DAYS, WEATHER BROWN, WCCO 4
NEWS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, GO
TO WCCO.COM/LINKS.
A BIG TIME OF YEAR FOR
ANOTHER TYPE OF DRINK.
SEASONAL BEERS ARE POURED
ALL OVER THE STATE.
AND THE BEST FALL BREW ISN'T IN
THE CITIES, IT'S IN MANKATO.
AT LITTLEFIELD A FRUIT BASED
BEER AND A STORY THAT GOES OUT
FOUR GENERATIONS.
A FEAST FOR THE EYES, THIS
SEASON IS BURSTING WITH COLOR,
BURSTING WITH FLAVOR AND SOME OF
THAT FLAVOR IS FERMENTED.
YOU LIKE THE PUMPKIN
GRINDER.
Reporter:
SURE SOUNDS LIKE THEY DO. RE
MINDS ME OF HAVING PUMPKIN
PIE AT THANKSGIVING.
THIRST TIME I HAD IT, I WAS
LIKE WOW.
Reporter:
IN A SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INDUSTRIAL PARK
AT THE
MANKATO BREWERY.
I FELT LIKE EVERY GOOD
INTERVIEW STARTS WITH A TOAST;
RIGHT?
YES.
CHEERS.
TIM IS THE OWNER, THE HOME
BREWER AND NATIVE TO THE REGION.
HIS FRIENDS CONVINCED HIMMED TO
OPEN UP IN 2012.
IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.
IF YOU GO TO THE CITIES OR
SOMETHING, THERE ARE BREWERIES
LIKE THIS ALL OVER.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE DOWN HERE,
THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE IN THIS
REGION, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.
TURNS OUT THE BEER BUSINESS
WASN'T JUST HIS DREAM, IT WAS
HIS DESTINY.
HIS GREAT, GREAT, GREAT
GRANDFATHER CAME OVER FROM CHECK
L SLOVAKIA IN 1984.
I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THAT
UNTIL AFTER I DESCYTHE SIDED TO
DO THE BREWERY.
HE COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED IT
BETTER OR THE TEST RUN ON THE
PUMPKIN BASED BEER.
WE PUT IT ON AND THAT KEG
WOULD BE GONE IN THAT NIGHT.
THEY ARE SAYING YOU GOT TO MAKE
THIS BEER.
SO THEY DID JUST THAT.
JACOB IS THE HEAD BREWER OF THE
PUMPKIN GRINDER.
HE SAYS IT'S A BALANCE OF JUST
ENOUGH PUMPKIN AND ENOUGH FLAIR.
HE USES A SLICE BLEND AND IT
FERMENTS FOR A MONTH.
YOU ENJOY THE BREW THAT YOU
MADE AND ALL THE FLAVORS COME
OUT TOO.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HERE
BECAUSE YOU TOLD US THIS IS THE
BEST BREW IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA.
BUT TURNS OUT JUST THIS LAST
YEAR THE MICRO BREWERY GOT
ANOTHER BIG ACCOLADE.
THEY WON SECOND PLACE IN THE
BEER FEST IN COLORADO.
HAVING SUCH A HUGE AWARD
CEREMONY HONORING GREAT BEERS
ALL OVER THE U.S. AND TO
ACTUALLY WIN A MEDAL IN THERE
WAS PRETTY NEAT FOR US.
THERE IS A LOT OF PRIDE
FLOWING THROUGH THIS TAP ROOM.
GREAT TO HAVE SOMEPLACE THAT
YOU CAN GO.
THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
THIS IS MY BEER.
CHEERS TO THE PUMPKIN
GRINDER.
CHEERS.
MY NAME IS TIM WITH MANKATO
BREWERY AND.
WE HAVE THE BEST BREW IN
MINNESOTA.
YEAH.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
MAKE THE TRIP TO MANKATO, THE
PUMPKIN GRINDER IS AVAILABLE IN
SEVERAL STORES IN THE TWIN
CITIES AND WE HAVE LIST ON
WCCO.COM/LINKS.
