2016 was a tough year for the Board of Directors of Bluenose Gopher Brewery. We had planned to set up our investment structure to raise the needed $200,000 in capital at the beginning of 2016. But we ran into road blocks and found it difficult and time consuming to set up the structure we originally identified. We started a capital campaign in late summer without actually having the structure to accept payment ready, because we had to get a campaign started. During the second month of the campaign, we fortunately came across a new Minnesota securities law called MNvest. This changed everything!

We are making great progress towards our goal of opening a cooperatively owned brewery. It may be taking us longer than we had hoped for, but we are moving forward and working everyday towards our goal of building a community around good beer in downtown Granite Falls, MN.