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Brewer's Cave Golden
Caramel Lager
April 7th thru April 13th
Brewer's Description
Brewer's Cave Golden Caramel Lager begins with a handcrafted mixture of barley and caramel malts, accompanied by a complex variety of Perle, Mount Hood, and Tettnang hops. The end result is a beer marked with a good clean maltiness and a rich toffee hue.
The Brewer's Cave name, logo and recipe are from the old Minnesota Brewing Company. Frank Yarusso of St Paul (who used to have a share of Yarusso Bros. Italian restaurant) bought the brand when the brewery went out of business.
Overall Rating based on 10 reviews
2.95 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
Blue Diamond Brewing Company
Contract brewed at Cold Spring Brewing
Cold Springs, Minnesota
coldspringbrewery.com
Interesting Fact
There is a web site for Blue Diamond Brewing that seems to be quite out of date, but it's got Frank Yarusso's contact info if you'd like to get in touch.
Photography
Courtesy of Erin Reichelt. View more on her flickr set.
Rett says Hidden in the cave of mystery
April 8th, 2008
This has to be one of the most intriguing beers I’ve reviewed thus far. Just think about it, all of the other Minnesota beers say right on the label where they come from, and usually they point you to a web site where you can find out more info. BORING! Brewer’s Cave keeps you on your toes with it’s mysterious label stating “Handcrafted by the Blue Diamond Brewing Company” and lack of web site.
A google search for the name of the beer doesn’t reveal much, and if you end up on the Blue Diamond web site there’s no mention of the beer. Fortunately, Doug Houverson’s Land of Amber Waters refers to the beer and references an article from the Star Trib explaining the history.
I guess ol’ Frank decided that too much information would ruin the mystery that is Brewer’s Cave. As for the beer itself, not much of a mystery there. It’s a decent sweet beer, too sweet to drink more than one.
Apr 9th, 2008 at 9:46 am
You’re a brave man being the first to venture into the brewer’s Cave. I checked out the Blue Diamond web site and it blew my mind. I think even Rett would be unable to create a more fitting site for Frank and his products.
Apr 9th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
The website reminds me of my first website I ever built on tripod.com. I think back then they allowed you a maximum of 100k in disc space so you really had to keep your images small.
Blue Diamond is one of the cheapest beers I have ever purchased. I wonder if the owner Frank D. Yarusso is related to the owners of Yarusso Brother restaurant’s on Payne Ave.
Apr 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Haha, totally! Looks like my ol’ site on geocities. And yes, apparently Frank sold his share of the restaurant and got into the beer business.
Apr 10th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Google search the name of the guy who built their website. It brings up another gem of a site.