Author: ryan

Ryan Anderson (that's me!) is the editor & founder of MNBeer. Much has changed since the fall of 2005 and I'm proud to have been a part of it all. Sometime I'll tell you about my grand theory that links craft brewing to punk rock. Just ask.

Sam Adams Homebrew Competition

By on December 21, 2005in general beer

Yes, Samuel Adams is having a homebrew competiton. They’re using BJCP style guidelines and there’s NO ENTRY FEE. Sounds interesting. Prizes? Of course. Each of the category winners get a Sam Adams varsity jacket. The 9 semi-finalists get $2000 in travel vouchers to be put toward attending the 2006 Great American Beer Festival or the 2006 American Homebrewers Assoc. National Conference. The big winner, will win a trip to brew the winning beer with Jim Koch at the Samuel Adams brewery. And from what I understand, if they REALLY like your beer, they’ll pay you $1000 in royalties for the recipe.

Town Hall Beer Release/Holiday Fun

By on December 21, 2005in general beer

I’ll be missing out on this one due to a poorly-scheduled metting with a salesman…er financial advisor, but tonight, Wednesday December 21st, Minneapolis Town Hall will be releasing their English IPA… the English IPA that took a bronze at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. 5-6pm, pints for a buck.

Also, they’ll have the fires going on the patio and will be serving a Hot Mulled Ale sometime around 5-7pm… on the house. Town Hall’s present to the merry beer drinkers, I guess.

O’Hara’s Seasonal

By on December 13, 2005in general beer

It’s been a while since I’ve been up to St. Cloud for a beer, but Chris from O’Hara’s let us know that Dubbel Trouble is their current seasonal beer. Not surprisingly, it’s a Belgian dubble brewed with Belgian pale ale and specialty malts as well as dark Belgian candi sugar. It should come as no surprise that their second batch is about ready to be tapped as it is O’Hara’s most popular seasonal beer. Others seem to like it as well as it won Best of Show at the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild’s Winter Fest in 2001.