| Not long ago, some friends of mine wanted to get together for a weekend afternoon in Minneapolis. Being the beer geek I am, I suggested trying out the relatively new Able Seedhouse, and everyone was game. The first I heard of this place was actually a review I saw from fellow blogger Paige Latham on her Alcohol By Volume blog, and I was intrigued right away.
A little history: The head brewer is Bobby Blasey, a guy with an official American Brewer’s Guild diploma under his belt. The brewery is focused on locally grown grains, and has the goal of malting their own grains in house. I’m not sure where they are sourcing said grains, but with Rahr malting of Shakopee being a local maltster I’m wondering if that might be the source. I’m also unclear on what the brewery is doing to roast/kiln these malts. This involvement in the processing of grains into what will ultimately become beer is a step beyond what anyone else in the state is doing for their beer, with a few exceptions like an … |
Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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