New Canned Craft Beer Crosses Into Minnesota

As many of you already know, I am a big supporter of canned craft beer. Compared to bottles, aluminum cans are easier to recycle, weigh less (which means less shipping costs), and are allowed more places (rivers, campgrounds, swimming pools, etc). To top it all off, cans are actually better than bottles at keeping beer fresh and tasty! All this makes me even more excited that Tallgrass Brewing has started distribution to our state.

Tallgrass is located in Manhattan, Kansas and started brewing in August of 2007. The interesting thing to me is that they actually started off with bottles. After doing some research on the benefits of canned beer, they converted. Three of their beers are available in Minnesota right now:

• Buffalo Sweat - good name for a stout
• Tallgrass IPA - pretty self explanatory
• Oasis - according to their site, they call this one a "Double ESB/IPAish" beer

The beers are sold in 4-packs of pint cans, similar to Surly. So far, I have been able to try the Buffalo Sweat and Oasis and I really enjoyed them!

In Minnesota, we already have access to some awesome canned craft beer from Surly and 21st Amendment, along with a few others. However, it's always nice to see another canned craft beer on the liquor store shelves. Give Tallgrass a try sometime. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.