Breweries opening in Minnesota 2013/2014

I guess they have a brewery up and running in Victoria. They kept that under the radar. Picked up a 6-pack of the lager. The cans have the label "sleeves" like Great River uses, just less graphic with little info. If people pick-up a 6-pack, be careful. I picked one up and all but one can hit the floor. The people at the store said that was not the first time it had happen today. Not off to the best start. They use the old plastic ring type of holder that is very cheap.

 

How's the beer?

 

An all-malt lager that is on the very sweet side, possibly under-attenuated. Not to my tastes but I am curious enough to try the other offering out now.

 

Well, there are those plans for Shakopee, Jordan, Blakely, Eagan, Burnsville, and Rosemount... maybe ten or more plans before I have to start adding more fingers or counting on my toes. If this Craft Beer revolution keeps up, the South Metro ought to have at least one or two before too long.

 

Sidhe Brewing (Saint Paul) has Federal Brewer's notice and is awaiting local and state licensing.

Other general updates:

Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake has some swag and an online shop
LTS Brewing Company in Rochester has tanks and is building out.
Oswald Brewing Company in Blue Earth is also building out.

And -- guess what, folks? Yep, another new plan. This one is in Hanover: Lupine Brewing.

 

Does anyone know if Pyres ditched their plans to open a brewery in uptown when they joined the alternating proprietorship thing at Lucid?

 

Since 612 Brew has been open for a while they don't affect the plans being discussed within the time frame specified in the O.P., but this is worth noting. Brother @woodychandler will be psyched more CANS!

( P.S. LOL at "Gateway Park Larger." )

 

Sweet. I love 612's Gateway Park Larger....er, Lager.

 

Cans rock. Enough said.

BTW, Lazy Loon is on Facebook now. I was the 12th follower.

 

They're so lazy that it took 'em until after they had their cans on the shelf to join the Spacebook? Now there's an ethic I can get behind!

 

I had a chance to meet the owner of Badger Hill at Town Hall when I stopped for lunch. He said equipment is getting installed now and the tap room and brewery should all be finished by mid November. He also said Lucid and Bad Weather will more than likely continue to work together.

I asked about Pryes and he said he's never even met them, so I guess they are not part of that? He didn't know their plans.

 

It's my understanding that Pryes hit a regulatory snag when it came to the Uptown location. If memory serves they were too close to a school and the local City Council Rep, Meg Tuthill, was less than helpful. So, they gave up on that location and eventually chose the alternating proprietorship. Assuming they do well I'm sure they plan to build their own brewery eventually, but I doubt it will be in Uptown.

-Séamus

 

So, Gateway Park will be available in 20 oz cans?

 

Waconia Brewing didn't get city approval today. Fire the inspector!! ;-)

Just kidding...aiming for next Tuesday now.

 

I just noticed that "The Brew Loft" (Cannon Falls) Facebook page has a recent (month ago) entry. Apparently they're still moving forward... Slowly, perhaps, but they're moving.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBrewLoft

 

I pinged Roets in Jordan and U4ic in Belle Plain for updates. I got nothing from Roets but I got this from U4ic. Looking forward to both!

"Things are going well. We are working on our septic and process water issues. We will be installing a waste water treatment plant to get us past this. Hopefully we will have all this done before the snow flies.
Cheers!"​

 

Ha! I get psyched when the CANs arrive on my doorstep for drinking and review! I am merely excited in the interim.

 

Waconia Brewing will be officially opening on October 22nd. There will be soft opening days before that for Founders Club members (including me) and their families. If you're dying to get in you can be my brother-in-law for a day. ;-)

Here's what the Growler had to say about Waconia Brewing:

http://growlermag.com/bob-and-pete-delanges-waconia-brewing/

And I happened to get an unofficial beer list (I'm sure they will have names):

Amber Ale
Grain: American 2-row, Dark Crystal, CaraAmber, Munich & Biscuit Malts
Hops: American
Target ABV will be 5.5%
Target IBU will be 30-34

Wactown Wit
Grain: Pilsner Malt, Munich Malt, 3 kinds of Wheat
Hops: German
Spices: Coriander, Sweet Orange Peel, Bitter orange peel and Grain of Paradise
Target ABV will be 4.7%
Target IBU will be 15-18

Kolsch
Grain: Pilsner Malt, Wheat, Munich
Hops: American & German
Target ABV will be 5%
Target IBU will be 20-23

IPA
Grain: Maris Otter, American 2-row, Caramunich, Carapils
Hops: American
Target ABV will be 6.7%
Target IBU will be 68-72

I will, of course, be there before official opening and will report back. :-)

 

Was in Grand Marais recently. The Gun Flint Tavern brewery looks ready to go. Our waitress said that they just need to work through government red tape. Voyageur Brewery is still early in construction.

 

Looks like Lynn-Lake will be open Friday, I live real close, so I'll go check it out, if anyone else is going Ill probably be the guy in a bright blue Patagonia Fleece