In celebration of Minnesota Craft Beer Week, we are having a home-brewed beer contest to showcase American styles of beer. Entries will be accepted between April 18 – May 7 at both Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies. Each entry is $7/two bottles (one entry per style). This contest is open to non-professional home brewers and [...]

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Join homebrewer Kent “Sixpack” Olsen and his buddies as they brew their own version of Town Hall’s 1800 English IPA. Kent decided to name his concoction Dirty Deeds English IPA.” What can we say? The dude loves his AC/DC! (As you’ll see here.) Grab a pint, throw something on the grill, and join Sixpack for [...]

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Check out the latest from our good friends at Brewing TV!

Brewing TV – Episode 34: Decoction Day from Brewing TV on Vimeo.
Original Postdate: April 8, 2011
Features:
- Double Decoction Brew Session
- Tasting Notes
- Snowball Fight!
Back to the garage! Join Chip and Dawson for another brew day – this time the beer is a dark Munich lager [...]

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So … we just received a letter from an attorney representing one of our favorite craft breweries; this letter informed us that we need to change the name of our Three Hearted Ale kit in a hurry. We’d love to hear your suggestions!
Yup. Bell’s Brewery sent our friends at Northern Brewer a [...]

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Homebrewers can attest… sometimes clone beer recipes suck. In my early days of brewing, I remember trying a clone or two from a distant homebrew shop (not a MN shop… my bad for buying elsewhere) that ended up tasting nothing like the real thing. Nothing. There are a few books out there that are hit [...]

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[ February 25, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Northern Brewer is happy to announce a special event with our friends at Wyeast! Owen Lingley and Greg Doss of Wyeast will be making a special appearance at the Happy Gnome (Firehouse Room upstairs) for our customers. Come join us for a Q & A and short discussion on their current Private Collection Strains and [...]

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[ November 19, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] ARTENBRU is a first-of-its-kind homebrew and graphic design event taking place at the Black Dog Cafe in Lowertown, St Paul on Friday, November 19 from 7:00 p.m. to the wee hours of the morning (something like that).

The Artenbru crew challenged brave local homebrewers and designers to collaborate, create and showcase their limited edition wares at [...]

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It’s about time you started brewing… and perhaps if you produce something tasty, you could even share it with us… in any case, if brewing has always been one of your hopes and dreams (or your significant other is ready to dabble in zymurgy), check out Northern Brewer’s sale on starter kits. Through Monday save [...]

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Looking for that excuse to make the jump to homebrewing? Then today’s Groupon is for you.
$42 gets you a Brewing Basics Equipment Kit, Choice of Ingredient Kit, and Instructional DVD from Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies. That’s down from the original price of $85!
Deal is only good thru the end of the day today, so [...]

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[ November 6, 2010; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] As part of Home Brewer’s Week at the Ale Jail, this Saturday November 6th 12-5 p.m. Northern Brewer will brew a batch of beer IN THE STORE and samples of the finished beer will be available!

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This is cool, the folks at Northern Brewer are selling a recipe kit for a good cause. You may or may not know Chris German, but he works for Brewers Supply Group, a local company that provides grain to homebrew shops & breweries. Chris’ daughter was recently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a type of cancer. Northern [...]

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[ August 7, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Stop by Northern Brewer on Saturday between 11am and 4pm for Mead Day festivities, including meadmaking demos (straight mead and melomel), honey tasting, mead sharing, bees from Ames Farm, mead kit discounts and more!

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Really nice story in today’s Pioneer Press on homebrewing and the National Homebrewers Conference–front page no less!

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Brewing TV – Episode 6: Summit Brewing Co. / Topless Hefe (revisited) from Brewing TV on Vimeo.

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[ June 15, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Lots of stuff is happening this week in conjunction with the National Homebrewers Conference in town this week. Here’s one more, in case you missed it.
Taste of Newport at the Happy Gnome | St. Paul, MN
June 15, 2010 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Join Rogue Ales Brewmaster, John “more hops” Maier, at The Happy Gnome for a [...]

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