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Now Open: Inver Grove Brewing Company in Inver Grove Heights
A brewpub isn’t just a brewery with a restaurant or restaurant with a brewery. It’s an agent of change, according to Megan Seiler and Glen Bruestle of Inver Grove Brewing Company, which opened on...
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The Mash-Up: A fresh hop ale from a former Twin, plus Halloween beers on the...
With over 175 breweries now pouring their beer in Minnesota, there’s always something new to try. To keep you up to date, we present The Mash-Up—our weekly rundown of new beers and seasonal releases in...
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In largest Great American Beer Festival competition ever, two Minnesota...
Out of over 100 categories judged at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), Minnesota breweries medaled in four, including two golds. St. Paul’s Barrel Theory Beer Company took a gold medal in...
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New lounge cocktails at P.S. Steak: serious, fun, seriously fun
In the past decade, the lounge of the 510 Groveland building has been the site of some legendary drink-making. So how does P.S. Steak’s new bar manager Keith Mrotek step into this space? With...
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Autolysis: When Yeast Die for the Wine Drinker’s Pleasure
Alcohol has been celebrated with awe for millennia. This mysterious transfiguration of sugar has inspired lore and legend, even religion, until the 19th century when Louis Pasteur proved that yeast is...
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The Mash-Up: Brewers experiment with blue beers, house-malted rye, and even Tang
With over 175 breweries now pouring their beer in Minnesota, there’s always something new to try. To keep you up to date, we present The Mash-Up—our weekly rundown of new beers and seasonal releases in...
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Now Open (Or Damn Close): Falling Knife Brewing Company in Minneapolis
When they were just under two weeks away from opening, Falling Knife Brewing Company’s chief revenue officer, Dan Herman, admitted there were still things left to do. “I’ve got about three months of...
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Forager Brewery launching new beer brand Humble Forager for distribution
Since opening in 2015, the only way to get your hands on Forager Brewery’s beer has been to visit the Rochester brewpub. But soon the brewery’s beers will be distributed under a new beer brand set to...
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The Mash-Up: As the days get darker, so do the beers
With over 175 breweries now pouring their beer in Minnesota, there’s always something new to try. To keep you up to date, we present The Mash-Up—our weekly rundown of new beers and seasonal releases in...
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The Mash-Up: Halloween-inspired candy and peanut butter beers hit taps
With over 175 breweries now pouring their beer in Minnesota, there’s always something new to try. To keep you up to date, we present The Mash-Up—our weekly rundown of new beers and seasonal releases in...
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What We’re Drinking: November 2019
Welcome back to What We’re Drinking, wherein The Growler editorial staff look back on recent remarkable beverages. What are you drinking, Growler Nation? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, and...
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Craft Whiskey: It Changes
Whiskey seems like a constant. You imagine that the bottle of Four Roses in your hands tastes the same as the one you bought last year, and will taste the same as the one you’ll buy next year. And for...
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Distiller Profile: Ralf Loeffelholz and the opening of Dampfwerk Distillery’s...
There’s a simple reason that Dampfwerk Distillery didn’t open a cocktail room when it started production in August 2016. “I am not a mixologist,” head distiller Ralf Loeffelholz says. He is cheerfully...
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The Ultimate Home Bar in 20 Bottles
Whether you’re an aspiring bartender or just a novice looking to get their home collection up to snuff, we’ve got your guide to the must-have building blocks for any bar worth its salt. We asked...
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Opinion: Minnesota’s distilling laws are creating a high bar for spirit...
Shelly Dailey is busy. As one of the managing partners of the St. Paul small-batch whiskey maker, Studio Distilling, she’s planning for a new cocktail room, and keeping up with her new distributor,...
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Wine Time: Grapes of Cognac & Armagnac (Or, the virtues of neutrality)
Stay neutral.” Two words designated to Switzerland, minimalist millennials decorating their apartments, and grapes used for distillation—specifically for Cognac and Armagnac. When we think of beverages...
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Minnesota’s Industry Icons: Badass bartenders leading innovation in the North
The Minnesota cocktail landscape is seeing a shift change. This year, the local chapter of the U.S. Bartenders Guild appointed Kate Hoffman Mikkelson as their first female president. Christina...
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Variety is the Spice of Whiskey
Whiskey aficionados know which grains they like in their spirit. They can distinguish between the sweet softness of corn, the mellow creaminess of wheat, and the sharp grassiness of rye. But do they...
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Drinking in the Suburbs: The Growler’s Guide to Drinking (Well!) in the...
W hen it comes to assessing the drinks scene in Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul often suck the oxygen out of the room. And not without good reason, considering the wealth of mixological talent and...
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In the Land of Peat & Whiskey
Minnesota is rich in peat and distilleries. So when will a Minnesota peated whiskey become a reality? The ground beneath me gives way slightly as I place my full weight on my foot. I wholly expect to...
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