Congrats to The Four Firkins and everyone else who supported two bills that give liquor stores in Minnesota a little more flexibility. We covered them a few months ago here…
So what will these bills allow? One will allow liquor stores to sell store-branded apparel. The other will allow liquor stores to charge a fee for [...]

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What happens when three Minnesotans are “snowed-in” during a roadtrip to Denver? SNOW DAY! Brewing TV is forced to abandon plans for one episode — but salvage a day in Denver with visits to Denver Beer Company, Great Divide Brewing Company, and our first distillery Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. And we sit down for a chat [...]

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Our friends over at Minnesota Beer Activists shared the story earlier, and it’s one that we’ve been following for a week or so. It’s an interesting proposition, but not Here’s the language of H.F. No. 2432.
An exclusive liquor store, with the approval of the commissioner, may be issued an off-sale license by a municipality for [...]

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Jason Alvey, owner of St. Louis Park’s Four Firkins is once-again behind some interesting Minnesota beer legislation. Regular readers and beer nerds might recall last year’s attempt to pass a bill that would allow a liquor store to sell merchandise featuring the store’s logo. The legislation received opposition from the Minnesota Grocers Association and ultimately [...]

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[ 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; 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 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 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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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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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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[ 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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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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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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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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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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