# Surly Brewing Company — Minneapolis, Minnesota

> Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States scores 4.23 out of 5 — Great, #18 in Minnesota. 764 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Surly Brewing Company is a brewery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. We grade it Great, with a score of 4.23 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #18 in Minnesota. Of the 764 beers we track, 53% are IPA and 11% Brown Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 4.23 out of 5
- Grade: Great 😀 — Consistently produce world-class beer.
- Ranked: #18 in Minnesota · #803 in United States · #1,088 worldwide
- Popularity: Extremely widely rated
- Beers tracked: 764

## About

You do enough settling. That’s part of life. You owe it to yourself to drink a beer that doesn’t settle.  Not settling drives Surly. It’s what drove us to convert a suburban Minneapolis abrasives factory to a brewery in 2004. It’s what drove Surly’s owner, Omar Ansari, to go bar to bar, asking them to carry our beer. It’s what drove us to earn medals from the Great American Beer Festival and Best Brewery in America honors. It’s what drove us to change a Minnesota law that had been on the books since Prohibition. It’s what drove us to build a state-of-the-art destination brewery in the heart of the Twin Cities in 2014 featuring a massive beer hall, pizza place, outdoor beer garden, company store and event center. And it’s what drives us today. Surly’s not for everyone. It’s for you.

## What they brew

- IPA — 53% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 11% of the beers we track
- Other — 11% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 8% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 4% of the beers we track
- Saison — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 520 Malcolm Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates: 44.9729952, -93.2098192
- Website: http://www.surlybrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Urban Growler Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/urban-growler-brewing-company-4920.md) — 3.57, Poor — Saint Paul, Minnesota — 0.9 mi away
- [Bang Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/bang-brewing-2789.md) — 3.89, Fine — Saint Paul, Minnesota — 0.9 mi away
- [Dual Citizen Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/dual-citizen-brewing-company-2449.md) — 3.75, Fine — Saint Paul, Minnesota — 0.9 mi away
- [Insight Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/insight-brewing-company-1893.md) — 3.86, Fine — Minneapolis, Minnesota — 1.3 mi away
- [Lake Monster Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/lake-monster-brewing-4021.md) — 3.76, Fine — Saint Paul, Minnesota — 1.4 mi away
- [BlackStack Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/blackstack-brewing-4043.md) — 4.59, Exceptional — Saint Paul, Minnesota — 1.4 mi away
- [Falling Knife Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/falling-knife-brewing-company-19392.md) — 4.32, Great — Minneapolis, Minnesota — 1.8 mi away
- [Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/minneapolis-town-hall-brewery-3821.md) — 4.23, Great — Minneapolis, Minnesota — 1.9 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/minnesota/minneapolis-st-paul.md)
- [Best breweries in Minnesota](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/minnesota.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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