Copper Kettle

One of the treasures of the Twin Cities is Summit beer, a locally-produced brew that’s available in most of the finer establishments around town. Back in September, we took a tour of the brewery with our former neighbor, Holly (since we only moved about four blocks from when we lived next door to her, I suppose she’s still our neighbor); the boys, who love all things mechanical, greatly enjoyed the big kettles and hoses and everything else that turns hops and yeast and water and malt into liquid gold, and they enjoyed the 1919 Root Beer on tap. I enjoyed the Scandia, Summit Grand, Great Northern Porter, and IPA. Ah, beer …