Category: bars/restaurants

Happy Gnome Cask Beer Program

By on December 28, 2006in bars/restaurants

I was too tired to go out and drink cask beer myself last night, so we thank Ben for the scoop on The Happy Gnome’s new cask beer program. He spoke with one of the owners, Nick Miller and got the skinny… Starting this week with the Surly kickoff, The Happy Gnome will have 3 gravity fed cask beers on tap. They will post the week’s offerings in City Pages and tap them each Wednesday. They will be pumping CO2 in on top to keep them fresh and will have cooled blankets on them. They will be 10 gallon casks so it will likely last a couple days. To start off they will have Surly, Summit, Bells and two Belgian beers rotating. There is currently a selection of 80 different cask beers they can select from.

Sounds promising!

PedalPub Update

By on December 20, 2006in bars/restaurants, general beer

One last post… warrior needs food… badly… you win a cookie if you remember that video game reference…

DECEMBER 2006

In our last newsletter, we asked you to help us pick some routes for the PedalPub, and many of you responded with GREAT ideas! We are pleased to let you know that we have scoped out four routes in Minneapolis:
* Calhoun/Lake of the Isles
* Nordeast (Pub Crawl Route)
* Nicollet Mall
* St. Anthony Main

If you’d like to see a map of these routes, we have added them to our website. Surf to http://www.PedalPub.com to check them out.

We are still on schedule for accepting delivery of the PedalPub from the Netherlands on March 1. There’s a bike conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 3, so we’re hoping that we can accomplish any “assembly” that might be necessary once it arrives, and have it on the streets that weekend for it’s grand unveiling. We’re still working on having it in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in St. Paul too, but we’ve been told it’s a “walking” parade, except for parade dignitaries. I can’t think of a better “float” for dignitaries in a St. Pat’s Day parade than a PUB ON WHEELS, so we’re still working that!

We have started this “Friends of the PedalPub” to keep you informed of our progress—and in an attempt to continue to tap your amazing creativity and talent. We will probably send out an email about once every two weeks or so. If you want to be REMOVED from the list, just drop us a note and we’ll take you off. If you know anyone else who would like to get on our list, have them send an email to:
INFO@PEDALPUB.COM

YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT (should you choose to accept it….):
Do you know people (or know people who know people) on the Minneapolis Park Boards? Minneapolis Police or Fire Departments? Minneapolis City Council? We want to meet with them to let them know what we plan, so that we don’t run into any bureaucratic or legal entanglements once we get on the road. If you can introduce us to any of these types, send an email to us at: INFO@PEDALPUB.COM

Thanks!
Al Boyce & Eric Olson, partners
PedalPub, LLC

Theology & A Pint

By on December 18, 2006in bars/restaurants, beer events

Theology & a Pint is a monthly gathering and casual discussion for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of faith, god, culture and politics.

Incidentally, the event is at Kip’s Irish Pub which, thankfully,  has two Minnesota beers on tap and three more in the bottle.

Baby Jesus: Who is this Child?

What are we celebrating anyways this month? Supposedly, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, but who is Jesus? What do the Nativity stories say about who this wee baby is supposed to be? Does it matter that he was born into poverty under suspicious circumstances? We’ll spend some time discussing who Jesus was and what this holiday might actually be about.
When: Tuesday, December 19th, 8:00pm
Where: Kip’s Irish Pub (Just West of 394 & Hwy 169)
9970 Wayzata Blvd, St. Louis Park (http://www.kipspub.com/)

Theology & a Pint is a monthly gathering and casual discussion for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of faith, god, culture and politics.

Questions? Contact Philip at PhilipS@StGeorgesonline.org