing.
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April 1, 2011
[ April 6, 2011; 5:30 pm; ] PLEASE NOTE: The hearing has been re-scheduled to Wednesday, April 6th at 5:30 pm in room 123 of the Capitol. Also the bill allowing liquor stores to sell merchandise has been added to the agenda.
Do you live in the district of a Senator who sits on the Senate Commerce Committee? Then your voice is needed! [...]
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March 24, 2011
Yesterday, we reported some news of a bill that would allow for brewpubs to sell their beer to wholesalers. Today we’ve learned that Barley John’s, Boathouse, Fitger’s Brewhouse and Town Hall have all lent their support for said bill (SF1013 and HF1276).
From Tim Nelson, owner of Fitger’s Brewhouse: “The bill is critical for Minnesota Brewpub [...]
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March 23, 2011
Aaron tweeted a link to an interesting new bill, SF 1013, which would essentially allow brewpubs to sell beer to wholesalers. Follow the link above to see the proposed changes. Our man at the capitol is working on more information as we speak… or doing his day job… or both… we hope!
Brewers who also hold [...]
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August 21, 2010
Fulton Beer, four friends creating beer in their garage in the Fulton neighborhood of Minneapolis and producing beer for your consumption across the border in Wisconsin, have found a home for their brewery in Minneapolis. A lease was signed on August 18, 2010 for their new brewery location at 414 6th Ave N. Minneapolis.
Ryan Petz, [...]
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