Our BEERs
Each day, Surly relentlessly pursues craft beer perfection. Pushing boundaries, honing techniques, sweating the details, and eternally grateful that we get to do this for our job. Proudly independent since Day One and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
the circus is back in town
At Surly, we don’t just celebrate Spooky Season on Darkness Day. Our second floor pizza restaurant transmogrifies into the terrifying Surly Sinister Circus Upstairs throughout October. If you scare easily, tread carefully. This month-long pop-up features haunting decor that provides a spooktacular setting for a totally unique happy hour, date night, or group outing.
You have nothing to fear. Or do you?
Surly Gives a Damn (SGAD) is our charitable arm. It’s our way of giving back to the communities that built us. We contribute to organizations that make our part of the world a better place to live, through donations, partnerships and volunteer events. Our volunteers are a vital, passionate bunch, and they really do give a damn. You’re more than welcome to join. We’d love to have you.
Down in the hollow there lived a conjuring woman named Old Betty. Her only friend was a razorback hog. One day, a trespassing hunter shot the hog and brought it to the butcher. Furious, Old Betty cast a spell to bring her one true companion back to life. The hog came back…wrong. And the hunter was never heard from again.
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Legend has it that when the moon is full, you can still see Old Betty’s hog wandering the hollow, searching for the one thing better than revenge: Darkness, Surly’s celebrated imperial stout, and its signature notes of coffee, chocolate, and cherry.
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So, if you’re in the hollow one night, under a full moon, enjoying a bottle of Darkness? You may have some interesting company.
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We recommend sharing.
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The 2025 Darkness bottle art comes courtesy of John Bivens. A limited quantity of 750ml bottles is now in stores if you need the perfect pairing for the culmination of spooky season.
As you’re likely aware, SNAP benefits will be frozen on Saturday, November 1st. Food shelves will be overwhelmed as they work to fill this gap for our friends and neighbors in need.
Rather than shaking our fist at the sky and yelling on the internet, Surly Gives A Damn will hold an Emergency Food & Funds Drive this weekend in partnership with our friends at Keystone Community Services.
What you can do to help this weekend:
Drop off non-perishable food items at the Beer Hall during business hours this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Oct. 31-Nov. 2). Donors will receive a beer/beverage on the house.
Most needed items:
Cereal
Canned Fruit
Pasta
Peanut Butter
Quick-to-prepare meals
Canned meat & proteins (tuna, chicken, stews)
Cooking staples (flour, cooking oil, sugar)
Baby care items (diapers, wipes, baby food, formula)
Culturally-specific items (masa, soy sauce, fish sauce)
Hygiene items (deodorant, bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, feminine care items)
If you can’t make it in person, make a monetary donation at the link in our bio.
If you’d like to volunteer your time, head to @keystonecommunityservices for more information.
Thank you.
If this post had been made in 1992, the featured trend and beverage would be line dancing and Zima, respectively. The good old days weren`t all that good.
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Dearly beloved: Surly is thrilled to be an official sponsor of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2025-26 season! If you’re headed to the home opener later today, we’ll be slinging Furious, Niiice, and Mosh Pit all over Target Center!
BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER: Abrasive (9.2% ABV). Named for our abrasives factory origins, Minnesota`s first double IPA rides a colossal Citra hop bill to piney, resinous glory.
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Abrasive begins hitting shelves and tap lines this week!
If you`re assembling a Thanksgiving meal kit in our part of the world, you must include green been casserole as a side. It`s non-negotiable. Making it actually taste good is where you separate yourself from the pack. Surly`s meal kit uses smoked mushroom cream and crispy fried onions to elevate this humble side to must-have heights.
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Place your 2025 Surly Thanksgiving Meal Kit order today. Link in our bio to purchase!
Fall bonfires are better than all other seasonal bonfires. That`s just a fact:
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*WINTER: too cold
*SUMMER: too hot
*SPRING: we haven`t had Spring in the Upper Midwest since 1978.
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Paired with Furious, they`re damn near perfect.
If you`ve successfully completed your Saturday errands, celebrate with a Grapefruit Supreme. If your Saturday has gotten away from you entirely, your hopes and dreams for the day crashing like waves into the unforgiving rocky shore of life, well, Grapefruit Supreme is good for that, too.
Barrel aging is an art form, one that brewers like Surly’s Ben Smith practice without peer. Selecting the right beer and the proper wood is something close to magic. So close, in fact, that the Barrel Goblins who haunt our brewery at night remain vigilant in their protection of these precious liquids.
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We’ve named the 2025 Bottle Project beers after four of our most trusted, infernal Goblins.
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BORIS This barleywine spent quality time in Parker’s Heritage 14-Year Bourbon barrels.
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VLAD Fans of Eighteen, rejoice. Our 18th anniversary beer (Belgian golden strong ale fermented with Brettanomyces brux and clauss, aged in virgin oak barrels) spent even more time aging on the brett and oak before finishing in bourbon barrels. First Bottle Project beer to approach a traditional sour.
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LIZZIE Take a whack at this doppel helles bock aged on French oak.
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VIKTOR This Strong Ale was aged in bourbon barrels before aging further on vanilla beans.
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This year, we’re releasing all four beers at once. The cost remains $100 for the collection.
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Needless to say, it’s a perfect gift idea for the craft beer fan in your life, and it’ll also come in handy for anyone looking for the right beer to bring to every winter gathering, from Friendsgiving to the Super Bowl.
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Link is in our bio to purchase! We’re still mapping out our release party plans, so watch our social channels for details. Bottles can be picked up beginning Tuesday, November 25th at 3pm.
Ho Ho Ho: Dorit’s Tavern, our fed-after-midnight holiday pop-up, returns to Surly Pizza Upstairs on Wednesday, November 19th. Reservations open one week from today.
1. Dig the new Outlook Good Hoppy Pale can design.
2. Buy it at your local liquor store, grocery store, or online at drinksurly.com.
3. Repeat as necessary.
It`s that time of year when folks hit up local orchards for pumpkins, hayrides, hot cider, and most importantly, plump cans of delicious Niiice. We`re hearing it`s a bumper crop this year!
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If you can`t get out to Delano or wherever, look for fresh 12-packs of Niiice tallboys at your local liquor store.
One week ago today. It was the steamiest Darkness Day on record–granted, we used to have it in December, but 91 degrees with a hot wind is another level–and it was asking a lot of people to brave the summer-like swelter and enjoy the first pour of 2025 Darkness.
You all showed up in droves anyway. See if you can spot yourself in the video and we’ll see you in the pit in 2026!
At Surly, we don’t just celebrate Spooky Season on Darkness Day. Our second floor pizza restaurant transmogrifies into the terrifying Surly Sinister Circus Upstairs throughout October. If you scare easily, tread carefully. If you don`t, well, the pizza is fantastic--get the French Dip-inspired Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge and thank us later.
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The towering Surly Thanksgiving Feast is back for another holiday season! A legitimately epic meal crafted to serve 4-6 hungry people, this kit delivers everything you need—the bird, the sides, even the beer:
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Smoked turkey w/jus—lemon & herb brined, smoked over oak (3 lbs)
White cheddar mashed potatoes w/heavy cream butter (2 quarts)
Gravy—turkey demi (1 quart)
Green bean casserole w/smoked mushrooms and crispy fried onions (2 quarts)
Baby kale salad w/dried cherries, puffed wild rice, feta, and cider vinaigrette (1/2 pan)
Herb stuffing—mirepoix, thyme, sage, parsley, chicken stock (1 quart)
Pentagram cranberries (1 pint)
Milk buns w/honey butter (half-dozen)
Pumpkin pie
2025 Feastbier—weizenbock aged in bourbon barrels w/vanilla added (750 mL bottle)
ADD-ON OPTION: Dark meat turkey w/jus—lemon & herb brined, smoked over oak (2 lbs)
ADD-ON OPTION: The Grazing Platter—smoked salmon, caper berry, cornichon, marinated olives, mortadella, coppa, ham pickle rolls, grilled artichoke, giardiniera, caprese bites, brie, blue cheese, prairie breeze, crackers, crostini
Deadline to place your order is Thursday, November 20th!
