Breweries Opening/Closing in Minnesota 2018

Dual Citizen will open on Jan 27 in Saint Paul’s Brewing district and should have at least 5 beers on tap (IPA and Imperial Stout incl. )with more to come.

Their brewer cut his teeth working at Renegade and Left Hand Brewing in Colorado so expect this beer to be better than average.

I think there’s opportunity for a few more breweries on the Green line in Saint Paul’s Hamline Midway as there are so many Former warehouses and factories that could be converted to breweries.

 

Where?

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dual+citizen+brewing

 

725 Raymond Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55114

Taproom is on the ground floor of the C&E Flats building , just off the Green Line Raymond Stop, near the the corner of University Ave. and Raymond.

 

I wish something would open up on the east end of Midway, so I could walk to it year round. East of Snelling is barren until you get to downtown.

 

Yeah, I get that. My question was as to what is considered Saint Paul's "brewing district". Given the spread of taprooms in the area I wasn't sure if there was a consensus on the topic as there is for NE Mpls. But yeah, this makes sense.

 

"Finnegans' East Town brewery is slated to open in March."

It looks like BoomTown in Hibbing is serving its own beers. I believe the last previous news was that it was open as a bar and would be serving its own beers soon.

I've been burned a few too many times by brewers with impressive resumes but less impressive beers to share that expectation, but I certainly hope Dual Citizen is good.

 

Former Macy’s in downtown Saint Paul -Treasure Island Center officially cut the ribbon today and gave reporters tours of the new building - Stacked Deck has an estimated opening date of June . I believe pioneer press will have an article about the new building and Wild training rink later today but their reporter got a June ETA to on Stacked Deck.

 

Having lived in the neighborhood for the past ten years, I'd aver that there's still room for some of the active warehouses to remain active, without the temptation to sell off their properties for the easy real estate money which is presently aligned with urban infill. Call me a dreamer.

 

It’s the decaying vacant ones that I see the opportunity in converting to breweries ! Existing ones are fine but u don’t have to stray far off the green line to find many interesting spaces that could be so nice if converted and fixed up.

Anyway how about those Vikes?

 

@Windvaner, before the time limit expired I had intended to edit my earlier post to note that -- If I sound like an old curmudgeon, well, that shoe does indeed fit, consarn it.

But (and even though I really don't know you from Adam, after all) I wanted you to understand that I was not disrespecting that particular post, nor do I question your abundant enthusiasm for the transformation of what many might well consider a blighted urban area. I fully understand all of that, just as I reckon that there may be generational and other differences between you and I which might engender a widely disparate difference of opinion and worldview.

Clearly, as evidenced by the Can Can / BlackStack (and Fair State, Lake Monster, etc) and similar developments, there have been opportunities for Taprooms and distilleries and coffee roasters. I've spoken to all of these entrepreneurs and I get it.

But who knows -- Urban Organics or a similar food grower / aquaponics manufacturing firm might fit in just as well? And there were not one but two salsa manufacturers along this particular stretch of the Green Line in the not too distant past. In other words, light industrial, warehouse, and fast-casual food (more restaurants, please -- and a dive bar, dammit) can all co-exist with Taprooms and trendy housing marketed to Millennials and whichever un-named generation comes after them. Ya see? I can roll with the times and even be forward-thinking!

But -- and here I'm throwin' down for the Urban Planners in the studio audience -- what I'm saying at one level is this: "Please don't erase every last vestige of the blue collar industries which had given the neighborhood its character in the decades prior to 2015!".

While our worldviews likely preclude us from seeing eye to eye, here's a serious question:

How many more breweries can be shoehorned into that stretch of the Green Line?

Well, sure. What 'bout a Taproom on every block?

That's a smart-assed retort on my part ("The tree-lined sidestreets of Saint Paul beckon young, urban entrepreneurs! Huzzah!"), but I have to be honest with you -- and here I'm being quite generous -- ten* additional beverage producers** can successfuly open between the U of M's East Bank campus and the State Capitol. Nordeast this ain't.

As you are far more bullish on the transformation of blight than I, you surely know of the new distillery opening mere stumbling distance of Urban Growler (and I know for a fact that there are others in the works) but that's neither here nor there -- since our focus here is beer.

Overall I'm not in any way pessimistic about all of this growth, but I am realistic about it.

*This is based upon projected growth as per BA economist Bart Watson, and others.
**Taprooms, Nanobreweries, and Distillery-Taprooms.

/ antagonistic (it surely is?) and rhetorical rejoinder.
Alright, now I'm just being an asshole.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree:



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Chaz -THX

I fully get why as an Urban Planner you wish to preserve the integrity of the neighborhood and the original character .

For me the best part about the current brewery boom** has been finding breweries in little cities all over the state .

However if you’ve ever tried going to any of the ones in the Urban Core of MSP it’s disappointing and disheartening to find you can’t even get a seat for 4 people on the weekend as they are all packed out the door. YES I know quantity does not equal quality but good breweries will win out and push newer breweries to aim higher so I welcome the addition of 3 or 4 new breweries into this part of Saint Paul however 10 might be optimistic.

Back to my Schells Bock !

 

YA I'm out of Schells Bock again, but Schmaltz's Alt will do tonight,
Tomorrow night Northbound DoppelBock will be tested

 

Urban Lodge Brewery for sale
http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...e-brewery-restaurant-goes-up-sale/1042365001/

 

Pantown Brewing in St. Cloud has posted some pictures of their progress on thier Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/PantownBre...OX6vNPFVmW3q8x07MzDctM6oOiSeXjTWD7Dp4ph3aTm9U

It also looks like they're using the O'Hara's/McCanns/Lupine brewing equipment.

They plan on being open in the spring.

 

Is that the same facility as OHara's McCans, etc...looks to be in the neighborhood but seems to be different..

 

Same brewing equipment, different location - 408-37th Ave. N. - as per this article:
http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...-brewing-co-approved-west-st-cloud/587155001/

The location had previously been occupied by a small batch coffee roaster.

 

Boo.

 

How long were they open?

 

Nearly four years:

https://www.twincities.com/2014/04/06/politicians-to-transform-newport-saloon-to-brewpub/