(Brooklyn Center, MN) – The 2011 edition of Surly Darkness received label approval earlier this week.



Huzzah! Surly Darkness, among the world’s top 25 beers on RateBeer, is now in its fifth year. Each year, the brewery chooses a new local artist with which to work on the bottle label art. This year’s label, indeed, looks nasty thanks to the steady hand of Michael Bergland. Bergland works for MNFX, an agency based in Minneapolis.

Click the image above to zoom in and check out the labels from the prior years below.

Darkness Day is an annual event that has significantly grown in size over the years, thanks in large part, to the popularity of its namesake imperial stout. According to its calendar, Surly will celebrate the release of this year’s beer on October 22nd.

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