Fits for Men: Craft Beer Festival

By Jessie

It seems very timely that LL just wrote about beer and running here, and then the next night, my husband and I were at a local Craft Brew Festival  I have titled this post "Fits for Men" because even though I enjoy a good microbrew, my husband is definitely the beer "connoisseur" of our relationship. He loves beer- loves drinking it, brewing it, talking about it, reading about it; this event was right up his alley.


The festival was held at the beautiful Minnesota History Center in downtown St. Paul.

Tickets sold out in about 10 minutes, but like I said, the D-man really likes beer, so he ensured we had two tickets in hand for this event.

This craft beer sampling event celebrates beer brewed in Minnesota by the breweries and brew pubs that are current members of the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild. Chase out the winter chill with a multitude of Winter Warmers, hearty food, beer education, entertainment and music.


The participating breweries are listed below. Each one offered up endless 2 oz samples of some of their most unique and limited brews. We tried quite a variety of different brews, some good...some not so good. But fortunately the not so good ones could go straight into this "dumping bucket"

A casual event like this craft brew festival was the perfect opportunity for me to try out my new Stella and Dot necklace!

In fact, these two "German" beer girls said they loved my necklace...or did they love my husband?

There were quite a few people at the event. It spanned three floors of the museum. 

We also talked to some local "celebrities", like Omaur Ansari, owner of Surly Brewing. He also loves beer. And he is a runner. He ran the NYC marathon last year- check out his time here)

It was a fun event, especially for people who are interested in all the different varieties of beer.


And did I run better this morning, as LL's article would suggest? No, I definitely did not.

Participating Breweries:

• August Schell Brewing Co.
• Barley John’s Brew Pub
• Big Wood Brewery
• Boom Island Brewing Co.
• Brau Brothers Brewing Co.
• Carmody Irish Pub & Brewing
• Castle Danger Brewery
• Cold Spring Brewing Co.
• Finnegans
• Fitger’s Brewhouse
• Flat Earth Brewing Co.
• Fulton
• Granite City
• Great Waters Brewing Co.
• Harriet Brewing

• The Herkimer
• Leech Lake Brewing Co.
• Lift Bridge Brewing Co.
• Lucid
• Mankato Brewery
• Olvalde Farhouse Ales
• Rock Bottom Brewery
• Staples Mill Brewing Co.
• Steel Toe Brewing
• Summit Brewing Co.
• Surly Brewing Co.
• Third Street Brewhouse
• Town Hall
• Vine Park