[ December 16, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] On December 16th, Brooklyn Center Liquor #1 will have Michael Berglund on hand for a bottle signing. Michael is the artist behind the 2011 Surly Darkness label art. You can bring in Darkness bottles or anything with a Darkness logo and Michael will sign it for you.

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[ December 9, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Lucid Brewing will be at the Gold Nugget Tavern and Grill for their first official tapping of CAMO! Come celebrate at happy hour. They will be passing out samples and brewery shwag. Come meet the brewers and get a sample! The first 60 barrels of CAMO, a double IPA, are the only barrels that will [...]

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[ December 11, 2011; 11:00 pm; ] Beer Geeks, the first television show dedicated to craft beer in Minnesota, to premiere December 11th on KSTC-TV, Channel 45. Grab a beer & tune in! Read on for more information. Some of you may know Ed from Heritage Liquor in Maplewood. Local producer Jason Wiltse has a great pedigree as well, as a former [...]

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Northern Brewer hosts a discussion with award-winning homebrewer and soon-to-be professional brewer Kristen England. Brewing TV’s Jake Keeler moderates the Q&A in which England talks about his time spent building recipes for Northern Brewer, the origin of Patersbier, considerations to make between extract and all-grain, fine-tuning your palate and your homebrew, going pro, and we [...]

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[ December 5, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Lyon’s Pub will be hosting a release party for Surly Brewing and their much loved Double IPA seasonal, Abrasive. Head to Downtown Minneapolis tonight and enjoy!

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[ December 2, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Surliness? Yup. I just made that one up… Anyway, MacKenzie in Minneapolis is getting Surly tonight at 6pm. They’ll be pouring Darkness, Five, Damien, 2010 Smoke, Moe’s Bender, Hell, Furious and a cask of Tea-bagged Bender. Enjoy!

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[ December 17, 2011; ] Yes, you read correctly, in addition to releasing Biscotti, Lift Bridge is also giving you the opportunity to show off your baking prowess.

To celebrate the release of one of the most culinary brews in our lineup, we are hosting a bake-off at the brewery and taproom on Saturday December 17. We will have regular hours [...]

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In this episode, Brewing TV is off to the original Beer City, USA – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – to visit Lakefront Brewery. The good people behind the innovative brewery are craft brew pioneers that still cherish their homebrewing roots and do a lot to support both their local and national homebrewing community.

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Flat Earth has the line up for the next five weeks of Porterfest as well as information on a new beer.
Greetings True Believers,
Porterfest continues on with 5 more infused beers this month! These infused porter are only available at the brewery.
Week 5 Hold Your Fire – Hot Pepper infused Cygnus
Week 6 Dream line – Cherry-chocolate [...]

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[ November 30, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Tonight, Beer School welcomes Jason Sowards of Harriet Brewing. In addition to several of their regular offerings, Jason will be sampling a dry hopped batch of their Belgian Golden Strong, Divine Oculust, which is yet to be released.

Entrance to the class is $5 as usual, but the semester rate has been reduced [...]

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[ December 1, 2011; 12:00 pm; ] Here’s all you need to know… Winterfest tickets go on-sale at noon (CST) December 1, 2011. Tickets will go FAST.

Come and join us for the 11th Annual Winterfest! This craft beer sampling event celebrates beer brewed in [...]

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[ December 2, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

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Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Barley John’s Brew Pub is offering $3.00 off all growler fills!
And in case you’re curious, here are their current seasonal beers:
PUMPKIN ALE [6.8%] Brewed with pumpkin and a mixture of spices, this orangish ale remembers that it is first a beer and then a spiced holiday treat. [...]

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[ November 16, 2011; ] …er… Austin dropped me a line to let us know that Psycho Suzi’s is tapping their keg of Surly Darkness tonight in the Shrunken Head Bar (upstairs) only, while it lasts.

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[ November 16, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] Thanks for the head’s up, Matt! The West Bank Brewing Association is having another night of beer and policy conversation tonight at 7:30 at Republic, featuring some guy named Omar from Surly and Jim from Fulton. Read on friends.
Greetings! The West Bank Brewing Association would like to invite you to join us for [...]

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