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We beer geeks have been eagerly awaiting Surly's new brewery and taproom for years now.  As most people know: to make this massive dream come true Surly first had to spearhead the bill to allow serving pints of beer in a brewery taproom.  While tons of smaller breweries and taprooms have since taken advantage of the change in ...

A slow flow of rippling stream, broken rarely by a spirited trout. A footbridge across to our quiet respite. A setting and place seemingly both out of time,  and timeless. This week's 30 Word Thursday entry was an out-take from my sketchy photo challenge where I took several photos and gave them a sketch effect. &nbs ...

Having accumulated a fairly large collection (hoard) of special beers, I have had time to take stock and realize that I need to actually drink them!  I find it difficult to crack some of these unusual beers for just a regular day, often waiting for an event that is yet to come.  In order to force myself to open up some of these ...

Du Nord Craft Spirits, one of Minnesota’s first micro-distilleries, is now the first licensed cocktail room in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro area. The cocktail room will open to the public on January 9, and will serve craft cocktails made using Du Nord’s Fitzgerald Gin and L’etoile Du Nord Vodka. Du Nord Craft Spirits Opens ...

A few years ago I tried to do the 12 Beers of Christmas...a beer advent calendar of sorts.  This did not go well.  Between days of travel, work, and illness I missed more days of beers than I succeeded in documenting.  So this year I thought I would just do a couple of quick reviews of some Holiday/Christmas beers that have come ...

Well, for the past few years I've been doing a piece I call The Beer In Review.  In this treatise I discuss events and excitement from the previous year as I gear up for another year of the unknown.  Life is a journey and this is the trip so far!  Whether people are reading my blog entries or not, writing this has been a great ...

I don't know how many times I've been in a situation where I don't have any beer and I'm not comfortable driving or too lazy to get to the liquor store to buy more. When I heard about Drink Fly, an app for iPhone and Android phones, I couldn't wait to give it a try. Drink Fly: Liquor Delivery App Comes to the Twin Cities appeared first on Minne ...

OK, so one last list for the end of year Wrap Up.  I noticed that a lot of the places and beers that ranked highest on my other lists were not Minnesota born.  There may be a component of "familiarity breeds contempt" going on there, or more likely for me that there just aren't enough good sours for my taste being made in this state! ...

Top 10 Breweries I Visited In 2014 This was a tough list to make and many great places got left off.  I think the ones that made the cut stood out to me in some way...making it past my jaded "seen one brewery you've seen 'em all" mindset.   1) Perennial (St. Louis, MO):  Perhaps the best beers I've had all year and amazing ...

I received him on my first Christmas. This faded and thread-bear ornament has traveled with me my whole life so far!   To another forty plus… Merry Christmas to all! This week's 30 Word Thursday is pretty self explanatory!  With a picture and exactly 30 words I will continue to take part in this challenge f ...