Minnesota BA - Visiting Seattle on Monday

Discussion in 'Northwest' started by archi348, Jan 20, 2013.

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  1. archi348

    archi348 Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2012 Minnesota

    Plan on stoping by the Freemont tap room around 5:30 PM Monday. Looking for some trades for a couple bottles of B-Bomb. Let me know if you are interested in any Midwest brews and what those might be. I'd be happy to mule a few for some IP trades.
     
    #1 archi348, Jan 20, 2013
  2. archi348

    archi348 Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2012 Minnesota

    Thanks to mchen for the trade! Hope you enjoy your Founders, Surly, and Central Waters. I also lucked into what may have been the last B-Bomb bottle at Delaurenti so my suitcase is full for the return flight.
     
    #2 archi348, Jan 23, 2013
  3. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    Tell the Surly folks that if they are ever able to distribute their beer in WA, they will be deeply loved and embraced. At least by me :grinning:
     
    #3 sanford_and_son, Jan 23, 2013
  4. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    Same here. I always have Bender or Furious (at Ike's) while on a layover at MSP on the way to visit the in-laws in Nebraska. Good stuff.

    It's a bummer that you can buy Surly pint glasses, shirts, hats and even empty growlers at the airport, but you can't buy beer to take home with you. Must be some Minnesota law preventing it.
     
    #4 distantmantra, Jan 23, 2013
  5. mchen

    mchen Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2010 Washington

    Anytime man! Look me up next time. :slight_smile: going to be pounding through abrasives this weekend!
     
    #5 mchen, Jan 23, 2013
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  6. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    MN definitely has some funky laws regarding alcohol sales. I was told by a guy at the Four Firkins beer shop that if your brewery has a brewpub aka restaurant then you are not allowed to have a commercial line of your beer, as in bottle it. An example is the excellent Town Hall Brewing.

    And then in order to sell pints of your beer at your brewery site, you have to have an actual "taproom" otherwise you can only give away free tastings sell growler fills.

    Learning all that last time I was there made me realize how good we have it in Washington.
     
    #6 sanford_and_son, Jan 23, 2013
  7. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    I mean it's not the worst thing ever, but it just seems needlessly restrictive. MN breweries has some amazing breweries and with tons of expansion in the last few years.
     
    #7 sanford_and_son, Jan 23, 2013
  8. archi348

    archi348 Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2012 Minnesota

    #8 archi348, Jan 24, 2013
  9. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    that's awesome! so now breweries will be able to have a full restaurant/brewpub and have a commercial line, right?

    coffee bender is straight up one of my top 5 beers. so tasty, can't get enough of it whenever I visit the twin cities.
     
    #9 sanford_and_son, Jan 24, 2013
  10. archi348

    archi348 Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2012 Minnesota

    Yup breweries will be allowed to have a full taproom/restaurant.

    Can't wait to see what Surly puts together.
     
    #10 archi348, Jan 24, 2013
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