The godfather of the local craft brewing scene will stay involved with the company as a board member and brand ambassador, meeting regularly with distributor and retailer partners.
The founder of Summit Brewing is retiring. Mark Stutrud founded Summit on University Avenue in St. Paul back in 1986 and while the extra pale ale they started is still on the menu, almost everything else about Summit and crafting beer in Minnesota has changed.
OF NOTE Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul, announced that founder and CEO Mark Stutrud will retire in March 2024. Chief Strategy Officer Brandon Bland has been named to succeed him, and Stutrud will assume the role of chairman of the board. Bland has been with the brewery since 2017. CONSTRUCTION Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., Minneapolis, announced […]
In the early 1980s, Mark Stutrud was a supervisor at an adolescent chemical dependency program in Minnesota, a role he once described as “classic middle management with a lot of responsibility but no authority.” Frustrated and looking for a way out that wasn’t medical or graduate