American Craft Beer Week brings fruity kettle sours, Maibocks, and other springtime flavors
Fair State's Serious Leisure • Photo via Fair State Brewing Cooperative 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 lagers to fruited sours to pineapple ciders and [...]
StormKing Storms Back into Minneapolis May 10 with New Barbecue Brewpub Concept
StormKing Barbecue and Brewpub opened May 10 in North Loop Minneapolis • Photo by Jordan Wipf Good news for fans of StormKing Barbecue, the short-lived restaurant that closed its Eat Street location in 2018. As of May 10, StormKing is back, and this time with both barbecue and beer [...]
Bikes and Beverages: Try These Two-Wheeled Twin Cities Taproom Tours
Photo by Brian Kaufenberg This article was underwritten by our partners at Explore Minnesota. Beer Dabbler maintained editorial control of the content. Newsflash, Folks: Bicycles are fun. This has been true for like 140 years, but this summer Minnesotans are looking to hit the parkways, paths, and [...]
4 Simply Delicious Beer & Cider Cocktails for Mother’s Day Brunch
Look at all of these fun cocktails you can make with beer! • Photo by Jordan Wipf Brunch cocktails are as much of a tradition on Mother's Day as french toast and cheesy cards with dogs on them, but it's easy for those of us that love craft [...]
Lemons, Limes, and Mexican-style Lagers are the Flavors of the Week
Waconia Cerveza Del Lago • Photo via Waconia 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 and national breweries. From lemons and limes to Mexican-style lagers, it’s crushable, low cal, [...]
Wooden Ship Brewing Co. sets sail in Minneapolis’ Linden Hills on May 7
Wooden Ship Brewing Co.'s owners Alxndr Jones, Suresh Graf, and Josh Oestreich (L to R) • Photo by Jordan Wipf Sometimes, great ideas need a serious kick in the ass in order to be actualized. In the case of Wooden Ship Brewing Co., which opens Friday, May 7, [...]
7 Reasons Why Minneapolis’ North Loop Might Be The Best Drinking Destination in Minnesota
AxeBridge Winery is the newest addition to North Loop Minneapolis' craft beverage scene • Photo by Brian Kaufenberg The North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis has been one of the fastest-growing and most exciting culinary hotspots in the Twin Cities. Starting with the opening of Target Field in 2010, [...]
Sehr Guten German Hefeweizen, Berliner Weisse, and Maibock Hit Taps
Arbeiter Brocken Bock • Photo via Arbeiter 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 and national breweries. Three words to sum up 50+ new beers that are on draft, [...]
New England-ish Bitter—An All-Grain Recipe
New England-ish Bitter • Illustration by Jeff Nelson I hate to call this a session IPA, but you could if you had to. It’s a sub-five percent ABV, glucan-rich, non-“C” hop juice bomb. But it’s really got the soul (or at any rate, the malt, yeast, and ABV [...]
Blueberry, Blackberry, and Honeyberry Star in this Week’s New Beers
Alloy SMÖÖSHED Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie Sour • Photo via Alloy 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. Spring is a season of rebirth, and also transition. [...]
Want to Own a Brewery in Minnesota’s Trout Fishing Capital?
Trout City Brewing in Preston, Minnesota, is up for sale • Photo by Louis Livingston-Garcia Do you love craft beer and trout fishing? Then bust out your fly rod and your wallet, the owners of Trout City Brewing are putting the brewpub and building up for sale. Opened [...]
One Year In, Minnewaska House Brewing Co. Is Converting Glenwood Locals into Craft Beer Drinkers
Minnewaska House Brewing Co. + Grill began brewing its own beer in April 2020 • Photo via Minnewaska House The Minnewaska House Supper Club has been a staple of Glenwood, Minnesota, since 1965. Its charcoal grill-focused menu and proximity to Lake Minnewaska make it a town favorite. Just [...]
Week of Brewery Firsts Includes Triple IPA, Beer Collab, and Brewery Opening
Insight Hop Spin Triple New England IPA • Photo via Insight 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. While there are nearly 200 breweries in Minnesota, we [...]
A. Davis Distillery’s handcrafted spirits to fill glasses at its Pocket Square Cocktail Lounge in New Hope
Dapper Wolf Premier Vodka is the flagship brand from A. Davis Distillery, which will serve the spirit in mixed drinks at its cocktail room, Pocket Square Cocktail Lounge opening on April 29 in New Hope, Minnesota • Photo by Jordan Wipf New Hope will soon have its first [...]
Snappy Pilsners and Crisp Maibocks Ring in Patio Season
FINNEGANS Bella Pilz • Photo via FINNEGANS Brew 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. For some local beer drinkers, patio season never ended between 2020 and [...]