No, we’re not pandering for your votes (though we’ll take ‘em)… we’ve won two awards in our four year history and think it’s better to share, BUT we still think you should get out the vote and make sure your favorites are represented. Get out and vote for your favorite food and beer folks. Here [...]

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MNBeer is nothing, if not concerned for the mental and physical well-being of its readers.  That’s why we take great pains to bring to you the most current, critical news of the local craft beer world.  From time to time we need to ignore our provincial bias and share momentous news from outside our borders.  [...]

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Here’s an excerpt from an e-mail from Dustin Brau and Brau Bros.  Please take note that folks from Brau will be at Four Firkins tonight from 6-8 pouring Rainwater and several other offerings.
Another quick update from the town of 220.
Rainwater Stout is off and running! It’s all gone here at the brewery, but we couldn’t [...]

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A couple days ago, MN Governor Tim Pawlenty tweeted:
“The results are in! In the unlikely event the Saints beat Vikes on Sun. I’ll offer Jindal a Vikings cooler filled w/ Minnesota microbrews.”
What will be in the cooler, Governor?

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Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for Beer Dabbler ticket contest. All submissions were good. In the end, we decided to go with Susan’s photo. Susan avoided Corona and Jamaica for Cedar Lake and Surly Hell. Susan, your tickets are in the mail!
Beer Dabbler Showcase takes place on Saturday, January 23rd from 3:30 – 7:30pm [...]

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Make a New Year’s Resolution that counts! Drink more locally made Flat Earth Beer!
Tonight begins the last week of Porterfest and we’ll be offering The Big Money Porter – An oak infused Cygnus. We’ve been soaking oak chips in Jack Daniel’s for the last few months. We’ve then infused each Big Money growler with [...]

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[ December 31, 2009; ] Yet another option for your New Year’s Eve dining and drinking comes from the talented folks at Barley John’s.

Come join us for our annual intimate New Years Eve Dinner on the 31st! The menu is a la carte and our regular menu is open as well. Order from each course and receive a 10% discount [...]

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That’s right, a plan is in the works from our boys at Surly to begin bottling Smoke, [edit: with more than 4000 bottles] ending up on liquor store shelves. I guess that new bottler is getting quite a work out!
Nic Skrade at Uptown Tattoo did the art work, Al McCarty of Blue Nile fame wrote the [...]

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Did you get your hands on the hottest ticket of the day? Unofficial reports say Winterfest tickets sold out in 6-8 minutes. Whether you need to drown your sorrows because you were unable to get ‘em or you’d like to celebrate, stop on over at Flat Earth for some brew to cure what [...]

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[ November 20, 2009; 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Join Lift Bridge Brewery at The Chef’s Gallery in Stillwater Friday night for good eats and great beer.
The Lift Bridge crew is dedicated to eating and drinking with the utmost regard to pleasure – pure and simple! Learn about the brewing process and beer ingredients while sampling several distinct Lift [...]

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Have you ever heard of the Brookston Beer Bulletin? Yeah, me neither. Regardless, they’ve compiled one of those end-of-the-year must haves, a top ten list.
According to author Jay Brooks, the 10 most important and influential breweries that began within the last ten years, belong mostly to the West Coast, but our [...]

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A beer-swilling, donut-eating co-worker of mine passed along to me some links to Men’s Health magazine wherein they discuss America’s top 25 craft beers and top 5 craft beer cities.  There’s also a another little section they do about the best and worst beers to drink (from a health perspective I guess).  Minnesota and the upper Midwest are [...]

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I don’t recall if this was posted already (a cursory search showed nothing), but damnit, it needs to be.  Flat Earth is sporting a new website.  There are no Rush tunes playing when you visit it, so you’ll have to fire up your CD player to get the full effect.

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From Omar:
The possibility of Darkness Day 2009 looked pretty grim this year. As of Jan 1 this year, we were no longer able to sell growlers/750s at the brewery and it did not look like any changes were going to happen on the legislative front. I was about to pull the plug on Darkness Day [...]

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[ October 8, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] Stop over at Ngon tonight (and until it is gone) for a cask of Lift Bridge Brewery Chai Girl! Plus check out the detail below on some changes to Ngon’s happy hour.
We will be tapping a cask of the Chai Girl from Lift Bridge today at 4pm.

Here is a quick description from them; We have [...]

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