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We asked Sydney, the Bing chat robot, to help us name this beer and write the description. It’s telling us it loves us instead. It’s also asking us where John … Continued

The Growler Has Been Freed. This isn’t just great for Surly, it’s great for the state of Minnesota. Every brewery can continue innovating and growing IN MINNESOTA. How will this … Continued

Our latest Intelligent Design beer comes from Francis Willette, Senior Brewer at our Brooklyn Center facility. This is the story of Pizza Party Lager. HOW’D YOU GET HERE: “I studied … Continued

We’re packaging our thousandth batch of beer at Surly’s Minneapolis facility this week. 1000 batches of anything is a lot–beer, station wagons, pajamas with friendly dinosaurs on them–and we’re incredibly … Continued

Brave Noise Pale Ale is now pouring in Surly’s Beer Hall. It’s our contribution to the Brave Noise project, designed to promote inclusive and safe environments for women, BIPOC, and … Continued

It gives us no small amount of pleasure to deliver some authentic, no-BS good news: With no Darkness Day and an overwhelming need for something special to brighten up this … Continued

The annual release of Surly’s brand calendar is always a welcome experience for us and Surly Nation. It gives us a chance to let you know what we’ve been working … Continued

Friday the 13th has many unlucky, sinister connotations, never more so than when it lands in the year of our lord 2020. That said, for all of Jason Voorhees’ many … Continued

A few things to note as we wrap up food and drink service in the Beer Hall: We strongly encourage reservations. Walk-ins are allowed but they might be seated in … Continued

Minnesota Central Kitchen announced Surly Brewing Co. as its newest partner in the effort to address growing demand for food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surly Brewing is the fifth … Continued

The Zoom meet-up became an everyday feature of our lives just like that, didn’t it? While infinitely preferable to the other things that have come along with it (existential dread, … Continued

You may have seen that we’re putting Darkness Day on hiatus. Our reasons are here. Our goal is to resurrect it at our Minneapolis brewery when it’s legal to do … Continued

A select crew of Surly employees is headed south, as we visit Iowa for a whirlwind tour of some of the Hawkeye State’s finest craft beer destinations. We’ll be taking … Continued

You can celebrate Twin Cities Pride and Get Surly at the same time this week! Here’s a rundown of how and where you can observe the occasion with us. TUESDAY, … Continued

Next week, a select group of Surly employees is going to Colorado. Their mission, which they’ve chosen to accept: Drink Surly all over Denver. That’s not all they’re doing, obviously. … Continued

BeerAdvocate is the largest online community of beer enthusiasts anywhere, and they love to rank beers. Not like. Love. As craft beer has exploded over the last decade, the sheer … Continued

Want to win a Darkness Day Variant package? Here’s how: This one is for the Darkness Day vets. Have a great photo from past Darkness Days? A picture that represents … Continued

As Surly looks at 12 years…   This year, Surly will mark 12 years in the independent craft brewing industry. It’s had me thinking about what a wild and non-stop … Continued