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Good Dog


Santa has to like this more than milk and cookies after a day of flying around delivering toys.


Now that's a birthday cake!


Finally, a few photos from our CHicago trip.











































What it looks like when Ohioans leave Minnesota.


Ben may be leading the race in getting Surly to all 7 continents.


Surly Ultimate takes second place in the Masters Division at UPA Nationals. Nice job boys.


10-20-2007
Ed, Todd's father-in-law, bringing in 1200 pounds of freshly picked cranberries from Lost Lake Farms. It went great except Ed was sporting his Packer gear. And Sarah got Cranberried by Todd, not pretty.


10-20-2007
The 3rd mash in of the day. This time its the berries.


10-20-2007
Todd, finished this brew up at 3:00 in the morning.


Lots of photos from the GABF.


We tried to get photos with all of Surly Nation.








The best volunteers we could hope for. They even got presents for our kids!










Omar with Charlie Papazian picking up the Gold Medal for Coffee bender in the Coffee-flavored beers.






Tailgating and Surly. A winning combo.


And you thought you had a Surly kid!


A great arty shot after drinking all day.


A few folks waiting for the Darkness taping.


A surly fan and Omar, she got her pint glass!


Holy crap, this is funny. The only thing better would be if Mike's dog had a jaunty hat like the dude on the can.


Beer Here. No, Wally can't get you a Surly at the Dome. You have to bring one yourself. Nice job Stacey, I owe you a Surly Girl shirt and a 4-pack of Bitter Brewer. Maybe some Darkness also, this has to be the best Surly photo ever submitted.


Surly cans = Great Outdoors




Here are a slew of photos from the 1st Annual Surly open.




























I'm not sure why these guys are wearing Surly Girl shirts, but I think they lost a bet.


Some of Surly Nation enjoying the day at the 1st Annual Surly Open.


One of the many volunteers that make the "Great Taste of the Midwest" the best beer festival around. He's tapping one of our 2 firkins of Tea-Bagged Furious.


The scrum before the tapping of "BAD" Barrel Aged Darkness.


Todd rocking out at the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany this June.


Here is a shot of Surly's new European beer distributors. AKA, my drunk German cousins.


A Surly Fan shows his way of congratulating Surly on being #1.


The Return of Darkness at Mackenzies was a blast. You know its a real bar when the owner, Brian Mackenzie is there till close and cooking the food! The other guy on the left is just a drunk.


A few Surly fans at the end of a soggy City Pages Beerfest.


Callaway, Omar, Laura and Jim celebrate Surly's 'Best of the Fest' award. Thanks to Laura for all her work putting Arborfest together.


A couple Surly Girls in search of Coffee Bender at Arborfest.


Surly now in the Galapagos. What would Darwin think about beer evolution?


Surly now in Europe! Well, only if you bring a t-shirt with you. Moe spreading the Surly word at the Louvre in Paris.


The Surly Monster Brewing Crew.


Excited to get a Surly at the Gitchee Gumee Drunkfest. At least no one puked in our booth!


Here is the brewery before the new tanks showed up.


The tanks on the truck.


Here they are stood up in the brewery.

If we only had all the parts to brew into the tanks.


Who knew that Iowigans have good taste? A couple of Iowa State boys drove up to the cities for some Surly. Go Cyclones!










These gents went to Mexico for vacation and were concerned about only drinking beers with limes. So they grabbed some good Minnesota beer and Surly Nation pushes South of the border.


This fool tried to put a lime in a Surly. The Bender buried his ass.


Surly Nation enjoying the "one" at Mackenzies Pub.


Omar chats with Alvey and Philip of What Ale's Thee. Check out the inetrview on their web-site.


Surly makes it to the Superbowl. Will the Vikings ever get that far?


B.T., Omar and Lee at Cities 97. Who says beer in the morning is a bad idea.


This is how we clean the growlers prior to filling.


First lucky beer geek to get Furiously Tea-Bagged!
Great beer fest!
Thanks to the MN Craft Brewers Guild, Mike Hoops and Jeff Williamson for organizing the event


The line for our weekend tour started early.


Thanks everybody for being patient while waiting in line to purchase growlers. We are working on streamlining the process. Can you say "Take a number?"




Surly Ultimate enjoying Florida with a beer.


Surly Ultimate celebrates its win at Regionals in the best manner. Good luck at Nationals.


Everybody had a good time at Autumn Brew Review. Surly Nation represented!


Omar breaking down the beer for a Surly fan. Check out the cool black Surly tap handle that Vince is using.


Mr. and Mrs. Surly having a good time.


Sandy made sure that Surley Nation was well dressed. Oops, did I say Surely. One last time. S-U-R-L-Y. Like the word.


A number of folks enjoyed the beers; we ran out of all 8 beers.


Sun, Bands and Beer. What else could you want?


What happens when you GET Surly at the real Oktoberfest?


Oh My


Awesome.


Todd and Sara combined 2 great things - Surly drinking & raising money for charity.


In this photo, the Surly Sweeties are finding out where to get Surly. As Todd's winter hat points out, the event happened a little while ago.


Surly forces at work - we pulled into a random gas station in Wisconsin on the way to the Taste, and we find a Surly Bikes sticker on our gas pump. Spooky.


Settin' up in Madison for the 20th Great Taste of the Midwest.


Lots of Surly fans, including this giant beer drinkig a Surly.


Elvis got Tea-Bagged by Surly.


100 bikers getting Surly.


Surly Bike Nation just invaded Surly Beer Nation. Good times resulted.


Surly Nation is spreading the word far and wide. OK, South Dakota. Check out Chris & Craig's tribute to Surly.


Todd and Omar pouring beer in the good town of Boston at the Beer Advocate American Beer Fest.


Our first tap outside of Minnesota! Check out our beer at the Linwood Grill in Boston.


For over a year, no one could find our building, now its pretty obvious.


The bar rocks.


Nice work Todd.


Things were busy at the Surly booth at the Uptown Beer Fest. Coffe Bender was a hit.


One of the many tours given over the weekend.


Some Surly guys checking out the latest beers.


The Surly Girls sporting our latest gear.



The lines were a little long, but most folks didn't get too Surly.


Shannon McWhite guessed when we would brew our first batch and she came by this weekend and picked up her prize, $100 of Surly Gear!


The Surly Staff worked hard, drank hard and was happy to serve almost 1000 members of Surly Nation for our open house.



Becca (VP arts and crafts) busy painting the brewery's new sign.



Our award for our award-winning Furious at Arborfest. With all that beer and an award, you think Omar would be smiling.


A new patio is being poured.


Becca (VP arts and crafts) works on some of our signs


Becca, Calvin, Max, Omar and Spencer celebrate our newest Surly Sign. Look for the old boiler to point you to the brewery.


Folks got pretty SURLY at the Gitchee Gumee Brewfest. Us included.


The Bourbon Bender was a hit with fest goers.


These gentlemen were partial to Furious.


Many of them.


The bar starts to take place.


Todd pontificating on beer with the news team from Channel 12.


Taciturn Todd working the kegger, who knew it had to be rebuilt?


We worked with Carley Foundry over 6 months to design these tap handles. Each handle is poured out of molten aluminum by Carley in Blaine, MN. At the brewery Todd and Omar hand grind and finish each handle. Thanks to all the people at Carley for helping us with the design and building of these awesome handles.


Here are a couple photos on our tap handles. Look for our taps when you walk in your favorite bar/restaurant. We think they look pretty Surly. At the moment there is no difference between the tap handles for Furious and Bender, so ask the bartender which they are carrying! If you are lucky, they might have both beers!


Omar delivering our first beers to Solera. It's not a great photo, but what do you expect from a camera phone in a cooler?


Putting the finishing touches on the tasting room with parents, Naseem and Dorit.


Max learning how to paint from Jim, the master painter.


Omar, Linda Haug and Todd Haug at Winterfest.


Todd working in the mash tun. Being a brewer - not always fun.


Omar, a rare moment when he is working in the brewery.


Todd filling up a Jim Beam Bourbon Barrel, thanks Jeff.


Brew Day - Awesome


Todd firing things up at the brewery.


Building the kettle vent.


Surly Monster Cleaning Crew


Some equipment was a tight fit.


The day the brewery arrived. You know things are gonna work out when a crane happens to be at the brewery when we needed one to unload the truck.


Pouring the brewery floor.


After the concrete floors were cut, we filled 6 dumpsters with the old floor.