2018 WET Glossary of Terms
Key words and phrases you need to know about the 2018 version of WET. 6000 POUNDS: The amount of Citra hops that were harvested at Gasseling Ranches south of Yakima,…
3DH: Three Is a Magic Number
"The trouble with a lot of triple IPAs is that I've never really had one I liked." This, from Surly Head Brewer Ben Smith, was the hurdle to clear for…
All the Hops That Fit
Surly built its reputation on hops, even when that wasn’t the cool thing to do. (The Minneapolis bar owner who spit Furious out in front of Omar is foundational brewery…
Frisson Break
Our new BC Small Batch beer started as an attempt to solve a Beer Hall problem. The quandary: How to accommodate celebrants hoping to raise champagne toasts at our Destination…
Darkness Variant #3: Tattersall Fernet Barrel-Aged
We've spent the last couple weeks featuring the most talked-about part of our 2018 Darkness Day blowout in Somerset: Darkness variants. We've experimented with complementary flavors for our Russian imperial…
Intelligent Design #4: Ca$h Me Out West
Surly Brewing’s Dave McGrath wasn’t even born out west. “I was raised in Miami, Florida, then I went to Wisconsin for college.” The journalism major-turned-homebrewer-turned-professional brewer found himself working in…
Three Beers, One Fair
The back-to-school sales are in full swing. The Vikings are practicing. The shuttered Circuit City by the mall is festooned with a COMING SOON: HALLOWEEN SUPERSTORE! banner. That’s right: The…
Darkness Variant #2: Rum Barrel-Aged Coconut
Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring the most talked-about part of our 2018 Darkness Day blowout in Somerset: Darkness variants. We've experimented with complementary flavors for our Russian…
Biff! Bang! BAOW!
Barrel-Aged Oat Wine, or BAOW, is an updated take on an old favorite. Roughly based on the recipe for Surly Eight, BAOW adds some tweaks and a hell of a…
Brut IPA: The Opposite of Haze
What is the next hazy IPA? While that style shows no signs of slowing down (this is where we point out that we have a rotating series of them on…