Surly Brewpub (minneapolis) :a review

Monday night I had the pleasure of visiting the Surly brew house in minneaplis. This is the new facility that was just opened in mid December.

I grabbed two colleagues and we hopped in a cab from downtown for about a 20 minute cab ride. The brewery is also reachable from the light rail system but it was a 10 minute walk each way and it was buttass cold and I only had a fleece so we chipped in for the $20 cabride.

We got there at 6:30pm and the place was jam packed. We were told it was a 45 minute wait for seating so we put our name on the list and headed over to the "beer here" area of the bar and ordered some Abrasives on tap. The hop nose on those bad boys was off the charts...we didn't even finish the first round before our table became ready. Only about a 15 minute wait. We sat down and shared a table with another random couple. The good menu is really good. I had the smoked pork shoulder and it was fantastic...my colleagues had brisket and bone marrow and they each said theirs was awesome.

The atmosphere was lively and fun. The wait staff was very knowledgable. The bar staff all had hipster mustaches and beards as expected but the overall crowd was decidedly non-hipsterish. We enjoyed several abrasives, Todd theaxeman ipa...ovverrated...furious...coffee bender and possibly some others.


I went into the merchant shop.on the way out and grabbed an abrasive tee shirt and bottle opener. Reasonably priced.


We walked outside and waited for the cab next to a roaring fire and then hit 8th St grill near the hotel for a night cap (abrasive on tap).


I was highly impressed with the facility and the experience. The beers are cheap too...only 4 or 5 bucks a pop.