Surly Brewing
Surly Darkness Day 2012 Details
Surly has some info on this years Darkness Day (the release of Darkness) on 10/27/12….
Darkness Bottles Info:
The 1st 800 people in line when we open the gates at noon on Saturday will get an orange wristband. If you have an orange wristband, you can purchase up to 6 bottles of Darkness. CASH ONLY — $18 each. You must buy your bottles before 6:00, if you do not, you lose your allocated bottles. NO EXCEPTIONS! You can purchase your bottles at any time between 12:00 and 6:00. There is no place to store them at the brewery.
Brooklyn Center Liquor stores have helped us out today & they are selling the beer. THEY WILL NOT SELL BOTTLES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DRUNK!!! It’s the law for liquor stores. Please plan accordingly.
Drinking Beer:
You need a token to get a beer. Tokens are $4 each. We will be pouring beer from 12:00-5:30. Glasses are 12 ounces. Don’t be stupid – we reserve the right to kick you out if you’re being a dick (or any other reason we find). Respect the volunteers, employees and security staff.
Please take a cab home if you need to!
Parking:
The neighbors at Surly have been gracious to let us use their parking lots for you folk. Don’t make a mess. If you need to leave your car here Saturday night, no problem. Please have your car removed by Monday morning or it might be towed. Caribou Coffee has allowed us to use their lot for parking also. They are located at Hwy 100 & France Ave.
Hours:
Gates open at noon. We will hand out the orange/Darkness wristbands just before the gates open. For those in line, please don’t hold spots or let people in line. You can leave the brewery and return. You must keep on your wrist bands. Gates close at 6:30. Please be prepared to leave and don’t make us kick you out. Staff and volunteers have been here all day and want to go home.
Surly Hell Promoted to Year Round
Surly Brewing announced that Hell will now be a year round offering. The summer seasonal proved to be so popular, the Todd Haug (Surly Brewmaster) said via Twitter: “Yup HELL Forever”.
Finally, a Surly beer my German mother will drink. She says this one tastes like a bier from back home. Not unlike a Zwickel Bier from Germany, Hell is not filtered and fermented with lager yeast. American hops takes a back seat to the Pils malt sweetness and fresh bread aroma. The color is well… hell (Deutsch for light). It’s fiendishly drinkable, and you don’t have to sell your soul to get another.
Style: Keller/Zwickel Beer
Hops: Sterling
Malts: Pilsner, Carahell
Yeast: German Lager
Availability: 16 oz cans, Year Round
5.1% ABV
Surly Cans Fest, Brews Wet [PICS]
Surly Brewing (Minnesota) is busy packing Fest, and brewing Surly Wet. Wet is a popular “wet-hopped” beer made with simcoe hops picked from the vine in Yakima Valley and added to the brew in 36 hours.
About SurlyFest:
SurlyFest is brewed with three different types of Rye and a single variety of American Hops. Malted Rye, Flaked Rye, and Crystal Rye impart a distinctive biscuit flavor to the lush Vienna Malt body, and dry-hopping with Sterling Hops adds bright, floral hop aromas. A single hop, dry-hopped, rye lager bier? Ja!
About Wet:
4,800 lbs of hops picked fresh in Washington and shipped to Minnesota immediately. We brewed this beer three days later. This is a hop-forward beer, dry with subdued malt flavors.
Look for both of these offerings in Late Sept-October, 2012.
Introducing Surly Darkness 2012
Surly Darkness 2012 looms. One fo the most sought after Russian Imperial Stouts arrives next month. Release day, dubbed “Darkness Day” is coming on October 27, 2012. Each year (or judging by the most recent), around 8,000 bottles are released. Surly Darkness ranks among the top rated beers on planet earth.
Darkening Moon
The lycanthropes gather under the full moon at Surly Brewing Company, awaiting their transformation. Though they fear the light, they yearn for the Darkness that will soon wash over them. Drawn together to share the night, their stories and their treasure, they know Darkness will soon be theirs. It is as black as the sky on a moonless night, but these souls aren’t so lucky. Their metamorphosis is imminent, but they all agree that it is a price they are each willing to pay.
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Hops: Columbus, Amarillo, Simcoe
Malts: Pale, Golden Promise, Crystal, Oats, Black, Chocolate, Roast, Dark candi sugar
Yeast: English Ale Yeast
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Limited Draft
Arrival: October 27, 2012
9.8% ABV
The label is badass for sure, but I’m still partial to last years…
Surly Begins Brewing Pentagram
Today Surly is brewing Pentagram, an American Wild Ale that will age in red wine barrels until 2013. Surly has mentioned that they hope Pentagram will be an annual bottle release.
The Inspiration Behind Surly SŸX Artwork
Surly release SŸX next week. The demonic artwork has an interesting backstory. The brewery just explained it’s origin on Facebook.
I need to share a story about the SŸX art. The demon is based upon some work from a late friend and colleague, Brad Krisko. A talented sculptor and all around artist, Brad worked with us at MNFX for some time before going out to Los Angeles to become an FX artist on feature films. While there, he spent several years at Stan Winston Studio, working on, among other things, Jurassic Park, Batman, and Terminator 2. Following that, he returned to Minnesota and worked with us again.
We sadly lost Brad to suicide many years ago. His great artistic ability couldn’t seem to soothe his troubled soul.
This skull was created by him and was briefly available as a model kit, called “Orc Skull”. When I began to create the demon for the art, Brad’s skull was sitting on a shelf near my workstation. I decided to evoke his work in my art as a means of tribute. Thanks for the inspiration, Brad. RIP.
Surly SYX In Bottles
Surly’s brewer Todd Haug has some pretty exciting news today. Surly’s next anniversary ale SŸX is in bottles. What is it? Per Haug:
15% abv aged on six wood species and dry hopped, bone dry and hop forward.American Strong Ale is closest style imo.
Style: American Strong Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Late July, 2012
15% ABV
