The Company Store 

Great beer, amazing food...what else do you want when you come and visit our new place? How about the shiny new Company Store, the best place to grab Surly merch. The store will be open the same hours as the Beer Hall, and will be stocked with a lot of gear that you won't find online. New t-shirts, hoodies and tons of other great stuff will be on sale starting this Friday. We'll have all our new #SurlyDoomtree merch on sale, as well as new glassware, FlexFit baseball hats and a new line of branded Klean Kanteen stainless steel pints, tumblers and bottles. Make sure to stop by on your way into and out of the Beer Hall.

The Brewhouse Is Brewing   

We've officially fired up the brewery at MSP and we're ramping up our production gradually, which is testament to the hard work of Todd Haug, Head of Brewing Operation, his awesome team of brewers and our German visitors from the brewhouse's manufacturer, ROLEC. 

Thanks to everyone who made it out to Surly Doomtree Day on Sunday, December 7, it was EPIC. To celebrate Blowout week, and to happily consume the beer we brewed specially for it, Surly and the Doomtree crew took two buses on a bar crawl with fans, one to Minneapolis and one to St. Paul, before we met back up for a Doomtree show to remember. A big thanks to Muddy Waters, The Depot Tavern, Red Stag, Billy's on Grand, Pizza Luce and Grumpy's St. Paul for having us.

The creation of Surly Doomtree was a true creative collaboration. Some collaborations just mean exchanging paper and logos, but that's not the way we wanted to do things. Especially with Doomtree, which like Surly, has done things its own way from the start. Our crews spent time hanging out, getting to know each other's worlds - at the brewery and in the studio - and scheming what the Surly Doomtree beer should be. We knew it had to be something difficult to label or put into a box. That's kind of the point. We decided on a "bastardized style" that bucks convention, just like Surly and Doomtree. It's a dark gold, toasty, aromatic, subtly spiced, bitter enough, dry hopped brew with 5.7% ABV.

AND....Cans Are Coming...

Yes, it's true, you'll be able to get the Surly Doomtree beer in cans starting in early 2015. Check out the awesome can art designed in collaboration between our Creative Director, Michael Berglund, and Doomtree founding member, Cecil Otter. You can see how the two collaborated in our Surly Doomtree video HERE. Check out more photos of Surly Doomtree Day HERE.

We Gave A Hell Of A Damn In 2014 

We're just about to wrap up Surly Gives a Damn in 2014. We've had 20 events this year, with more than 507 volunteers giving 2,338 hours to worthy causes in the local community, and of those 236 were new SGAD volunteers! Thanks to everyone for giving a damn this year, and our SGAD coordinator and resident Queen of Fun, Mary Sellke for keeping it all running.   

But we're not done yet, we're out for blood. On Monday, December 29 the Memorial Blood Center mobile will be at our new digs in Minneapolis for a blood letting from 12pm-7pm. What will you get for your generosity? You'll get a pint glass, a coupon for a free beer (to be used at a later date), a long sleeved t-shirt from MBC and a chance to win a free winter getaway and a $25 Surly giftcard! Help us reach out goal of 50 pints by signing up now. Go to the MBC search blood drives page, use sponsor code 3731 and pick your time.

You can also check out the Surly Gives a Damn page for information about all the projects SGAD has completed and upcoming events, surlybrewing.com/surly-gives-a-damn. 

New Brewery, New Jobs  

We've hired more than 150 employees and we're still hiring! Welcome to all new Surly employees!

If your current job sucks and lacks beer benefits, check out the openings on our jobs page and apply. Right now we're looking for line and prep cooks to work in the new kitchen.  

Check out our LinkedIn page thingy HERE and check out our job postings and submit your resume to our website HERE.