Category: Beer

Stout Season

written by Bennett I’m calling it. Yes, it is unofficially the official start to stout season. This past weekend was one final hoorah of basking…read more

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Cold-Brewed

You have seen the commercials: a vendor shouting “ice cold beer, here” while navigating through the football stadium; two arctic explorers abseiling into a crevasse…read more

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Beer Cooler Picks

For the beer staff these days, the only constant has been change. On any given week we are likely to receive north of 50 new…read more

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Style Spotlight: Cream Ales

Written by Bennett Revived in Minnesota’s beer culture by Castle Danger Brewery from Two Harbors, cream ales have a rather mysterious ethos for such a…read more

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Backyard Beers

We talk a lot about the weather here in Minnesota, it’s a go-to icebreaker that frequently segues into another Midwestern topic like the goin’ up…read more

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Old-World Beer, New-School Cans

Thanks to a few dedicated importers, a recent surge of shiny, fresh cans of old world beer styles have been pouring onto our shelves from…read more

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Make it a double

…IPA, that is. The seemingly annual tradition lives on. February has low-key become the seasonal month of Double IPA releases. It’s probably because Midwesterners are…read more

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Slightly-Kind-Of-Dry (depending on the day) January

New year, new you! Hey, you really crushed it in 2019—you accomplished some goals, got a few projects done, hopefully treated yourself here and there….read more

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Drink what the Pilgrims Drank

We’ve already waxed poetic about beer, wine, and spirits choices for Thanksgiving, but what if you want to go Pilgrim-style with your beverage choices? Cider…read more

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Pints of Pies and Pancakes: A Sweet Take On Pastry Beers

As we set reminders to move our clocks back an hour, a heavy precipitation of new, adjunct-laden, dessert-style beers is blanketing our beer world. The…read more

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Exclusive Birthday Brews

Sometimes it can be hard to talk about your birthday. It means you are getting old(er). You think to yourself, “I want to go back…read more

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Pumpkin Beers

Ah, the ceaselessly-divisive pumpkin beer—a perennial autumn release that is met with a medley of excitement and displeasure. Whether or not you care for it,…read more
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