For those of you that don’t know, August is a special month here at Top Ten Liquors. August is the month that we celebrate Minnesota’s Craft Beer, and for us here at the Brew Bros Blog, it gives us another excuse to highlight some of our favorite home-grown breweries...
Rest assured the wine buyer is doing his job! Let’s take a little trip starting in the rolling hills above Lyon. The Beaujolais countryside is something a Minnesotan can take to heart and speaking of heart, the people of Beaujolais have got it in spades! The wine is...
Summer, like all good things, is moving entirely too fast. With that said, do your best to slow down and enjoy some great summer beers. To be totally honest, I’m not always the biggest fan of summer beers. They always seem too light in the flavor department and...
First of all, with regards to wine ratings in magazines, I view them as a reference or an affirmation, not as dogma. I like to taste for myself first and make up my own mind. The wines this week all have scores in the Wine Advocate of 90 points or higher. I’ve tried...
I love this time of year in Minnesota. Softball leagues are in full swing, often with tongue-in-cheek team names—the Ball Breakers are hosting Blood Bath and Beyond tomorrow night. The next whopper of a fish might be just one cast away. Outdoor live music is...
Alison Crowe is a lucky woman. She also is a hardworking go-getter with a ton of winemaking experience, considering her age. When she was 17, she put her parents on notice that she was going to be a winemaker. She graduated from high school, enrolled at UC Davis and...
One of my favorite things about writing for this blog is the opportunity to shine a light on lesser known breweries. One such brewery is the Nebraska Brewing Company. You may have seen their cans in our coolers or on the shelves. They have a pretty impressive barrel...
Dave Phinney might not have ever gotten into the wine world if not for a college break trip to Italy. It was then that he had an “aha” moment with wine and food. When the young man returned to the U.S. he changed his major and dove in head first. He got his first wine...
Gose (Goes-uh) beers are a historical German beer style dating back hundreds of years. They are a fantastic style to introduce a dry white wine / dry champagne drinker to, as they are naturally dry in nature due to sea salt with coriander being critical ingredients....
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