

Food Meets Beer: Sen Yai Sen Lek
By John Garland, The Heavy Table Photos by Natalie Champa Jennings Joe Hatch-Surisook has been making some of the Twin Cities’ most lauded … [Read More...]

Farm to Table Recipe presented by Dinner on the Farm
By Dan Stepaniak and Chad Townsend of Heartland Restaurant and Farm Direct Market Summer is approaching, and there’s no better way to celebrate … [Read More...]

Tuned In, Brewed In
Summer Outdoor Concert Preview By Brian Kaufenberg At times, living in Minnesota requires an extra dose of patience when it comes to the weather. … [Read More...]

Breweries Give Back
Leinenkugel’s Canoes for a Cause By Jeremy Zoss Photos Courtesy of Leinenkugel's Beer is 92 percent water. That fact alone is enough to … [Read More...]

Weekend Events Roundup: June 15th & 16th
Lots of event going on this weekend! From Rock the Garden to The St. Paul Summer Beer Festival, there’s too much to do and too little time. Here’s a snapshot of what you can plan for this weekend: Saturday, June 15th: 11AM – 1:30 PM: Kegs & Eggs Beer Brunch || Stout’s Pub, Falcon Heights Join [...]

Style Profile: English IPA
English IPA By Michael Agnew Sometime in the early 19th century, the London brewer George Hodgson solved a problem that English brewers had been struggling with for some time. Pale ales shipped to India were regularly spoiling during the five-month voyage across the equator, resulting in their being dumped in the Bay of Calcutta upon [...]

Straight from the Source
Rock Bottom Brewery: I Like Big Bocks Doug Hoverson After finding a spot at the end of the crowded bar, I ordered a glass of the seasonal. “When in doubt, always go with the seasonal,” is my motto. The bartender then informed me that my first glass was free, since the keg had just been [...]

Now Open (or Damn Close): Blacklist Brewing
By Brian Kaufenberg Blacklist Brewing Gypsy brewers Brian Schazenbach and Jon Loss of Blacklist Brewing have shirked the conventional brewery model from the beginning. In fact, their opposition to large-scale, industrial operations is engrained in the very name of the brewery, a reference to an unwritten brewer’s code that said any brewer that uses wild [...]













