[ May 24, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Thursday promises to be a fun night of beer at Stanley’s NE. The crew from Third Street Brewhouse in Cold Spring will be on hand to sample their first three beers (a black IPA, a cream ale and a brown ale), which should hit shelves and draft lines in July. With a team that includes [...]

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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 22, 2012; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. May 23, 2012; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Boom Island’s fourth beer, Brimstone makes its way to market this week with a release party at Eli’s East on Tuesday starting at 4:30 followed by a bottle release at the brewery on Wednesday from 5-8.

At  Eli’s East from 4:30-6:30pm, there will be special pricing on Brimstone and a Boom Island Tap Takeover featuring all [...]

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[ May 22, 2012; 6:00 pm; ] The first firkin of Summit’s Saga IPA rolls out to Old Chicago in Minnetonka on Tuesday at 6pm. This one has been dry-hopped with Citra hop  Samples and giveaways as well!

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Thanks to Beernews.org for digging up the artwork. As we reported back in March (via Denver Post), Surly hoped to make Pentagram an annual Summer bottle release. Lo and behold, Beernews.org gives us the artwork. Check it out. Click for a larger image. 
They also rustled up artwork for Sÿx, which translates roughly into “six” [...]

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Here’s a ton of upcoming events to celebrate Summit’s newest beer, Sága IPA. I think it’s a pretty tasty beer! Details below from the Summit crew:
May 15 at 6pm
Uptown Cafeteria, Minneapolis
Sága IPA Release Party & Beer Dinner: Join us for the release of our newest beer, Sága IPA! There will be 6 different taps available, [...]

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For those of you that are also foodies, check out this summer’s series of Dinner on the Farm meals. Although not specifically beer dinners, there will be beer from a local brewery at each dinner.
June 3 – Shepherd Song Farm – Boom Island Brewing
June 10 – Garden Farme – Harriet Brewing
June 17 – Living The [...]

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[ May 14, 2012; 5:00 pm; May 16, 2012; 6:00 pm; May 18, 2012; 3:30 pm; ] American Craft Beer Week is just around the corner and I bet you’d all like to know where to find all the awesome Founders Beer that is going to be poured during the week!

Starting on Tuesday, May 15th at 5:00pm Buster’s on 28th will be pouring FIVE tasty Founders brews inluding: KBS, Curmudgeon, Curmudgeon’s Better [...]

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[ May 16, 2012; 6:30 pm; ] Foodies On Foot and  Lift Bridge doing a progressive craft beer on May 16th, starting at 6:30pm. The event starts at Lift Bridge for a tour and meet and greet with the brewers. That will be followed by a shuttled visit to three restaurants. Each will feature a course paired with Lift Bridge beers. [...]

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[ May 14, 2012; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. May 15, 2012; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Join Blackbird Cafe Monday and Tuesday, May 14th &15th, during Happy Hour (2-5pm) and enter the Boulder Mojo Nitro Mustache contest! All you have to do is show up, order a Mojo Nitro, give yourself a wicked “Beer-Stache” & have your polaroid taken by one of the highly trained polaroid photographers to enter. Voting will [...]

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[ May 16, 2012; ] During American Craft Beer Week there will be a couple of special Bell’s tappings around the cities. Two of which include Black Note Stout: Black Note Stout blends the complex aromatics of Expedition Stout with the velvety smooth texture of Double Cream Stout and ages the combination in freshly retired oak bourbon barrels for months. Here are [...]

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[ May 14, 2012; 5:00 pm; May 17, 2012; 5:00 pm; ] Kick off American Craft Beer Week at Butcher and the Boar this year! On Monday, May 14th they will be featuring Great Lakes Brewing Company by pouring three of their very awesome beers. The brews include Rallydrum Red (Brewed in Honor of the Cleveland Indians, who are in town playing the Twins on Monday), Holy [...]

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Last night the winners in the 95 categories at the 2012 World Beer Cup were announced. Congratulations to all of the winners, but especially to Summit Brewing for taking the silver in Category 67: Classic English-Style Pale Ale with their Extra Pale Ale.
A complete list of winners can be found here.

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[ May 17, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Here’s another excuse for you to visit my favorite Twin Cities art museum – The Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ Third Thursday in May involves craft beer! From 6-9pm on Thursday, May 17th Summit Brewing & The MIA will attempt to fuse beer, art and good times.

-Summit brewer Mike Lundell will be on hand to talk [...]

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[ May 19, 2012; 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] Head over to The Sample Room on Saturday on Saturday, May 19th from 11:30am – 4:30pm for a special firkin event featuring beer from Schell’s, Surly, Fulton, Lift Bridge, Summit, Flat Earth, Tallgrass and Boom Island. $10. Sounds like fun, and at $10, the price is right!

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