[ January 22, 2011; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Juno and Mark are back at it again (these are the fella’s behind the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest) with the 1st Annual St Cloud Craft Beer Expo at the St Cloud Civic Center. It’ll take place from 4-8pm on January 22nd 2011. Mark says they’re planning to set up a charter service for people [...]

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Greetings,
Starting today our Bermuda Triangle Tripel will be available in growlers at the brewery. Clocking in at just over 9% abv, this beer is deceptively smooth with just a kiss of orange blossom honey. We also have a few growlers remaining form Rush week, so if you didn’t get a chance to grab one [...]

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Nice little interview with Surly Brewer Todd Haug in national food eZine/blog Serious Eats.
Lots you may already know, but do you know which five beers Todd would take with him to a desert island? Check it out.

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Press Release For Immediate Release
Dog Days for Fishing? Catch Your Walleye Chop at the State Fair Walleye Chop is Beer for Wildlife Saint Paul, Minn.
August 23, 2010
Minnesota’s newest seasonal beer, Walleye Chop, is making its inaugural appearance at the Minnesota State Fair. Brewed by the Bank Beer Company from Hendricks, Minnesota, Walleye Chop will be [...]

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Starting today we will be selling different infused Cygnus X-1 Porter growlers each day at the brewery. Additionally there will be a special keg tapping each evening at select bars in the Twin Cities. The first 10 people getting an infused Cygnus will receive a free Flat Earth pint glass.
Here is the schedule of [...]

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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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The fifth beer in the Unchained Series will be from brewer Nate Siats and is indeed an Imperial Pumpkin Porter.  Nate is a big fan of pumpkins and wants to do this up right, starting with where the pumpkins come from.  The  small, local, organic farm that is providing the pumpkins just so happens to [...]

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Imperial Pumpkin Porter? That’s the word on the street anyway. I’m sure Summit will shoot us some details soon, right?

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[ August 20, 2010; 5:00 pm; ] The title says it all. Head to the Blue Nile on Friday about 5pm for their tapping of Summit’s Unchained #4. Only 10 firkins were filled!

Blue Nile, 2027 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis.

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Yeah. So the official word for Schell’s Snowstorm for 2010 is Weizendoppelbock. Nov. 1 release.

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[ August 17, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Flat Earth’s Northwest Passage is a beer all of you hopheads have probably tried in the past and may have even taken home a growler of. Well, now you have another option that falls midway between a pint at the bar and a full growler in your fridge: bombers!

Tonight you can sample it, you [...]

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Congrats to Schell’s – they’ve been named a finalist for the 2010 Minnesota Family Business Awards! The Minnesota Family Business Awards are dedicated to recognizing outstanding Minnesota-based family businesses, and promoting the considerable value family businesses bring to the state’s economy and quality of life. Winners will be named on October 26th at the International [...]

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[ August 18, 2010; 6:30 pm; August 19, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Schell’s will be doing two beer dinners next week with Axel’s Bonfire restaurants. Schell’s President Ted Marti will be hosting a dinner Wednesday, August 18th at the Woodbury Location at 6:30pm. Jace Marti will be hosting the dinner on Thursday, August 19th at the Pylmouth location, also at 6:30pm. The menu’s for both are:

1st [...]

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[ August 20, 2010; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Canterbury Park is holding an event that couples craft beer with horse racing on Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6:30 – 10:00 pm in the Longshots Party Area at Canterbury Park, billing it “A night of premier craft beers & heart-pounding live racing!” The event will feature 40+ varieties of craft beer from breweries such [...]

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From Surly Brewer Todd Haug’s Twitter feed:
Brewing FIVE (aka Pentagram) tonite http://twitpic.com/2e3xm5 100% Brett Black Ale aged in red wine barrels, released in April 2011 maybe
More details as we get ‘em.

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