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Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.156

Bismarck’s first craft brewery is getting bigger to meet the growing demand for its beer.  Laughing Sun Brewing Company, which opened its doors in downtown Bismarck in 2012, expanded its operations. Thus, allowing us to form a distribution partnership with co-owners Todd Sattler and Mike Frohlich. We’re delighted to distribute their wonderful beers in our North Dakota territory.

“This community was introduced to fresh craft beer at our small downtown brewery.  They liked it, told their friends and family about it, and ignited a demand for our beers across the state.  Now we’re excited to grow and meet that demand.”

The centerpiece of Laughing Sun’s new Front Street brewery is a manufacturing facility that includes a new 20-barrel brew system – a large increase in capacity from its current 3.5-barrel system…..

“I’ve been loading our beer into my truck every week and delivering it to customers in Bismarck, Fargo and Minot and I’m tired,” smiled Frohlich.  “We really don’t want to start a trucking company.  We have awesome professional distributors in our state who, thankfully, know our beers, have relationships with the places we’d like to take it, and are willing help us do that.”  Although Laughing Sun initially will focus on distribution across North Dakota, it has reserved space in the new building to accommodate additional fermentation tanks so that it may serve regional markets beyond North Dakota as its distribution business grows.  “North Dakota wants more access to great local craft beer.  We’ll start at home, in North Dakota, and if all goes well, move outward from there,” said Frohlich.

To read more follow this link: https://www.mainstreetnd.com/news/laughing-sun-brewing-expanding-operations-bismarck

Click Play Below to Watch a recent news segment on KFYR TV, Bismarck, ND

Ask for Laughing Sun Brewing Co. products at your favorite bar, restaurant and retailer…

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Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.155

If you’re like most parents, you’ll plan on bellying up to the counter and picking through your kid’s Halloween candy once they go to bed. You may also be in need of a drink after all that trick-or-treating. We’ve got you covered, below is a great article and video from Molly Miller paring some Halloween candy with different styles of beer. I have also included a Bell’s Brewing Company candy pairing. Enjoy!

9 Must-Try Halloween Candy + Beer Pairings

By: Molly Miller

http://www.hgtv.com/design-blog/entertaining/halloween-candy-and-beer-pairings

After the trick-or-treaters are gone and the kids are in bed, there’s a good chance you’ll have some leftover Halloween candy sitting around. But before you sink into the couch with a cold one and a handful of candy, consider pairing your beer of choice with a complementary sweet. We promise it’ll make that extra candy (and the beer) taste even better.

Porter + Chocolate Candies

The porter’s roasty, malty notes make chocolate candies taste even richer and “chocolat-ier.”

IPA + Cinnamon Candies

Hoppy, citrusy, floral IPAs taste downright refreshing after throwing back a handful of cinnamon candies.

Oktoberfest + Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

A full-bodied, toasty and slightly hoppy Oktoberfest complements the richness of a peanut butter and chocolate candy.

Cider + Caramel Apple Suckers

Crisp and refreshing ciders can be sweet or dry and tart making them excellent companions to juicy, green apple-flavored lollipops with chewy, buttery caramel centers.

Raspberry Ale + Dark Chocolate

Tart effervescence from fruit lambics provides a sweet contrast to dark chocolates’ bitterness. There’s a reason fruit and chocolate pairings are so popular.

Pilsner + Red Licorice

With citrus and herbal notes, German pilsners bring out the fruity flavors in red licorice while hops cut the sweetness.

Pumpkin Ale + Chocolate Marshmallows

Warm and toasty with notes of clove, cinnamon and allspice, pumpkin ales are the perfect companions to this candy’s vanilla and chocolate flavors.

Cream Ale + Candy Corn

Candy corn’s intense sweet taste needs a light, refreshing, low-hopped brew, like a cream ale, to wash down all the sugar.

Saison + Gummy Candy

Chewy, fruity gummy candies need a slightly tart, semi-dry beer, like a saison, with only a hint

BELL’S BEER AND CANDY PAIRINGS

  • Two Hearted with Sour Gummy Worms
  • Best Brown with milk chocolate peanut clusters
  • Special Double Cream Stout with dark chocolate pretzels
  • Roundhouse with Smarties
  • Amber Ale with Candy Corn
  • Kalamazoo Stout with Tootsie Rolls
  • Two Hearted with Sour Skittles
  • Expedition Stout with a Take 5
  • Best Brown with a Pay Day

Another Candy & Beer Pairing Chart from the kitchn

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We’re very excited to announce our new partnership with Drumconrath Brewing Company in Mapleton, North Dakota. Founder, Sam Corr has a passion for the beer industry, insisting on quality products, with a core line-up of sessionable beers.

We have full distribution rights in our North Dakota territory. Our Minnesota territory will open up once; the brewery has enough capacity to support both markets. It will be draught beer only to start, followed by cans in 2019. Please, check with your Bergseth Bros. Sales Representative on availability and pricing.

Check out this great article from craftbeer.com,  Drumconrath Brewing Co.: Serving Craft Beer in A Macro Beer Town written by:  Alicia Underlee Nelson

…. If you’re Drumconrath Brewing Company — which, when it opened in 2017, was the first North Dakota brewery to operate in a city of less than 1,110 people since 1890 – you ignore the trends, make approachable beer and convert the adjunct beer drinkers, one person at a time https://www.craftbeer.com/featured-brewery/drumconrath-brewing-co-serving-craft-beer-in-a-macro-beer-town

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NOW AVAILABLE in Our Entire Market!!

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