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CBS Minnesota <br />Tap Talk: Barley John's Brewpub In New Brighton <br />By Bole Premo <br />May 12, 2015 11:01 AM By Cole Premo <br />Over the last five years, the craft brewery movement has grown exponentially in Minnesota. <br />The Associated Press says licensing records show two-thirds of Minnesota breweries have <br />opened just since 2010. So, we decided to help you — and your livers — keep up with the <br />taproom trend by stopping by some of these Twin Cities brewhouses. This time, we headed to <br />Barley John's Brewpub. <br />Just north of Minneapolis stashed away in its "oasis" of New Brighton, you'll find a quaint little <br />brewpub bearing the name of Barley John's. The brewpub's beer, however, packs quite a bigger <br />punch. <br />In March of 2000, nutrition/biology-inclined John Moore and his wife, Laura Subak, a nurse, <br />founded the brewpub. <br />The gears for the business started turning years before, when Moore was introduced to home <br />brewing. <br />"I was at Pillsbury as a consumer respondent with a nutrition degree and a buddy of mine, a <br />biologist, was home brewing beer. (Meanwhile,) I'm going to Surdyk's and spending half my <br />paycheck getting craft beer, and I go to his place and his beer is better than the beer I was <br />buying!" Moore said. <br />Moore's thirst for brewing beer only grew from there. <br />"Soon, five gallons of all grain isn't enough and we're figuring out how to do 15 gallons, because <br />all our buddies were drinking our beers ... and it just continues to roll," he said. <br />After leaving Pillsbury, Moore began honing his skills, brewing for District Brewing and James <br />Page Brewing— both of which are now closed. He also completed coursework at the Siebel <br />Institute of Brewing Science. <br />After acquiring all his skills, however, brewing jobs were hard to come by in the late -90s. <br />"I knew the head brewer at Strohs in St. Paul and a guy at Landmark. Both of them said 'yeah, <br />we could probably get you a job. Now's not a good time.' And sure enough, three months after, <br />Strohs shut down and moved down to La Crosse, and then Landmark was on the skids," Moore <br />said. <br />