Surly Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #30

Surly Brewery is the last brewery on the Minneapolis tour and the biggest brewery I’ve talked to yet. At well over a 100,000 barrels, they smash most of the other small breweries and blast through the legal barrel limits for selling growlers and self distribution. What’s insane though is that Surly is really only 12 years old. What sets them apart from other breweries? Let’s listen to Ben Smith, Head Brewer at their massive production facility and tourist attracting brewpub to find out

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 12, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodgeComment

Head Flyer Brewing - Washington Beer Talk #29

We’re nearing the end of the Minneapolis journey. This week we have Head Flyer, a new brewery at only about a year and a half old. Neil is a straight shooter who plays it by the books. I see if, after a couple of beers, I can goad some real talk out of him, like how his young brewery pulled together funding for their beautiful tap room or how he manages juggling his young children, running the brewery, working his day job, and keeping up with his Netflix queue. Sweat on his brow, I’m sure he was ready for a nice chance to breath, sit down with a beer, and to have an easy little chat about brews. Sorry, not today. Let’s see if we can sweat some answers out of him.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 5, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Burning Brothers - Washington Beer Talk #28

Tom and Dane are the Burning Brothers, ex flame swallowers turned gluten free beer brewers. Dane missed the day, but standing in for him is Dominic, the sales manager and together with Tom we here about the advantages and disadvantages of being a gluten free brewery

Sumerian Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #27

Mark and Holly talk about growing a brewery to production scale and who they would marry, bang, and kill along the way!

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 21, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Lake Monster - Washington Beer Talk #26

Matt and Matt share some seriously good advice and banter their way through telling me all about Lake Monster Brewery back in Minneapolis

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 14, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, beerComment

Lakes and Legends - Washington Beer Talk #24

Lakes and Legends is a brewery almost as big as a city block. They specialize in farmhouse Belgian Styles. Jason Glowinski tells us all about it in this weeks Washington Beer Talk

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberAugust 29, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, beer, beer tourism, lakes and legendsComment

St Pauls Flat Earth - Washington Beer Talk #23

Franco, joined by Hannah, tells us all about Flat Earth Brewery in St Paul. Built out in the old Hamm’s brewery, this place has quite the story.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberAugust 23, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, flat earth, beerComment

Back From The Twin Cities

I’m back from the Twin Cities and have learned a lot. We beat them in total number of breweries, but they shove us to the bottom of the pit of shame when we compare bikeability.

Cycling Cicerone, Blog 30-59Andrew BieberJuly 13, 2018twin, twin cities, minneapolis, st paul, bikes, bike, bike and brew, podcast teaserComment

The Cycling Cicerone Hits The Twin Cities

I’m in Minnesota for a weekend. We have so much to talk about.

Cycling Cicerone, Blog 30-59Andrew BieberJuly 6, 2018twin cities, minneapolis, st paul, minnesotaComment

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