Low Calorie and Sessionable Beers for Fool’s Spring
Bad Weather's LIGHTning low-calorie light beer • Photo via Bad Weather 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. Visions of long-buried yards and [...]
Marcus Baskerville’s Black is Beautiful initiative has reached heights the founder never imagined
Marcus Baskerville, head brewer and founder of Weathered Souls Brewing Company in San Antonio, launched the Black is Beautiful campaign in response to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 • Photo by Kevin Hobbins, @hobbinero When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in [...]
Honey Ales and an Old Fashioned Cocktail-Inspired Beer For Your Drinking Pleasure
Modist & Dangerous Man Apiary Drip • Photo via Modist 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. Whether you prefer citrus hop flavors, honey-tinged ales, [...]
Tallgrass Cider celebrates the perennial nature of orchard-based cidermaking
John Knisley, co-founder and cidermaker at Tallgrass Cider in Madelia, Minnesota • Photo via Tallgrass Cider John Knisley enjoys the sound of buzzing bees and the wind rustling grass. In the summer, his farmland abounds with bugs, supple apples, and meandering hogs. The co-owner of Tallgrass Cider and [...]
Cross-Town and Cross-Country Beer Collaborations Bring the Brewing Community Together
Pryes Peace Offering, a cold press coffee stout made in collaboration with Peace Coffee • Photo by Sam Ziegler 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 cross-town [...]
Minnesota craft beverage makers and hospitality industry groups coalesce around liquor reform bill
Minnesota State Capitol • Photo by Kevin Kramer A wide-reaching liquor reform bill was introduced to the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee at the Minnesota Legislature on February 11 that seeks to aid the state's craft beverage producers and hospitality industry, many of which are suffering economically from the [...]
Sweet and Seductive Valentine’s Day Beers Hit Taps and Shelves
Lupulin Imperial Raspberry Truffle • 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. There is a beer for every season and every holiday. [...]
It’s Lagering Time: How to brew a stellar Maibock for spring
Maibock Homebrew Recipe from Mashmaker • Illustration of Michael Dawson by D.Witt Citizens, I submit to you that my fellow residents of the Upper Midwest are arguably better able to appreciate a good Maibock than anyone outside Germany, from whence this blonde scion of the lager family [...]
Super Crisp Pilsners and Dessert Stouts Released Ahead of the ‘Big Game’
608 Sports Bowl Pils • Photo via 608 Brewing It’s Super Bowl weekend and frigid temperatures across the land. There are plenty of crisp Pilsners for the big game, but also dessert-minded pastry stouts modeled after ice cream, sorbet, and cheesecake. In other news this week, Punxsutawney Phil foresaw [...]
High school science teacher-turned-brewer opening Chaotic Good Brewing Company in his backyard
Initiative Cream Ale from Chaotic Good Brewing Company in Kasson, Minnesota • Photo by Scott Stroh In a time that is far from conventional, it only seems fitting that Scott Stroh and his wife Molly Stroh are opening a brewery that is about as unconventional as they come. [...]
Hibernate with Roasty Stouts or Escape with Tropical Fruit-Infused Ales
FINNEGANS Starry Night Stout • 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. The only way to survive a bold north winter is to embrace [...]
High Pines Brewing Company opening February 2021 as Roseville’s second brewery
High Pines Brewing Company in Roseville aims to open its doors in early February 2021 • Photo by Jordan Wipf The shark decor and seafood baskets that once filled the former Joe's Crab Shack at 2704 Snelling Avenue have been replaced with brewing equipment and pint glasses. The [...]
New Non-Alcoholic Beers for Dry-January and a Bold Gluten-Free Breakfast Stout
LynLake Ope! My Bad Non-Alcoholic Beer • Photo via LynLake Brewery 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. There’s something for everyone in the local beer scene. [...]
Forge & Foundry Distillery adds to the spirit of Stillwater, Minnesota
Cocktails at Forge & Foundry Distillery, located in Stillwater, Minnesota • Photos by Jordan Wipf Seeing residents and visitors to Stillwater, Minnesota, sitting on the patio facing the winding St. Croix River, enjoying a glass of their handcrafted spirits is [...]
Minnesota’s Taprooms Reopen with Pastry Stouts and Old Fashioned Piney IPAs on Tap
Castle Danger's Dark Chocolate George Hunter Stout • Photo via Castle Danger 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. January is always a long month in Minnesota. [...]