Summit Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Summit Brewing Company


caption =
location = St. Paul, Minnesota United States
owner = Private and Employee-owned
opened = 1986
production = 80,000 barrels
active_beers =
seasonal_beers =
other_beers = brewbox_beers|type=Active Year-Round brewbox_beer|name=Summit Extra Pale Ale|style=American pale ale brewbox_beer|name=Summit Extra Special Bitter|style=Extra special bitter brewbox_beer|name=Summit Pilsener|style=Pilsener brewbox_beer|name=Summit India Pale Ale|style=English IPA brewbox_beer|name=Summit Great Northern Porter|style=American porter brewbox_beers|type=Active Seasonal brewbox_beer|name=Summit Maibock (Spring)|style=Maibock / helles bock brewbox_beer|name=Summit Scandia Ale (Summer)|style=Witbier brewbox_beer|name=Summit Hefe Weizen (Summer)|style=Hefe weizen brewbox_beer|name=Summit Oktoberfest (Fall)|style=Märzen brewbox_beer|name=Summit Winter Ale (Winter)|style=Winter warmer brewbox_beers|type=Limited Release brewbox_beer|name=Summit Oatmeal Stout|style=Oatmeal stout

Summit Brewing Company is a brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota that brews a wide selection of popular beers. It is sometimes mistakenly believed to be a microbrewery, even though Summit's output is in the top 50 of breweries in the United States, approximately 80,000 barrels of beer per year. [cite web|url=http://www.summitbrewing.com/news.php?task=getnewsitem&newsid=400|title=Summit Brewing Company News|accessdate=June 7|accessyear=2007] Their flagship beer, an American pale ale (branded "Summit Extra Pale Ale") is especially popular in the Twin Cities area.The brewery was founded in 1986 by local brewer Mark Stutrud and a group of his friends in an old auto parts warehouse on St. Paul's University Avenue. Their beers quickly became local favorites, and the company began to grow rapidly. By 1998, the company's beer production had exceeded the capacity of the original University Avenue brewery, and a new brewery was built on the west end of St. Paul, overlooking the Mississippi River. [cite web|url=http://www.summitbrewing.com/history.php|title=Summit Brewing Company History|accessdate=June 7|accessyear=2007]

As of 2007, Summit beers are available from distributors in 14 U.S. states throughout the Midwest and Great Plains (CO, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, OH, PA, SD, WI). The brewery currently brews five year-round styles, a variety of seasonal, and a limited release beers. [cite web|url=http://www.summitbrewing.com/home.php|title=Summit Brewing Company|accessdate=July 22|accessyear=2008] It is the third-largest brewery in Minnesota (31st largest in the United States), after Gluek's and August Schell Brewing Company.

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External links

* [http://www.summitbrewing.com Summit Brewing Company]