Brewed with oats and malted and flaked wheat for a soft, full body, Summit Skip Rock pours pale straw in color with a pillowy white head

Homegrown in Minnesota with all local hops, malts and strawberries — just like last year’s brew — Summit Lazy Sipper features complex malt notes of light toast, bread crumb and graham cracker, plus gentle hop characteristics of lemon, green tea and grapefruit.

Summit Dakota Soul will debut at the Summit Beer Hall Friday, January 12, 2018.

Hops are on full display in Summit Brewing Co.’s latest IPA Collection, a new variety box of twelve 12-oz. cans set to crash your neighborhood retailer’s shelves in late January 2018.

After slashing 10 percent of his workforce at the end of last year, Summit Brewing founder Mark Stutrud said his company is heading into 2018 with an increased focus on selling more sessionable core products while simultaneously strengthening its local presence in Minnesota.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: Summit downsizes its workforce; A-B reconsiders its 3.2 beer portfolio; Nebraska looks to tweak its come-to-rest provisions; and more.

Featuring massive malt character from the UK’s Golden Promise and Pearl Brown malts, as well as huge hop additions of two new UK hops — Minstrel and Olicana —Summit Union Series 6: Imperial Russian Stout pours coal black and is finished with a UK Ale yeast for a full mouth feel and a dry, assertive, warming finish.

A month-by-month overview of all the new beers Summit Brewing Co. is preparing for 2018.

Every few months, a Summit Brewer gets a crack at crafting a unique, one-off beer all by their lonesome. No rules, no budgets, no outside influences. These beers, which are known as the Summit Unchained Series, celebrate our brewers’ skill and creativity. Brewer Nick Hempfer brewed his first Unchained beer in 2015 — an ESB made with Earl Grey tea — and ever since he’s been eager to tackle another.

Heads up, Folks. Summit Brewing Co.’s newest beer is a bruiser. Cross-checking, throwing elbows, talking trash, instigating fights — Summit High Sticke Alt is a powerful German-style ale ready to knock down the competition on and off the ice.

In this edition of Press Clips: Mikkeller takes up space in Queens; Surly searches for a COO; NBWA releases statement on Las Vegas tragedy; and more.

The days are getting shorter. The nights are getting cooler. All across the Midwest, folks are reaching for their favorite flannels and fall-flavored beers. And though we enjoy pumpkin spice as much as the next nutmeg aficionado, we’ve got something different for you this season: Summit Belgian-Style Pale Ale.

Summit Unchained 25: Vienna-Style Lager will be packaged starting the last week of June.