Surly Darkness Day 2025 Returning Oct 4th

Today I have the full details for 2025 Surly Brewing Darkness Day:

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Darkness Day has an official date: Saturday, October 4th.


Pictured above is a preview of the bottle art by John Bivens, our 2025 Darkness Artist!


Notice that we said “bottle.” This year, we’re going back to our bottled roots–Darkness 2025,  the variants, & the collab will be sold exclusively in 750mL bottles. No 16oz. cans. In addition, the variants and collab will only be sold at Darkness Day.


Speaking of the collab, we are thoroughly honored to announce that this year’s Darkness dance partner is the legendary August Schell Brewing Company out of New Ulm, MN! Before you ask, we don’t think they’re bringing the peacocks with them for the brew day, but we’ll update as we learn more.


Our bottle package presale begins one week from today on Thursday, July 24th, at 4pm. To reiterate, while there will be limited bottles of 2025 Darkness released to retail this year, the variants and Schell’s collab are exclusive to Darkness Day.


Watch our newsletter and social channels in the coming weeks for the full music lineup, brewers variants, timed tappings, vintage selections, and day-of activities that make Darkness Day our favorite day of the year.


SEE YOU IN THE PIT!

About Surly Brewing:

If this town needs a world-class IPA, we make it. If an antiquated law keeps us from selling the beer, we change it. If there’s no place big enough for us to gather together, we build it.

Creating change on that scale within our industry and our community takes an instigator. A touch of mischief, a lack of complacency, and the willingness to say, “Why not?” That’s Surly.
2006

Omar Ansari founded Surly Brewing Co. in a corner of his parents’ small abrasives factory in Brooklyn Center, MN. He decided to open a brewery for a couple good reasons:

1. To create the kind of beer he and other craft beer lovers wanted to drink, and
2. The hope that other adventurous souls would come along for the ride.
His instincts were correct.
 
2014
Surly outgrew Brooklyn Center and we successfully changed the law, allowing us to open our (much larger, much newer) Minneapolis brewery on December 19, 2014. It was immediately apparent that there was unmet demand for a place like this.

As the kegs kicked and we pulled beers right off the canning line to serve the longest, happiest line we’ve ever seen, a new gathering space for our community and a new destination for visitors was established before last call.
Almost a decade later, an entire neighborhood has sprung up around our brewery and beer hall. Welcome to Prospect Park. We can’t wait to see you.

Surly Today.
 
Minnesota Craft Brewing Excellence
Surly is dedicated to production excellence, ensuring that our beer and beyond beer beverages offer a consistent, satisfying drinking experience.
 
Community Engagement
A meaningful connection with the community through events and sponsorships. We’ll get our brows sweaty and our hands dirty to deliver for those who need it.
 
Beer Hall
Look around. Our beer hall is an iconic destination for beer geeks, families, travelers, college kids, scary bikers, kindly grandmas, kindly bikers, and scary grandmas. They’re here to have a good time and a great beer.
 
Epic Events
It’s in our nature to chase the next big idea. To fuel connections by creating the best live music venue is just the latest move in our history of creating amazing experiences.
 
Our People
All the cool shit above? They make it so. And we’re pretty proud of how awesome they all are.
Find Our Beer

Find Surly at a location near you. We are currently distributed in 13 states (MN, WI, IA, ND, SD, IL, MI, MO, NE, CO, KS, TX, and AZ). Availability isn’t guaranteed so we recommend calling the retailer to confirm they have what you are seeking.

If you are looking for our distributors, please email: [email protected]