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Guide to Minnesota breweries
Submitted
by Bill Cassidy
Additional
info from Bryan Koolmeister
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Gluek
Brewing
Gluek
Golden Pilsner
Gluek Golden Light
Gluek Honey Bock
Gluek
Ice
Gluek Red Bock
Northern Reserve Golden Lager
Northern
Reserve Ice
Northern Reserve Low Carb Light
Pub Pints Brown Ale
Pub
Pints Hefeweizen
Pub Pints Pale Ale
Stite
Amber Red Reserve
Stite Black & Tan
Stite
Golden Pilsner
Stite Light Lager
Grain
Belt Brewing (now owned by August Schell)
Premium Grain Belt
Broad Axe Stout
Brother Benedict's Bock
Duke of Wellington IPA
Maibock
Northern Light Lager
Two Pull! (blend of Northern Light and Maibock)
Blackwatch Oatmeal Stout
Brown Trout Brown Ale
Fire and Ice Ale
Golden Prairie Blond Ale
House Ale
Mr. Smooth Mild
James Page Brewing
Bill's notes:
"The
Minneapolis Brewer that nobody ever seems to drink."
Burly Brown Ale
Iron Range Amber
Lager
Voyager Extra Pale Ale
Lake
Superior Brewing
Bill's notes: "From
Waaay Up North."
7 Bridges
Brown (spring only)
Kayak Kolsch
Mesabi Red
Oktoberfest
(fall only)
Old Man Winter Warmer (winter only)
St.
Louis Bay (late summer only)
Sir Duluth Oatmeal Stout
Special
Ale
Split Rock Bock (late winter to spring only)
Windward
Wheat (early summer only)
Stagecoach Amber Ale
Stagecoach Golden Ale
Stagecoach Smoked Porter
St. Croix Maple Ale (America's first Maple
Ale)
St. Croix Serrano Pepper Ale (America's first Pepper Ale)
Spring 2007 St. Croix Cream Ale
Caramel Bock
Dark
Doppel
Bock (January to March only)
FireBrick
Hefeweizen
(May and June only)
Light
Maifest (March to May
only)
Octoberfest (September to October only)
Original
Pale
Ale
Pilsner
Schmaltz's
Ale
Snowstorm (December to January
only)
Zommerfest
(May to August only)
Summit
Brewing
The Big Boys of local Brewing.
Summit Extra Pale Ale
Summit Grand
Summit
Hefe Weizen (summer only)
Summit IPA
Summit
Maibock (spring only)
Summit Oatmeal Stout (limited
availability)
Summit Oktoberfest (fall only)
Summit
Porter
Summit Winter Ale (winter only)
Surly
Bill's notes: "The
New Kids on the Block."
Bender
Coffee
Bender (limited release)
CynicAle (limited release)
Darkness
(limited release)
Furious
One (limited release)
SurlyFest
(limited release)
Theodore Fyten Brewing Company
Summer 2007 Fytenburg Export Ale
The
Happy Gnome
14'er ESB
Czar
Imperial Stout
Ellie's Brown
Hog Heaven
Mephistopholes
Old
Jubilation
Out of Bounds Stout
Salvation
The
Reverend
(brew-your-own on their premises using these recipes)
Bavarian Hefeweizen
Belgian Wit
Black Magic Imperial Stout
California Steam
Capitol Hill Pils
Chestnut Brown Ale
Crazy Ludwig Lager
Dare Devil Ale
Dark Moose Lager
David's Black Bavarian
Dortmunder Export
Dunkel BockA
Dunkel Weizen
Eelpout Stout
Frogtown Pilsner
Grizzly Porter
Helles Bock
Highlander Scotch Ale
Honey Wheat
Horny Toad Pale Ale
Hound Dog Dry
IPA
Irish Stout
Lazy Days Ale
Loose Moose Lager
Maibock
Minneapolis Pils
Mulligan Ale (IPA)
Naked Sunday Cream Ale
Oatmeal Stout
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest Dark
Rabid Penguin Porter
Rattlesnake Lager
Red Claw ESB
Red Hyena Ale
Rudolph's Red Nose Ale
St. Paul Porter
Slapshot Hard Cider
Smooth Sailing Pale Ale
Tornado Alley Alt
Walnut Brown Ale
Windy River Wheat
Apricot Wheat
Bare Ground Brown
Beowulf Pils
Big Boat Oatmeal Stout
El Diablo Golden Ale
El Nino Double Hopped IPA
Humperdink Hefeweizen
Lighthouse Golden
Quaking Aspen IPA
Starfire Pale Ale
Wildfire Lager
Witchtree ESB
Great
Waters
Bill's notes: "A
Bright Spot in Downtown St. Paul. I used to work right next door. Bad
news. Bad, bad news."
Blackwatch
Oatmeal Stout
Brown Trout Brown Ale
Flying Puck
IPA
Great Waters House Ale
Mr. Smooth Mild
Stingo
Yuletide
Abbey Ale
Cork Brown Ale
ESB
Light Amber Ale
Premium Lite
Sassy Sandy’s Belgian Wheat
Sligo Red
Bill's notes: "German Style Beer, Kitschy Art Noveau décor!"
Alt (seasonal)
Bock
Daily Pils
Doppelbock (seasonal)
Dortmunder (seasonal)
Dunkel Weiss (seasonal)
Handy's
Lager
High Point Dunkel (seasonal)
Kölsch (seasonal)
Oktoberfest (seasonal)
Red Flyer Marzen
Schwarz Bier (seasonal)
Sky Pilot Kellerbier (seasonal)
Toolers Weiss (seasonal)
Vienna Country Bier (seasonal)
Town
Hall Brewery
Bill's notes:
"Nice
Spot, if you don’t mind College Kids. I suggest going in
summer."
Black H2O Oatmeal Stout
Bright
Spot Golden Ale
Hope & King Scotch Ale
Masala
Mama IPA
West Bank Pub Ale
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