The Growler's managing editor Joe Alton joins the Current's Morning Show to talk about the latest trends in the Minnesota craft beer scene.

The Morning Show's Jill Riley hung out with The Growler's Joe Alton to talk about The Pretty Big Deal issue and recently opened breweries.

There are a ton of breweries opening up right now, though. It is the busiest time for brewery openings that Joe can remember.

Here's a quick list of breweries with big news or recent openings:

Urban Growler - now open
Bad Weather - opening St. Paul brewery
Schell's - new facility for their sours
LynLake - October 9 grand opening
Insight Brewing - opening
Oliphant - Open in Somerset
Drekker - Open in less than a month
Pryes - On tap (contact brewing at Lucid)
Bank Brewing - Open in Hendricks
Stonehouse Coffee /Big Ax - Coffee shop turned brewery
Sisyphus - Brewery open, comedy venue coming soon
Fair State - Open and serving
Waconia - Opening October
Tin Whiskers - Open in St. Paul
Lake Monster - opening in Saint Paul summer 2015
Badger Hill - Say they're in October
Junkyard - Kickstarter funded. New brewery on the way.
Voyageur Brewing - Close to opening in Grand Marais
Sidhe Brew - to open in Saint Paul soon