Past Beers - Nine Mile Brewing

Half-A-Weizen! Half Birthday Hefeweizen

ABV: 5.5%

Half-A-Weizen! Half Birthday Hefeweizen

Well everyone… its our half birthday! It’s been six months since our doors have been open. To celebrate this occasion we’ve made a delectable Hefeweizen for y’all to imbibe! Built upon a mixed base of German Pilsner & White Wheat malts, with a touch of Malted Oats & a sprinkle of Acidulated to round out the grist. A dusting of Loral hops provides delicate balance & a traditional, expressive Bavarian Weiss yeast strain lends the quintessential elements of banana & clove, with a whisper of citrus as well. All are in balance with none of the three flavors/aromas taking over the other. It’s dang tasty on a hot Summer day I tell ya… and perfect for celebrating!

ABV: 5.5%

Premium Sudstenance Rye Helles Lager

ABV: 5.1%

Collaboration with Oliphant Brewing Co.

Premium Sudstenance Rye Helles Lager - Collaboration with Oliphant Brewing Co.

ABV: 5.1%

Everyday I’m Vossin’ Pale Ale

ABV: 5.1%

Everyday I’m Vossin’ Pale Ale

We’ve got a slapper of a hazed up Pale Ale for y’all for the newest addition to our line up. Soft, pillowy, & oh-so-juicy… getcha self on down here! Built on a base of Pilsner, with hefty support players of White Wheat & Malted Oats for a winning combo for the palate. A big drop of Sabro hops were added to the whirlpool for waves of tropical goodness. Large smacks of Strata & Sabro were utilized for dry hopping for even more tropical notes, as well as dankness & bright citrus. An expressive yeast strain - Voss Kveik - brought forth notes of orange marmalade to the rest of this fruit-laden, hop-forward ale.

ABV: 5.1%

Raspberry Lemon Sour

ABV: 5.4%

Raspberry Lemon Sour

Nothing says slaying your thirst in this hot & sticky weather than a damn fine Raspberry Lemon Sour!! This newest addition to our line up is tart, refreshing & not overloaded with fruit… but nicely nuanced & a crusher for sure. Bulit with a simple grist consisting of all local MN malt from our buds at Maltwerks. Pilsner, White Wheat, and Acidulated malts weave an excellent canvas to build flavor/aroma upon with ease. Vista hops give off tiny wisps of citrus. A small, yet assertive, addition of lemons & a touch of raspberries lend their charms to this ale. A sour-producing yeast strain from our pals at Berkeley Yeast provides the overt, clean tartness. Come on down and beat the heat with a few of these gems!

ABV: 5.4%

Dinna Fash Scottish Export Ale

ABV: 6%

Collaboration with Giesenbrau

Dinna Fash Scottish Export Ale - Collaboration with Giesenbrau

When your day is long, the work is arduous, & all you want is that after-shift pint o' ale... dinna fash, my friends, we've got that beer for y'all right here! We crafted this delicious beverage with our pals at Gisenbräu Bier Co. in New Prague, MN. Named after a Scottish phrase meaning "don't worry" or "don't fret", this Scottish Export Ale will have you washing all your worries away. Built on a beautiful mixed base of Maris Otter & Golden Promise, with Double Roasted Crystal, Crystal T-50, & a touch of Vienna making up the rest of the grist. Altus hops lend very delicate balance & a traditional Scottish Ale yeast strain rounds out everything nicely & let's the malt-forward nature of this ale shine. Malty, bready, & a wee bit nutty... with ribbons of light caramel & a hint of toastiness... this lovely gem is made to toss back a few with great company. Sláinte mhath!!

ABV: 6%

Breakfast Salad Brunch IPA

ABV: 5.5%

Breakfast Salad Brunch IPA

Who says you can’t have salad for breakfast? And who says you can’t have an IPA at brunch?? A beer brewed for those who defy boundaries, for those sick of the status quo and labels and the same old same old of days long past. Wait––we’re still talking about breakfast foods, right? Breakfast Salad is what we here at Nine Mile have dubbed a “Brunch IPA:” a dry IPA base with plenty of hop aroma and citrus to make your mouth pucker in the best way. A simple grist of pilsner and white wheat gives a clean slate for Lotus and Citra to come together in glorious citrus harmony. Topped off with generous helpings of orange, mango, and key lime, this beer will be sure to have you tasting something new with each sip. We’re also very excited to be partnering with the folks over at the Beer Dabbler with this one. For every pint of Breakfast Salad sold here in our taproom, we’ll be donating $1 towards the Pride in Brewing Scholarship, a full-ride scholarship for LGBTQIA individuals to attend the Siebel Institute of Technology’s WBA Concise Course in Brewing Technology. The scholarship was created in an effort to proactively diversify the brewing industry and open doors to people who have traditionally been met with stone walls. Raise a glass and be proud!

ABV: 5.5%

Smileized – Thiolized NEIPA (Collaboration with A-Side Public House)

ABV: 6.5%

Collaboration with A-Side Public House

Smileized – Thiolized NEIPA (Collaboration with A-Side Public House) - Collaboration with A-Side Public House

Smile, y'all! Your day is about to get a whole lot better with a pint of this beauty in your hands! This new NEIPA to our line up is bursting at the seams with overt tropical notes of all contexts. What is "thiolized" you may ask? Thiols are richly dense flavor/aroma compounds that give off grips of tropical fruit notes... particularly passionfruit & danky guava, in this case. They can be found in both hops & certain types of malted grains as well. Some thiols are "unbound" and give off their notes naturally... some are "bound" and need some help releasing their goods. That's where a "thiolized" yeast strain comes into play. These strains release bound thiols in abundance. The end result is massive waves of the aforementioned tropical fruits. They play very well in IPAs of all sorts. We decided for our first foray into these new, killer strains to go the hazy route... Bulit on a base of local MN pilsner & white wheat... with a supporting cast of characters, including: torrified wheat, flaked wheat, dextrin, & flaked oats. Loads of Calypso hops went into the mash to bring out their thiol potential. A bunch of Lotus Salvo from our pals at Hopsteiner both went into the whirlpool. Big smacks of Citra, Vista, & Nelson Sauvin CGX from our buds at Crosby Hops fulfilled their dry hopping potential to the max. Last but certainly not least, London Tropics yeast from our friends at Berkeley Yeast tossed off those wonderful thiols to augment the hops. Everything plays off each other wonderfully!

ABV: 6.5%

Non Alcoholic Orange Mango Sour

ABV: .5%

Non Alcoholic Orange Mango Sour

Built on our usual fruited sour base of 2-row & torrified wheat. Small hits of malted oats, flaked wheat, & a sprinkle of acidulated malt makes up the rest of the grist. Sabro hops lend crisp balance & a wisp of assorted tropical aroma. Orange & Mango swirl around each other for a nice synergy of citrus & tropical notes.... however, the punchy orange does take a slight edge ahead of the competition. Bright, tart, refreshing, very fruit-forward, and gently dry. Slay a few of these in the hot sun on the weekends for sure!

ABV: .5%

Grizz N Glamour: A Grissette-Style Ale

ABV: 4.6%

Collaboration with Nouvelle Brewing

Grizz N Glamour: A Grissette-Style Ale - Collaboration with Nouvelle Brewing

We’ve got a banger of a lil’ table beer for y’all! The crew from Nouvelle Brewing in Robbinsdale, MN dropped by to collaborate on this spritzy low-ABV ale. Grisettes are light on alcohol, highly-carbonated, easy to drink, & refreshing as all heck. Think of it as a “Saison Lite”, if you will. Our take on this style has notes of: cantaloupe, honeydew, stone fruit, & assorted citrus. Everything is in delicate balance & nothing lingers. It hits quick & dries out even quicker. Built on a mixed base of pilsner & white wheat malts. A decent hit of spelt, & touches of both flaked oats & wheat make it the rest of the grist. Loral hops provide a whisper of bitterness & and a smidge of noble grassiness. An expressive Kveik yeast strain - this one in particular perfect for farmhouse-leaning beers - from our pals at The Yeast Bay makes up a majority of the aforementioned flavor/aroma notes.

ABV: 4.6%

Ordrozenie: Polish Grodziskie

ABV: 3.4%

Ordrozenie: Polish Grodziskie

A Grod…. What? This newest addition to our line up is a crushable lil’ banger of a beer. Steeped in tradition & hyper-locality (in this case Poland), this smoked wheat beer hits a bunch of notes simultaneously. We decided to name it Ordrozenie - loosely translated to “revival” in Polish - as this ancient style of beer is slowly making a comeback… even here stateside in the US. These beers originally hail from the town of Grodzisk, Poland. A Grodziskie (pronounced: grow-GEE-skee-ya) traditionally is made with 100 percent oak-smoked wheat & noble European hops. It’s highly carbonated, dry, refreshing, & has a slight minerality to the finish. Keeping with tradition, we also used only oak-smoked wheat for our malt bill. Saphir hops provide an assertive, crisp balance with a nearly imperceptible grassy, herbal note. A lovely Kolsch yeast strain from our pals at The Yeast Bay rounded it off and dried it out nicely. We cold-conditioned this for a couple weeks (a “mini-lager phase”, if you will) to get it even crispier for everyone to imbibe this beer in heaps. Enjoy this unique & damn delicious ale outside with family & friends over a feast with your favorite smoked foods… or kicked back in a lawn chair doing absolutely nothing. Whatever it may be, relax & chill y’all! Na Zdrowie!

ABV: 3.4%

Pecan Pie Porter

ABV: 5.5%

Pecan Pie Porter

ABV: 5.5%

Nueve Millas: Heirloom Corn Lager

ABV: 5.5%

Collaboration with Dangerous Man Brewing Co. & Nixta Minneapolis

Nueve Millas: Heirloom Corn Lager - Collaboration with Dangerous Man Brewing Co. & Nixta Minneapolis

ABV: 5.5%

Dueling Dangerously Episode III: The 9th Mile – West Coast IPA

ABV: 6.6%

Collaboration with Dangerous Man Brewing Co. and Duel Citizen Brewing Co.

Dueling Dangerously Episode III: The 9th Mile – West Coast IPA - Collaboration with Dangerous Man Brewing Co. and Duel Citizen Brewing Co.

Firstly, Happy May the 4th! The day to celebrate all things Star Wars is here! And we’ve got a gnarly-neat beer release for y'all today… We decided to team up with the nerds of Dangerous Man Brewing & Dual Citizen Brewing to make a super flavorful & aromatic West Coast-style IPA! This hop-forward gem is built upon a grist canvas of 2-Row Pale, Pilsner, Cara 8, Munich, White Wheat, & a touch of Acidulated malt. A myriad of kettle hops, including: Altus, Centennial, Strata, & MI Copper provide robust fruit-laden flavors across the board. The dry-hop trio of Centennial, Strata, & MI Copper also give off waves of layered aromas in droves. Fermented with a unique yeast strain from Berkeley Yeast that naturally produces terpenes (notes of: orange blossom, lime peel, lemon zest… & a bit of nostalgic Froot Loops!) to lend its properties to tue whole of the beer. Enjoy this newest IPA to our line up with your favorite & lovable geeks, dorks, & nerds.

ABV: 6.6%

Astral Zest – Citrus Golden Ale

ABV: 5.4%

Astral Zest – Citrus Golden Ale

Made to be a punchy citrus-laden libation to hail in the change of seasons, this golden ale will quench thirsts for dang sure. An all Pilsner grain bill (with a sprinkle of sour malt for brightness) provides a soft, clean canvas. Gobs of both tangerine & grapefruit zest were added to the tail end of fermentation to bring forth robust & overt notes of both fruits. The flavor/aroma impact of the zest is definitely felt on the palate. A lil bit o’ Amarillo & Apollo hops boost the zest characteristics while adding a tiny floral undertone as well. A clean American ale yeast strain lets all else shine.

ABV: 5.4%

Cultural Collision – Cinnamon Mocha Double Stout

ABV: 8.0%

Collaboration with The Get Down Coffee

Cultural Collision – Cinnamon Mocha Double Stout - Collaboration with The Get Down Coffee

What happens when two darlings of the wide, varied beverage world collide & meld into one damn tasty liquid libation? Beer & coffee have been proven time & again to be wonderful partners in creating complexity by weaving together robust flavor & aroma profiles. This double stout is no slouch in that department. Built upon a base of 2-Row & Maris Otter malts, with a whole slew of specialty crystal/caramel & roasted malts to add layers in droves. A decent smack of oats adds silkiness to the body, while the trio of amber candi sugar, lactose, & maltodextrin and fullness & a touch of sweetness to the overall presentation. We partnered up with our friends at The Get Down Coffee Co. in North MPLS to utilize their Turn Tables house dark roast to bring forth overt notes of dark chocolate & lovely, exceptional coffee. Last, but certainly not least, grips of cacao nibs & cinnamon sticks round out the diverse character of this beer. Cultural Collision is at the core of everything at The Get Down, and we are excited to add to the product diversity by bringing together the best of both worlds in this coffee beer collaboration.

ABV: 8.0%

Midnight Fade – Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA

ABV: 6.2%

Midnight Fade – Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA

It’s obsidian, it’s beguiling, it’s mysterious… Imbibe the Midnight Fade and bask in its dark & dank glory. Enter the void. Built on a base of local MN pale malt along with a supporting cast of: dextrin, Vienna, Munich, white wheat, and de-husked black malt. Altus, Cascade, Eureka, & Strata bring forth heavy notes of: citrus, floral, and danky dank pine.

ABV: 6.2%

Nein, Bräu Schwarzbier!!!

ABV: 5.0%

Collaboration with Giesenbräu

Nein, Bräu Schwarzbier!!! - Collaboration with Giesenbräu

ABV: 5.0%

Pineapple Raspberry Sour

ABV: 5.3%

Pineapple Raspberry Sour

We’ve got a no-brainer blending of fruits for this iteration of our fruited sour series. Pineapple is robust & a lil sweet while the raspberry is bracingly tart. More emphasis went to pineapple as to not have the raspberry take over. The result is slightly sweet, quite tart, & overall darn delicious. 2-row, torrified wheat, flaked wheat, & malted oats make up the grain bill. The aforementioned pineapple & raspberry provide ribbons of tropical & berry notes. This is a perfect sour ale for the shifting of seasons.

ABV: 5.3%

Schifdtbier – House Lager

ABV: 5.4%

Schifdtbier – House Lager

Simple ingredients yield simple pleasures. This lil’ crusher is our house lager. A base of Pilsner malt, coupled with German Diamant hops and a sprinkle of Apollo for balanced bitterness provide subtle nuances to this crispy beer. Slightly-sweet cracker maltiness merges with hints of bright citrus & floral notes.What’s in the name? Welp… its a totally made up spelling for a “shift beer”. Fun & cheeky? Yes. Crisp & refreshing? Also, yes!

ABV: 5.4%

Skysta Garbė – Lithuanian Farmhouse Ale

ABV: 7.2%

Collaboration with Dual Citizen

Skysta Garbė – Lithuanian Farmhouse Ale - Collaboration with Dual Citizen

Brewed in collaboration with Dual Citizen Brewing in St. Paul, both crews decided to dig into the more obscure side of farmhouse ale traditions and thus this ale was born. Loosely translated from Lithuanian to mean “liquid honor” both breweries honor their continuing friendship with one another by bestowing each other with some excellent, delicious liquid! Heavy overtones of pear, banana, apricot & a tinge of lemon intertwine with a solid bready backbone & ribbons of honey. Bold, dry, complex, refreshing & with a touch of minerality… this farmhouse ale has a lot going on, yet manages to be crisp & refreshing. Built on a mixed base of floor-malted Bohemian Pilsner & white wheat with biscuit rye, spelt, and Munich malts providing heft & complexity. Loral hops provide tiny hints of noble grassiness & floral notes. A decent smack of amber honey from Bare Honey adds body, lends a wisp of sweetness, & rounds out the body. Last, but certainly not least… the star of the show here is a very expressive Lithuanian yeast strain from Omega Yeast Labs gives off the bulk of the flavors & aromas mentioned above.

ABV: 7.2%

What Would Vista Do? – West Coast IPA

ABV: 6.3%

Collaboration with Vista Hops

What Would Vista Do? – West Coast IPA - Collaboration with Vista Hops

This lovely, dry & crisp West Coast-Style IPA is the second in a series of two IPAs we have on tap that highlights the new & vibrant Vista hop. (Check out Vista Obsession NEIPA for the other side of the coin) Built on a base of 2-Row with white wheat, Cara 8, & Munich malts round out the backbone. A small charge of Apollo up front provides a clean, assertive bitterness. Multiple kettle additions of Estate Grown Comet & Vista (both from Crosby Hops), as well as a smack of the classic, stalwart Cascade lend ribbons of flavor to the beer. The same three hops - with Vista being used 2 to 1 against the others - were utilized for dry-hopping for robust aromas. Awash with notes of: candied peaches, bright lemons, fresh floral, light pine, & assorted melons… this gem hits the damn spot!

ABV: 6.3%

Vista Obsession – Dip-Hopped NEIPA

ABV: 6.4%

Collaboration with Vista Hops

Vista Obsession – Dip-Hopped NEIPA - Collaboration with Vista Hops

Ok y’all… we’ve got a doozy of a New England IPA right here. We utilized a unique method, in addition to dry-hopping, to showcase a new, sexy hop varietal named Vista. Referred to as “dip-hopping”, the aforementioned method takes hops and puts them directly into the fermenter after its cleaned & purged out. A portion of slightly cooled-down wort is moved into the fermenter mid-boil. Said hops steep in the fermenter while the rest of the boil continues on as normal. At the end of the brew day the rest of the wort is moved into the fermenter on amongst the steeped “dip” hops. This method takes advantage of multiple temp ranges & changes to get super robust flavors/aromas to leap forth. Built on a soft base of Pilsner, with hefty doses of both white & flaked wheat to add body. Sprinkles of dextrin malt & flaked oats add silkiness and boosted head retention. The above mentioned Vista hop takes center stage, with smaller additions of Lotus & El Dorado making up the remainder of the lovely lupulin in the beer. Our workhorse expressive house London Ale strain rounds it out nicely. Bright candied lemon meshes with peach, pineapple, and sweet orange notes with a hint of papaya.

ABV: 6.4%

Wild Rice Lagerbier

ABV: 5.1%

Wild Rice Lagerbier

Crispy Lagerbier? Wild rice? Do they go well together? Well, of course! We utilized some wonderful, local MN wild rice in this latest Lagerbier. The result is rustic & refreshing! Built on a canvas of all local MN malts from Maltwerks, including: Pilsner, White Wheat, Cara Ruby, Munich, the aforementioned Wild Rice & a sprinkle of Acidulated malt. All these components wrap together to present medium-bodied beer with light notes of earthy nuttiness & honey that finishes dry & crisp.

ABV: 5.1%

Hrbie’s Grand Slam Kölsch

ABV: 5.4%

Collaboration with Kent Hrbek

Hrbie’s Grand Slam Kölsch - Collaboration with Kent Hrbek

We’ve really hit it out of the park with this one, y’all. Brewed in collaboration with (and named for) Bloomington’s own hometown hero, Hrbie’s Grand Slam is an easy drinking kölsch perfect for sipping whether you’re on the diamond or in our taproom. A grist of pilsner, Vienna, and white wheat with a sprinkle of sour malt make up the body of this beer, creating a lightly grainy background, where a blend of Altus and Saphir hops provide balance and subtle noble floral aromas that allow the wonderfully fruity characteristics of the kölsch yeast strain to shine through. Crisp, clean, and utterly crushable, this collaboration (like its namesake :wink:) is one for the ages.

ABV: 5.4%

Lulo Goldenberry Sour

ABV: 5.5%

Lulo Goldenberry Sour

Lulo? Goldenberry? Definitely not commonly heard of fruits. Both of them hail from South America and have bold, verrrrrry tart, & slightly funky profiles. This one will make ya pucker for sure! 2-row, torrified wheat, flaked wheat, & malted oats are the soft, rounded malts for this sour to layer massive flavors/aromas upon in heaps. Gobs & gobs of the aforementioned lulo & goldenberry fruits provide constantly shifting pungent tropical & citrus notes on the nose while shifting into a lemon warhead candy-like tartness on the palate.

ABV: 5.5%

Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Milk Stout

ABV: 7.0%

Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Milk Stout

This decadent treat lives up to its namesake for sure. A hint of salinity blends together with overt dark chocolate tones to present a slightly sweet, roasty & dense dark ale. A complex grain bill consisting of 2-row, Maris Otter, golden naked oats, light Munich, dextrin, & a wide swath of roasted & caramel malts wrap around each other in solid harmony. An addition of lactose rounds out & adds more body. A neutral workhorse American ale yeast strain let's the malty presentation take center stage while adding nothing of its own.

ABV: 7.0%

Aces Around American IPA

ABV: 7.0%

Aces Around American IPA

Pungently dank, assertively full of citrus, & firm bitterness on this classic IPA harkens back to days past. This hop-forward ale is the other side of the coin, as opposed to hazy IPAs. A split of standard 2-row & Maris Otter make up the base malts. Munich malt, as well as touches of dextrin & white wheat, come in as support players & round out the grist nicely. A decent punch of Altus & Amarillo were dropped in for kettle hop additions. Altus, Amarillo, & Apollo were utilized for a slam of dry hopping. The combo of these hop varietals lend strong notes of danky pine & grapefruit zest, with a floral hint in the background. A neutral, crisp American ale yeast strain lets all the components shine with out adding anything else.

ABV: 7.0%

3 Bears Cream Ale

ABV: 5.5%

3 Bears Cream Ale

Not too bitter, not too light, you’ll find this classic American Cream Ale to be just right when you visit our den. As golden as the strands on Goldilock’s head, a base of 2-row stout malt accentuated by a touch of Vienna provides the background for plenty of flaked and malted corn to shine through, then a rippin’ Kolsch ale strain lends to a pleasant but subtle fruity character that keeps you sipping for more. A handful of Altus hops balance out that malty sweetness while Kazbek provides the finishing noble and citrus aromas that make this beer one everyone is sure to enjoy.

ABV: 5.5%

Done & Dusted Double New England IPA

ABV: 8.0%

Done & Dusted Double New England IPA

This bold Double New England IPA is bursting with tons of tropical & citrus notes. Thiccc, fluffy, juicy & with a bit of a bite… have a few of these and you will be done & dusted for the day! Imbibe slowly & with ease. Built on a solid & soft malt bill of pilsner, 2-row, dextrin, white wheat, flaked wheat, & flaked oats its the perfect canvas to heap hops onto with abandon. Generous additions of El Dorado, Lotus, & Sabro lend robust notes of sweet orange, pineapple, stone fruit, & a hint of coconut. An expressive London Ale yeast lends even more haze to the whole & makes everything pop.

ABV: 8.0%

Mallet Mike’s Rye Porter

ABV: 6.6%

Mallet Mike’s Rye Porter

Named after our electrician, Mike, whose mallet the production team borrowed often. The mallet itself actually fell into the mash accidentally while making this beer. Our head brewer, John, was flabbergasted to see it come out of the mash/lauter tun while he was graining out. Confusion turned to laughter & the name for this robust dark ale was born. Built upon a mixed base of stout malt and Maris Otter, which provide a smooth & slightly nutty canvas to layer specialty malts. White wheat, dextrin, & a mix of varied roasted & caramel malts give off color, complexity, & nuance. Moderate doses of flaked & crystal rye lend a light dryness & blend well into the whole.

ABV: 6.6%

Tangerine Guava Sour

ABV: 6.0%

Tangerine Guava Sour

Tart. Tangy. Tropical. Terrifically punchy citrus. Are sours your thing? This one hits all the aforementioned notes!Irish stout malt (A great base malt not just for stouts!), torrified wheat, flaked wheat, & malted oats make up the clean & fluffy malt bill. Grips of both tangerine & guava meld with the overt tartness to be front & center as stars of the show.

ABV: 6.0%

Tandem Amalgam – Espresso Milk Stout

ABV: 7.1%

Tandem Amalgam – Espresso Milk Stout

This lovely gem of a dark ale is the first in a rotating series that features the always delicious melding of beer & coffee. This iteration is a big, bold coffee-laden milk stout.Build upon a rich canvas that includes stout malt, Maris Otter, oats, a host of varied caramel & roasted malts. An addition of lactose adds body & sweetness. A custom roast & blend of coffee beans from our buddies at Dogwood Coffee Co. in Northeast Minneapolis were utilized to bring coffee to the forefront, while simultaneously amalgamating seamlessly with the whole of the beer.

ABV: 7.1%