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Bitter Minnesota's Craft Beer Tour Blog

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Sunday, March 12, 2023 Article
Modist Brewing's pHresh has been described as "unique", "totally delicious" and "perfect for Spring", so it is no wonder we're highlighting it as our latest Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week. We reached out to John Donnelly, co-founder and head of sales at Modist, to tell us more about its ingred...
Saturday, August 14, 2021 Article
Due to recent developments with COVID-19 in our city and state, masks are now REQUIRED on Bitter Minnesota tour busses, regardless of vaccination status. If you do not have a mask, our tour guide will have one available for you. Non-compliance will result in removal from the tour. Please note that t...
Friday, June 28, 2019 Article
We’re happy to introduce the newest addition to our Specialty Tours roster: the Minneapolis Distillery Tour! The three hour tour is offered on Fridays only, and takes you to three Minneapolis distilleries, Royal Foundry Craft Spirits, Twin Spirits Distillery and Norseman Distillery. The tour incl...
Wednesday, June 05, 2019 Article
Bitter Minnesota Brewery Tours is excited to announce Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative has been added to our ever expanding list of brewery partners and will be available as a stop on our daily Public Tours, as well as Private and Corporate tours. At Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative, they believe...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Article
Bitter Minnesota Brewery Tours is excited to announce a partnership with Minnesota’s first ever Latino brewery,  La Doña Cervecería. This unique for-benefit brewery, taproom and entertainment space in the Harrison neighborhood of Minneapolis will be available on our daily Public Tours, and well as P...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Article
New partnership alert! Bitter Minnesota has joined forces with EscapeMSP to bring you a Corporate brewery tour and Escape room adventure, a great activity for team building, office celebrations or holiday parties. Here's how it works. We start the adventure at Escape MSP, where your team is lo...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Article
Bitter Minnesota Brewery Tours is excited to announce a partnership with Minnesota’s first ever Latino brewery, La Doña Cervecería. This unique for-benefit brewery, taproom and entertainment space in the Harrison neighborhood of Minneapolis will be available on our daily Public Tours, and well as Pr...
Monday, January 29, 2018 Article
I don't know if you knew, but Minneapolis is hosting the Super Bowl this Sunday. Crazy! For those of you who want to hang out with other football fans and enjoy some craft beer while watching the Big Game, we put together a handy guide of all the viewing parties and related events local breweries...
Monday, October 30, 2017 Article
Bitter Minnesota Brewery Tours are coming to St Paul! After months of scheming and planning the perfect St. Paul brewery experience, we’re happy to announce that we are officially kicking of our weekend St. Paul tasting tours this Friday, November 3rd. You can now join other craft beer lovers f...
Saturday, April 01, 2017 Article
Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week – Bent Brewstillery Gïga Lüpin Our newest pick for Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week Gïga Lüpin from our friends at Bent Brewstillery. Bartley Blume, owner/president/head distiller/lord of Brews & Booze describes it as hops, hops, and more hops. With notes of sweet...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Article
Our newest pick for Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week is Funken City, a limited edition sour from Insight Brewing. Co-founder Eric Schmidt tells us this beer is the first in their Brewmaster's Secret Garden series of wild and sour beers. Only 300 bottles were released in the taproom. on Friday, Fe...
Thursday, February 09, 2017 Article
We are thrilled to share with you a video segment we recently produced in collaboration with Discover Delicious TV. You can learn more about what it’s like to be out and about on a Public Tour of several Minneapolis breweries with Bitter Minnesota, and hear testimonials from both our customers and b...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Article
Our newest pick for Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week is Roof Rack, a Vienna-style Lager from Bent Paddle Brewing Co. Roof Rack plays malty with a bit of toastiness from Vienna Malt and is dry hopped with Mandarina Bavaria hops. Hoist your craft to your roof rack and enjoy this festive lager! De...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Article
It's that time of the year again - time for 2016 Halloween Brewery Crawl! We are proud to partner once again with our friends at the Northeast Brewers & Distillers Association (NEBDA) on this event, because  let's be real -Halloween, craft beer and candy are super fun. Join us on Saturday Octobe...
Friday, September 23, 2016 Article
Our newest pick for Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week is NorthGate Brewing Bitter Fool. "New world flavor to an old world style", is a good way to talk about this IPA that is available year round for all you craft beer lovers out there. Full disclosure: Bitter Fool wasn't named after us. We thin...
Friday, September 16, 2016 Article
Summer is technically not over yet, and we are still allowed to enjoy "summer beers", right? That is exactly why we're highlighting Hibiscus Saison from Inbound BrewCo as our latest Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week. Learn more about it and get it at Inbound BrewCo taproom! Describe the beer, ...
Friday, September 09, 2016 Article
For the newest edition of Bitter Minnesota Beer of the Week, we called up Dangerous Man taproom manager Sam Dahl Holzinger to ask him: what's hot right now? What should be drinking before the summer is officially over?  Säure Delores #10 was his response. Säure is a German-Style Gose (pronounced "...
Thursday, August 25, 2016 Article
Red Stack, our latest pick for Beer or the Week, is the first new beer canned by 612Brew in 18 months, and their first seasonal beer available in cans. Do we have your attention yet? Describe the beer, taste, IBU, ABV, etc. Style: Farmhouse Ale ABV: 6.3% IBU: 19 What are the ingredients? M...
Friday, August 19, 2016 Article
Hot Tropic New Zealand Style Pilsner is a collaboration brew between August Schell Brewing Company and Bauhaus Brew Labs. This crushable, tropical treat is the product of two lager-centric breweries channeling the Kiwi spirit while adhering to a standard of German brewing excellence. Chock ful...
Thursday, August 11, 2016 Article
Full disclosure: Modist Brewing is one of our favorite hangout spots. Part of it has to do with the fact we're next door neighbors, but if we're being honest, it's their delicious, delicious beer that keeps us going back. First Call, their cafe con leche inspired cold­ press lager, is our latest B...