Hey breweries! You guys with all the awesome taprooms that I love to visit? Ya you. You all probably know how much I love visiting new breweries. I love the craft beer scene that we have here in the Twin Cities, and heck, even all over Minnesota. I love craft beer, and you guys have […]
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Death of a brewery
Today the news broke that local brewery NorthGate has ceased operations. I only recently learned that they had sold the business to an investor, and it appears that the new owners decided it was time to shut it down. This is a sad day, as this was one of my favorite breweries in the metro […]
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Blue Wolf Brewing
The nearby suburb of Brooklyn Park has gotten its first brewery, Blue Wolf Brewing. Their grand opening was Thursday, so I decided to swing by and check them out. After having a hard time locating their building (behind Broadway Pizza), I went in to see what was up. That’s when I discovered that opening day […]
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Milwaukee Breweries: MobCraft and Urban Harvest
The second stop on my Milwaukee brewery tour took us to MobCraft and Urban Harvest. I had just spent hours in the tattoo chair, so I was ready for something better than mediocre. We arrived at MobCraft first, and found the place hopping. There were tons of people there, and it was a bit loud, […]
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Milwaukee Breweries: Enlightened and Eagle Park
On my trip to Milwaukee this weekend I made sure to spend some time visiting the local breweries. On Friday my son and I headed over to a couple breweries that were in the same building, Enlightened and Eagle Park. We arrived at Eagle Park, which has a nice entrance off the main drag, with […]
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More fat bike testing
My buddies Abe and Chuck joined me today at a fun event at Surly Brewing. The bike maker by the same name (Surly) joined forces with the brewery for a fun little event called the Surly Masher. There was music, door prizes, silent auction, fat bike testing, and of course beer. We arrived mid-way through […]
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Need to alter the homebrew strategy
The other day I went downstairs to get a beer from my keezer and realized that I’ve been pouring the same two beers for a LONG time. I went back to my homebrewing software and checked, and sure enough the two 5 gallon kegs have been in there since April of 2017. One of them […]
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Maple Extract in Beer Works
This past weekend I was at 10K Brewing and got to sample their Maple Black Ale. I’ve had maple stouts before, most notable Sugar Shack from Third Street, and found them to be enjoyable. However, because maple syrup is pure sugar, and yeast eat sugar, you have to be very careful in how you brew […]
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Birch’s on the Lake
On Saturday, I spent the morning running and volunteering at a local half-marathon with good friend Mike B. The race was held at Gear West in Long Lake which is right near a brewpub that I had never been to, Birch’s on the Lake. Despite not running a half marathon, we were both ready for […]
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Macro-brew
I’ve never been a fan of macro-brews from the large scale breweries like Miller or Coors. I’ve always found the taste of corn in them to be unappealing, and they’re generally lacking in much depth of character or flavor. One night a week ago we were at a restaurant and I asked the server if […]
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Another 50 mile bike ride
Last year I did a 50 mile solo bike ride around a bunch of breweries near the SW metro area. This year I turned it into a bit of an event, and was joined by 4 friends. We started the morning around 9:30am at Lake Calhoun, and from there jumped onto the Cedar Lake Trail. […]
Read moreThe beer count fail
As many of you know I enjoy recording my beer in the Untappd app. It’s a fun way to keep track of what you’ve tried before, and rack up badges for doing various beer drinking related tasks. I haven’t had any beer related tourism in the past month or so, and do I decided to […]
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