Bill Burt – Head Brewer, CEO and Co-Owner Penny Burt – Taproom Manager, President and Co-Owner Denny Biljan – Assistant Brewer Rustech Brewing is a family owned and family friendly five-barrel…
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Two guys that have kids in the same kindergarten class. They meet. They brew beer in the garage together. A spark becomes a flame, homework follows, a plan is devised…
Everyone appreciates a trailblazer. You’ve got your Lewis & Clark. You’ve got your Rosa Parks. And you’ve certainly got your Kinney Creek Brewery, the first brewery to set up business…
Can’t beat a mission statement as simple and solid as this: “Turning good water, quality hops and stellar malts into great craft beer!” Okay then, we’re all in! You know…
Think about this, and all the people around you, the next time you sip on a FINNEGANS brew: the company was founded in Minnesota in September 2000 as the world’s…
Come check out the Starkeller, Minnesota’s first sour-only brewery. Jace Marti, Brewmaster for August Schell Brewing Company, launched the Noble Star Collection in 2013. Due to the nature of sour beer production, it…
This is a fun story with many layers. It begins with two brothers, James and Sean. The older brother, the craft beer loving Sean, gifted his sibling a homebrewing kit…
The legend of Aegir (Ah-Year) hails from Norse mythology, and we’ll cover two quick points: He was a giant who ruled over the sea with his family. Cool. But for…
Nothing gets a good idea off to a better start than some pints. And there lives the story of Beaver Island Brewing Company’s beginnings in the St. Cloud hometown of…
There are few locations on Lake Street in Minneapolis as iconic as the old Sears & Roebuck building. And on the first floor of this classic edifice of commerce, facing…