Dear Readers: The Growler Magazine was founded at a momentous point in Minnesota craft beer’s history. While there were a handful of craft breweries in the state that had outlasted the shakeout of the mid-1990s, when the laws changed in 2011 to allow production breweries to sell beer on-site in taprooms, the scene absolutely exploded. … [ Read more]
Coronavirus Update: A Message from Matt Kenevan, owner and founder of Gray Duck Media and The Growler Magazine
March 16, 2020 by
To all the supporters of Gray Duck Media and The Growler Magazine: Today I made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend operations of Gray Duck Media, the parent company of The Growler Magazine, effective Monday, March 23. This decision certainly wasn’t easy to make and wasn’t made with myself in mind. It was made … [ Read more]
Letter from the Publisher: On the Origins of the Pride in Brewing Scholarship
May 10, 2019 by
Just over a year ago, my company received a troubling message from a brewery in response to an invitation from my Beer Dabbler events director to participate in the Beer Dabbler at Twin Cities Pride 2018. This brewery, hearing that our event was in celebration and support of the LGBTQ+ community, told us that they … [ Read more]
