It's good to have that variety."įargo Brewing Co. "People travelling through, which is really quite often, want something local, and they're pretty happy with it. It's a great beer to drink," Dickmeyer said. Ian Dickmeyer, general manager of Rhombus Guys, a popular pizza place in downtown Fargo, keeps four of the Fargo beers on tap. The group is exploring the possibility of selling in Canada. The beer is being sold primarily in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota, but there are plans to expand to Sioux Falls, S.D., Duluth, Minn., and the Twin Cities area. In addition to the Wood Chipper and the Stone's Throw, the company is brewing Northbound Porter, Summer Wheat and Oktoberfest. "But it would nice to have something else associated with the name." Also having been in the news for flooding multiple times and winning worst weather city, it paints a picture for other people and the rest of the country," John Anderson said. "Fargo does have a certain draw and imagery. Now the group is hoping the beer makes a name for itself. It debuted in September 2011 with the Wood Chipper IPA, a quirk reference to the movie "Fargo." A wood chipper is an important prop in the 1996 dark comedy. is the brainchild of brothers Chris and John Anderson, Jared Hardy and Aaron Hill. that's where things get much more interesting."įargo Brewing Co. "But being able to control the process and produce what we want, what we expect. "Making beer, it's a job," Anderson said. The beer should be ready to drink in three weeks. "That's really good flavor," he said of the mixture for Stone's Throw, a sweeter beer that is lower in alcohol than the other beers and doesn't have a hoppy or bitter taste. Anderson dipped a shot glass into the boiling pot, took a drink of the raw product he compared to hot cereal, and declared it fit for fermentation. There was little fanfare for the first sip. "To actually put grain into steel is pretty exciting," Anderson said Tuesday.Īnderson picked Stone's Throw Scottish Ale, the company's top-selling beer, to test the new equipment.
The first taste was a culmination of a five-year dream for Chris Anderson, the brew master. The largest craft brewing operation in North Dakota has gone out of state to make its beer for the last two years while the group found a warehouse near downtown Fargo to convert into a microbrewery. has been selling its Wood Chipper India Pale Ale and other varieties of beer for more than two years, but the four native sons who founded the company unveiled something new Tuesday: their first homemade beer.
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