The wife and I finally had some time to do a little brewery tourism recently and decided to hit a new place that I’d heard about, but hadn’t yet been able to visit: Back Channel Brewing. Located in Spring Park, MN which is along the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Back Channel Brewing is a small […]
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The Twin Cities brewery and taproom market has exploded over the past 7 years, and one of the most common questions that people ask is if we’re approaching saturation. As a case in point, on multiple occasions my Beer & Bikes group that I ride with will hit multiple breweries in an evening. If we […]
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I don’t exactly recall if I’ve talked about this before on the blog so directly, but I feel like I need to say something about the rise of bad craft beer lately. It’s something that I’ve been seeing more and more of as small little breweries pop up all over the place, trying to get […]
Read moreHey 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 […]
Read moreSomething I lamented about in the past was how much I love having that “regular” place to hang out and have a beer. When we were in Grand Marais for a week, I loved going to Voyageur Brewing every day after work to have a bit of beer and a snack before we headed out […]
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This weekend we’re up north again, and I had the opportunity to check out the newest taproom in Duluth, MN; Hoops Brewing. The ownership of this brewery has a pedigree with Fitger’s in Duluth, and so I was excited to see what they had to offer. We called ahead to Grizzly’s Woodfire Grill across the […]
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This past weekend the wife and I spent the weekend camping in southwestern Minnesota. I’ve got a bunch of stories to tell about the trip, but I’m going to start with one of my favorite topics… beer tourism. On the way out of town I looked up any breweries along the way, and discovered a […]
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Most Wednesday nights will find me at a local taproom as part of my local Beer and Bikes group. However, in the winter time we put the bikes away but still occasionally meet up at various breweries. This past week we hit up 10K Brewing in Anoka, and it happened to be Trivia Mafia night. […]
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This past weekend, the wife and I had a short getaway to the Brainerd, MN area. We had no agenda but to get out of town and relax. It also happened to be an area where there are four breweries that I’ve never tried. It’s been a while since I’ve done a brewery tourism post, so […]
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Wednesday is our last full day in Seattle proper, so we decided to plan a few less things for the day to rest up before heading to the coast on Thursday. I decided to get in a short run to celebrate National Running Day, and so I headed back down to the waterfront for a […]
Read moreMy Saturday started early with a 5:30am meet-up at the trail head with a couple of running friends. We headed onto the horse trails in the darkness for the first of a few loops around the park. I managed 17 miles which was right in the range for what my training plan called for. I […]
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Tonight I had some time to myself, while my wife was out at a get together with friends. Since I was at my Minneapolis office this afternoon, I decided to check out a new Brewery that’s opened up near Loring Park called Lakes and Legends. Upon arriving, the first thing I noticed was that the […]
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