Heritage is getting all New Belgium-y on us. Beer Ranger Derek (aka Theo) will be pouring samples from 5-7. If that weren’t enough, the bomber of the week at Heritage is New Belgium’s Abbey Grand Cru and they’re running specials on 4 and 6 packs as well. Read on:
New Belgium Heritage Takeover!
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[ May 4, 2012; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Once again Fitty’s First Friday is upon us at Thomas Liquor.  The legendary Bell’s Brewing Co. is the featured brewery for May.  Brewery rep. Jason Gillum will be tasting out the entire Bell’s line-up along with a few cellared gems.

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[ May 3, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. May 5, 2012; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Joshua Bernstein, author of Brewed Awakening, will be making a couple of stops in Minnesota this week for a couple of events. Joshua interviewed me a few years ago for a piece on up and coming craft beer cities for Imbibe magazine and edited appropriately so I didn’t sound stupid, so he must be a [...]

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Congrats to The Four Firkins and everyone else who supported two bills that give liquor stores in Minnesota a little more flexibility. We covered them a few months ago here…
So what will these bills allow? One will allow liquor stores to sell store-branded apparel. The other will allow liquor stores to charge a fee for [...]

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[ April 26, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] This week’s Thursday Tasting at Heritage features Lucan’s Brau Brothers. They’ll be sampling some year-round beers as well as their new Rye Wyne Ale, a rye barleywine aged in Templeton Rye Whiskey barrels. It’s tasty. Check it out.
For this week’s Thursday Tasting on the 26th from 5-7PM, we’re going local with Brau Brothers. In addition [...]

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[ April 23, 2012 to April 28, 2012. ] Are wild and sour beers still the new DIPA? Either way, stock up on these incredible beers at Thomas Liquors from Mon. 4/23 to Sat. 4/28, when all their wild and sour beers will be 15% off!

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[ April 6, 2012; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] This week Thomas Liquor welcomes back LiftBridge Brewing Co. for Fitty’s First Friday.  Owner Dan Schwarz and brewer Adam Weiss will be tasting out the newly-returned six pack lineup along with some of the limited releases.  This should be one of the best FFFs to date.

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Yup, that about sums it up. On Friday, from 4-6 you can sample all three of Boom Island‘s beer (Silvius Pale Ale, Throprock IPA and Hoodoo Dubbel) at France 44 in Minneapolis. Enjoy!

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[ March 29, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Head over to Heritage this Thursday (March 29th) for a tasting of Duvel, Leifmans beer and perhaps some other goodies. 5-7pm.

1347 Frost Avenue
Maplewood, MN

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[ March 20, 2012; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Just a quick reminder that Jason from Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park will be sampling his wares at Liquor Barrel in St. Louis Park (Miracle Mile) from 5-8pm on Tuesday.

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It was a quiet week in my hometown, the land of 10,000 beers…
As per usual, if we’re missing something (surely we are!) leave it in the comments! Cheers!
Tuesday
The Hanger Room in Willernie will be hosting a beer dinner with Lift Bridge
Liquor Barrel Miracle Mile (St. Louis Park) will host a tasting with Jason from Steel [...]

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[ March 9, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. March 13, 2012; ] Here’s a couple of chances to sample the wares over at Ale Jail in St. Paul. First up, on Friday they will be welcoming Rob from Tallgrass Brewing Co. for the official can release of 8-Bit Pale Ale.  Rob will be here from 5-7pm pouring samples of 8-Bit as well as other [...]

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Sample some dunkel weizen from Summit’s Unchained series with brewer Eric Bloomquist. We’ve already listed a few events, but here’s the whole list for your imbibing pleasure.

Monday, March 5: Stout’s Pub Beer Dinner, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6: Live music and German food pairings at Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis, 5-8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7: Tasting at The [...]

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[ March 1, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Tonight’s Thursday tasting at Heritage in Maplewood pits two IIPAs from two Michigan breweries. Tonight the Heritage crew will pour you each beer and you can pick your favorite… without actually knowing which beer you’re drinking.  Undoubtedly some folks will know which beer is which by taste alone, but others may just surprise themselves. 5-7ppm.

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Our friends over at Minnesota Beer Activists shared the story earlier, and it’s one that we’ve been following for a week or so. It’s an interesting proposition, but not Here’s the language of H.F. No. 2432.
An exclusive liquor store, with the approval of the commissioner, may be issued an off-sale license by a municipality for [...]

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