Craft Beer by Voyageur

Something is brewing in Grand Marais, Minnesota and it’s our craft beer! With all of our equipment and licenses in place we’ve been able to brew. The beer will need a couple of weeks to ferment but after that we’ll be able to open our doors to all of theContinue Reading

Minnesota's Craft Beer

We wish we could tell you the special date we will open Voyageur Brewing Company.  We’re super excited to open our doors and begin this adventure in Grand Marais, Minnesota.  When we started this endeavor we planned for there to be delays, setbacks and issues but we certainly didn’t planContinue Reading

Voyageur Brewing Company hopes Santa brought you everything you wanted this year. Here’s a map of best-selling beers around the world. It would be presumptuous to imagine Voyageur’s logo spanning continents, but we aspire to join the ranks of fine breweries in our state and beyond. We in Grand MaraisContinue Reading

It has been nonstop excitement at Voyageur Brewing since our consultants from TurnKey arrived Saturday night, and our equipment arrived the next day from Marks. The view above is from our taproom window. Today the tanks and grain arrived. Here are some photos of what’s been happening. It is aContinue Reading

All the way from Marks Equipment in Vancouver, Washington, our new brewhouse will arrive in Grand Marais tomorrow morning. In case you are wondering what is coming off the truck, it’s a 20-barrel steam jacketed mash/lauter tun with mixer, a 20-barrel steam jacketed brew kettle, and a 40-barrel steam jacketedContinue Reading

Even though our doors aren’t open yet, we at Voyageur Brewing Company have much to be thankful for, including, but not limited to: The fine people at the IRRRB and the National Bank of Commerce; Virginia Palmer, our excellent realtor; Rich Palmer of COMO LP; Baiers Herren, our outstanding businessContinue Reading

Voyageur Brewing Company is home to a new 10-ton KRP chiller. It doesn’t feel like we need it this week, but this mighty beauty is a vital component in our brewhouse. Its features include insulated copper piping, washable condenser filters, a stainless steel heat exchanger, a compressor crankcase heater, andContinue Reading

Susan Thompson of North Road Hops just up the road in Hovland, Minnesota has spent the summer growing a variety of hops for Voyageur Brewing Company. Amazingly, hops grow wild in our harsh northern climate and even other varieties will thrive as perennials. Thompson says, “The latitude of the hopContinue Reading

Craft Beer by Voyageur

I knew there were tons of different beer glasses out there but I didn’t know which to use for each beer. Who knew beer could taste so different?  We’ve come a long way baby. My first beer was probably Milwaukee’s Best out of an aluminum can, how about you? ThanksContinue Reading