Brewer Tom Mondor Wanted a Vienna-Style Lager, So He Went Ahead and Made One, Dang It The cool thing about the Summit Unchained Series is that it allows Summit brewers to make whatever the heck beer they want. The not-so-cool thing? Brewer Tom Mondor brewed his first three years ago — Unchained 17: Fresh Harvest […]
Hey Beer Drinkers! Hey Music Fans! Let’s all get together and help Twin Cities music legends The Suburbs celebrate the release of their newest album, Hey Muse! We’ve teamed up with the band to brew a special beer just for the occasion. Copper in color, The Suburbs New Wave Ale features Calypso and Michigan Copper […]
My Monday night bowling league has three unspoken rules. Rule #1: Don’t distract the other bowlers. My dad, Bob, does not follow rule number one. Not even a little bit. He’s chatty, for starters, always telling stories about the last crappie he caught or that one time his dog, Gus, fell out of the […]
OK, here’s the deal: We keep making Beer Hall Exclusives, and you keep drinking them really fast. The last one was supposed to last three weeks and it didn’t even make it through the weekend. You folks are outta control — in a good way. And because we like you, here is a new one: […]
In addition to working in Summit Brewing Co.’s Quality Assurance department, where he collects and analyzes beer samples and helps source and vet new ingredients for our beer, Lab Technician Paul Bergeland is also a librarian. A beer librarian. What, you’ve never heard of a beer library? Well, wake up kids, it’s time to go […]
Brewery to Source All Local Ingredients, Outsource Beer’s Name It’s true, dontcha know: The Minnesota State Fair is still months away. But the refreshing, one-of-a-kind, all-local-ingredients beer we’re making special for the Great Minnesota Get-Together won’t just appear out of nowhere; like all good things, it’s gonna take some time. First, we have to source […]
The state of Minnesota is consistently ranked as one of the most bike friendly in the country, and with beautiful trails, well-used bike lanes, and healthy bicycle infrastructure, our Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis set the bar for bike-friendly cities around the world. Biking at the Brewery Summit Brewing Company has long supported […]
Summit Keller Pils has made its triumphant return as a bona-fide summer staple. This isn’t by accident, of course. It’s because we have a freaking chemist working in our Quality Assurance department. With a degree in Biology, five years’ experience as a production scientist, and two years under his belt with Summit Brewing Co.’s quality […]
Perhaps by now you’ve gotten your hands on our old favorite summer seasonal Summit Hefeweizen. Effervescent, slightly dry, and truly refreshing, our classic German Hefe relies on a popular German yeast strain for its characteristic aromas of banana and clove. (And for its modest alcoholic content, of course.) But just like any ingredient in beer […]
Summit Wit Bier, a traditional Belgian white beer with aromas of spice, citrus and flowers, is unique among our beers due to a few key kettle additions — namely, orange peel, grains of paradise, and coriander, which we ground up fresh right here at our St. Paul brewery with a Mr. Coffee grinder. Though these […]
