Surly Brewing Company
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| Owner(s) | Omar Ansari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Surly Brewing Company is a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota-based craft brewery. Surly had a projected production of over 15,000 barrels in 2010.[1] As of June 2010, Surly was only available in and around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
Surly's brewing system is a 30 beer barrel (BBL) Sprinkman, one of four identical systems produced by Sprinkman of Wisconsin.[2]
History
Surly Brewing Co. founder Omar Ansari had been homebrewing since 1994. After apprenticing at New Holland Brewing Company in Michigan and enlisting Todd Haug of Minneapolis's Rock Bottom Brewery, Surly Brewing began brewing in Brooklyn Center.[3]
In February 2011, Surly announced that it intended to open a restaurant and beer garden, which was expected to cost US$20 million. The new facility would also increase its brewing capacity to approximately 100,000 barrels. This type of installation was not in line with Minnesota's liquor laws, however. With the help of the Surly Nation, fans of the brewery's beer, some members of the Minnesota Legislature were convinced to propose changes in order to allow it. Minnesota's three-tier liquor sales system would not allow breweries to distribute their beer for retail sale and sell on the brewery's premises, as a brewpub does.[4] After just a few months, changes to Minnesota's liquor laws that would allow Surly to sell beer for consumption at the proposed BrewPub, were passed in an omnibus liquor bill introduced by Rep. Jenifer Loon (R - Eden Prairie) and Sen. Linda Scheid (DFL - Brooklyn Park).[5] Known as the "Surly Bill", this bill was signed into law by Governor Mark Dayton on May 25, 2011. [6]
Surly purchased an 8.3 acre plot of land in Prospect Park, Minneapolis for $20 million in April 2013. A destination brewery that "could open by 2014" is planned for the site. Surly secured $2 million in environmental mediation grants from Hennepin County to address more than a century's worth of accumulated industrial pollution at the site.[7]
Honors
Esquire magazine selected Surly Brewing Company's CynicAle 16 ounce as one of the "Best Canned Beers to Drink Now" in a February, 2012 article.[8]
References
- ↑ Sudo, Chuck. "Citing Need To Meet Demand In Home State, Surly Brewing Pulls Beer From Chicago Market". Chicagoist. Chicago: Gothamist, LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ↑ Shepard, Robin. Minnesotas Best Breweries Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint. Madison, Wis.: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-299-28244-8.
- ↑ "Brewery: History". Surly Brewing Co. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ Lussenhop, Jessica (February 9, 2011). "Surly's $20 million dream brewery: A first look". City Pages. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ "Cheers to passage of the 'Surly bill'". Star Tribune. May 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ Lussenhop, Jessica (May 25, 2011). "Surly bill is now law". City Pages. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ Roper, Eric (April 15, 2013). "Surly buys Minneapolis site for $20 million brewery". Star Tribune.
- ↑ "Best Canned Beers to Drink Now". Esquire magazine via Yahoo news website. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
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