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Eating and Drinking with The Growler's Joe Alton: Underrated Breweries

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March 18, 2015

Urban Growler
Urban Growler's head brewer and owner Deb Loch fills growlers at the St. Paul microbrewery.
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Joe Alton is editor-in-chief of The Growler and project director of the Beer Dabbler. He joins The Current's Morning Show to talk about some underrated breweries in Minnesota.

"There's a conversation that happens a lot among folks who deal with beer professionally," Alton says. "A lot of new breweries that are opening are great, but a lot of times they overshadow some of the others that have been making beer for a while."

So which breweries are being overlooked? Joe provided this list; listen to the full audio to hear his descriptions of these Minnesota brewers.

Schell's Brewery - New Ulm, Minn.

Summit Brewing Company - St. Paul, Minn.

Bang Brewing - St Paul, Minn.

Urban Growler Brewing Company - St. Paul, Minn.

Steel Toe Brewing - St. Louis Park, Minn.

HammerHeart Brewing Company - Lino Lakes, Minn.

Flat Earth Brewing Co. - St. Paul, Minn.

Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub - Minneapolis

Olvalde Farm and Brewing Company - Rollingstone, Minn.