“Land of Amber Waters” by Doug Hoverson promises to be a good read. It’s all about the history of brewing in Minnesota. Needless to say, I want a copy. Like now…
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New Minnesota Beer History Book
July 31, 2007
Introduction, Wisconsin beer in the Pioneer Press
July 25, 2007
So I’m one of the guys that Ryan and Jeff were kind enough to let into their inner-circle of top secret sources for beer happenings around the Twin Cities. I like good beer and want to see more of it in Minnesota. I’ll do my best to live up to the high quality you all […]
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Local beer in the Pioneer Press
July 7, 2007
A great time for Minnesota beer, beer lovers - John Brewer, Pioneer Press
It’s a nice article, and not just because they mention MNBeer. Enjoy!
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On this day in history… Yoerg’s…
July 6, 2007
“Bavarian immigrant Anthony Yoerg opens Minnesota’s first brewery, located in St. Paul below what is now the River Center parking ramp.”
Linky…
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Schmidt Brewery Site Redevelopment
January 9, 2007
Maine developers to buy, redevelop Schmidt Brewery site by Joe Kimball, Star Tribune
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Lost Twin Cities II
December 27, 2006
…is on TPT2 right now. There’s a small section on the Hamm’s Brewery and mansion in this documentary. Beer and brewing is but a small part of the show, but it’s pretty interesting to local history nerds like myself.
Did you miss it? Fear not, you can borrow a tape from the Hennepin County library system.
Edit: […]
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Gluek’s Stout
December 22, 2006
“Pale and dry as champagne.” Hmmm. A stout? I’m guessing they weren’t referring to style with the name.
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Whit?
December 6, 2006
Recent beer history buffs, lend me your ears… Jim wrote to us asking about a locally produced beer that went by the name Whit. He says that he remembers first trying it around 15 years ago at a food and/or beer fest in the upstairs area of Bandana Square. I’m fairly sure the only beers […]
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Let’s Talk About Recent Beer History…
November 10, 2006
We’ve never claimed to be all-knowing with regards to beer in Minnesota. In fact, rumor has it that we’ve even made a mistake or two on occasion. In any case, now that MNBeer is well over a year old, we thought it would be fun to look back into some of our resources and ask […]
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