List of breweries in Minnesota


Breweries in Minnesota produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2014, Minnesota's 109 brewing establishments employed 667 people directly, and more than 24,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. As of 2017, the number of craft breweries had grown to 112, and the craft brewing overall economic impact of $1,324,000,000 ranked 14th among US states.
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Minnesota's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Minnesota's breweries and related industries was more than $480 million. Consumer purchases of Minnesota's brewery products generated more than $177 million extra in tax revenue. In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Minnesota ranked 14th in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 2.7 breweries per 100,000 adults.
For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. In 2016, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 64,745 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $350 billion.

Breweries

Breweries in Minnesota may produce their own beer, produce contract beers, or both. Breweries which are known to produce contract beer are noted, but this specification does not exclude non-contract brewing, nor does a lack of this specification exclude contract brewing.
BreweryLocationOpenedNotes
10K BrewingAnoka2015
56 BrewingMinneapolis2015
612BrewMinneapolis2013
Aegir Brewing CompanyElk River2018-
Angry Hog BreweryAustin2018
Angry Inch BrewingLakeville2016
August Schell Brewing CompanyNew Ulm1860The second-oldest family-owned brewery in the U.S.
Back Channel Brewing CollectiveSpring Park2017
Bad Habit Brewing CompanySt. Joseph2015Expanded into the former St. Joseph city hall, 2019
Bad Weather BrewingSaint Paul2013
Badger Hill BreweryShakopee2014
Bald Man BrewingEagan2016
Bank Brewing CompanyHendricks2014
Barrel Theory Beer CompanySaint Paul2017
Bauhaus Brew LabsMinneapolis2014
Beaver Island Brewing CompanySt. Cloud2015
Bemidji BrewingBemidji2013
Bent Paddle Brewing CompanyDuluth2013
Big Wood BreweryWhite Bear Lake2009Established in Vadnais Heights, MN in 2009, Taproom opened and Brewery relocated to Downtown White Bear Lake, MN in February 2014.
Birch's on the Lake BrewhouseLong Lake2015
Black Stack BrewingSaint Paul2017
Blacklist Artisan AlesDuluth2016
Boom Island Brewing CompanyMinnetonka2011
Brau Bros. Brewing CompanyMarshall2006
Broken Clock BrewingMinneapolis2017
Castle Danger BreweryTwo Harbors2014
Canal Park BrewingDuluth2011
Chapel BrewingDundas2017
Clutch Brewing CompanySaint Paul2018Located in the Schmidt Brewery complex
Copper Trail Brewing CompanyAlexandria2016
Dangerous Man Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2013
Fair State Brewing CooperativeMinneapolis2014
Eastlake Craft BreweryMinneapolis2014
ENKI Brewing CompanyVictoria2013
Fair State Brewing CooperativeMinneapolis2014
Finnegans Brew CompanyMinneapolis2018
Fitger's Brewing CompanyDuluth1997
Flat Earth Brewing CompanySaint Paul2015Located in the old Hamm's Brewery
Forager Brewing CompanyRochester2015
Forbidden Barrel Brewing CompanyWorthington2019
Foxhole BrewhouseWillmar2015
The FreehouseNorth Loop, Minneapolis2014
Fulton BeerMinneapolis2009
Giesenbrau Bier CompanyNew Prague2017
Grand Rounds Brewing CompanyRochester2015
Gravity Storm Brewery CooperativeAustin2018
Gull Dam BrewingNisswa2014Closed 2018
HammerHeart Brewing CompanyLino Lakes2013
Hayes Public HouseBuffalo2013
Hoops BrewingDuluth2017
Invictus Brewing CompanyBlaine2018
Imminent BrewingNorthfield2017
Inbound BrewCoNorth Loop, Minneapolis2016Owned by North Loop BrewCo
Indeed Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2012
Insight BrewingMinneapolis2014
Jack Pine BreweryBaxter2012
Kinney Creek BreweryRochester2012
Lake Superior Brewing CompanyDuluth1994
Lakeville Brewing CompanyLakeville2016
Lift Bridge Brewing CompanyStillwater2008
LocAle Brewing CompanyMankato2018
Loony's BrewRanier2017
Lost Sanity BrewingMadelia2018
LTS Brewing CompanyRochester2015
Lupulin BrewingBig Lake2015
LynLake BreweryUptown, Minneapolis2014Housed in the former Lyndale Theater
Mankato BreweryMankato2012
Modist Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2016
Montgomery Brewing CompanyMontgomery2014
The Nordic Brewing CompanyMonticello2018
OMNI Brewing CompanyMaple Grove2015
Pantown Brewing CompanySt. Cloud2018
Pig's Eye Brewing CompanySaint Paul2002
Pryes Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2017
Reads Landing BreweryReads Landing2011
Revelation Ale WorksHallock2017
Rock Bottom Restaurant & BreweryMinneapolis-
Roundhouse BreweryBrainerd2016
Rustech Brewing CompanyMonticello2018
Sisyphus Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2014
Sleepy Eye Brewing CompanySleepy Eye2019
Spilled Grain BrewhouseAnnandale2015
Spiral BreweryHastings2018
Summit Brewing CompanySaint Paul1986
Surly Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2005
Take 16 Brewing CompanyLuverne2014
Talking Waters Brewing CompanyMontevideo2016
Tanzenwald Brewing CompanyNorthfield2017
Third Street BrewhouseCold Spring2011Located in the Cold Spring Brewery building
Three Twenty Brewing CompanyPine City2017
Tilion Brewing CompanyCannon Falls2018
Town Hall BrewingMinneapolis1997
Uncommon Loon Brewing CompanyChisago City2018Located in the former Chisago City Fire Hall and Community Center
Under Pressure BrewingGolden Valley2019
Utepils BrewingMinneapolis2017
Venn Brewing CompanyMinneapolis2017
Wabasha Brewing CompanySaint Paul2016Located in the old Yoerg brewery
Waconia Brewing CompanyWaconia2014-
Wicked Wort Brewing CompanyRobbinsdale2016