Entries Categorized as 'beer education'
May 23, 2012
[ June 30, 2012; ] Today Better Beer Society announced that they have partnered with The Butcher & the Boar for the the second event in their “Brown Bag Blind Tasting Event”. The event will be held on June 30th in the beer garden at The Butcher & the Boar.
The theme for Series #2 is “Summer Session: Backyard BBQ Beers” [...]
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May 22, 2012
Michael Dawson from Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply & Brewing TV gets some one-on-one time with Summit Brewing Company’s Mark Stutrud to discuss Summit’s new year-round American IPA release “Saga IPA.”
Good times ensue.
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May 18, 2012
Brewing TV is celebrating May Day with homebrew. BTV associate Joe Giambruno drops some knowledge and history as he goes old-school on a double-decocted maibock at Northern Brewer Minneapolis. Joe and Chip then join homeboy Andrew Bartelson for tasting notes at his annual May Day Parade party in South Minneapolis. Brew, Share & Enjoy!
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May 4, 2012
Brewing TV turns two years old in proper style – brewing a beer! Jake, Mike, Chip and the brew dogs gather to make Keeler’s Reverse Burster Altbier. During the brew session, we look back on two years of BTV production. We also field some FAQs from our fans. There’s even a contest and a birthday [...]
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May 3, 2012
[ May 5, 2012; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Customer Appreciation Day is Saturday from 10-5pm at Midwest Supplies in St. Louis Park. The event will feature brewing demonstrations, a book signing, free food, contests and other fun stuff.
-Jack of All Brews, 2nd Best Brewers, and St. Paul Home Brewers Club will be on site brewing.
-As previously mentioned, Brewed Awakening Author Joshua Bernstein will [...]
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May 2, 2012
Tonight’s a busy night for beer. Take your pick… or hit all three!
1. The Beer Dabbler is having a Ticket Presale Party at Tiffany’s in St. Paul. You can buy your tickets for The Beer Dabbler at Twin Cities’ Pride Fest in Minneapolis (June 22nd) and/or The Beer Dabbler at Highland Fest in St. Paul [...]
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April 20, 2012
In this episode of Brewing TV, Chip brews his annual favorite Chocolate Stout with real chocolate additions. Most of the beer gets kegged, but some is aside for an eising experiment. He’s joined by his buddy, local chef Zander Dixon, for tasting notes on both versions and a discussion about the eis process. Get eisy!
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April 20, 2012
[ April 21, 2012; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The Grand Finale of Northern Brewer Minneapolis’ Grand Opening. The day will include homebrewing demonstrations outside. This is a great chance to see various techniques and equipment being used. And what’s even better than homebrew? A bunch of craft beer! There’s a beer festival with some local breweries pouring beer outside. Local breweries include Harriet [...]
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April 17, 2012
Northern Brewer‘s Michael Dawson and Chip Walton give their Brewing TV tasting notes on Cherry Stout from New Glarus Brewing Company. We’ll post more of these Beer Reviews when they are locally-applicable (including road trips to Hudson, WI). More not-so-local beer reviews can be found at BTV’s YouTube page.
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April 17, 2012
[ April 18, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Jake, Mike & Chip from Brewing TV will be kicking it at Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave) Wednesday night meeting and greeting Twin Cities homebrewers and BTV fans. Event is from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. There will be a raffle at 6:30 p.m. for some BTV goodies and other cool surprises. Come hang [...]
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April 15, 2012
[ May 15, 2012 to May 20, 2012. ] Time for another B-Side event at The Muddy Pig featuring session beers. These are full flavored but lower alcohol beers designed for all day enjoyment. They will have 15-20 of these tasty brews on tap for you to enjoy by the glass or in flights of three 5oz glasses allowing you to [...]
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April 11, 2012
Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave.) has a week full of events and specials to celebrate their Grand Opening. For complete details of the events see – www.northernbrewer.com/mpls
Minneapolis Grand Opening — April 14th-21st
15% off Starter Kits Sale the whole time
Saturday the 14th: 11am-4pm
Sale: 10% off Blichmann Engineering products.
Event: John Blichmann Day
Sunday the 15th: 11am-4pm
Sale: [...]
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April 6, 2012
This episode of Brewing TV all about the Double IPA (aka Imperial India Pale Ale). Brewing TV associates Kris England and Nathan Smith team up to brew a split-batch of DIPA as part of a dry-hop and yeast experiment. Then Dawson joins Kris for tasting notes and a bit of discussion about the important elements [...]
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March 29, 2012
What’s this: a homebrew challenge? In the latest episode of Brewing TV, Keeler and Dawson go head-to-head brewing mystery beers on a subzero brew day. Two months later, they put each other’s keen sense of beer dorkery to task with a taste-test. Plus, Fox 9′s M.A. Rosko stops by Jake’s kitchen and we bust [...]
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March 9, 2012
What happens when three Minnesotans are “snowed-in” during a roadtrip to Denver? SNOW DAY! Brewing TV is forced to abandon plans for one episode — but salvage a day in Denver with visits to Denver Beer Company, Great Divide Brewing Company, and our first distillery Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. And we sit down for a chat [...]
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