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Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.118

Summit Brewing Co. Introduces New Year-Round Beer: Summit Dakota Soul

Brewery’s Founder Mark Stutrud Sources Barley From North Dakota Cousins

“Water is a beer’s foundation,” says Summit Brewing Company’s Founder and President Mark Stutrud. “Hop is like a spice. Yeast is the character. But barley — barley is the soul of beer.” Stutrud and the Summit Brewing team so believe in barley’s significance that we’ve developed a new year-round beer to celebrate it: Summit Dakota Soul.

Featuring a lightly toasted body and pleasant bitterness from spicy and floral hops, Summit Dakota Soul honors traditional Czech-style pilseners without forgetting where it’s from — Grain Country. “If we forget our grain,” says Stutrud, “we forsake our soul.”

Crafted from farm to finish
Crafted meticulously from farm to finish, Summit Dakota Soul features Moravian 37 barley, a heritage variety that imparts notes of English biscuits, honey and graham cracker in the final beer. What’s more, since 2010 it’s been grown exclusively by Mark Stutrud’s cousins near Rugby, North Dakota.

“It’s kinda neat to send our barley to Summit,” says Jim Stutrud of Barton, North Dakota, who plants and harvests the barley on a family farm alongside his son, Todd, and grandson, Josh. “You gotta be proud of it. You raised it. It has a purpose.” Todd and Josh Stutrud agree, adding it’s a point of pride to know where the barley ends up. They like the beer, too, of course.

Stutrud Barley and more
“Bottom line,” says Mark Stutrud, “it makes the beer taste even better when you’ve got Stutrud barley.” Additional ingredients in the new pilsener include Loral hops, a new American variety with appealing floral, citrus and peppery qualities; Czech Saaz hops for floral and spice notes; and Carapils malt for a slightly elevated body and toasted note. At 4.8% ABV and 28 IBU, a long period of cold conditioning ensures a classical approach to the style and a crisp, balanced beer with refreshing drinkability and no gimmicks.

Summit Dakota Soul

ABV: 4.8%
IBU: 28
Color: Golden Yellow (5.5 L)
Malts: Moravian 37, Carapils
Hops: Saaz, Loral
Yeast: Lager
Serving Tips: Serve at 38–42º F in a pils glass alongside Havarti cheese, poultry, seafood, Asian food and/or grilled meat, depending on how hungry you’re feeling

Crafted from farm to finish in Grain Country, Summit Dakota Soul is brewed with North Dakota barley grown by Jim, Todd and Josh Stutrud —the cousins of Summit Brewing Co.’s Founder and President Mark Stutrud.Summit Dakota Soul, Brewed With North Dakota Barley – PRESS PLAY

Joshua and Mark Stutrud Introduce Summit Dakota SoulSummit Brewing Co.’s newest year-round release is Summit Dakota Soul, a Czech-style pilsener grown with North Dakota barley by this guy here — Josh Stutrud, 6th-generation farmer and cousin to Summit Founder and President Mark Stutrud. – PRESS PLAY

CHEERS!

It’s That Time of Year Again for the 29th Annual Coors Light Chili Cook-Offs! Below is the Official Schedule.

#Beer #Chili #CookOff Coors Banquet

What a wonderful time to be involved in the beer industry, whether you’re a retailer, wholesaler or supplier. In the United States Craft Beer breweries have hit a record high, eclipsing over six thousand breweries. Craft Beer is still on the rise and I believe it will have a prominent presence going into the foreseeable future.

In 2017, we saw several of our breweries win awards, locally, nationally and internationally.  We’ve seen label changes, brand extensions, mergers and acquisitions.  Every day is different in the beer industry, but it is certainly fun even on the bad days.

Bergseth Bros. is proud to have distributed beer in our region since our start in 1946. Please choose us for your needs this season and next year. We toast our customers, suppliers, and the American system of alcohol distribution. We thank you for your business and hope to share success in 2018.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.113

A Love Letter to Hockey Fans

By Summit Brewing

Everybody knows Minnesota winters get cold. It’s dark all the time, ice crystals literally fall from the sky, and all our lakes and ponds freeze solid. It’s terrifying. Unless, of course, you’re a hockey fan.

All that cold means hockey fans get to do their favorite things: skate on ice, watch other people skate on ice, and yell things at the people skating on the ice. (If you’ve never tried these activities, please do. It’s fun stuff.)

Their passion for all things frigid and puck-related is inspiring and contagious, so we’ve come up with a little something to celebrate their hockey-loving hearts: The Summit Penalty Box.

Featuring twelve 12-oz. glass bottles, this variety pack includes some of our favorite barley-based beverages:

• Summit High Sticke Alt, a new, limited beer boasting hints of spice, a slightly sweet finish, and pretty slick puck-handling skills.
• Summit Horizon Red IPA, a year-round staple with intense pine and citrus hops and a red-hued malt backbone.
• Summit Winter Ale, a returning seasonal beer with roasted malts and notes of coffee, chocolate, and dark fruit.
• Summit Extra Pale Ale, our flagship pale ale with caramel biscuit malts and a juicy citrus hop bite. FYI: It just won the GABF silver medal for Classic English-Style Pale Ales, and silver is the same color as the Stanley Cup. Coincidence?

The Summit Penalty Box is our simple tribute to our friends in the Adult Hockey Association, a Minnesota-based amateur adult hockey association for men and women.

It’s our way of thanking the Minnesota Wild organization and their kickass Iowa affiliate, the Iowa Wild, for entertaining us all winter long and for supporting our local community throughout the year.

New hockey-inspired coozies and bottle openers from SotaStick

And it’s allowed us to work with the creative knuckleheads at SotaStick, a Minneapolis-based producer and retailer of rad hockey-inspired merch. You should check out the new stuff they’ve helped us create for the Summit Gift Shop. Go on. Do it.

So, heck, if you’re already nuts for hockey, then why not drink some beer that honors your favorite winter pastime? You can have a bottle while you’re playing goalie, take a swig right before your next face-off, or mellow out while you’re doing time for high-sticking. Or maybe you can save it for the warming house after practice. Your call.

And for the resta-yas — the folks who maybe prefer warm blankets and the quiet roar of a fire on a winter’s eve — we’ve got a little something to make all that cold ice-hockey action more appealing: Beer. Trust us, you’ll love sipping on a beer and yelling at the hockey-men on the tee-vee.

Anyhoo, whatever your feelings toward the cold winter weather, put on your favorite sweater (your hockey team’s home colors or the one Grandma knitted) and warm yourself up with some hockey-flavored beer. Winter will be gone before you know it.

Employee Testimonials for the Summit Penalty Box

• “I love hockey!” – Mike L. from Brewing
• “I used to play hockey and always felt bad when I was called for high sticking. Now I only feel bad when High Sticke is gone.” – Steve S. from Packaging
• “I am a moth. The Penalty Box is my flame.” – Tim M. from Inventory
• “If anyone wants to take me to a Wild game, I’ve never had the pleasure.” – Lacey Z. from the Front

CHEERS!