Local Wild Ales

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  1. UMNbeerhunter

    UMNbeerhunter Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2010 Minnesota

    As my desire for tart sourness increases I find it more and more desirable to seek out locally made sour beers. The problem is that we don't get much of that around these parts. Last night I had a pretty good one at Barley Johns and I hear that they have another one in the hopper. Other then the return of Pentagram has anyone heard of any other Minnesota breweries that have plans to quench my thirst for the wild? I write this as I stare at a bottle of Supplication in the fridge and wonder when can I have something like that in my back yard.
     
    #1 UMNbeerhunter, Jul 8, 2012
  2. DoctorRock

    DoctorRock Zealot (631) May 13, 2010 Minnesota

    #2 DoctorRock, Jul 8, 2012
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  3. TIMMYJ21

    TIMMYJ21 Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 Minnesota

    Man that Wild Wild Burnette is great, Barley Johns is really starting to roll out more and more great brews.
     
    #3 TIMMYJ21, Jul 8, 2012
  4. dc55110

    dc55110 Savant (1,116) Oct 24, 2010 Minnesota

    Why do they have to be in New Brighton? :angry:
     
    #4 dc55110, Jul 8, 2012
  5. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    available in growlers?
     
    #5 minnesotaryan, Jul 8, 2012
  6. dc55110

    dc55110 Savant (1,116) Oct 24, 2010 Minnesota

    I asked on their Facebook page yesterday and did not get a response other than they had released two full kegs now and "after that you will see pop up now and again..."
     
    #6 dc55110, Jul 8, 2012
  7. mjryan

    mjryan Pooh-Bah (1,571) Dec 22, 2007 Minnesota
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    Had an Unleaded IPA at BJs Fri afternoon. Solid, well hopped 4.9% pale ale. Heard about the Wild Brunette. Sounds interesting. I like that they let some local flora have a go at it.
     
    #7 mjryan, Jul 8, 2012
  8. TIMMYJ21

    TIMMYJ21 Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 Minnesota

    Not to sure on growlers, I was up there and did not ask, Ill be up there tmrw as well, so I will be checking on it. The TNT Imperial IPA on Nitro is solid as hell as well.
     
    #8 TIMMYJ21, Jul 9, 2012
  9. truthbrew

    truthbrew Zealot (749) Oct 31, 2002 Minnesota

    Other than Surly Pentagram, the former Flat Earth sours (Extra Medium and the Flanders Red), an occasional Summit brett keg (not sour, but wild), or the occasional brew pub experiment, not much in this area for locally created wilds.
     
    #9 truthbrew, Jul 11, 2012
  10. truthbrew

    truthbrew Zealot (749) Oct 31, 2002 Minnesota

    PS: "Wild" wild brunette was not available in growlers when I checked last Saturday. Hoping to get some at this year's Where The Wild Beers Are as it was quite nice.
     
    #10 truthbrew, Jul 26, 2012
  11. UMNbeerhunter

    UMNbeerhunter Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2010 Minnesota

    Any word on what the date for WTWBA is going to be? I make a point to look at the site from time to time but haven't seen anything.
     
    #11 UMNbeerhunter, Jul 26, 2012
  12. jera1350

    jera1350 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2007 Minnesota
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    Leech Lake seems to be putting out some sours. Whether or not it is intentional, I can't say.
     
    #12 jera1350, Jul 26, 2012
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  13. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    pineapple pale ale is wonderful.
     
    #13 minnesotaryan, Jul 26, 2012
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  14. SteadyRolling

    SteadyRolling Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2011 Minnesota

    I tried an unintentional sour Maibock (don't need to get into the producer...) the other week. I seriously thought somebody had used the bottle to bring a home-brew sample! I was relieved when i found out that it was just infected, I didn't have to tell anyone their sour experiment had gone horribly wrong...
     
    #14 SteadyRolling, Jul 27, 2012
  15. jera1350

    jera1350 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2007 Minnesota
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    As a sour or pale ale?
     
    #15 jera1350, Jul 27, 2012
  16. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    I don't know, probably as a sour, shoulda took notes on it.
     
    #16 minnesotaryan, Jul 27, 2012
  17. jera1350

    jera1350 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2007 Minnesota
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    A buddy grabbed me a growler of it so I guess I'll find out.
     
    #17 jera1350, Jul 27, 2012
  18. SourNotes

    SourNotes Crusader (480) Nov 10, 2010 Minnesota
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    Joe, i agree completely and have been battling this same thought for a while now. just waiting for that breakthrough farmhouse brewery that does funky saisons, wilds, and sours. patience I guess.
    If i had money on a current brewery that might break into this, it'd be Ovalde. a reach? maybe... maybe not.
     
    #18 SourNotes, Jul 28, 2012
  19. morimech

    morimech Grand Pooh-Bah (3,803) Nov 6, 2006 Minnesota
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    If you know something the rest of us don't, please tell us. The brewer at Ovalde seems to prefer his yeast driven ales, so it seems a bit of a reach for him to let bugs into his beers.
     
    #19 morimech, Jul 28, 2012
  20. SourNotes

    SourNotes Crusader (480) Nov 10, 2010 Minnesota
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    farmhouse brewery, loves tradition and brewing history... I dont' know, just seems, appropriate.
     
    #20 SourNotes, Jul 28, 2012
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