[ March 12, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. March 13, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. March 18, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Here are a few chances for you to meet brewer and owner Tod Fyten from Mantorville Brewing and sample some of his beer.

Buffalo Wine & Spirits, Buffalo, March 12th, 4 – 7 pm
Haskell’s Highland Park, St. Paul, March 13th, 1 – 5 pm
Sinful Wine & Liquors, Bloomington, Thursday March 18th, 7 – 9 pm

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[ March 27, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Jason from The Cellars in Eagan just sent word out that he has scheduled another beer tasting, for the last Saturday of March. They’ll have over 15 different brews for the tasting, all for free.

And if you’re a Scotch drinker, mark your calendar for this Saturday, March 6th 2:00 – 4:00 pm when they’ll [...]

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[ March 1, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Head over to the Four Firkins on Monday at 6pm to try Mantorville’s Stagcaoch Amber, Golden Ale and Smoked Porter. Owner/brewer Tod Fyten will be pouring and chatting it up.

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[ February 19, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Casanova Liquors in Hudson will be hosting a free tasting by Dave Anderson of Dave’s BrewFarm this Friday night from 5-7PM. Dave will be pouring samples of his new release Matacabras and they will also have a keg of Mata on tap in the restaurant.

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[ January 29, 2010; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Stop by Thomas Liquors this afternoon for a Grand Teton beer sampling. Beers include Black Cauldron Imperial Stout, Bitch Creek ESB, Sweetgrass IPA and Au Natural Organic Blond.

Thomas Liquors & Fine Wines
1941 Grand Ave
St. Paul
651-699-1860

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Marty from St. Cloud dropped us a line to let us know that The Cork & Cask in St. Cloud (located at the intersection of MN HWY-23 and I-94, inside “The Grande Depot”) is expanding their beer selection at the request of thirsty craft beer fans in the St. Cloud area. They’ve added a number [...]

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Here’s a story on the Four Firkins in the Star Tribune’s business section.  Nice press.

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[ January 14, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Tyranena will be in town on January 14th, with two tastings. They’ll start out at Zipp’s Liquor and then head over to Groveland Tap.

Zipp’s Liquor
2618 E. Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis
612-333-8686
* Tyranena is Beer of the Month for January! $7.99 six packs & Brewers Gone Wild!

Groveland Tap
1834 St. Clair Avenue, St. Paul
651-699-5058

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[ December 30, 2009; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Erica from France 44 dropped us a line to let us know about a special tasting taking place on December 30th from 4-7pm. To celebrate 50 years of France 44, they’ll be tasting 50 different beers ranging from Belgians to imperial stouts along with a few cheese pairings. Totally free! Look for the list at [...]

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[ December 17, 2009; 5:30 pm; ] Duane from Liquor Barrel in Golden Valley dropped us a line about an event tonight. Yup. The “D” word. Darkness. At 5:30pm, the first forty people to show up at the store will be able to draw a ticket for a one in four chance to buy one of their last 10 bottles of Surly [...]

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[ December 11, 2009; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. December 18, 2009; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Thanks to Marty for the info…
Heads up to those of you going to be up in the St. Cloud Area in the next couple of weekends there’s going to be some great events at The Cork and Cask. On Friday (Dec 11th), a rep from Cold Spring Brewery will be pouring Old Johnnie Ale, Moonlight [...]

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[ December 10, 2009; ] Hertiage Liquor will be holding its 2nd Annual Beer Geek XMAS this Thursday. The sale runs all day (8 am – 10 pm) with tastings from 5 – 9 pm. There are too many beers to be sampled, both on draft and from bottles, to list here, so check out their site for [...]

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[ December 11, 2009; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] France 44 Wines & Spirits is holding a free Belgian beer tasting on December 11th and will run from 4-7pm. Jason Wallace from Merchant du Vin will be on hand to answer any questions.

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[ November 21, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Stop into Zipp’s today (Saturday) from 4-6 to sample Dave’s BrewFarm Select Golden Lager. As far as Tyler at Zipp’s knows,  this is the first time the Select will be sampled out. Dave debuted a bunch of his beers at ABR, but not the Select Golden. Check it out. It should be at other retail [...]

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