Braggot, Sahti, and Other Historical Beer Releases to Get Hyped About This Week
HeadFlyer's Peppermint Stout • Photo via HeadFlyer Brewing Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. Black lagers, Pilsners, porters, and stouts are all on tap this week—plus [...]
Celebrate the Holidays with these Twin Cities Metro Area brewery events!
Minneapolis Craft Market and Lakes & Legends Brewing Company's Holiday Market is happening Saturday, December 11 • Photo via Minneapolis Craft Market Happy Holidays Dabblers! 'Tis the season for ugly sweater parties, holiday gift markets, and special bottle releases at your favorite Twin Cities Metro Area breweries, so [...]
Winter Warmers with Soothing Vanilla Toast the Coming of Winter
Lupulin Chocolate Orange Demigod & Barrel-Aged Polarnattens paradis imperial stouts • Photo via Lupulin Brewing Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. From leftover cranberries to holiday spice, [...]
Top Holiday Gifts for Beer Lovers [2021]
Now THIS is is our kind of St. Nick · Photo by TJ Turner Well, folks, it’s that time of the year again. The halls have been decked, the bells are jinglin’, and once again you've found yourself saddled with the difficult task of buying gifts for craft [...]
Imperial Stout Releases Headline This Black Friday
Goose Island Bourbon County 150 • Photo via Goose Island Brewing Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. By this point, the turkey and fixings should be [...]
Headed Home for Thanksgiving? Stop at these breweries along the way!
The secret to enjoying Thanksgiving dinner? Bring lots of beer • Photo by Zach McCormick The holidays are a time where many Minnesotans who live in all manner of far flung locales return home to the North Star State for a big turkey dinner and a chance to [...]
Greater Minnesota breweries score big in 2021 Brewers Cup Awards
Brewers Cup Awards 2021 presented by Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild • Photo courtesy Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild announced the winners of its second-ever Brewers Cup Awards, a large-scale blind tasting competition open to Minnesota breweries, and breweries from Greater Minnesota scored big. [...]
Historically-minded recipes and early holiday flavors have us feeling festive
Bricksworth's Poise Pilsner • Photo via Bricksworth Beer Co. Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. The year was 1946. As Americans recovered from World War II, [...]
Hop & Barrel Brewing Spring Valley’s opening on Nov. 20 is a homecoming for co-founder
Hop & Barrel Brewing Spring Valley opens on November 20, 2021 • Photo Courtesy Hop & Barrel Brewing Company For Hop & Barrel Brewing Company co-founder Justin Terbeest, the opening of the company's second brewery location in Spring Valley, Minnesota, is a return to his roots. As a Spring [...]
Charity-focused beers dominate taps this week in honor of Veterans Day
Dangerous Man busted out the power tools and brewed a beer in honor of Habitat for Humanity. • Photo via Dangerous Man Brewing Company Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local [...]
Sick of Stout? Try one of these local Dark Lagers!
Bauhaus BrewLabs' Knight Fever, one of the many dark lagers now available in Minnesota • Photo by Jordan Wipf A bartender sets a tall glass of pitch-black liquid wreathed in heavy foam in front of you, and you raise it to your lips. It’s rich, and dark too. Creamy. [...]
Bell’s Brewery selling to New Belgium Brewing’s parent company
Bell's Brewery, founded in 1985 by Larry Bell, is selling to Lion, the global craft beer division of Japan's Kirin Holdings • Photo courtesy Bell's Brewery Bell's Brewery shared a massive announcement from the brewery's founder Larry Bell, who told fans that he planned to retire from the [...]
Big Week for Barrel-Aged Beer
Bad Weather announced some J. Carver Distillery barrel-aged beer goodies coming down the pipe • Photo via Bad Weather Brewing Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. Pumpkin [...]
8 Midwest Beer Pairings for Your Least Favorite Halloween Candies
Look at all of that terrible candy. Thank goodness we have beer! • Photo by Jordan Wipf Well, ghosts and ghouls, Halloween has come and gone once again and left many of us sitting on a Smaug-sized horde of leftover candy. However, now that your children, significant other, and [...]
Beer Meets Technology with Augmented Reality and NFT Pineapple Coconut Marshmallow Lager
Modist Hex Code • Graphic via Modist Brewing Co. Welcome to Beer Dabbler’s Freshies, our weekly rundown on the newest beers hitting the store shelves and taproom coolers in Minnesota from your favorite local and national breweries. From sweet desserts to funky sours, smooth nitros, and Minnesota’s first [...]