R.T. Rybak points out on The Mayor Blog that Minneapolis is growing revenue and creating jobs with beer. Among the beer related jobs wins for the city was the 2008 relocation of Minnesota’s largest beer distributor from way out in Arden Hills to the centrally located Mid-City industrial area near I-280 and 35W: J.J. Taylor [...]
Minneapolis city councilperson, Gary Schiff, deserves quite a bit of credit for Minneapolis’ beer business renaissance. For example, Schiff wrote the Brew Beer Here bill (PDF) this summer, which allows growler sales from breweries, which lead to opening of Harriet Brewing on Minnehaha Ave in Longfellow: Ward 9 Council Member Gary Schiff has introduced legislation [...]
I’m not sayin’ that serving beer at Gopher football games is inevitable. I’m just sayin’ that I snapped this shot of pre-installed beer taps in the stadium last fall: This was on the 3rd floor in the DQ Club Room. This is only accessible by people in box seats, as I understand it, so it’s [...]
Zipp’s seems to understand the beer pong market well based on their bro-tastic labeling of beer pong kits. It’s tough for dude-bros to make a separate stop at Target to pick up ping pong balls, so hook them up with kits on the spot. This may also remind them that they need a few extra [...]
I’ve written previously about the marginal tribute to the Hamm’s Bear in downtown St. Paul, so imagine my surprise when I encountered this piece of Hamm’s awesomeness tucked away in the corner of the Good Ol’ Days Bar in Tower, MN: Now that is a tribute. Especially when compared to a tombstone. Here’s a closer [...]
Minneapolis based Merwin Liquors has added an impressive lineup of Belgian beers to their inventory and now offers same-day free delivery on orders placed before 4pm. If you’re having the kind of day that calls for a Delerium Tremens (750ml of 9.0% ABV pale ale), you can hook yourself up online.
Few things make me blow beer out of my nose faster than a canned trend piece from the NY Times. I’m going to have to use a mop on my keyboard after publishing this. It looks like the low-alcohol beer industry has a decent PR firm. They managed to get the NY Times to pen [...]
This just in from Olive in the comments of the previous Bulldog St Paul post: Bulldog Lowertown is a sure thing! You can expect an opening sometime in the last week of Sept -first week of Oct. 40 tap beers, shuffel board, and of course vienna beef dogs and hamburgers, plus a few new menu [...]
A guy who works for a company that makes custom labels – including beer labels, thought I’d find the above beer map of the United States interesting. Yes I do. Although it’s a shame they chose Coors Light to represent Colorado. And what’s up with Arkansas?
We’re not sure if our current chandelier ties our dining room together. I’m going to throw this out as a suggestion: This is sold by Tabby, Inc, a Texas style furniture and home furnishings company. What I like about this is that it’s a kit and you can use your own bottles. So someone could [...]
