News & Updates

Great Waters Brewing Company Current Tap Offerings

By on January 6, 2009in brewpubs

Shortly after stopping in for a beer at Great Waters this afternoon, Bob tapped the Cask Conditioned Oak Aged Brown. With a nice vanilla and toasted malt nose the brown starts off smooth, moves into a drying dark chocolate middle and finishes with basswood honey. A drinkable beer of fine quality.

Cask Conditioned Beers

  • Great Waters House Ale
  • Oak Aged Brown Ale
  • Mr. Smooth Dark Mild
  • Colonel Flashman’s IPA

Pushed Beers

  • Golden Prairie Blonde
  • St. Peter Pale Ale
  • Brown Trout Brown Ale
  • Solstice Stout
  • Betelgeuse

Oops, We Did It Again…

By on January 5, 2009in misc. mn beer

SORRY! We’re going to change the date for the MNBeer.com 2.5 Year Anniversary one last time! In an effort to avoid overlapping with Gitchee Gummee, we inadvertently scheduled the even the night before Easter. That didn’t fly with some people, so now the official date is April 18th. Solid. Really. I promise.

News from the Brewhouse

By on January 3, 2009in bars/restaurants, brewpubs

Fitger’s BrewhouseI wish I had time to visit Duluth and the Brewhouse…

Brewhouse Beer Releases:

Amsterdam Ale – hybrid pils/pale Belgian style beer. Soft pils notes with strong fruit esters and a dry finish [this beer is well-loved by at least some of the MNBeer.com staff]

Cask Brewhouse Pub Ale – English style light cream ale

Red Star & Burrito Union Beer Releases

Farmhouse Special Reserve – Farmhouse is a Belgian style saison ale. Fermers and rural folks traditionally brewed saisons in the spring for fall and winter drinking. We brewed our Farmhouse as holiday ale this year, adding ginger, coriander, grains of paradise and sweet orange peel. The light color and body hides a complex beer with many flavors and a dry finish.