[ May 19, 2012; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] May might seem like an eternity from today but tickets are already available for the 6th Annual Brewers Bazaar. Taking place on the floating Avalon Riverboat in historic downtown Stillwater, you’ll enjoy four hours of sampling beer from a variety of local favorites for $30/person. Get your tickets today!

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Check out Bemidji Brewing Company looking to start up a brewery in Northern Minnesota.
Following the lean start up approach, we hope to start our brewery with a pilot system capable of producing approximately 25 gallon batches, basically enough beer to supply 1-2 bar accounts in Bemidji. This system will be comprised of all the brewing [...]

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[ January 14, 2012; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. January 26, 2012; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 28, 2012; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Northern Brewer is hosting several events this month that may be of interest to craft beer fans and homebrewers in the Metro area. All events take place at the Northern Brewer Learning Center inside Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave.). These events are free and open to the public.

Fulton Brewing Company
Saturday, January 14th, [...]

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[ January 9, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Boom Island’s Kevin Welch will be at The Four Firkins on Monday from 6-8 to sample his first two beers, Throprock IPA and Silvius Pale Ale. You’ll also be able to purchase both beers that night.

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[ January 11, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Next Wednesday the Groveland Tap is hosting the Harriet Eastside Belgian IPA release party, and will be featuring Harriet beers on draft. Come by, meet the owner and tell him how much you enjoy his beer!

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Brau Bros is in need of a shift brewer. This is an entry level position with cellerman duties. If interested, send your information to Dustin (dustin@braubeer.com).

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[ January 5, 2012; January 6, 2012; ] …and the first brewery born in 2012 is… Mankato Brewery. Thursday marks the launch of their first beer, Mankato Original.
Mankato Original (M.O.) is an homage to the traditional top-fermented beers of Cologne, Germany; it is light and refreshing with a crisp bitterness, delicate hop aroma, subtle malt flavor and a hint of [...]

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[ December 29, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Wow! Chalk another brewery in for Minnesota in 2011. Boom Island Brewing Company will be launching their first two beers tonight at Pig & Fiddle from 6pm ’til close! They will have their Silvius Pale Ale and Thoprock IPA available for your drinking pleasure. I’ve yet to try them, though as you’ll read on their [...]

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Harriet is breaking out three varieties of Dry Hopped West Side IPA–with Simcoe, Amarillo & Cascade–for the holidays, growlers filled today and for sale during their normal growler sales:
Wednesday from 4-7pm
Thursday from 4-7pm
Friday from 4-7pm
Saturday from 1-6pm
Christmas Eve: 1-4 pm
New Years Eve: 1-6 pm
Also available are Divine Resolution, Holiday Abbey, Divine Oculust, Dark Abbey & [...]

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Thanks Beernews.org! Summit Unchained #9 is a Dunkel Weizen by brewer Eric Bloomquist. Eric gave us #2 in the Unchained series, a 90 Shilling Scottish ale. I’m sure we’ll have more info & details on this beers soon!

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[ December 21, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Come join the brewers from Lucid Brewing Wednesday for the tapping of Lucid Camo at The Public House. They will start the evening with a special dry-hopped edition of Lucid Camo. Have a Lucid Camo, meet the brewers, grab some swag…

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New Brewing TV episode online now. Northern Brewer Minneapolis is more than NB’s third and flagship retail store. It was built it to be a forum for demonstration, discussion and documentation of homebrew and pro brewing. Join BTV for the first few weekends of events at NB Minneapolis including a test-brew for an upcoming beer [...]

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Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply hosts a discussion with Jerrod Johnson, brewer at Surly Brewing Company. Brewing TV‘s Jake Keeler moderates the discussion/Q&A in which Johnson talks about how he got into the brewing business, brewing at brewpubs vs production breweries, his role at Surly Brewing Company, and the brewery’s future. And also – red flannels. [...]

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[ December 14, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Come join Beer School for their last class of the fall semester! Jake Keeler from Northern Brewer will be handing out prizes for Beer School Graduates, Rob Shellman from Tallgrass will be in to announce a few events for his new project, Better Beer Society, and Omar Ansari from Surly will [...]

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[ December 10, 2011; 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Harriet Brewing is giving their Divine Oculust its own bag of spices for the holiday celebrations of December.  They’ve piced their Belgian Golden Strong Ale with orange peel, pepper and coriander to “compliment its subtle fruit character and crank up the spice to eleven.”

They’ll debut Divine Resolution on Saturday, December 10th during their Saturday tasting [...]

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