Our BEERs
Each day, Surly relentlessly pursues craft beer perfection. Pushing boundaries, honing techniques, sweating the details, and eternally grateful that we get to do this for our job. Proudly independent since Day One and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
darkness day 2024
Our Darkness Day event has come and gone for 2024. We will be posting a recap soon! Meanwhile, you will find 2024 Darkness in our retail stores starting mid-October.
Surly Gives a Damn (SGAD) is our charitable arm. It’s our way of giving back to the communities that built us. We contribute to organizations that make our part of the world a better place to live, through donations, partnerships and volunteer events. Our volunteers are a vital, passionate bunch, and they really do give a damn. You’re more than welcome to join. We’d love to have you.
This week in the Beer Hall, we`re featuring the Democracy Special--a Hot Dog and a Beerpartisan West Coast IPA for $10. If you need something to do after you vote, come on in and enjoy one.
Hours are 3-9pm today, Trivia Mafia upstairs at 7pm.
The thing about tailgating for Sunday Night Football is that it`s a marathon, not a race. Mix in a water. Eat some food. Enjoy the crisp, refreshing taste of Before I Die Lager. They`re in midseason form and so are you. You`ve got this.
Mods are asleep, post green bean casserole pics.
(Don`t forget to order your Surly Thanksgiving Meal Kit, link in bio.)
Happy Helloween from Surly Brewing!
Remember: When handing out candy, a "one for them, one for me" ratio is acceptable and encouraged.
The company holiday party is on the horizon. Sure, you could have it in your windowless office, but you also want people to actually show up, plus you can`t hear the music over the copier running. Consider holding it at our brewery`s Scheid Hall event space, with great food, award-winning beer, and space for 50-175 guests.
Follow the link in our bio and fill out the referral form, including the name of your company`s party planner. They will get an automatic email from Surly letting them know you want us to host this year`s party. If they decide to hold their event at Surly, we`ll reward YOU with a $50 gift card to use here whenever you return! Good for all events booked between 11/1/24 - 1/31/25.
Also our copier is offsite, so crank up the Mariah.
As we stare down the onset of the winter months with a steely gaze and a pair of choppers, it`s only right that Winterize, Surly’s winter seasonal, returns to stores.
This full-flavored, amber-hued lager delivers toasty notes of biscuit, honey, and caramel. Medium-bodied with a robust malt bill, it satisfies in the way only a beer can when battling wind chill, ice dams, snow days, and furnace repair.
As we did last year, for every 12-pack of Winterize sold, Surly will donate $1 to Second Harvest Heartland, up to $5000.
Winterize is available on draft and in both 12 and 24-packs to all Surly markets beginning this week and next. It will be around until March or when the towering pile of snow/sludge/road salt in the Eden Prairie Center parking lot melts, whichever comes first.
It`s pretty obscure and you probably haven`t heard about it, but 33 years ago this week, what started as a typical fall in Minnesota soon gave way to The Halloween Blizzard of 1991. It became a landmark event in local and Upper Midwest lore.
Why are we bringing this up? Because we want to make sure you read our post about the winter Beer Hall hours of operation that take effect on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and Minnesotans cannot get enough of the Halloween Blizzard of 1991. The algorithm doesn`t lie.
Beer Hall
Monday Closed
Tuesday 3pm – 9pm
Wednesday 3pm – 9pm
Thursday 3pm – 9pm
Friday 3pm – 11pm
Saturday 11am – 11pm
Sunday 11am – 9pm
Surly Pizza Upstairs
Monday Closed
Tuesday 3pm – 9pm
Wednesday 3pm – 9pm
Thursday 3pm – 9pm
Friday 3pm – 10pm
Saturday 12pm – 10pm
Sunday 12pm – 9pm
📸 via Christine Armbruster
In conclusion, the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.
The monumental Surly Thanksgiving Feast is back. A legitimately epic meal crafted to serve 4-6 hungry people, this kit delivers everything you need, from the bird to the sides to the beer.
Your 2024 Menu:
3 lbs smoked turkey w/jus, lemon-herb brined and smoked over oak
2 qts white cheddar mashed potatoes with heavy cream and butter
1 qt turkey demi gravy
2 qts green bean casserole (this is Minnesota, we legally have to offer this) w/smoked mushroom cream and crispy fried onions
1 qt herb stuffing—mirepoix, thyme, sage, parsley, chicken stock
1/2 pan baby kale salad-dried cherries, puffed wild rice, feta, cider vinaigrette
1 pint Pentagram cranberries
Milk buns w/honey butter
Pumpkin pie
1 750 mL bottle of Feastbier 2024 (wee heavy aged in Dickel whiskey barrels w/vanilla)
Add-on Options:
2 lbs dark meat w/jus, lemon-herb brined and smoked over oak
THE GRAZER-smoked salmon, cornichon, caper berry, mortadella, marinated olives, coppa, ham & pickle rolls, grilled artichoke, giardiniera, caprese bites, brie, bleu cheese, prairie breeze, crackers, crostini
In the spirit of the holiday, Surly Gives a Damn will be matching all donations to Second Harvest Heartland food shelf up to $5,000. Details can be found on the order form!
The Feast sells out every year, so we would suggest ordering sooner rather than later.
Link to order in bio!
The consensus at Surly is that 2024 was the best Darkness Day ever. Our annual Darkness Day video leaves no doubt.
Lots of other beers are called approachable. Friendly. Refreshing. Crushable.
Abrasive isn`t like the other beers.
Fueled by an unreasonable amount of Citra hops, Abrasive Double IPA swaggers with aggressive tropical fruit notes and a welcome, throwback bitterness. An ample hit of oats provides a remarkably smooth finish that belies its 9.2% ABV. Minnesota`s original double IPA is a hop-fueled punch in the mouth that reminds you and your friends why you got into craft beer in the first place.
Abrasive heads to all Surly markets this week on draft and in tallboy 4-packs.
An undefeated deal on Before I Die merch: Take 25% off the @sotastickco BID beanie and the BID tee using the codeword SKOL at checkout (online or in-store). Links in bio!
The Four Horses* of the Apocalypse.
Darkness 2024 starts hitting stores this week and next! Settle in for the scariest movie you can stream with our legendary imperial stout.
*Technically, they`re Kelpies, creatures of Scottish legend, illustrated here by St. Paul`s own Susan Evans.
Our Surly Gives A Damn Donation Garden did a bang-up job this year after we got her up and running in late June. That said, winter is coming and it is time to be putting her to bed for the season, which we`ll be doing this Saturday from 9am-noon.
Tasks will include:
Cleaning all the beds out.
Adding soil.
Spreading mulch.
Pulling up the irrigation system, and other things as needed.
Everything that`s grown out of our garden is donated to Every Meal, who in turn give it to their clients for healthy, fresh produce over the summer months. We`re still tallying up the total amount grown, but the garden fed a remarkable number of folks this year, and we want to give her a nice sendoff before the winter.
Come join the fun! And first beer is on us at the Beer Hall when our work is done. Sign up at the link in our bio!
If you`re up this early, you`re doing one of two things:
*Preparing to run the Twin Cities Marathon.
*Preparing to watch the Minnesota Vikings put Aaron Rodgers in hell.
We wish all of you good luck in these endeavors, and remind you that a cold Furious will taste incredible when you`re done.
