Jack Pine Brewery’s Vengeance! Jalapeño Cream Ale is no mere novelty. This beer helped the Baxter, Minnesota-based brewery land Brewery of the Year at Grand View Lodge’s Grand Tasting in 2013 and the People’s Choice Award at the St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour in 2014. A bronze medal in the Chile Beer category at the … [ Read more]
Gold and Bronze: Five Minnesota breweries medal at GABF 2016
October 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Five Minnesota beers were awarded medals from a field of over 7,200 beers judged at this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition in Denver, Colorado. Summit Brewing, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, won gold for its flagship Extra Pale Ale in the Classic English-Style Pale Ale category. According to the GABF website, Summit EPA has won five … [ Read more]
Jack Pine Brewery plans move and expansion
May 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Jack Pine Brewery opened three years ago in their current home at 7942 College Road in Baxter, Minnesota. As they’ve grown, they’ve maximized the use of their current facility, but owner and brewer Patrick Sundberg said the building and its location has limited what he offer his customers, and as a result is planning a move and … [ Read more]
Breweries Boom in Greater Minnesota
June 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If there are two things craft breweries in greater Minnesota have proven, it’s that there is no such thing as a “typical” craft-beer drinker, and demand for new and interesting beers doesn’t stop at the 694–494 loop. “Customers just blow stereotypes out of the water,” said Bemidji Brewing Company Head Brewer Tom Hill. “We’ll have … [ Read more]
