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Sunken Ship Brewing Co. wants to be your first stop on the way up north

By |July 28, 2022|Now Open (Or Damn Close)|

Photo via Sunken Ship Brewing Co. Sunken Ship Brewing Co. prepares to set sail with a full crew. Siblings Jon, Jeff, and Teresa Smith are at the helm as co-owners of the brewery in Princeton, Minnesota. Their spouses and children, who have assisted throughout the journey, will serve [...]

Whit Wort Brewing brings craft beer and an eclectic taproom to Gibbon, Minnesota

By |July 27, 2022|Now Open (Or Damn Close)|

Photo via Whit Wort Brewing Co. Whit Wort Brewing Company became Gibbon, Minnesota’s first brewery on June 10th. Owners Chad Laidlaw and Chuck Wachter have high hopes that the brewery will bring visitors, liveliness, and job opportunities to the tightly-knit town of approximately 800 people.  Laidlaw, head brewer [...]

Badger Hill celebrates a decade of brewing with throwback beer recipes

By |July 22, 2022|Freshies|

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.  Badger Hill is throwing a 10-year party this weekend, complete with beers many of us remember from the early days of [...]

Lake Superior Brewing Company Reopens in Duluth Under New Ownership

By |July 20, 2022|Now Open (Or Damn Close)|

Photo via Lake Superior Brewing Company Duluth’s oldest microbrewery closed its doors in 2019 but was quickly revived by Sarah and Seth Maxim. The couple bought Lake Superior Brewing Company in 2020 and have been working tirelessly to reopen the brewery in its new location: East Duluth.  Seth [...]

Old summer standby recipes get a refreshing new twist this week

By |July 15, 2022|Freshies|

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.  Classic beer styles and modern modifications continue to set the summer tone with Freshies. From Kolsch-style ales to Pilsners with made with [...]

Cold IPAs and fruity fizz help us beat the heat this week

By |July 8, 2022|Freshies|

Photo via Junkyard 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.  There are plenty of cold IPAs for the hot weather this week, along with fruity [...]

Rivers & Rails Brewing Company open Thief River Falls’ first ever craft brewery

By |July 6, 2022|Now Open (Or Damn Close)|

Photo via Rivers & Rails Brewing Company While we’ve heard a lot of interesting brewery origin stories over the years with Now Open or Damn Close, we’re pretty sure that Rivers & Rails Brewing Company is the first brewery we’ve ever covered that got its start thanks to [...]

Big Beers, Low-Cal Beer, and NA beer to Fill the Cooler with This July 4th

By |July 1, 2022|Freshies|

Bad Weather LIGHTning Low-Cal Lager • 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.  Big beer, session beer, low cal beer, NA beer—even [...]

Pride-themed beers and juicy stonefruit flavors are on tap this weekend

By |June 25, 2022|Freshies|

Photo by Daniel Murphy 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.  Stonefruit is making a name for itself in beers this week. From the fruit itself to [...]

13 Pride Beer Dabbler exclusive beers, and the Pride Icons who inspired them

By |June 15, 2022|Drink|

Photo by Daniel Murphy At every Pride Beer Dabbler, we ask each of our participating breweries to bring at least one festival-exclusive beer that's inspired by a "Pride Icon." We love this theme because it encourages our attendees to learn more about the history of the LGBTQ+ community [...]

A rainbow of unique beer flavors and colors arrives on taps as Pride Month begins

By |June 10, 2022|Freshies|

Dangerous Man's Watermelon Sour • 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 and national breweries.  Beer and hard beverages continue to showcase a diverse range [...]

Loons Landing to Become Savage, Minnesota’s First Brewery

By |June 8, 2022|Now Open (Or Damn Close)|

Photo by Honeycomb Credit via Loons Landing Brewing Company With nearly 200 breweries in Minnesota, it’s increasingly rare to find a city in the Land of 10,000 Lakes without one. Savage, Minnesota, was one of those rare finds. That is, until Scott Johnson, Amy Johnson, and Paul Ough, [...]

Have a Hefe! Summer Wheat Beers are Back

By |June 3, 2022|Freshies|

Spiral Hollywood Hill Hefeweizen • Photo via Spiral 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.  Every week a few trends pop out as we compile the list [...]

Update: June Edition – Our Store Opens June 17!

By |June 1, 2022|Dabbler Depot|

We’ve got some awesome news in store for folks who’ve been following our progress with Dabbler Depot: We’ll be celebrating our store’s opening in just a few short weeks! We’re so grateful to all of our friends and neighbors who have chipped in their time and effort to help us [...]

Fire up the grill! BBQ beers are back in season for Memorial Day Weekend

By |May 27, 2022|Freshies|

Photo via Drekker 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.  It’s summer BBQ season with all the fixin’s. Beers this week have notes of fruit [...]

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