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 repayContinue Reading

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 craftContinue Reading

Craft Brewery in Grand Marais, MN

We are extremely pleased to celebrate our first Oktoberfest at Voyageur Brewing Company in conjunction with the Cook County Community Fund. The Cook County Community Fund is an amazing organization that marshals local resources to benefit schools, the arts, violence prevention, historical societies, and overall community health. You can readContinue Reading

Voyageur holds Oktoberfest

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, andContinue Reading

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,Continue Reading

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 andContinue Reading

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 ourContinue Reading

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 areContinue Reading

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, ourContinue Reading

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 ofContinue Reading