Profile of Dave Manley

• Brewing since 2000
• Favorite Beers
  • Scotch/Scottish Ales
  • Dopplebocks/Maibocks
  • Cask/Wood aged beers
  • Local Brewpub beers
• Beers Brewed
  • Very wide variety, more lagers now that I have a lagering fridge.
  • I did Midwest extract kits for the first couple of years, then switched to partial mash and developing my own recipes. Now doing the countertop partial mash method. As my kids get older, I’d like to possibly go all grain.
  • Have won a few medals at some homebrewing competitions, the most recent being a gold medal for my Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.
  • A few people have “commissioned” me to brew beer for them for an event (i.e. wedding) or just to have for themselves.
• Special Techniques
  • Yeast Starters
  • Wort Oxygenation
  • Counter top Partial Mash method
  • Oak aged beers
  • Lagering
  • Mini Kegging using Tap-A-Draft system
  • Cellaring vintage beer, both commercial and my own.
• Favorites - I like being a “beer hunter”, i.e. going to good beer bars, brewpubs, breweries, stores and festivals, so here are some of my local favorites:
  • Beer bars:
    • Mackenzie’s (Downtown Mpls.)
    • Muddy Pig (St. Paul)
    • Happy Gnome (St. Paul)
    • Bulldog (Uptown Mpls.)
    • Bryant Lake Bowl (Uptown Mpls.)
    • Old Chicago (selection not as great as the others, but I’m working on my 6^th tour at the moment)
  • Brewpubs:
    • Town Hall (Mpls.)
    • Barley John’s (New Brighton)
    • Great Waters (St. Paul)
    • Sherlock’s Home (Minnetonka): RIP Sherlock’s, I miss you immensely!
  • Breweries:
    • Surly
    • Flat Earth
    • Summit
    • Schell’s
    • Brau Bros.
  • Stores
    • Blue Max (Apple Valley)
    • Surdyk’s (Mpls.)
    • Dolce Vita (Chaska)
    • Parker Tannin’s (Victoria)
    • Legacy (Waconia)
  • Festivals
    • Bockfest at Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm
    • Winterfest by MN Craft Brewers Assn.
    • Blessing of the Bock at Town Hall Brewpub
    • Great Taste of The Midwest in Madison, WI
    • Oktoberfest at Bayrischer Hof in Montrose, MN (someday the one in Germany)
    • Autumn Brew Review by MN Craft Brewers Assn.
    • The Spring “I Love Beer” pubcrawl. It’s been a few years since this has taken place, but it was a lot of fun!
    • Hoping to go to Great American Beer Festival in Denver in the near future.