This Craft Beer-Adjacent Hotel Is In Minnesota And It’s A Bucket List Must

Elliot Park Hotel, an Autograph Collection property in Minneapolis, is an upscale Minnesota hotel with craft beer connections. Embracing our state's deep Scandinavian heritage, this hotel prides itself on offering hygge - and promotes good, local beer as a part of reaching that state of contentment. Let's find out how.

Elliot Park Hotel is an upscale, boutique hotel in downtown Minneapolis, near the Convention Center, U.S. Bank Stadium, and The Armory entertainment venue.

Part of the hotel's vibe is promoting the Scandinavian notion of hygge, which is a state of cozy contentment, wellness, or "comfortable conviviality" by some definitions.

The hotel's warm, inviting lobby - with its bar, fireplace, and comfortable seating - certainly offers a good start.

Your sense of comfort and contentment will only increase in the cozy, well-appointed guest rooms with their urban views.

You'll also find plenty of contentment for your tummy at Tavola, Elliot Park's on-site Italian restaurant.

Key to the conviviality part of the hygge offered by Elliot Park Hotel is its relationship with its brewery neighbor, Finnegans Brew Co., which has a taproom and 4,000-square-foot patio adjacent to the hotel.

Finnegans is a Twin Cities institution.

As a non-profit, it's been a pillar of the community for many years, using its profits to fund initiatives like delivering fresh produce to families in food deserts.

It also brews a lot of really good beer, and there's no better place to experience it than its Minneapolis taproom.

You can move seamlessly between the taproom and the hotel - in fact, both concerns encourage it - as needed to maintain your sense of hygge.

The hotel describes its close connection with Finnegans as a place "where hops meet hygge" - and that's definitely a place where we'd like to spend more time! Visit Elliot Park Hotel's website to check rates, book your room, or to simply learn more about this Autograph Collection property. If you'd like to take a little hygge home with you, grab a growler from Finnegans Brew Co., or stop by Ingebretsen's Nordic Marketplace, a century-old Minneapolis institution, for some Scandinavian staples.

Have you had a chance to stay at Elliot Park Hotel? Did you visit Finnegans taproom? Tell us about your experience in the comments!