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The 2025 Darkness Artist Search

The search for Surly’s 2025 Featured Darkness Artist is underway! Every year, we select one artist to create label art for our Darkness line of imperial stouts–the original, the barrel-aged,…

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Festival Field Age Requirements

Admission Requirements: All attendees must be 18 years or older to attend a show without a legal guardian. Minors (under the age of 18) are now permitted to attend the…

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12 Things to Know About Niiice

In honor of our first “Texas 12er” (see below), here are twelve things to know about Niiice, Surly’s new year-round beer. *It’s about as close to a “beer-flavored beer” as…

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Ten Years of Beer!

TEN YEARS!   This Saturday, we’re celebrating the Surly Beer Hall’s 10th Anniversary! Free tours, cellar raids, commemorative shirts, raffles, flights, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. Will we…

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Surly Partners with Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx!

The Timberwolves asked Minnesota to Bring the Nice this season. Surly answered the call. In an unprecedented move for Minnesota craft beer, Surly Brewing Co. is extremely proud to launch…

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The 2024 (and 2025) Holiday Meal Kits

From the same team that brought you our massive Thanksgiving Meal Kit comes our Holiday Meal Kits, a choose-your-own-adventure suite of meals for whatever December is sending your way, whether…

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The 2024 Darkness Variants

We bring you tidings of great joy–Surly’s Darkness Variants are hitting the market as you read this. In boxed 16 oz. cans that slide gracefully into a loved one’s stocking…

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The Surly Guide to Thanksgiving 2024

Thanksgiving is this week. Are you ready? The short answer is “No.” The long answer is “No, and shut up.” Winter weather, overcrowded airports, the startling fact that December starts…

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‘Tis the Season

As we stare down the onset of the winter months with a steely gaze and a pair of choppers, a reminder that Winterize, Surly’s winter seasonal, is returning to stores.…

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Grindin’

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…

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Know Before You Go: Lake Street Dive

Attending your first Surly concert? Or simply need a refresh on how show days go here? With Lake Street Dive taking the stage on Saturday, September 28th, we’ll attempt to…

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The Fairest of Them All

While it’s not true that the Minnesota State Fair started as a bet between two Scandinavians about who could deep fry the most unlikely thing, it’s plausible. It’s one of…

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Know Before You Go: Black Pumas

Attending your first Surly concert? Or simply need a refresh on how show days go here? With Black Pumas taking the stage on Wednesday, September 11th, we’ll attempt to answer…

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