"One of the really fun things is that we're always here. So, head out to Sisyphus for rapidly changing brews and some laughs! Oh, and another fun thing: you'll always find Sam or Catherine behind the bar. Their Westcoast IPA and Brett IPA have been one of their best sellers, but, again, it could be something different in the future. We just brew whatever we feel like making – it's always something different." "So, we don't really commit to brewing the same thing over and over to try and keep that tap dedicated to it. None of it leaves here, so a lot of it can sell out in a week," Sam said. Beer-wise, the taproom specializes in a rotating selection, so there's something new – every week. One of the guys who owns a big standup record label is a Minneapolis guy and we met back when I used to do comedy, so he's gonna be working with us to book it," Sam said.Īnd the comedy club isn't the only thing that sets this place apart from the rest. "We want to have national headliners in here - we're already working with that. So, what's the next "boulder" for Sisyphus? It's an 88-seat comedy club that will sit right next to their current taproom. That's a situation we all find ourselves in, like what you want to put in front of you and do every day. So, in Sisyphus' case, it's the rock and the struggle against it. You create your own meaning with what's in front of you. And it was something that always stuck with me.
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"I was a philosophy major as an undergrad and 'The Myth of Sisyphus' was short story by Albert Camus, French philosopher. I learned that beer is the thing I want to be around every day versus the comedy world."Īs for its curious name, Sisyphus Brewing is named after the Greek legend of the king who was punished with being compelled to roll a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down – repeating this action forever. If you want to brew, it's something you have to be thinking about and passionate about every day. "At the end of that trip … I learned that to be a comic, you have to work at it every day. And what we came away with from that trip realizing is the beer culture and the people that are into beer are the coolest and most genuine people - and it was a culture we wanted to be a part of," Sam said. Surly gave us a bunch of beer and we went around the country and I did standup in 10 cities. "We did this trip about two, three years ago now.