Summit Brewing Company
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| Summit Brewing Company | |
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| Location | St. Paul, Minnesota United States |
| Year opened | 1986 |
| Active Year-Round Beers | |
| Summit Extra Pale Ale | American pale ale |
| Summit Grand | Pilsener |
| Summit India Pale Ale | American IPA |
| Summit Great Northern Porter | American porter |
| Active Seasonal Beers | |
| Summit Maibock (Spring) | Maibock / helles bock |
| Summit Hefe Weizen (Summer) | Hefe weizen |
| Summit Oktoberfest (Fall) | Märzen |
| Summit Winter Ale (Winter) | Winter warmer |
| Ltd Release Beers | |
| Summit Oatmeal Stout | Oatmeal stout |
| Summit Amber | Altbier/Amber ale |
| Summit Scandia Ale | Witbier |
| Summit Extra Special Bitter (20th Anniversary) | Extra special bitter |
Summit Brewing Company is a brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota that brews a wide selction of popular beers. It is sometimes mistakenly believed to be a microbrewery, even though Summit's output is in the top 50 of breweries in the United States, more than 60,000 barrels of beer per year. Their Extra Pale Ale is especially popular in the Twin Cities area.
The brewery was founded in 1986 by local brewer Mark Stutrud and a group of his friends in an old auto parts warehouse on St. Paul's University Avenue. Their beers quickly became local favorites, and the company began to grow rapidly. By 1998, the company's beer production had exceeded the capacity of the original University Avenue brewery, and a new brewery was built on the west end of St. Paul, overlooking the Mississippi River. As of 2006, Stutrud is still the brewery's chief brewmaster.
As of 2006, Summit Beers are available from distributors in 13 U.S. states throughout the Midwest and Great Plains (CO, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MT, ND, OH, PA, SD, WI). The brewery currently brews four year-round styles, a variety of seasonal, and a limited release beers (see side bar). It is the third-largest brewery in Minnesota (31st largest in the United States), after Gluek's and August Schell Brewing Company.
