Beer Dabbler’s Guide to Craft Beer, Cider, and Wine at the 2021 Minnesota State Fair *UPDATED*
Beers at the Minnesota State Fair 2019 • Photo by Tj Turner The return of the Great Minnesota Get-Together marks the return of an annual beer tradition like no other. What started with a single mini-donut-inspired beer has grown into a veritable arms race between craft brewers, each [...]
Beat the late summer heat with Festbiers and Wheat
Venn Brewing's Arnie Palmer Wheat Ale • Photo Via Venn 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. A quick glance at this week’s Freshies shows the longevity [...]
First Impressions: O’Shaughnessy Distillery and Keeper’s Heart Irish + American Whiskey
O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co.'s new facility in Prospect Park • Photo by Daniel Murphy O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co. opens its doors today, August 19 at 4 PM. Beer Dabbler was invited to tour the new distillery and taste its flagship whiskey Keeper's Heart in late June. Read our interview with [...]
Herbiery Founder Nicholas Ryan on Queering Craft Beer by Replacing Hops with Herbs
Herbiery Founder and CEO Nicholas Ryan in Madison, Wisconsin • Photo by Louis Livingston-Garcia Alaska very often ends up being a transformative experience for people. There’s an allure to it. Bears and moose on the side of the road, mountains, the vastness of the land and water. So it [...]
Summer garden flavors and community-oriented collaborations are on tap this week
An array of corn varietals present in Dangerous Man's Heirloom Sipper Mexican Corn Lager collaboration with Nixta • 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 [...]
Minnesota Breweries and F1RST Wrestling Tag-Team for High-Flying Taproom Entertainment
Blood, Sweat, and Beers II at Bauhaus Brew Labs in 2019 • Photo courtesy F1RST Wrestling In August of 2018, I was standing in line for a beer at Bauhaus Brew Labs when a fracas erupted behind me. A Rubbermaid trash can flew through the air. When I [...]
It’s Oktoberfest Season! Wait, it’s Oktoberfest season?
OMNI Oktoberfest is one of many Märzens and Festbiers hitting the market this week • Photo via OMNI 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. [...]
Flood of Fresh Beer Crashes the North Shore for All Pints North Weekend
All Pints North returns to Duluth this weekend • Photo via Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild 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. Whether traveling North to hit the [...]
How Beer Kulture is Making Space in Craft Beer for People of Color
Beer Kulture Vice President Khris Johnson and President, CEO, and Co-Founder Latiesha Cook • Photo via Beer Kulture Beer Kulture, originally launched as a lifestyle brand, has transformed itself into a nonprofit force for good in the craft beer industry, providing unprecedented opportunities for equity for people of color. [...]
3 Must-Visit Drinking Destinations for Weekend Trips Around Minnesota
This article was underwritten by our partners at Explore Minnesota. Beer Dabbler maintained editorial control of the content. North Shore Lake Superior’s vast, staggering beauty and cliff-flecked coastline have a magnetic allure drawing draws us to the North Shore, and the consistent tourism [...]
West Coast IPAs face off against NEIPAs for IPA supremacy
Insight Hop Spin: Double West Coast IPA & Bricksworth Stern, But Fair NEIPA • Photos via the breweries 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 IPA battle [...]
Colorful and Iconic Beers for Twin Cities Pride Weekend
Junkyard It's My House • Photo via Junkyard 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. Sweet and tart sours, a wave of shandies and some dark ‘n’ [...]
Life after Ragnarok: Q&A with HammerHeart owners Nathaniel Chapman and Austin Lunn
HammerHeart's time in Lino Lakes is at an end, but plans for a Norwegian farmhouse brewery in the Northwoods are in the works HammerHeart Brewing owners Austin Lunn and Nathaniel Chapman closed their Lino Lakes taproom on June 28, 2021 • Photo by Dan Murphy On June 28, 2021, [...]
Watermelon, berries, corn, and pickles—it’s not a picnic basket, it’s this week’s new beer flavors
10k Watermelon Sour • Photo via 10k 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. It’s summer in a glass. This week sees new watermelon beers, berries and [...]
O’Shaughnessy Master Distiller Brian Nation on blending Irish and American whiskey traditions
O'Shaughnessy Master Distiller Brian Nation • Photo by Dan Murphy Without overselling it too much, the fact that the Twin Cities' newly minted O'Shaughnessy Distilling managed to lure whiskey guru Brian Nation away from the loving embrace of Irish Distillers is nothing short of a Minnesota miracle. With more [...]