Hello all!
It’s nearly time for Memorial Day weekend. This means many things; for starters, it’s a day of remembrance for those who’ve fallen in battle in service to the United States. It’s also the traditionally recognized start of summer, when school is let out and warm weather festivities are officially out in full swing! As such, Klockow Brewing will be starting our summer hours next week; open 7 days a week, opening at noon every day!
Well, with some exceptions. Memorial Day weekend also means it’s time to rock out with Panopticon this Sunday!! We’ll be closed for our normal business hours on Sunday, May 26, and we’ll still be closed on Monday, May 27 in order to recoup after a crazy weekend. That also means that there will be no, I repeat, NO OPEN MIC this month.
So aside from all that housekeeping on letting y’all know about our hours of operation, we’re super excited about the concert this weekend! Many people don’t realize that our own Andy Klockow is a heavy metal superstar, playing bass for Panopticon and regularly touring Europe where a bulk of their fans reside. And this year marks the 10 year anniversary of their seminal album, Roads to the North, which they’ll be playing in its entirety. What’s more, the show is going to open with South Dakota metal band Woman is the Earth! This SOLD OUT show will be one for the atmospheric black metal books.
And when we say sold out, we mean 100% sold out! We’ve been hearing from a lot of people excited to come to the show, but if you don’t already have tickets, we’re sorry to have to disappoint you.
But at the end of the day, we’re still a brewery. And that means beer. In addition to some of your regular favorites, be sure to have a pint of Lundr’s Lager and Sonntagsleerung Northwoods Lager this weekend, retapped just for the musical occasion. What’s more, Chase the Grain Northern IPA will be officially released this weekend, in all its sprucy, smoky, hoppy goodness.
Chad’s Meat Wagon gracing the parking lot of Klockow Brewing Co.
Post Memorial Day weekend, we’re looking forward to a grand summer, and that in part means food trucks! Do you know who we’re always excited to see but who has actually been here all winter long? Why Chad’s Meat Wagon, of course! As the only winterized food truck in Grand Rapids, we’ve been proud to partner with him for many years now, especially when he comes out with new menu items like smoked meatloaf or smoked burgers (not regular menu, only ever on special)! But summer means many different events, so Chad will sadly be torn away for various company BBQs, festivals, etc. Though as they say, if you love somebody, let them go. For if it’s true love, they will surely return. And since we’re talking beer and BBQ, you know we’re all in it for the long run! Catch Chad’s Meat Wagon at Klockow this Friday, from noon to 6 p.m.!
We Barley Know You, But We Hop to Change That. It’s the Yeast We Can Do: taproom regular Mary Procopio
Question: How long have you been a regular here?
Mary Procopio: Since the day they opened! And there were so many people in here, we had to stand back by the trash cans when we got our beer. It was chaos, because no one knew they had to come [up to the bar] to get beer. Our son had to tell us that!
Q: What’s your favorite Klockow beer?
MP: I would say Supply Line [Hazy IPA].
Q: That’s been a popular choice amongst the people being interviewed!
MP: Yeah, and I noticed that too!
Q: When you’re not drinking Supply Line, what do you like to drink?
MP: I like the Ursa Minor Galactic Face Slap [Hazy IPA]. It’s just like Supply Line but a little bit sweeter, little bit lighter. Otherwise my go to at home is Sierra Nevada Hazy IPA.
Q: You definitely like your hazy IPAs.
MP: I do. I’m pretty stuck on them.
Q: Sticking with this general theme, what are some of your favorite foods?
MP: I would almost say everything because I cook a lot, but… I like Mexican. I like to make soups. I like to make casseroles. Salads! Well, of course there’s always desserts, but that’s own thing.
Q: Ok, so what is a favorite dessert?
MP: I would say cheesecake. I like to make different cheesecakes. Well, and cookies. And banana bread! I have so many bananas right now. Everyone’s gonna get banana bread (Laughs)!
Mary Procopio with her favorite beer, Supply Line Hazy IPA
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
MP: You know me, I’m the crafter. I’m always doing multiple crafts. And I also like to play in the garden, which finally now it’s getting to be that time, if it would ever stop raining!
I started out sewing American Girl Doll clothes for four years. Then I got burned out, and I went to gnomes! I probably did four years of gnomes, and now I’m burnt out on gnomes. So now I’m trying to diversify; make a little of that, a little of this. Mostly home decorations. Who knows what I’m going to do?
Q: What would be a fun/interesting fact about yourself?
MP: Hmm, well, I’m the 12th child out of 13… I grew up in Indiana… Oh, one fun thing would be when Joe and I got married, I was the one who proposed! And he had to buy the cake and flowers and find the preacher.
Q: So you’re the one who proposed to him?
MP: Yep. His parents were coming out to see him, and I said, “We might as well just get married.” And he said, “Well, that’s a good idea.” And we went from there!
Q: You know, having spent a bit of time with both of you, I can see that happening.
MP: Kind of backwards, but it works; 43 years this year!
Q: And the last question, if you were given a week to spend $1 million, what would you buy and why? No stocks or bonds or anything like that.
MP: Hmm, how about if I built myself a shed, heated, which would be my own craft area that’s mine. Plus we would go on lots of vacations!
Q: So you’d pre-buy a bunch of vacations too?
MP: Yep, and of course I’d buy a lot of people beer (Laughs)! But yeah, I don’t think I could spend that much! Or, well, if I could buy a house, I’d do that. Because I’d want it on a lake.
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Thanks for checking out our humble little brewery! As long as you keep coming by, we’ll do our part by making the best damn beer possible and serving it in our always inviting atmosphere.
The Klockow Staff
Beer Drops this past week:
Local, etc -
SuperOne Foods North - Grand Rapids
SuperOne Foods South - Grand Rapids
SuperOne Liquors - Grand Rapids
Bottles & Brews - La Prairie
Smoke on the Water - Coleraine
Locker Room - Coleraine
Sugar Lake Lodge - Cohasset
Balsam Store - Balsam
Bear Ridge Pizza - Cohasset
Tavern on the Range - Bovey
The Great Outdoors - Pengilly
Kocian’s - Deer River
Gosh Dam Place - Deer River
Winnie Trading Post - Deer River
S&S Bottle Shop - Deer River
Westworld -
Doreset Corner - Park Rapids
Red River Liquor - Akeley
Liquor Depot of Staples
Continental Divide Brew Pub - New York Mills
Vegas Liquor Store
Brew Ales & Eats - Perham
Landmark Liquors - Perham
Marcell, Bigfork, etc -
Hayslips - Talmoon
Frontier Sports - Marcell
North Star Lake Resort - Marcell
Snowshoe Liquor - Marcell
Wilderness Bar - Bigfork
Greater Range -
Silver Creek - Virginia
Rocket Liquors - Virginia
SuperOne Foods North - Virginia
SuperOne Foods South - Virginia
SuperOne Liquors - Virginia
SuperOne Foods - Hibbing
SuperOne Liquors - Hibbing
Keyboard Liquor - Chisholm
Burnt Onion - Biwabik
Ely, etc -
Trapline Liquor - Embarass
Ledge Liquor Store - Tower
Ely Liquor
Boathouse Brewery
Insula
Stinky Pete’s Tiny Weed Shop
Zup’s
Superior -
7 West Taphouse - Superior