# Do they still make Grain Belt beer? Attention Minnesota Dopers.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260 "2001-05-12T22:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/1 "2001-05-12T22:44:06Z")

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I used to buy Grain Belt beer for around $4.50 a case. Then, circa 1997, I stopped seeing it. Do they still make it? I know it was made by Minnesota Brewing, and they still have a web site, but that could be old.

Any Minnesota Dopers who can tell me if this stuff is still available? And is it still so cheap?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/2 "2001-05-12T22:55:26Z")

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Did you check [GrainBelt.com](http://www.grainbelt.com)? 😉

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/3 "2001-05-12T23:02:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*Did you check [GrainBelt.com](http://www.grainbelt.com)? 😉 \*\*

Yeah, like I said, they have a web site, but I think it could be old. I tried e-mailing them and they all came back undeliverable. I tried calling the phone number and got no answer. That’s why I’m wondering if they still produce beer.  
I want to repeat my question that if they do, is it still as inexpensive as it used to be? $4.50 for 24 cans of beer is cheap. You can’t buy a 12 pack of most other beers for that.

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**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/4 "2001-05-13T02:12:51Z")

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A few months ago, I was at a bar in Austin, MN, and I’m pretty sure my friend ordered a Grain Belt beer, out of curiosity.

I was kind of drunk, though, so take this with a grain of salt. 🙂

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**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/5 "2001-05-13T02:44:59Z")

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I was last in Mn just under a year ago and drank lots of Pigs Eye.I can’t say anything about grain belt though.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/6 "2001-05-13T03:06:35Z")

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From March of '98

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> I drank a Grain Belt beer after I ran out of regular beer and thought it tasted great so I bought a whole case. The next day I drank one and spit it out. Big Mistake

from [here](http://members.aol.com/NtoriusRED/gbook.html)  
🙂

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-grain-belt-beer-attention-minnesota-dopers/65260/7 "2001-05-13T22:57:00Z")

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**pkbites** , they still make Grain Belt. And, yes, it’s still cheap, although not as cheap as Red, White and Blue. Some fine _ahem_ drinking establishments even sell it on tap - usually a buck a glass.

Just so you know … the ONLY reason I know this is because grampa only buys cheap beer. I bring my own when I head over there 😉