Category: bars/restaurants

Pig & Gnome Part Ways

By on February 8, 2007in bars/restaurants, general beer

…well sort of anyway… read on…

Beer Lovers,

Paul and I are pleased to announce that we have sold our interest in The Happy Gnome to the other investors.  You can still find us at The Muddy Pig, the best beer bar in town.

New draft beers this week at The Muddy pig include Bell’s Sparkling Ale and Arcadia Amber, both from Michigan.  The Sparkling Ale is an American Tripel with a golden color, sweet fruitiness and 9.0% ABV.  The Arcadia Amber is a full-bodied English-style ale brewed with Scottish Maris Otter malt giving the ale a sweet caramel flavor with a hint of toasted malt.  Yum.

And with temps struggling to hit zero it’s time to think about the Muddy Pig Golf Snouting.  If any of you have contacts at a golf course that would like to host the event this year please let me know.  Oak Glen has been good to us but we are hoping to lower the cost of the event in order to generate more money for the charity, Children’s Home Society & Family Services.  It’s for the children.

Cheers,

Mark

Blue Nile: Cask Furious

By on February 6, 2007in bars/restaurants, beer events

Next Tuesday, 2/13, 9pm

First come, first served, free of charge. Our little way to say “Happy Anniversary” to Surly. Has it been a year already? Stick around and enjoy a One while you’re at it. Stay longer and dig the open mic night, also free, everything from folk rock to hip hop, jazz to poetry. See ya there!

Surly One at the Blue Nile Wednesday

By on January 15, 2007in bars/restaurants, breweries

From Al at The Blue Nile:

I’ll be getting my first keg of this delicious doppelbock-like anniversary lager Wednesday. Problem is, I still don’t have an open tap line. So, I propose $3 taps all day long Wednesday…what? even on Bell’s Expedition Stout and HopSlam?
No, not on them, we don’t serve them in pints, anyway…

a small amount of Darkness remains…what, you guys got tired of the biggest, ballsiest imperial stout brewed in Minnesota so soon?

Wait? Expedition Stout…and Darkness? Yes, currently, the only place one could try both on tap side by side is at the Blue Nile, while supplies last…

P.S.
HopSlam

Firkin Friday in Duluth

By on January 5, 2007in bars/restaurants

This came in from the Northern Ale Stars mailing list:

LSB’s [Lake Superior Brewing Co.] Mesabi Red, in its fully cask conditioned state, will be served via an English Beer Engine tonight (Jan. 5, 2007) at Sir Benedict’s. If you’ve been to past Firkin Fridays, you know how special cask conditioned beer is, and how it can differ so much from the standard version of the beer. Cheers!

I don’t like many “red” beers, but I like Mesabi Red and bet it would taste quite nice as a cask-conditioned beer. Charlie Parr fans take note, he’s playing at Sir Benedict’s tonight as well.