New episode of Brewing TV online now. Once again, Dawson is stuck in St. Paul while Jake & Chip were out covering the Great American Beer Festival. But he doesn’t seem to mind. Mike grabs the JV Squad camera for a solo brew mission. He salvages what’s left in his grain bin and freezer, hangs [...]

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This is the GABF — Brewing TV style! Jake and Chip head to Denver with a hopparazzi posse for the Great American Beer Festival. Come along as we talk with Charlie Papazian about 30 years of the festival, hit up a few media-only events, visit with some pro brewer buddies, and go wild during the [...]

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You’ve heard of dry-hopping. How about DICE-hopping!? In this episode of Brewing TV, Chip and two guest hosts take us to the depths of an experimental brewday where the success of two homebrews depends on the luck of the draw. Blaam!

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The 2011 Byggvir’s Big Beer Cup online registration is now open and ready for a massive influx of entries!  Registration deadline is coming quickly on September 12th.  Check out details of the competition and register at www.rennfestbeercup.com.
This is a limited category competition, so check the accepted categories on the website.  We are looking for styles [...]

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We have to admit this episode of Brewing TV is for the hardcore homebrew geeks – especially the yeast junkies in the house. Northern Brewer foot soldier Jeremy King is back in the building with another yeast experiment. This time, he’s trying to wrangle wild yeast out of his neighborhood for possible commercial production. We’ve [...]

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This is cool – Northern Brewer will be conducting a fresh (wet) hop buy this harvest season.
Yes, that’s right, we are bringing in fresh (wet) leaf hops that will be directly shipped via air after harvest to our retail store. This is a perfect opportunity to brew a wet hop or harvest beer if you [...]

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[ August 6, 2011; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Minnesota Home Brewers Association is holding their monthly meeting in Midwest’s parking lot this Saturday from 12:00 – 3:00 while they make a few batches of mead. Stop by to ask the experts a few questions and catch a sample of home brew mead and learn about MHBA!

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[ July 23, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Join the Midwest crew for their customer appreciation day this Saturday (July 23rd). They’ll have free hot dogs, homemade soda, and some of our their new hot sauce and mustard samples. They will also be running all grain and extract brewing demos all day long. There may also be beer.

When: July 23rd 10:00 am – [...]

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[ July 19, 2011; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The crew from Acadia Cafe & Northern Brewer are hooking up for a little beer engine fun featuring Surly Furious and Flying Dog Raging Bitch, both dry-hopped with Simcoe hops. Buy one of said cask-conditioned ales and you’ll get a free Brewing TV pint and be entered to win great swag like homebrewing starter kits [...]

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The boys at Brewing TV have a new episode featuring a Twin Cities homebrewer. In this installment of BTV we’re off to one Bad Ass Brewery to brew one bad ass beer! Chip spends the day in Brooklyn Park hanging out at Bryon Adams’ awesome basement brewery for some beer geek gadgetry, a crazy-hopped (more [...]

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Northern Brewer is expanding again… to Minneapolis.

“For 18 years, Northern Brewer’s goal has been to foster the enjoyment of brewing, drinking, and sharing great beer, so we are very excited to announce Northern Brewer Minneapolis, opening Fall 2011. NB St. Paul will always be the heart of our company; NB Milwaukee will always be our [...]

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Cask ale at home!? Mike and Jake from Brewing TV take what they learned about cask-conditioning ales from Damian McConn (Summit Brewing Company) and use it to make their own cask version of a Oatmeal Stout. Join the guys as they learn the steps to a great firkinfied homebrew, get jiggy with double espresso shots, [...]

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[ June 2, 2011; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Looking for some cask action? Here it is! Brewing TV will premiere their latest episode “Brewing TV – Episode 38: None More Cask” Thursday, June 2nd at Stanley’s in Minneapolis. The episode follows the homebrewing hosts as they prepare and serve a cask version of a homebrewed oatmeal stout. During the party, which runs from [...]

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New episode from our buddies at Brewing TV. We’re heading back to Chip’s homebrewery for a brew session and warm fermentation experiment. He’s joined by fellow homebrewer Don Osborn for some discussion and tasting notes. Then Jake & Mike sit down with the kellerbier version of the double decocotion dunkel from a few episodes back. [...]

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[ May 7, 2011; ] Check it out. Northern Brewer is brewing Town Hall’s Hope & King Scotch Ale as a Big Brew for National Homebrew Day. As a friendly reminder, Northern Brewer Saint Paul will be joining the American Homebrewer’s Association in celebrating National Homebrew Day by taking part in this year’s Big Brew.  Feel free to stop by Northern [...]

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