Two Minnesota Breweries Win Gold at Great American Beer Festival

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Minnesota is home to 10,000+ lakes, and seemingly that many varieties of Minnesota-made beer. Of course we're going to take home accolades for our brews! The North Star State was well-represented at last weekend's 2024 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado.

Threw Minnesota Breweries Bring Home Awards...Including TWO Gold Medals

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Arbeiter Brewing Co. earned a gold medal for their German-style pilsener: HaHa Pils.

Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub earned a gold medal for their German-style Eisbock.

Ursa Minor Brewing in Duluth earned a bronze medal for their Irish-style red ale: Equanimity. It's described as "malty" and "crisp".

Want to Have a Taste of Gold Medal-winning Minnesota Beer?

The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild's "MN Beer Day" is coming up Friday, November 1st. You can score a limited-edition MN Beer Day pint glass while enjoying Minnesota beer!

Special events and deals are happening all over the state at a brewery near you. Participating Minnesota breweries and brewpubs include:

56 Brewing
9 Mile Brewing Company
Alloy Brewing Company
Arbeiter Brewing Company
Backshed Brewing
Bad Habit Brewing Co
Bad Weather Brewing Company
Bald Man Brewing
Bear Cave Brewing
Bent Paddle Brewing Co
Big Axe Brewing Company
Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co.
Brew d’Etat LLC
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Burning Brothers Brewing
Elm Creek Brewing Co.
Falling Knife Brewing Company
Forgotten Star Brewing Co.
Gambit Brewing Co
Garphish Brewing Company
Giesenbrau Bier Co.
Goat Ridge Brewing Company
Gravity Storm Brewery
Half Pint Brewing Company
Heavy Rotation Brewing Company
Imminent Brewing
Jack Pine Brewery
Karst Brewing Co
Kinney Creek Brewing
Klockow Brewing Company
Little Thistle Brewing
LTS Brewing Company
Luce Line Brewing Co.
Lupulin Brewing
Mana Brewing
Mankato Brewery
Maple Island Brewing
Mineral Springs Brewery
Montgomery Brewing
North 20 Brewing Company
Omni Brewing Company
Rail Werks Brewing Depot
Roundhouse Brewery
Saint Paul Brewing
Savage Tap Inc
Schram Enterprises
Sleepy Eye Brewing
Snarky Loon Brewing
Spiral Brewery
Sunken Ship Brewing Company
Take 16 Brewing Company
Talking Waters Brewery
Tanzenwald Brewing
Thesis Beer Project
Uncommon Loon Brewing Company
Union 32 Craft House
Utepils Brewing
Wabasha Brewing Company
Wild Mind Artisan Ales

Other groups taking part in MN Beer Day include:

Apple Valley Liquor, Store #3
Chester Bird Post #523 American Legion
City of Moose Lake
Glacial Lake Brewers
Minnesota Municipal Beverage Association
Mount Royal Bottle Shoppe
St Cloud Moose Lodge 1400
The Bulldog Lowertown

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