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Friendly Destination Brewery & Beerhall

 Duluth, MN
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Dave Hoops column: A beer can have a second act

Hoops Brewing Co. closed in February 2026, but several of its beers are enjoying a second act.

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Beer and relationships have more than a few things in common. duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Love and beer

Beer and relationships have more than a few things in common.

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From the column: "For years I wrote as if beer history moved in a straight line ... It was tidy, too tidy, the kind of story that lets a writer sound authoritative without admitting how much got flattened on the way." duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: I’ve written about beer for years. Here’s what I got wrong

From the column: "For years I wrote as if beer history moved in a straight line ... It was tidy, too tidy, the kind of story that lets a writer sound authoritative without admitting how much got...

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Dave Hoops column: West Coast-style beers

The West Coast style has been around the Twin Ports area since at least the 1990s, but it's seeing a resurgence in interest.

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Dave Hoops column: Beer is the drink that brings us together duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Beer is the drink that brings us together

The author isn't ready to give up on beer, which he argues is "the great bringer-together beverage."

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Hoops Brewing Company to close, giving ‘cheers to 10 years’ duluthnewstribune.com/busine…

Hoops Brewing Company to close, giving ‘cheers to 10 years’

Friends, colleagues and community members tip their glass to founder Dave Hoops as the Canal Park brewery nears its final pour on Monday, Feb. 23.

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Hoops Brewing is closing

Dave Hoops, the most influential brewer in Duluth, opened his namesake brewery's beer hall in 2017. The Canal Park brewery will close Feb. 23, after a last pour.

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@UMDBulldogs8 Nov 2025
Night two for UMD Men's Hockey! It's time for the Goal Challenge! Text in or comment on this post with your picks on who will score the first UMD goal tonight! #GoDogs @hoopsbrewing
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It's an all-out DOG NIGHT! 📍: AMSOIL Arena 🆚: St. Cloud State ⏰: 7:07 p.m. 🎟️: am.ticketmaster.com/umd/buy 📺: My9 Sports 💻: nchchockey.com/tv/ 📻: KDAL 610 AM / 103.9 FM. northlandnewsradio.com/ 📊: umdbulldogs.com/sidearmstats…
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@UMDBulldogs8 Nov 2025
Game time for UMD Men's Hockey! It's time for the Goal Challenge! Text in or comment on this post with your picks on who will score the first UMD goal tonight! #GoDogs @hoopsbrewing
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@UMDBulldogs11 Oct 2025
Game time for UMD Men's Hockey! It's time for the Goal Challenge! Text in or comment on this post with your picks on who will score the first UMD goal tonight! #GoDogs
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Dave Hoops column: Mexican-style lagers gain popularity duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Mexican-style lagers gain popularity

The Brewers Association added four subcategories to its guidelines for the 2025 Great American Beer Festival.

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Dave Hoops column: Autumn beer colors evoke changing leaves

Many of my go-to beers this time of year include Oktoberfests, amber and brown ales, Irish stouts, pale ales and coffee beers.

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Dave Hoops column: Wheat lends mellow, drinkable flavor to beer duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Wheat lends mellow, drinkable flavor to beer

Summer is the time when wheat beers really flex.

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Dave Hoops column: Learn the language of craft beer duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Learn the language of craft beer

Do you know what "lauter" is? How about "dry hopping?"

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Dave Hoops column: Beer, running belong together duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Beer, running belong together

There is more to life than beer alone, but beer makes those other things even better.

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We’re pleased to offer @hoopsbrewing on sale every Saturday. We also turn on @fan1065fm to hear Dave Hoops chat beer, sports and more with the @NSPFan1065 crew!
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Dave Hoops column: Twin Ports breweries offer quality stouts duluthnewstribune.com/lifest…

Dave Hoops column: Twin Ports breweries offer quality stouts

Stouts pair well with smoked foods, barbecue, chili, chocolate and more.

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Here are band lineups for Duluth's Homegrown Music Festival - Star Tribune - goo.gl/alerts/B28oa7 #GoogleAlerts

Fiery, funny punks to nostalgic synth art-pop: Duluth’s Homegrown is eight days of local music on...

The festival started as a birthday party for Scott “Starfire” Lunt, but more than two decades later is much, much more.

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Hoops Brewing Owner Celebrates 25 Years of Duluth Brewing fox21online.com/2025/04/15/h…

Hoops Brewing Owner Celebrates 25 Years of Duluth Brewing

DULUTH, Minn. — 25 years ago, Dave Hoops left California and returned to the northland where he was born. “I moved to Duluth, Christmas, ’99 with my wife and newborn

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