minneapolis and brooklyn center minnesota united states surlybrewing.com coordinates minneapolis 44 58 24 n 93 12 39 w 44.9732045 n 93.2109019 w 44.9732045 ; 93.2109019 coordinates 44 58 24 n 93 12 39 w 44.9732045 n 93.2109019 w 44.9732045 ; 93.2109019 brooklyn center 45 02 34 n 93 19 27 w 45.042883 n 93.324222 w 45.042883 ; 93.324222 opened 2005 annual production volume 47 757 us beer barrels 56 042 hl in 2013 . 1 owner s omar ansari active beers name type bender brown ale furious india pale ale cynicale saison coffee bender coffee infused brown ale hell german style munich helles seasonal beers name type mild english brown ale dark mild schadenfreude german style dunkel lager bitter brewer english bitter surlyfest rye beer wet wet hopped american ipa abrasive double oat ipa other beers name type special release beers darkness russian imperial stout smoke oak aged smoked baltic porter bandwagon west coast ipa tea bagged furious dry hopped cask india pale ale tea bagged bender dry hopped cask brown ale pentagram wine barrel aged brett dark ale one time release beers sausage fest smoked belgian one imperial lager two cranberry infused dark ale three braggot four milk sweet stout five wine barrel aged brett dark ale syx american strong ale seviin belgian strong dark ale eight american oat wine nein dunkelweizen the surly brewing company is a minnesota based craft brewery with brewing facilities in minneapolis and brooklyn center noted for well reviewed beers and primarily canning rather than bottling . 1 initially available only in and around the minneapolis saint paul metropolitan area it has since begun to expand distribution to include all of minnesota and several nearby states . surly has been growing rapidly ; it had production of 21 000 barrels in 2012 28 000 barrels in 2013 1 and 47 757 barrels in 2015 . 2 surly s brewing system in brooklyn center is a 30 beer barrel bbl sprinkman one of four identical systems produced by sprinkman of wisconsin . 3 the minneapolis location has a 100 barrel system . 4 contents 1 history 2 availability 3 honors 4 references 5 external links history edit surly brewing co. founder omar ansari had been homebrewing since 1994 . after apprenticing at new holland brewing company in michigan and enlisting todd haug of minneapolis s rock bottom brewery surly brewing began brewing in brooklyn center . 5 in february 2011 surly announced that it intended to open a restaurant and beer garden which was expected to cost us 20 million . the new facility would also increase its brewing capacity to approximately 100 000 barrels . this type of installation was not in line with minnesota s liquor laws however . with the help of the surly nation fans of the brewery s beer some members of the minnesota legislature were convinced to propose changes in order to allow it . minnesota s three tier liquor sales system would not allow breweries to distribute their beer for retail sale and sell on the brewery s premises as a brewpub does . 6 after just a few months changes to minnesota s liquor laws that would allow surly to sell beer for consumption at the proposed brewpub were passed in an omnibus liquor bill introduced by rep. jenifer loon r eden prairie and sen. linda scheid dfl brooklyn park . 7 known as the surly bill this bill was signed into law by governor mark dayton on may 25 2011 . 8 surly purchased an 8.3 acre plot of land in prospect park minneapolis for its 20 million brewery in april 2013 . surly secured 2 million in environmental mediation grants from hennepin county to address more than a century s worth of accumulated industrial pollution at the site . 9 their new brewery and taproom opened in december 2014 . 10 availability edit for the first several years surly was only available in the minneapolis st. paul area due to limited supply . an initial expansion to chicago was reversed in june 2010 to ensure they could reliably serve the brewery s home market . 1 11 in november 2013 surly re entered the chicago market being offered at over one hundred different bars restaurants and liquor stores in the chicago metropolitan area . this expansion included canned and kegged surly cynic hell bender overrated and coffee bender with some chicago liquor stores carrying select surly specialities when available . 1 12 in early 2015 surly expanded its distribution to include iowa 13 and is also aiming to include wisconsin by the end of 2015 . 14 honors edit esquire magazine selected surly brewing company s cynicale 16 ounce as one of the best canned beers to drink now in a february 2012 article . 15 references edit a b c d e surly brewing to return to chicago chicago tribune november 07 2013 josh noel john ewoldt 11 june 2016 . frothy minnesota market might not bear much more craft beer . startribune . startribune media llc . retrieved 14 august 2016 . shepard robin . minnesotas best breweries brewpubs searching for the perfect pint . madison wis. the university of wisconsin press . p. 118 . isbn 978 0 299 28244 8 . surly beer hall opens . minnesota beer activists . 19 december 2014 . archived from the original on 14 march 2015 . retrieved 14 august 2016 . brewery history . surly brewing co. retrieved 2013 02 26 . lussenhop jessica february 9 2011 . surly s 20 million dream brewery a first look . city pages . retrieved 2013 02 26 . cheers to passage of the surly bill . star tribune . may 30 2011 . retrieved 2013 02 26 . lussenhop jessica may 25 2011 . surly bill is now law . city pages . retrieved 2013 02 26 . roper eric april 15 2013 . surly buys minneapolis site for 20 million brewery . star tribune . nelson tim 19 dec 2014 . surly brewing taps to start flowing in new age of beer . mpr news . retrieved 16 april 2015 . sudo chuck . citing need to meet demand in home state surly brewing pulls beer from chicago market . chicagoist . chicago gothamist llc . retrieved 23 may 2011 . surly brewing . get surly in the chicago metro area . surly . retrieved 5 march 2014 . lawler joe 1 april 2015 . minnesota s surly beer doomtree headed to des moines . des moines register . retrieved 16 april 2015 . held tom 26 mar 2015 . minnesota s surly brewing offering tasting in bay view ahead of wisconsin entry . milwaukee business journal . retrieved 16 april 2015 . best canned beers to drink now . esquire magazine via yahoo news website . 2012 02 22 . retrieved 2012 02 22 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to surly brewing company . surly brewing company web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title surly brewing company & oldid 734525130 categories beer brewing companies based in minnesotahidden categories coordinates on wikidatacommons category with page title same as on wikidatause dmy dates from february 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent 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