Release your inner Viking here! Blue Earth is grateful for its own brewery. This place is slowly…read morebut surely growing. John, the owner, is a nanobrewer and works hard at his craft. He is always serving customers and is happy to tell you about small town brewing. The best beer IMO is Erik the Red, an amber ale. If you are new to the brewery, I recommend ordering a sampler flight so you can try all the beers in one sitting. The bar area is small, but there are booths, high top tables and long tables aplenty. Board games are available to play and whole Heggie's pizzas are available for purchase. Music nights are also hosted every few months. If you like beer, you'll like it here!

I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and not criticize so I just want to say beer should not be…read morefermented in plastic. It's porous, hard to sanitize, and does not belong in a brewery. Hence the sour tasting beer. Get some stainless steel fermentation tanks and you might have a good product.

We stopped in for a flight. Even beer we tried was great! We especially loved the stout, nut…read morebrown, and the tangerine. This is a solid brewery! It was worth the trip.

Definitely worth a stop! Great service in a cool location....and an impressive beer selection…read more Definitely will be back!

Love love love this brewery!!! The staff are fantastic. The beer and seltzers are delicious. They…read morehave so many fun events too. The new owners have really turned this around. Open thankfully only Thursday Friday Saturday... otherwise we would be there a LOT more!

Weird, just really weird Beer was just OK at best…read moreLackluster service Decided to come down to Fairmont to check out this new brewery to maintain having been to every brewery in Minnesota. Arrived right at opening time. Nice and comfortably cool inside on a hot May afternoon and ample indoor seating. Recognized the owner behind the counter from some articles I had seen online. Ordered the lager. He says we have seating outside in front and on the side of the building - grab a seat out there and I'll bring your beer when it's ready. What? It's 98 degrees outside with 40 percent humidity and how long does it take to pour a beer? The answer apparently is 10 minutes. I waited outside for 10 minutes with no other customers in the place. After sweating outside, was debating whether to get another beer or not. Figured I drove all the way down here from quite a distance so might as well. Same deal. Go outside and I'll bring it out to you. He sure did. About the same wait time. One of things I like about going to Minnesota breweries is the friendly chit chat with owners and bartenders. Not the case here. Saw they posted this on their FB the same day I was there "A/C inside for those already not liking the heat.". Ha! I wish I would have been allowed to enjoy it. They only have three beers on tap. Neither of my two were very good. Will not be back.

Pros: Ambiance in insanely good. At the end of a long,…read morewindy road. On a compound full of old, brick buildings. And a main room with massive ceilings and massive tables. Really impressive to look at. The service is great. Really friendly bartenders with a great array of beers and a couple of nice-sounding pizzas to munch on. The pizza we had was pretty much tavern style, so it was crispy and cheesy and packed with delicious toppings. Cons: Not a single con. Tips: When you come, prepare to stay for a long time to try their different flight offerings and prepare to play one of their dozens of board games. There's pizza to keep you going, too. Really nice spot.

What can I add to the last experience but just trying a new beer. The Bock was excellent and my…read morefavorite Firebrick was awesome as usual. The taproom is really nice and the brewery is really a beautiful setting. We also enjoyed the 1919 root beer.

Stopped in last Thursday and was pleasantly greeted by friendly beertender Eric. He was patient &…read morehelpful as poured us some tasters so we could find what we wanted a pint of on a too warm fall day. Everything we sampled was delicious. I opted for a Lemond Lime. Thanks Mineral Springs for a delicious beer poured by a delightful fellow in such a comfy & welcoming tap room.

I love their new location. They always have great food trucks. The igloos are fun to use when the…read morewinter weather arrives. Theirs beers are great!

Stopped in yesterday, Saturday, for one, making this my 386th brewery visit. A little intriguing…read moreand hopeful of maybe a little sweet I opted for a taste of Creme Brulee Coffee Cream Ale. It wasn't what I was hoping for I opted for a pour of Black Robe Stout, that his the palate mark I was hoping for. Cute bright little tap room w a small parking lot. It was easy to spot from State St/13. For 2:00ish on a Saturday there was a good crowd of people but easy to find a seat. I was surprised when I asked the owner how long he'd been around and he responded w ten years. I had no idea it'd been that long that I'd: been meaning to pop in. Cheers Ward House.

If you have the Hop Passport, go elsewhere. They won't honor it, even though they are in it and it…read moreis what brought us in. Recommended Half Pint instead.

This was a great little brewery to make a drive to! It's a little off the path and feels like…read moreyou're pulling into someone's house, but don't worry, you're in the right place. On this visit, I tried the strawberry cream ale and the hard selzer. Both were perfect for the warm day. The strawberry was just lightly sweet and very refreshing. Staff were great with recommendations. If you're in the area, would definitely recommend stopping by Half Pint.

Saturday i finally made the Half Pint stop, my 385th brewery....so i consider myself seasoned…read more... talking to brewers and owners is my JAM. I arrived a little before noon open, an empty truck was already parked so I headed in w the thought; maybe unlocked early? As I approached the set of double doors in front of the non-opening one was the cutest little gray cat...who as I approached got up to meow greet me... I talked back as I opened the door asking "are you going to come in w me?" When I saw a man inside say "she stays outside" so I entered. There was a fella on the corner of the bar that I started talking to about which beer he was drinking? As we talked and the beertender commented, I quickly realized he was the brewer and co-owner Mike. Perfect... just who I love to have behind the bar!! I was @ Half Pint for just over two hours....for which....i rarely stopped talking. As brewer/co-ownet Mike was slanging....and without a wince my whole visit he endured my yammering about beer & brewing!! Mike is not nice, not even lovely. He is...downright....DELIGHTFUL!!! He effortlessly....climbed my Top Owner.... Brewer Ranks!! He was so kind and knowledgeable! Shortly after I arrived a group of four guys, regulars came in...said they were bachelor party brewery hopping. Mike immediately rattled off four breweries they could head to in the area. How knowledgeable and kind! Party Captain Dave had a pint of the Cerveza and couldn't stop raving about it. Mike and I had built a four pour flight to which when I finished I was trying to decide on a pint.... despite Dave's raving I kept shrugging it off as I thought: mehhh I've had plenty of lagers... it's likely not anything special. Shame on me! I cant put my palate on it....but ....just something about Mike's Cerveza was so.....refreshing! It was a solid choice for my only pint. I appreciated as we discussed my next beer.... he asked: any you had to choke down? I replied w a hearty no, they were all delicious, even the two IPA's as that's not a style I particularly care for. We also discussed the tap beer he brews but doesn't even like. Again, i appreciate his honesty. Without a doubt.... already looking FORWARD to my next Saturday stop.... after a grad party in town! If you havent already been.... i HIGHLY recommend Half Pint Brewing! They also have a little popcorn machine when you come in, aww thanks. They're starting bingo one night a week, Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm can be delivered on certain days. The brewery has a county agreement that there will only be five live music performances a year so if you see one advertised and think: ahh I'll catch them the next time? No, no you won't, go on and make plans to attend. Two hours wasn't even long enough for my visit. I wanted to stay but... I wanted to try another brewery and I still had the back to the city drive to make so I cut myself off. Besides by the time I left the place was pretty busy so. For nine beers on tap; I tasted my way through six of them. All lower ABV's, thanks for that! My flight was 1 Pa's Vanilla Bean Porter, 5 Krushin Chovy's Hazy, 6 Norway IPA, & 7 Strawberry Cream Ale. I asked for a taste of the Dusseldorf Alt as that's a style I tend to like & Mike said he didn't like t. We were in agreement that the initial taste was... but the back end hit better. Then I had the pint of 8 Cerveza w Lime. Mike talked about Hannah's Honey & showed me the honey bottles they had for sale. You may have to take gravel roads to get to Half Pint but off the beaten track is well worth the drive....for the delicious beers, the fantabulous hospitality and the townfolk comradery!! Thanks and cheers Half Pint & Mike for making my inaugural stop so fun and memorable!

Went there on Saturday afternoon and the place was very busy! It was really great to see people out…read moreand about on a nice. Lost Sanity is a fun place to go too for a beer and nice conversation!. People were in there with their kids, playing card games and just enjoying a nice afternoon! I had a 1919 Root Beer which of course is always good and my boyfriend got the Full Pulp which had a really nice citrus flavor to it. We topped it off with a pizza from K Maria's Pizzeria and it was the perfect afternoon!

This place is awesome. 100/10 recommend stoping here! We were recommended by a friend to visit and…read moreI'm glad we did. The gentleman behind the bar was one of the kindest people I have ever met. It felt like home when we walked in and it was our first time! We tried 4 different beers and ended up taking home about 10 crowlers. We spent about 2 hours in Lost Sanity and can't wait to go back again.

Gayle and I recently made our annual trip to West O. We came in on a Sunday after the Iowa-Iowa…read moreState Football game the day before. As we were past labor day and big game, we almost had the place to ourselves. We usually show up with a Subway sandwich and order a beer. This time around, we ordered one of their delicious Pizzas and washed that down with a Coco Stout for her and a Doppel Bock for me. We added an order of peanuts and a 6-pack of the Doppel Bock for me to carry home all the way to Nevada. That supplemented the Smoked Red and Octoberfest beer back in the fridge at the Lake Cabin.

What a gem! First…read moreoff, I am a stout girl. The darker the beer; the better as far as I am concerned the the West O Cocoa Stout is the chef's kiss! Every Iowan beerfest I attend, I am always in search of the West O Beer tent. We popped in on our final night of vacation for a pint and some pretzel bites as the kiddos played out on their patio. Pricing was on par. Parking was a bit cramped, you can tell when the parking lot is full that the inside will be, too. You need to order at the bar. (They are closed on Monday, FYI.) The pretzel bites were good, mustard definitely had some kick. My West O Cocoa was the perfect end to vacation. I'll pop in this brewery again when we are in town!

Delicious food and atmosphere for their Friday night Winedown. Loved the live piano music. Highly…read morerecommend! They also had a delicious wine slushy with a fruit kabob - yum!

My favorite winery with its gorgeous setting and great wines! Being at Morgan Creek is like being…read moreat a winery in Italy! The apps and pizzas are delicious, too! Friday piano music is relaxing, and the Saturday jazz is a delight! Orders are taken in the tasting room, and the food is delivered to your table.