It's been a little while since I last posted, I've been finishing up the school year, preparing to move to another teaching job, and getting things together to go on vacation. I am in Northern Wisconsin, and plan on spending the week relaxing and will be posting some thoughts on some beers I've been able to get up here. I was able to pick up a couple new beers from New Glarus. I picked up their Spotted Cow, IPA, and Imperial Weizen. I'll review the last two this week. I might try to pick up a couple other New Glarus while I'm in town, I saw their Road Slush Stout and their Rasberry Tart also in the store. Dogfish Head distributes in Wisconsin, and I saw their 60,90, and 120 minute IPAs, as well as India Brown and maybe a couple others, so I'll be sure to pick up one or two.
A couple other things I've run across lately: Fitger's Brewhouse, probably the best beer in Minnesota, has started delivering growlers! Here's the article from the Duluth News Tribune.
Another article I ran across originally on MNBeer.com blog, was an article from the Pioneer Press about a Minnesota man who has bought farm land with plans on creating a sustainable "brewfarm" complete with a windmill. I had just been talking to my wife and some friends about how this would be my "dream" brewery situation, and it looks like this guy is making it a reality. I'm going to try to find a way to send him some questions. Great to see someone is doing this!
SOMEDAY, A CROP TO KICK BACK WITH AN URBAN ST. PAUL MAN HAS SET HIS SIGHTS ON A RURAL 35-ACRE SPREAD IN WILSON, WIS., WHERE HE PLANS TO GROW HOPS, HARNESS WIND AND EXPLORE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN HIS OWN CRAFT-BEER "BREWFARM."
*I wish I could post the rest of this article, but it is no longer available and because the Pioneer Press is a cheap, terrible paper, I would have to pay some bullshit fee to access the rest of this article. Just take my word for it, a cool article about a guy with a great idea. I'll see if I can find more information somewhere else.
Finally, this month is the 2nd Annual Surly Open, a disc golf outing where $30 gets you a Surly disc, lunch, 18 holes of golf and $1 Surly taps! Unfortunately I can't go, but as a disc golfer, I think this is pretty damn cool! Beer and disc golfing go hand and hand, and while Anderson Valley Brewing Company in California has the right idea of actually having a disc golf course on the brewery grounds, a brewfest/golf outing is a great idea as well.
More to come this week.
Salud!
The Bearded Brewer
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