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Beer, Beer Everywhere…
Rachel’s rundown of Minnesota beer is a great starting point for those interested in the exploding local scene: Brau Bros., Summit, The Four Firkins, Schell’s, Lake Superior Brewing, Surly, Doug Hoverson… man alive, did she miss anything? If so, it’ll probably be picked up in next week’s installment of this two-part series, which features three […]
MoreBrew Voting Ends Soon
Voting ends Apr. 28 for the Best Midwest Craft Brewery vote over on The Full Pint. Swing by and cast a ballot, preferably for Surly, Summit, or Schell, but New Glarus and Lakefront are also acceptable choices for you Wisconsin refugees. [via MNBeer]
MoreApr. 20 Morning Roundup
Some beautiful photos from this weekend’s Paired on Les Petites Images, a rumination on the importance of sourcing and serving good, responsibly raised meat from Duluth Dish, Cafe Agri is offering a free bottle of organic wine with the purchase of two entrees + appetizer on its first anniversary (May 4 / May 5), France […]
MoreSurly’s Omar Ansari at Common Roots
Beer release party tomorrow night (Wednesday, Apr. 1) at 7pm at Common Roots Cafe, to celebrate Surly’s new Bitter Brewer. Quoting the Common Roots website: “Bitter Brewer is an American-style Bitter. Pale orange in color, this ale gets its intense toast and marmalade character from British malts and American hops. Dry hopping lends the floral […]
MoreMar. 12 Morning Roundup
Common Roots is hiring a cook for their expansion into the catering market [hat tip: Kris], Katie has a spiffy write-up and photo set on Barrio, MNBeer reports that Summit is rolling out a new year-round beer this spring, and the Captain’s Chair reports on the Surly beer dinner at the Happy Gnome.
MoreSurly’s Environmental Conundrum
An interesting public musing over at the Surly Brewing site: They’ve found corn-based, biodegradable disposable cups that they’d like to start using for events. Great, right? Unfortunately, the corn is grown in the US… shipped to China… and then shipped back as cups. Net environmental gain: dubious.
MoreMar. 6 Morning Roundup
Stewart “Shefzilla” Woodman pays homage to Rick Nelson and backhands Chino Latino, Metro rounds up some high-end bargains (Barbette, Meritage, etc.), The Stillwater Gazette covers the silver anniversary of the Lake Elmo Inn, it’s hard to believe the 25 Friday fish fries listed over at the PiPress are actually “favorites,” but nice job on the […]
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