Surly Blog

SurlyFest Volunteer Registration…

Rollergirl — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:17:57 +0000

IS NOW FULL!

SurlyFest 2010 Volunteer Registration Is Now Open

Rollergirl — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:09:18 +0000

With so many wonderful Surly loving folks out there and only 45 SurlyFest volunteer spots to fill, we will be taking volunteers on a FIRST COME FIRST RESPOND basis. Email Mary at surlygivesadamn@surlybrewing.com if you want IN (with your t-shirt size) and she will let you know in a day or two if you made the cut.

SurlyFest will be held on Saturday, September 18th and the volunteer hours will be from 1:00 -7:00 pm, one shift only. There will also be a need for a handful of folks to set up on Friday night.

Be quick, be nimble and know that we appreciate all of your help and wish we had a spot for everyone.

SurlyFest

Rollergirl — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:52:13 +0000

SurlyFest information is now posted in the Nation section.

Give a Pint & Get a Pint!

Rollergirl — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:29:52 +0000

Surly Blood Drive, Wednesday, July 28th 12:00pm-7:00pm at the brewery!

Here is the link to the sign up schedule: https://allstarclub.mbc.org/mbc/mobilesch/bdc_company.php and enter the name “surly”.

Come help us save lives and we will hand you a Surly pint glass on your way out (yes it will be empty…you can figure out why).

Entrepreneur Of The Year!

Rollergirl — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:22:37 +0000

Ernst & Young LLP announced the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Upper Midwest Region. Omar was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders as the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® for Consumer Products!

Congratulations Omar and Surly Brewing Company!

Surly Gives a Damn takes on the Minneapolis Marathon, Sunday, June 6th!

Rollergirl — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:02:56 +0000

Details and volunteer sign-up information posted on the Surly Gives a Damn web page. Check it out, only 40 spots available!

Surly Open 2010 Registration is FULL!

Rollergirl — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:24:13 +0000

Thanks for signing up. Let the discs fly!

Four & Abrasive Update

Rollergirl — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:26:38 +0000

Bottles of Four are hitting liquor stores starting today! Abrasive is still available too. Get some!

Not enough Surly

Rollergirl — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:10:41 +0000

Due to overwhelming demand, we have halted beer shipments to our distributors; South Dakota, Western Wisconsin, Chicagoland, Duluth & the North Shore and Southern MN. We have also sharply curtailed shipments to the NW Twin City Suburbs and Mid-MN. Our 4 new fermentors are on-line and we will have additional beer soon. More fermentation tanks are on the way. It seems that the increased Spring demand for Surly has caught me slightly off guard. The waiting list of 3+ years continues to grow as our increased production has been drank up by increased same-store sales. Talking to some of our liquor store customers, we find that they have increased sales of our beer anywhere from 25%-70% in the last year. Keeping up with the insatiable demand of the Twin Cities for craft beer has been a challenge. We hope that we will soon be able to return to all the markets we have been in. In 2006, our first year of production, we sold 1600 kegs of beer. Last week we had over 2200 kegs of beer in production in the brewery. We can’t grow any faster! See you drinking, Omar

Surly Gives a Damn about the Earth

Rollergirl — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:33:39 +0000

Surly has teamed up with the Midtown Greenway Coalition and adopted a portion of the Greenway, Chowen Avenue to Dean Parkway to be exact. Adopting a section of the Greenway allows us the opportunity to clean it up and do other various gardening type tasks twice a year.

We are looking for 50 folks to roll up their sleeves, pitch in and clean up the Surly section of the Greenway on Tuesday, April 20th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Once our job is done, we can all kick back and have a beer, location to be determined.

In addition to cleaning up, let’s see how many people we can get to this service project via their bikes or feet (walking from your parked car does not count!). For those who do, there will be a special “something” for you.

To volunteer for this service project, email Mary at surlygivesadamn@surlybrewing.com.