Max Sparber over at MinnPost has a nice piece on the Hamm’s bear, Schmaltz Hero: The Story of the Hamm’s Beer Bear. At my first “real” job, I worked with a guy who had a hand in creating the bear back in the day. And although I’m not sure whether the commercials continued into the [...]

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Beer Geek Wanted
We are hiring a part-time beer specialist–is it you?
Hmmmm … let’s see …
1) Can work Fridays and Saturdays and over the winter holiday season
2) Wants to work part-time (20 hours a week)
3) Can start soon and envisions staying on (this is not temporary or summer work)
4) Knows beer
5) Really knows beer
6) Knows when [...]

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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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Would you like to take a hot date (or perhaps just your ugly buddy with the shitty “beard” you keep telling him to shave) to the St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo on Jan. 22nd? And better yet, would you like a ride? No sense in taking the risk of riding with beardy after a few [...]

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No doubt you’ve heard that Tallgrass arrived this week. Here’s a little more information from the gang at Capital Beverage:
We are excited to announce the arrival of Tallgrass Brewing Company to the Twin Cities on Monday August 16th.  They will have three of their great craft beers available in the Twins Cities through the Original [...]

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Brooklyn Brewery in Minnesota… Late 2010/early 2011. Thanks Frank!

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So there I was, cruising down Hwy. 13 near the Rahr Malting facility when I drove by a Summit billboard ad.  It was a simple ad asking the question (and I paraphrase), “If Minnesota can have a state flower, why not a state beer?”  That got me to thinking.  Would I want to see a [...]

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The first episode of Brewing TV is now available!  You didn’t really wanna work anyway, right?  Check it out.

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Crafting a Love of Local Beer, Andy Rathbun, Elizabeth Mohr, Pioneer Press

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Ted Marti, CEO of Schell’s, and Doug Hoverson, author of “Land of Amber Waters” were guests on MPR yesterday morning to discuss MN’s brewing history.  Thanks, Dave, for sending us the link.  It’d be nice if you’d send us some beer every now again, but the links, tips, etc. will suffice…I guess…for now.

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I haven’t seen it yet, but Minneapolis/St. Paul was featured in an article in Imbibe Magazine about five up-and-coming beer scenes. Minneapolis/St. Paul is joined by Portland, Maine, Reno Nevada, Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas. I’m looking forward to checking it out when I get a chance.

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Thanks to all of the well-wishers. Dawn and I extremely excited that baby MNBeer (..er Laura) is finally here. We came home on Wednesday afternoon and I finally had a chance to kick back with a beer and it was good.
A little business – if you have any events and news that you’d normally send [...]

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The Star Tribune reports that Jim Doyle and Tim Pawlenty have a friendly wager over tonight’s little football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. Not surprisingly, the wager involves beer. The Strib doesn’t report what beers the losing governor might share, but we know that Minnesota did its homework! I got [...]

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This is cool. Boyd Huppert’s piece for KARE-11, Beer Drinkers Get Surly, won a 2009 Regional Emmy Award for Business-Consumer: News Single Story-Series. Congrats!

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…and the commenters want local beer! Surprise! It’s a pipe dream to think that some (maybe any…) of our local breweries could afford the same sort of sponsorship that Budweiser could take on, but on the same note, I tend to think that Budweiser cheapens Target Field a bit and distracts from the “uniquely Minnesota [...]

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