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Thank You, Veterans
All of us at Voyageur Brewing Company thank our veterans and troops for their dedication and sacrifice. We look out on our beautiful country, and contemplate all the ways we can spend our weekend with those we love, while others gave their lives for our freedom. We can never repay this debt. To those veterans […]
Continue ReadingGet Out There
The best things in life are found outside. We love this place and all its unique features, and invite you to discover the special activities and locations that inspire us. Like the natural world that slowly creates its wonders, we strive to honor nature and its ingredients in our craft beers. Many of Cook County’s […]
Continue ReadingUnplug Yourself
Maybe September is the truly the most beautiful time to be in northern Minnesota. The temperatures and the scenery are stunning, and there is still so much to enjoy culturally and communally. This weekend in Grand Marais is the 15th annual Unplugged Festival at the North House Folk School, and we are excited to serve […]
Continue ReadingWe’re Open on Labor Day
Someone wrote to me and asked if we were going to be open on Labor Day. I forwarded the query to my partners. Really? In a resort town on one of the busiest holidays of the year? What was I thinking? Many of us are stunned silly from the excitement, long days, busy hours and […]
Continue ReadingAnnouncing Lucky #4 Grapefruit IPA for Ales for ALS
Ales for ALS is a joint effort between Loftus Ranches and Hopunion to raise funds and awareness for the treatment and cure of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The organization donates a proprietary hop blend to a small number of breweries, which are invited to create a special brew and donate a portion from each […]
Continue ReadingThe Art of Beer
This weekend of July 9th and 10th is the Grand Marais Art Festival, and artists and observers are free to make, discover, consume and display art. It is a wonderful opportunity to focus on the marvels of nature, and our human ability to reflect them. In the studio of our brewery, our brewers are producing […]
Continue ReadingCelebrate Independents Day
It is a marvelous privilege to have freedom, and it is incredibly exciting to operate an independent business. Because of the degree of risk and uncertainty involved, it is very rewarding to have people walk through our doors and come back. Along with the birth of our country, we are celebrating the birth of our […]
Continue ReadingPride Beer Dabbler and Other Good Times
Voyageur Brewing Company is delighted to serve at the Pride Beer Dabbler in Minneapolis tomorrow night from 5:30 to 9:30. Please join us in Loring Park if you are able to sample our special offerings, Blanche du Bois (a spruce-infused variation of our Trailbreaker Wit) and Summer and Smoke, our Maple Hill Smoked Roggenbier dressed […]
Continue ReadingCruising into Summer at Voyageur
Last weekend’s Le Grand Du Nord bike race was a huge success and a ton of fun for the Voyageur Brewing Company crew.With constantly-evolving equipment and intrepid souls, biking in northern Minnesota is becoming more of a year-round activity, and we love to see people getting out in this beautiful landscape as many ways as […]
Continue ReadingMemorial Day
There is always a disconnect between the somberness of Memorial Day, and the official beginning of summer revelries. It is like that moment of silence between the national anthem and the start of a ball game. I think about my cousin Jimmy in Philadelphia pouring beer on the graves of his father and uncles (my […]
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