Hit the bars this week for release parties for August Schell Brewing Co.’s latest anniversary draft series, 1890 Schwarzbier. They’ve only brewed 80 barrels of the beer. You should try it. Read more here.
Dec 3rd, 5-7 PM Buster’s on 28th
Dec 4th, 5-7 PM The Happy Gnome
Dan from Vine Park just dropped me a line so that I can let all of you know that they’re hiring. I’m sure NONE of you would EVER want to work with a brewery… hah.
Your favorite morning coffee substitute will be hitting shelves soon….From the good folks at beernews.org:
(Brooklyn Center, MN) – With the impending end to the growler fun at Surly Brewing, it would seem fit that the brewery would find another way to re-route some of that beer to the consumer, probably through more draft availability. But THIS is a pleasant surprise. The brewery with virtually straight A’s on Beer Advocate is poised to add another beer to its canned line-up.
The Lift Bridge Interview (City Pages)
Lift Bridge is Rising (City Pages – James Norton)
First the good news: Surly is brewing a limited batch double IPA (DIPA) at the end of the year and selling growlers of it. The bad news: as many folks anticipated, as of January 1, 2009, Surly will no longer be able to sell growlers.
A Farewell to Growlers
Nov 17, 2008
Per MN State Law (340A.301), Surly Brewing will not be able to get a license to sell growlers in 2009. In 2008, we have sold over 3500 barrels of beer. The cut-off limit for getting that off-sale license is 3500 barrels. So, no more growlers, no more Darkness Day, and no more SurlyFest.
Here is the plan for wrapping up growler sales in 2008. The last week of December we will be selling growlers of a new beer we brewed specifically for this farewell to growlers. The beer is a DIPA, double IPA. We do not have enough growlers left for you to purchase, so we came up with a new idea.
Bring in your empty growler and we will clean it and then fill your growler directly from the brite beer tank in the back. We will be selling these growlers for $17 each and here are the hours we will be filling:December 27th, Saturday noon-4:00
December 29th, Monday 10:00-6:00
December 30th, Tuesday 10:00-6:00
December 31st, Wednesday 10:00-4:00
We have brewed 30 bbls of this beer. If we run out, we will not have any more to sell.-All growlers must be returned by December 31st if you wish to get your $3 deposit back.