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Surly Interview at What Ale’s Thee

March 13th, 2007

I learned more about craft beers in the last hour, then I have after years of drinking it! Omar, from Surly, was interviewed in the latest What Ale’s Thee Podcast, and answered tons of questions regarding everything you wanted to know about beer in this country. Highly recommended.

One of his most interesting points came when talking about the lack of availability of so many of the nations best beers here. His point was that so much has to be done to ship beer (pasteurization), that it’s not always a bad thing to not get those beers here in MN. Drink locally, wherever you go, is the better option. I like that mentallity, but I still do wish we could get some of the big names in Craft Beers here.

See also, the newest local brewery, Flat Earth Brewing of St. Paul and MN Beer for more Minnesota Beer news.

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  1. Peter
    March 14th, 2007 at 08:48 | #1
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    not much to do with beer, but I have an extra ticket to TV on the Radio for the Thursday show (I’m going to tonight’s show and don’t need it). You popped in my head as someone that might want it, so I thought I’d check . . . I’d sell it for $20 (I paid $28 after all the freakin ticketmaster fees) . . . lemme know . . .

  2. moe
    March 14th, 2007 at 08:50 | #2
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    Thanks, but I’ll also be at the show tonight with The Tube (#2 Commenter). Any one else interested?

  3. The Tube
    March 14th, 2007 at 09:22 | #3
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    $28 including TM fees? OUCH. That hurts when face is only $17. Gotta love the Fetus for their minimal service charges.

  4. Peter
    March 14th, 2007 at 09:45 | #4
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    Yeah, I know, TM sucks. I wooda gone to the Fetus but I was out of town and was worried it would sell out, so I bought online.

    K then, see you tonight perhaps.

  5. J-Me
    March 14th, 2007 at 10:19 | #5
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    What’s this #2 commentator business?

    I’m in the middle of the Surly interview and I’ve got a bad case of “wet mouth.”

    I love the discussion about how taste evolves from college days –

    “Who’s in college..or 21.. that’s got $8 to spend on a 6-pack? No-no, it’s like I got $8 bucks to spend, I need a suitcase of beers, not 6 beers! Your flavors change…
    (host guy) I guess I’ll get a suitcase of this cat’s piss over here…
    (Omar) There are times when a suitcase matters more than the taste.

    Very informative – nice link!

  6. Alvey
    March 14th, 2007 at 17:01 | #6
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    Brian,
    Thanks for the props and the link mate! I’m glad you liked the show. We had a bloody awesome time recording that one, Omar is a fairdinkum legend!
    This a pretty cool site you have here mate… Keep up the good work and keep drinking the good stuff.

  7. J-Me
    March 14th, 2007 at 17:45 | #7
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    Alvey – 
    Keep it up, and when you’re in the great state of Maine, I’ve definitely got a few new beers for you to try!

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