Nice honors from Ratebeer.com for a handful of Minnesota beers and breweries…
Best Beers of the United States 2008: #2 Surly Darkness, #29 Surly Barrel-Aged Darkness, #32 Barley John’s The Dark Night Returns
Top 100 Brewers in the World 2008: #11 Surly Brewing Co., #31 Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, #40 Barley John’s Brew Pub
Best Beers in the World by Style Category 2008: #3 Surly Bourbon One (Bocks), #1 Surly Coffee Bender (American Brown Ales & English Milds), #5 Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery India Brown Ale (American Brown Ales & English Milds), #4 Surly Darkness (Stouts), #4 Surly SurlyFest (Dark Lagers).
Best Beers in the World Overall 2008: #5 Surly Darkness, #37 Surly Barrel-Aged Darkness, #77 Barley John’s The Dark Night Returns, #85 Barley John’s Barrel-Aged Rosie’s Ale (Batch 2)
Congrats!
Some news from our friends over at 
Here’s a quick note from Tony at 
As a follow-up to Mag’s post, I’ll add a little more information passed along by Jace Marti… First, expect more posts on the event page than in the past, including photos, etc. Also, Schell’s 150th Anniversary draft series kicks off in two weeks. Schell’s will be producing a new single batch brew every three months from now until their 150th anniversary in 2010. The first beer,