Category: history

Surly mentioned in Wall Street Journal

Ok, it’s a pretty small mention in an article about Trappist beer, but hey, it’s a mention in an international publication. Thanks to Dag for the head’s up.

Read the full article, at least until the WSJ takes the link down, here.

Two American Web sites, Rate Beer and Beer Advocate, rank the strongest of Westvleteren’s three products, a dark creamy beer known as “the 12,” best in the world, ahead of beers including Sweden’s Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter and Minnesota’s Surly Darkness. “No question, it is the holy grail of beers,” says Remi Johnson, manager of the Publick House, a Boston bar that has Westvleteren on its menu but rarely in stock.

Doug Hoverson at Mill City Museum

Mark your calendars… great book, local beer, great museum… sounds like my kind of event!

Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, 7 p.m. (Cash bar opens at 6 pm), Free.

Author Doug Hoverson will give an illustrated presentation about the long history of brewing in Minnesota, from the first illegal brewer at Fort Snelling, to the first commercial brewery in 1849, to the craft brewers and major companies of today. Audience members can enjoy local brews at a cash bar provided by D’Amico Catering before and after the program, and a small display of brewing collectibles. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Mill City Museum is open every Thursday until 9 p.m.

704 South Second Street
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-341-7555
www.millcitymuseum.org