Local 756 IPA from BlackStack Brewing: When you are hanging out at the brand-spanking-new BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, it’s quite likely that a member of the Johnson family will serve you a beer. Patriarch Scott Johnson’s sons, his wife, even a niece are all working for the brewery. They hired seasoned brewer Bob DuVernois, whose resume includes Great Waters and most recently Excelsior, to be in charge of making the beer, but Johnson’s son, Murphy Johnson, showed an intere

For the Johnson family of St. Paul, it’s always been about the beer. In the 1990s, Scott Johnson owned All Saints Brands, Inc., a distribution company that helped bring European classics like La Trappe, Tripel Karmeliet, and Pauwel Kwak to Minnesota. Johnson eventually got out of that business, but he’s always loved beer. It’s a passion he shares with his wife, Shawne Murphy-Johnson, and his three children (at least the two who are over 21). “I remember a family road trip in

The latest brewery and taproom to jump into the Twin Cities market is Black Stack Brewing, located in the sprawling complex at 755 Prior Ave. N. in St. Paul in the same building where Can Can Wonderland opened earlier this month. “We’re mutually thrilled to have each other in this building as kind of co-traffic drivers,” said owner Scott Johnson. The Johnson family hopes to open the taproom in their 20,000-foot space next month after three years of planning, brewing and waiti