Brewery Updates in Minnesota (2019)

Also Ansari's has had 3 or 4 recently on tap.

 

Is there any update on Bus Stop Burgers & Brewhouse? When are they going to be rolling out their in-house brewed beer?

How about
Yoerg Brewing? How much of their beer is brewed in-house?

 

Yoerg has 2 beers (last I checked) that are brewed in house - Bock and Roggenbier - alongside a handful of imports.

 

Actually, their bock is not brewed in-house. I believe it was brewed at Octopi in Wisconsin. Thus far, they have brewed and released a hefeweizen and the Roggenbier at their space in St. Paul.

 

Lift Bridge is the latest brewery that has come up to the growler limit.

From thier FB page:


Lift Bridge Brewery is proud to bring you local, award winning beers and sell growlers of our product fresh from the source! Unfortunately we will have to stop selling growlers unless the Senate raises the growler cap. Look up your state Senator (https://www.gis.leg.mn/iMaps/districts/) and let them know you want to keep buying growlers!

Want to learn more? Visit: https://www.mncraftbrew.org/policy

 

A few tidbits:

Lynlake Brewery in Uptown is adding a Kitchen to its Brewery and LynLake will partner with local chefs who will provide his or her menu for 60 days, much like what Pryes started .
LINK

-Stacked Deck , a brewery I’ve yet to visit has started an expansion on their brewery this week . How long have they been open? Like months , anyhow .

-Thesis Beer Project in Rochester is deep in construction on their new taproom and drywall goes up next .

 

You're right - I knew that. Thanks for the correction.

 

Oh well. I never really jumped on the growler train. Personally I thought it was a stupid idea having to drink a whole jug of beer before it went bad, just buy a 30 pack.

 

As I've gotten older, and can't drink as much, I'm not a fan of the 64 oz growlers. I'd rather, if I'm not sharing, have a 750 or 32 oz growler.

That all being said, I really hope that the laws here in Minnesota get fixed. If not, I've got 2 Castle Danger 750ml growlers that will be useless if it isn't (another brewery up to the limit). Each year I loan them to my friends who do an event in Two Harbors, and they use them to keep "happy" at their booth right by the brewery, and bring some back for me.

But, since we're in the state where nothing is allowed, I doubt it will change.

 

I don't buy beer in growlers anymore (not that I bought many). I much prefer crowlers with the smaller serving size and the ability to take it outdoors and just recycle/throw away when done.

 

https://www.brewbound.com/jobs/2956...B3Z8BjBWXtccFJo4L-cW50ih0zNMYFxEnRRuhTNThCqjc

 

Should post on Probrewer.com

 

FWIW, I had Class 100 Wee Heavy at Back Channel this past weekend & it was excellent. Easily the best of the flight. If that's indicative of the quality Falling Knife is going to bring to the table, it's a very good sign.

 

A new-to-me BIP: Frontier Brewing Company in Chanhassen. There's already a brewery in Wyoming with the same name.

Iffy Brewing Company is looking to open in Blaine or **** Rapids.

Word is Arbeiter in Minneapolis is likely to begin construction in late June or early July.

Linked is an article on Boom Island's upcoming move from Minneapolis to Minnetonka. "Welch and Becker plan to open Boom Island Brewing in its Minnetonka this July. They plan to keep the Minneapolis taproom open as close to when they open the Minnetonka taproom as possible but the two will not overlap." Interestingly, the reason the article gives for the move is that Boom Island has outgrown its space and will be moving to an area with less nearby competition; there's no mention of the shooting and general lack of safety in its current vicinity that Boom Island previously cited as prompting the move.

I checked out The Lab in the Brewing District of St. Paul. I found the initial batches of beer bland, boring, and basic but not flawed. I found the venue similarly technically well-executed but soulless (and overstaffed, even as service was poor, but it's very early). I'm skeptical of its unique test-batch-based business plan, but more power to BevSource if it can make it work.

I also visited Yoerg in St. Paul. The brewed-in-house Roggenbier was decent, tastier than anything at The Lab, though also on the bland side. The venue is quirky, and I found it a charming change of pace, but I wonder how many people are looking for its specific combination of remarkably old-fashioned drink, food, and atmosphere in Dayton's Bluff.

 

Lake of the woods brewing has its first beer in the fermenter!

 

According to their Facebook page Schram Haus Brewery is now open.

 

BlackStack Brewing, which opened in 2017 in Midway, is starting up its own mixed culture program, with an established sour brewer at the helm: Mat Waddell, the former head brewer and co-owner of Wild Mind Artisan Ales.

Here’s the link

 

Stopped by there yesterday. Nice spot. Had a pale lager, and a black ipa. Nice clean stuff, no complaints.

 

I really, really need that Luke Skywalker meme, from the last movie, for this.