News & Updates

HammerHeart Brewing Co. Opens Friday

hammerheartFriday at 4pm, another new Minnesota brewery opens its doors. HammerHeart Brewing made their debut at All Pints North in Duluth a couple of weeks ago with some nice beers, among which was a smoked IPA. If you didn’t join us in Duluth, fear not…  Starting at 4pm, if you get your ass out to Lino Lakes, you can check out their beers. The lineup is said to include some beers that didn’t make their way to APN as well as a couple of collaboration beers brewed with former Haand Bryggeriet head brewer Andreas Riis. …and of course they’re appealing to the coffee lover in me with a coffee stout brewed with coffee from Flamenco Organic. No growlers just yet folks… patience.

Congrats HammerHeart! Best of luck!

HammerHeart Brewing Co.
7785 Lake Dr.
Lino Lakes, MN 55014

Direction Notes: For those of you coming to the brewery on 35W, the exit to take is #36, or Hwy 23, NOT the “Lake Dr.” exit you see if you are coming from the South. Once you exit, go North on Lake Dr/Hwy 23 a little less than a mile, and we are on the left, flag is flying high. If you reach “The Tavern”, formerly Millers, you have gone too far, turn around.

Castle Danger Brewery to Expand into Two Harbors

castle-gangerGreat news from the North Shore – our friends at Castle Danger Brewery are expanding into downtown Two Harbors in 2014. They’ve maxed out their small brewery on the grounds of the Castle Haven Cabins and need to expand. Can I get a “hooray!”? Owner Clint MacFarlane tells us that they’re planning on building a 10,000 sq. ft. facility that will include a 2000 sq. ft. taproom as well as outdoor seating. The brewhouse will be upgraded to 30bbl (currently 3bbl). The icing on the cake? They’ll be adding a canning line to the new operation.

Congrats Clint & Jamie!

The new location in Two Harbors. See that parking lot? Imagine yourself drinking beer there...

The new location in Two Harbors. See that parking lot? Imagine yourself drinking beer there…

The brewery today. Photo: Castle Danger

The brewery today. Photo: Castle Danger

Beer For Life at Northbound Smokehouse

Beer4GoodAwesome. It’s always cool to see folks in our brewing community give back, and Northbound Smokehouse is doing just that in celebration of their first anniversary. The brewpub that initially offered up beer for life for a $1000 contribution to their Kickstarter campaign now plans to donate a Beer4Life membership to two different charities in the 55406, 55407 and 55417 zip codes. You can pick your favorite by texting BEER4GOOD to 75309 (Msg. & data rates may apply) and replying to the bounceback message with your charity of choice by August 9th at midnight.

“Our first year has been amazing. We’re thankful for our community that supported us. This is our way of supporting the charities that support our community.” ~Northbound’s Jamie Robinson

The final two charities selected will set up raffles that will be sold at the brewpub and other locations in the area. The winner will be picked at random at a special event on Sunday, September 22nd at Northbound.

“We expect that once word spreads, there will be a lot of nonprofits pressing their supporters to vote,” said Amy Johnson, co-founder of Northbound. “They’re welcome to. We’ll be covering the raffle costs for the two charities to ensure that 100% of the funds raised go to them.”

Bemidji Brewing Taproom Open

Taproom Streetview The Bemidji Brewing Taproom opens today.  If you were looking for an excuse to visit Bemidji, a spacious taproom in the summertime is as good as any. For those who can’t make it up, here are a few shots from a sneak peek earlier this week. Cheers to Tom, Tina and Bud!

Location
Bemidji Brewing Co.
401 Beltrami Avenue NW
Bemidji, MN

Taproom Hours:

Fridays from 4:00 – 9:00pm
Saturdays from 3:00 – 7:00pm

 

  Taproom Windows

Taproom Menu

Taproom Bar Corner

Taproom Bar

 

 

Schell’s Bier Garten Opens Sunday

What a good weekend for beer! Add August Schell Brewing Co. to the fun. Today they announced that they’ll be hosting their very first Bier Garten at the brewery on Sunday. In addition to beer, they’ll have music, root beer, brewer’s grain bread and cheese baskets for sale. Schell’s plans ot have the Bier Garten open every Sunday throughout the fall as weather permits.

Photo: August Schell Brewing Co.

Photo: August Schell Brewing Co.