[ October 12, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] You shouldn’t be bored Wednesday. So much going on. Sadly I’ll be in California. Forcing California beer down my throat. I’ll survive…

Doug Odell, head of Odell Brewing, is returning to the Firkins this Wednesday the 12th from 5-7PM!
We are very excited to announce the triumphant return of Doug Odell to the Firkins! [...]

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[ October 10, 2011; 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm. ] Head over to Heritage on Monday for a book signing & tasting with Garrett Oliver from Brooklyn Brewing.
As the Brewmaster for Brooklyn Brewing and a tireless advocate of beer and food pairing, penning the popular The Brewmasters Table, Garrett Oliver has become an icon in the craft beer world. His newest undertaking is the creation [...]

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[ October 6, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Drink up with the Heritage crew. This week’s tasting includes a variety of Goose Island bombers:

We have another BOTW/Thursday Tasting combo dealy thing for you. For our Bomber of the Week, we’re putting all of our Goose Island 22oz format bottles at 20% off.  If you need more convincing, we’ll also be tasting some of [...]

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On the eve of the opening of the new Four Firkins Beer Store on 36th Street (Hoigaard Village) in St. Louis Park, we thought we’d share a few photos and our six pack interview with owner Jason Alvey. The store opens Monday morning & it’s beautiful. The new store has more room for more beer, [...]

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The fine folks at Heritage will be sampling Crispin Cider on Thursday. Will you?
Much in the way that we talk about craft breweries and what they do to come up with interesting treatments for their beers, Minneapolis’ own Crispin is doing the same for hard cider.  They’re changing the way people think about cider and [...]

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Edina Liquors, near 5oth and France is expanding their craft beer selection and is looking for some help! They’ve just finished a beer cooler re-org and are looking forward to bringing in more Belgian and craft brews, and this will require expanding their staff, starting with a part time clerk who will have a base [...]

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[ September 22, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Drink up with Heritage! This week they’ll be sampling beer from Lagunitas. If only I could make it! As luck would have it, I’ll be in Petaluma in October, though. You? You’re not coming with me. So head over to Heritage between 5 and 7 on Thursday.
We’re being taken over by Petaluma, CA’s Lagunitas Brewing [...]

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[ September 16, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Ok, I guess technically it should be FTF, Fitty’s Third Friday, but it’s ABR weekend, so what the hell…

Mid-month FFF at Thomas Liquor this Friday.  In conjunction with ABR weekend, you’ll have a chance to meet Jeff Gill, founder of Tallgrass Brewing.  Jeff will be pouring the the year-round line-up from Tallgrass [...]

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[ September 16, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Beer, wine & other good things flowing in St. Paul Friday!  From 4-7pm the store will celebrate the first full year of The Ale Jail and the sixth year of The Wine Thief!

They will have representatives from 15+ breweries and 8 wine distributors all pouring samples in their back parking lot for your [...]

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[ September 7, 2011; 6:00 pm; September 14, 2011; 6:00 pm; September 21, 2011; 6:00 pm; September 28, 2011; 6:00 pm; October 5, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Every Wednesday at the Nomad at 6pm the crew has planned a special event, dubbed “Mid-Week Beer Geek.” The events will range from a tapping of something unique, to a brewery take over to a side by side tasting.  Events are held in conjunction with the Minnesota Beer Activists and the schedule is as follows;

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[ September 2, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] This Friday is the first Friday of the month, so you know what that means….Thomas Liquors is hosting Fitty’s First Friday, when resident beer geek, er guru, Fitty opens the bar for some samples.

This week, Fitty welcomes Shaun Wolf from Duvel Mortgaat.  Shaun will be be pouring Belgian classics from Duvel, Maredsous, Chouffe [...]

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[ September 1, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Designations like “dubbel” and “tripel” appear on Belgian beers to describe the strength of the beer in relationship to the amount of malt used, which correlates to the alcohol content. Brewers labeled their barrels “X”, “XX”, or “XXX” so they’d remember what was inside. The Belgian style Dubbel was originally created by the Trappist Abbey [...]

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[ August 18, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Assuming you’re not one of the people who doesn’t abuse the word “epic” (and “fail” for that matter), I’d like to invite you out to a little tasting at Heritage in Maplewood tonight. Read on.
In the last year, the new breweries that have entered into the Minnesota market have put our state in an enviable [...]

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[ August 11, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Read on and sample some new Lips of Faith beers at Heritage Thursday.
For this weeks Thursday tasting (11th), we’re excited to dig into the 2 latest New Belgium Lips of Faith releases.  We just received Kick, a slightly tart, pumpkin cranberry ale made in collaboration with Elysian Brewing in Seattle. We will also be pouring [...]

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[ August 8, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Haven’t tried the Summit Unchained #7 Honeymoon Saison yet? First: what’s the matter with you?! Well you have a chance tonight at the Four Firkins, with samples being poured by the brewer himself, Sam Doniach.

In the mean time, check out Michael Agnew’s recent Star Tribune piece on the newest batch.

Cheers!

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