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Sweet, I was on TV drinking a beer. Around the 1:20 mark (story from WCCO)

Minnesota Breweries

I’ve been thinking of the insane amount of new breweries in town for a while, and I’m to the point where I think it could be ok.

The taproom idea basically creates a brewpub type business, but without the added costs of food and everything that goes with that. Just bring in a different food truck and all of a sudden you have a great place to go for a beer or two.

Now, not all these places will be able to bottle or can to sell at liquor stores, and they might not even be able to keg for other bars, but maybe a very small scale taproom is a good enough business plan. And you never know, one of these small startups could strike it big and expand into a full production brewery.

Maybe places like Indeed, Pour Decisions, Harriet, Excelsior Brewing, Lucid, and Steel Toe won’t be the next Surly, but that doesn’t mean they can’t exist as a business, especially if they serve their neighborhood and have reasonable expectations of their growth.

Boulevard and KC (Taken with Instagram at Boulevard Brewing Co)

Boulevard and KC (Taken with Instagram at Boulevard Brewing Co)

#beer, at Harriet Brewing Tap Room (Taken with Instagram at Harriet Brewing)

#beer, at Harriet Brewing Tap Room (Taken with Instagram at Harriet Brewing)

A Craft Brewery Overcomes a Frustrating State Law by OPEN Forum (by AmericanExpress)

Each week MSNBC’s Your Business features experts to share their secrets for improving your business. This week, a craft brewer in Minnesota saw a state law that he believed was standing in his way. Instead of just sitting back, the maker of beers like “Furious” and “Abrasive Ale” took his case to the state capitol and won.

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Microbrewery of the Week: Harriet Brewing | kare11.com

Describe the local craft beer scene in 11 words or less.

The need for economic growth and small business growth causing politicians and legislators to deregulate, creating a plethora of young entrepreneur/microbreweries in the cities.

I’m so not cool with St Paul’s Summit Brewing using Minnehaha Falls on a beer label. (via Summit Brewing Company)

I’m so not cool with St Paul’s Summit Brewing using Minnehaha Falls on a beer label. (via Summit Brewing Company)

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(via Beer print by Manvsink on Etsy)

(via Beer print by Manvsink on Etsy)

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In one case of a jazz club owner who would not stock Summit, Stutrud and confreres would regularly visit the club and quietly drop Summit coasters on the tables. As patrons began asking for Summit, the club owner finally relented and began buying from Stutrud.
Beer baron returns to roots | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

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Chocolate beer for Valentine's Day: Kansas City falls in love

The Heavy Table linked to this LA Times Article on Boulevard’s Chocolate Ale, which was released last week in Kansas City, and I was lucky enough to get 2 bottles of it

I also had 3 glasses of it on tap while checking out some KC bars with family. It’s good stuff, not as in your face as some of the other chocolate beers out there like Southern Tier Choklat, but still incredibly enjoyable.

Mainly I just love that it was made with KC’s own Christopher Elbow chocolate, which is some of the best chocolate I’ve ever had (Seattle’s Theo is still my #1).

Kansas City doesn’t quite have the same huge beer scene that we do here in Mpls, but it’s growing, and beers like this sell fast. Kansas City is also very much owned by Boulevard beer when it comes to craft brewing, and their brewery is located just outside of downtown, with a big glowing sign with a clear shot of Downtown.

Whenever I drive by it, I think about the new Surly Brewery, and how I bet they would love to have that same exposure in the city. Summit should have done something similar with their space off of Shepard Rd in St. Paul, but instead they have a brewery that you barely even know exists while driving by.