Flat Earth and Great Waters got a nice mention in Charlie Papazian’s Beer Examiner column today. Check it out.

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Much of the program information for Great Taste of the Midwest is available for download here. If you’re lazy or one of the few people in the world left without a version of Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, here’s the skinny:
Click below for some special/seasonal beers from the Minnesota delegation…

Barley John’s Stockyard IPA, Little […]

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Mark Stutrud from Summit Brewing Co., originally uploaded by MNBeer.
Mark your calendars for August 27th at 7:00 pm. Tyranena will be at Stub and Herb’s for a talk […]

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[ October 24, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Mark your calendars and prepare to argue… Surly Darkness will show its proverbial face in the Twin Cities in October, and Jon over at Stub and Herb’s hasd decided to hold a Darkness Eve Party and Beer Swap. It will take place on October 24th from 8-10 pm Jon is gathering a good selection of […]

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Greetings,
We will be officially releasing Ovni Ale at Acadia Café (329 Cedar Ave. S. in Minneapolis) on Wednesday the 6th from 6 – 9 p.m. They’ll have special pricing on our biere de garde and other Flat Earth beers. We’ll be heading down to give away some swag and have a few pints. See you […]

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Here’s the skinny from Surly… unfortunately, I’ll be out of town for a wedding. Fortunately, that wedding is in Duluth. With any luck, I’ll be able to sneak into the Brewhouse sometime that weekend.
- September 6th at the brewery
- $30 tickets for 21+
- Minors are free and welcome with parent
- 4 beers included for that […]

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Flat Earth has two new beers hitting the stores on Friday - Convention Ale, a Belgian red and Onvi Ale, a Biere de Garde.  Here’s the lowdown on each beer.
Convention Ale is Belgian red ale. We combined a lot of different ingredients to make this beer. Made with American, English and Belgian malts, English and […]

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I just got a note saying that 12 packs of Summit Oktoberfest are in the JJ Taylor warehouse and should be heading out to stores this week. Last year the beer sold out early, so this time around they got a bit of a jump on things. Man! Oktoberfest…in August. Phew.
On a related note (but […]

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[ September 27, 2008; 1:00 pm; ] …tickets go on sale August 15th. They sold out last year. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

8th Annual Autumn Brew Review
Historic Grain Belt Brewery
Northeast Minneapolis
September 27th, 2008

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[ August 1, 2008; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Beanery in Aitkin, Minnesota will host a free tasting of beer from Brau Brothers on August 1st from 5-8pm. The Beanery is located at 209 Minnesota Ave. N., for more information call the Beanery at (218) 927-7811. Thanks Patrick!

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It’s back! If you have a videocamera, some talent and some ideas, perhaps you should consider the “Make You Own Grain Belt Premium Commercial Contest!” Should you win first place, you get $1000 and a year’s supply of Grain Belt Premium. Second place winner gets $500 (which I’m sure you can spend on beer!), […]

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A Dampfbier. On August 1st, August Schell Brewing Co. will release a beer honoring Otto Schell, the second president of Schell’s (1902-1911). The beer is a Bavarian Forest Dampfbier. As the folks at Schell’s put it,
Dampfbiers came from southern Bavaria during the late eighteenth century, when the Bavarian Forest was was one of the poorest […]

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[ October 25, 2008; 12:00 am; ] People have worked themselves up into a bit of a fervor over at BeerAdvocate… The release of Surly Darkness found it’s way to the Surly calendar. October 25th is the day, surely more details will follow.

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Just so you know… today & tomorrow (that’d be Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th for those of you playing at home) are the last days to get “Early Discount” tickets to the Annual Vine Park Brews Cruise. Don’t miss out. Tickets available at www.vinepark.com.

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So the email from Omar comes in, “Surly is closing….” Yeah, funny stuff. Anyway, here are some updates from Brooklyn Center.
Surly Brewing is closing… for growler sales on July 5th. The staff is all getting out of the brewery for a few days.
Mark your calendars – July 16th – Mackenzie’s Bar in Minneapolis. Cask beer and a […]

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