List of breweries in Minnesota

Breweries in Minnesota produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.

In 2014, Minnesota's 109 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 667 people directly, and more than 24,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] As of 2017, the number of craft breweries had grown to 112, and the craft brewing overall economic impact of $1,324,000,000 ranked 14th among US states.[2]

Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Minnesota's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Minnesota's breweries and related industries was more than $480 million.[1] Consumer purchases of Minnesota's brewery products generated more than $177 million extra in tax revenue.[1] In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Minnesota ranked 14th in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 2.7 breweries per 100,000 adults.[3]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[4] In 2016, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 64,745 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $350 billion.[5]

Breweries

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Breweries in Minnesota may produce their own beer, produce contract beers, or both. Breweries which are known to produce contract beer are noted, but this specification does not exclude non-contract brewing, nor does a lack of this specification exclude contract brewing.

Brewery Location Opened Notes
10K Brewing Anoka 2015[6]
Angry Inch Brewing Lakeville 2016[7]
August Schell Brewing Company New Ulm 1860 The second-oldest brewery in the U.S.[8]
Back Channel Brewing Collective Spring Park 2017[9]
Badger Hill Brewery Shakopee, Minnesota 2014[10]
Bald Man Brewing Eagan 2016[11]
Bent Paddle Brewing Company Duluth 2013[12]
Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse Long Lake 2015[13]
Blacklist Artisan Ales Duluth 2016[14]
Castle Danger Brewery Two Harbors 2014[15]
Canal Park Brewing Duluth 2011[16]
Chapel Brewing Dundas 2017[17]
Copper Trail Brewing Co. Alexandria 2016[18]
Dangerous Man Brewing Company Minneapolis 2013
Day Block Brewing Company Minneapolis 2014 In the Day Block Building[19]
Fair State Brewing Cooperative Minneapolis 2014[20]
Finnegans Brew Co. Minneapolis 2018[21]
Fitger's Brewing Company Duluth 1997[12]
Flat Earth Brewing Company Saint Paul 2015 Located in the old Hamm's Brewery[22]
Forager Brewing Company Rochester[23] 2015
Fulton Beer Minneapolis 2009
Giesenbrau Bier Co. New Prague 2017[24]
Grand Rounds Brewing Company Rochester[25]
Gull Dam Brewing Nisswa[26] 2014
Hoops Brewing Duluth[27] 2017[28]
Imminent Brewing Northfield[29] 2017
Inbound BrewCo Minneapolis 2016[30] Owned by North Loop BrewCo[31]
Indeed Brewing Company Minneapolis 2012
Jack Pine Brewery Baxter 2012[32]
Kinney Creek Brewery Rochester 2012[33]
Lake of the Woods Brewing Company Warroad 2019
Lake Superior Brewing Company Duluth[34] 1994[12]
Lakeville Brewing Company Lakeville[35]
Lift Bridge Brewing Company Stillwater 2008[36]
Lost Sanity Brewing Madelia 2018[37]
LTS Brewing Company Rochester 2015[38]
Mankato Brewery Mankato 2012[39]
Modist Brewing Co. Minneapolis[40] 2016[41]
Montgomery Brewing Company Montgomery 2014[42]
OMNI Brewing Company Maple Grove 2015[43]
Pig's Eye Brewing Company Saint Paul 2002
Pryes Brewing Company Minneapolis 2017[44]
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery Minneapolis
Roundhouse Brewery Brainerd 2016[45]
Sisyphus Brewing Company Minneapolis 2014[46]
Summit Brewing Company Saint Paul 1986
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis 2005
Take 16 Brewing Company Luverne 2014[47]
Talking Waters Brewing Company Montevideo 2016[48]
Tanzenwald Brewing Company Northfield 2017[49]
Third Street Brewhouse Cold Spring 2011 Located in the Cold Spring Brewery building[50]
Utepils Brewing Minneapolis[51] 2017
Venn Brewing Company Minneapolis 2017[52]
Wabasha Brewing Company Saint Paul 2016 In the old Yoerg brewery[53]
Wicked Wort Brewing Company Robbinsdale 2016[54]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Craft Beer Sales by State". Brewers Association. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Capita per Brewery". Brewers Association. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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  6. ↑ Zamora, Karen (March 24, 2015). "10K Brewery to open in downtown Anoka after zoning change OK". Minneapolis StarTribune. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Tap Talk: Lakeville's Angry Inch Turns 1-Year-Old". CBS Minnesota. July 3, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Alexander, Steve (March 9, 2013). "Schell's plans expansion as Minnesota craft brewers grow". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ Fagerberg, Jerard (September 26, 2017). "After months of setbacks, Back Channel Brewing opens on Lake Minnetonka". City Pages. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ Green, Loren (July 27, 2017). "Badger Hill brings the beer to Shakopee". PostBulletin.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ Fagerberg, Jerard (August 24, 2016). "Eagan gets its neighborhood taproom in Bald Man Brewing". City Pages. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Revolinski, Kevin (August 8, 2014). "Duluth: A superior beer town". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  13. ↑ Green, Loren (February 29, 2016). "Birch's on the Lake brings a supper club and brewhouse to Long Lake". City Pages. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  14. ↑ Gilligan, Jimmy (9 December 2016). "Blacklist Artisan Ales opens taproom in downtown Duluth". Growler Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ Rostvold, Anthony (August 21, 2017). "Castle Danger Brewery plans major expansion". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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  25. ↑ Rostvold, Anthony (August 21, 2017). "An interview with Grand Rounds head brewer Adam Fredericksen". 507 Magazine - Rochester Post Bulletin. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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  27. ↑ "Now Open (Or Damn Close): Hoops Brewing". Growler Magazine. 22 June 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  28. ↑ Johnson, Brooks (June 27, 2017). "Hoops Brewing opens in Canal Park". Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  29. ↑ Weyhe, Philip (June 14, 2017). "Brewery to Feature Live Music, Food Trucks, Beer for Opening Weekend". Northfield News. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Inbound BrewCo Grand Opening Weekend". Growler Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  31. ↑ Green, Loren (April 21, 2016). "Now Open: Inbound BrewCo". Growler Magazine. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  32. ↑ Premo, Cole (September 8, 2016). "Tap Talk: Jack Pine Brewery In Baxter". minnesota.cbslocal.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  33. ↑ "Tap Talk: Kinney Creek Brewery". April 9, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  34. ↑ "New owners for Lake Superior Brewing". www.duluthnewstribune.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  35. ↑ Green, Loren (10 June 2016). "Now Open (Or Damn Close): Lakeville Brewing Co". Growler Magazine. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  36. ↑ Divine, Mary (January 3, 2018). "Lift Bridge Brewery plans $10M expansion in Stillwater". Twin Cities. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  37. ↑ Krohn, Tim (March 29, 2018). "Lost Sanity Brewing opens in Madelia; Hopzophrenia IPA, Botched Lobotomy Brown Ale on tap". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  38. ↑ Rostvold, Anthony (August 21, 2017). "Raise your tankard high for kegs barrels at LTS". 507 Magazine - Rochester Post Bulletin. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  39. ↑ Cassel, Emily (March 1, 2018). "Huh! A Mankato brewery just took home the title of Minnesota's best beer bar | City Pages". City Pages. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
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  42. ↑ "Montgomery Brewing is attracting visitors to the city known as the kolacky capital". Star Tribune. July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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  45. ↑ Premo, Cole (January 16, 2017). "Tap Talk: Roundhouse Brewery Embraces Brainerd's Past". minnesota.cbslocal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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  47. ↑ Andersen, Rachael (June 17, 2016). "Nearby Take 16 Brewery Has Bright Future". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  48. ↑ "Now Open (Or Damn Close): Talking Waters Brewing Company". Growler Magazine. 15 July 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  49. ↑ Weyhe, Philip (April 18, 2017). "Tanzenwald Brewing Company Opens Thursday". Northfield News. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  50. ↑ Laxen, Jake (October 7, 2015). "Third Street Brewhouse Shakes Up Staff, Beers". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  51. ↑ "New north Mpls. brewery set to open with one of the largest brewing capacities in Minnesota". Star Tribune. February 6, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  52. ↑ Alton, Joseph (December 21, 2017). "Now Open: Venn Brewing Company in South Minneapolis". Growler Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  53. ↑ Fleming, Jess (September 21, 2016). "Wabasha Brewing Makes It Official with Grand-Opening Events". Pioneer Press. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  54. ↑ Premo, Cole (October 13, 2016). "Wicked Wort Brewing Company in Robbinsdale - The Heavy Table". The Heavy Table - Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2018.


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