Cuyuna Brewing Company — Restaurant in Crosby

Wrapped up my day up north with Cuyuna brewing.

Mosaic blueberry wheat 5.75- Touch darker than amber, same color as the cider Mead. Blueberry cheesecake meets a faint hint of booze. Now infuse that dessert with hops, without it being a dessert and that's your beer.

Apple blossom cider Mead 6- Touch darker than amber, same color as the Mosaic. You walked a block, take that sock off, place a half apple in it and over ¼ cinnamon sticks. Set in open sun for 20 minutes. Bring inside and rest to room temp. You have your smell. Slight skunky cider for short. Actually not a bad smell. Get a small amount of hibiscus while the cider and Mead flavor battle out for dominance. I like and dislike both meads and ciders, but this combo is nice. Still could only drink one pint though for myself. Sociable Cider did a collab with them and then helped then build their cider techniques.

Jacobs realty radlermass 3.1- Color of thinned out pear juice. Smells like the first Saison I came across a decade ago. Think lemon, but remove the citrus and 80% of the flavor and take away the ginger, then add flowers. Half way through and now I'm imagining a pear middle ground flavor.

Isle of pines IPA 7- Same color as the first two? Oh man, this hop combo smells so glorious. In an evil way (so totally good) smells like you have personally cleaned a room in your house while having a hoppy beer while you work. Quality dry hopped flavor. Drink up if you...

Can you give 6 stars? Wish I could. Cuyuna Brewing is nothing short of awesome. We'd been anticipating it's opening for ages when we stopped by a few months before their actual opening. While discouraged they weren't open yet we patiently said "Next time" and went back to our rental. Later that evening my wife and a friend were walking by and saw someone working inside. As they peered through the windows he beckoned them in and proceeded to introduce himself as the owner/brewmaster and gave them a private tour! Classy. So when this fine establishment finally did open we had high hopes. No disappointment. The beer is amazing, the atmosphere fun and family-friendly and though there is no food service they'll gladly help you find a nearby restaurant to deliver or order takeout from. Definitely stop by this gem if you're checking out the trails at Cuyuna and say hello to the Beer Pastor from the ABES boys...

Laura at Cuyuna Brewing set up a fantastic tour of their brewery, which included a beer tasting, for our group of 8 ladies on September 28, 2024. The tour was incredibly informative and interesting. Laura and team started the tour with a video and slideshow informing us of the history of Crosby and Cuyuna Brewing's development over the years. Then she took us into their back room and described their brewing process while showing us the equipment involved in this process. We were given the choice of how many beers we would like to sample to which we chose four beers. Laura chose the first two beer samples for us and then we chose the second two samples. The length of the tour was perfect (about an hour). The fact that it is a family-owned business stood out to us as well. We would highly recommend visiting Cuyuna Brewing. Their beer is delicious and customer...