Jerard Fagerberg
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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The Dos and Don’ts of Making Clarified Cocktails
Some simple alchemy can render your drinks nearly clear and fairly crisp. → Read More
5 Brewing Innovations That Are Changing Craft Beer
Making beer is an intricate process. And thanks to new brewing innovations it’s only getting more complicated. As the number of craft breweries in America balloons, the more advanced and complicated the techniques needed to capture the public’s attention become. That’s how you end up with cryptic terms like “cryo” and “thiol” on the label […] → Read More
Minnesota Legalized THC Drinks By Accident
Craft breweries are cranking out cannabis-infused drinks after a sudden law change. → Read More
Minnesota's 40 best beers
I drank a lot of beer in the last year. Odds are good you did, too. → Read More
I spent my quarantine homebrewing awful beer
I’ve been a beer writer for a half-decade, and only once have I brewed my own beer, and that was at Vine Park. I know the ins and outs of what brewers do on a commercial scale, but the closest I get to that at home is mixing Bud Light and Budweiser to make an elixir I call “Bud Medium.” Housebound and self-destructively bored, I decide to give it another shot. Besides, a lockdown seems like a… → Read More
The Masshole's guide to Dunkin’ Donuts (which are still open)
My hometown of Kingston, Mass., covers only 20 square miles. It’s home to roughly 12,000 people, and seven Dunkin' Donuts, three of which are on… → Read More
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in quarantine in March
Has any holiday been worse for beer’s reputation than St. Patrick’s Day?… → Read More
Miranda Lambert's playing opening night at 2020 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
For a moment, don't think about news, and it's warnings about avoiding large crowds of people. … → Read More
F1RST Wrestling heads to Rosedale Mall for a 'Nitro' at MOA-inspired event
On September 4, 1995, Lex Luger walked into the Mall of America and changed professional wrestling forever. → Read More
F1RST Wrestling heads to Rosedale Center for a 'Nitro' at MOA-inspired event
On September 4, 1995, Lex Luger walked into the Mall of America and changed professional wrestling forever. → Read More
Astral projection, Hmonglish, and small-town Cyprus in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
Leap Day is the ultimate freebie. One more chance to get your taxes done. A day of free rent. An extra 24 hours of Black History Month. A productive delay like that is good for collective morale. Hopefully you made the most of your bonus day this weekend, but no matter what you did, you still came out ahead. What I mean to say is that now you have plenty of extra time to watch this week’s batch… → Read More
Let's read Minnesota's FCC complaints about that Shakira/J.Lo halftime show
There are so, so many legitimate reasons to write official complaints to federal agencies these days. → Read More
Ben Noble wants you to come on and feel the anxiety
He’d overcome the “nagging darkness” of being an unprepared father and released a sweeping meditation of a record. But three years after the catharsis of Whisky Priest, there’s still much left unresolved. From the first notes, Where the Light Comes In feels unsettled. “Night Wakes” opens in a disorienting scribble, Noble’s angelic voice layered over itself, sometimes clear as polyethylene,… → Read More
Shudder, mortals: A hard seltzer festival is coming to Minneapolis
Hard seltzer grows stronger every day, with more and more beer producers succumbing to its low-carb clout. But we've just received word that… → Read More
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in February
How did your Dry January go? Good? Feeling parched?… → Read More
Ka Lia Universe and a new vanguard of Hmong musicians look to go mainstream
For the first minute of “Dej Txias,” it’s nearly impossible to tell which language Ka Lia Universe is singing.… → Read More
Ice-cave love, wild elk, and deadly technology in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January was a sick bastard of a month. Mercifully, it’s over.… → Read More
Bored ghouls, melancholy acrobatics, and abstract pastels in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
Band T-shirts are still, I promise you, cool. → Read More
It’s official: Rammstein will go boom at U.S. Bank Stadium this summer
The theatrical, bombastic German metal veterans Rammstein are playing only 10 shows this summer on their first ever North American stadium tour, and one of… → Read More
Street loyalty, speakeasy liaisons, and murderous creeps in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
From Prince to Lizzo, funk has often been the Twin Cities’ most popular export. But there’s more hip-hop in the streets than anything else.… → Read More