Category: breweries

News from Vine Park

By on September 11, 2007in beer stores, breweries, homebrew

Got an Email update from Vine Park today. Here’s the beer-related info. More info of course at www.vinepark.com.

A huge thank you goes out to all of you for making this the busiest summer on record at Vine Park!

The custom wine opportunity in July has come and gone but the wines are silently aging all over the area. This was such a hit, we are already planning how to offer more types of wines and to make it easier to get everyone a reserved spot.

And the Belgian recipes in August again drew crowds. This year we offered a series of Belgian Brew Clubs in addition to the custom brewing option and this sold out in record time.

We have a few new things in the works; only some of which are detailed in this email. And to update all of you asking about the growlers; we have been so busy brewing we paused in our efforts until we resolved one issue. Now that we are past that, we intend to work with the City to finish what we started.

Please don’t worry, you will hear from us just as soon as we can offer our first Growlers to you.

WOW! Again, we thank you for your patronage.

Andy & Dan

Brew Club
Time to get the beer fridge refilled and just in time Vine Park is starting our special seasonal mixes.

Autumn Mix kicks off on Sept 12th with just four nights of brewing. Get those traditional rich & delicious beers of autumn!

Winter Mix always fills fast so we’ve set aside 5 (!) Brew Clubs starting Nov 21st. This mix is chock full of powerful & tasty beverages to keep you warm this winter.

Re-Opening on Mondays
Starting Monday, Oct 15th you can brew beer & make wines again at Vine Park.

Just in time for the annual Fall rush to brew for football season & holiday social events, Dan will be back from Bavaria and with a full crew of Brew Coaches we can again handle six days of brewing and wine making.

Check our on line reservation system or give us a call at 651 – 228 – 1355.

Summit Beer Dinner at Highland Grill

By on September 7, 2007in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, general beer

Yum. These sort of things always sound good. Unfortunately (ahem), we rarely get sent any free passes for this sort of event. In any case, Highland Grill is having a Summit Beer Dinner on Monday, September 17th. Courses and beer are as follows.

Canape – Cured Meats, Olives Pickles with Summit IPA

Beer Cheese Soup with Summit Oktoberfest

Smokes Salmon with Heirloom Tomatoes, Cucumber Gelee and Scallion Creme Fraiche with Summit EPA

Seared Shrimp with Curried Coconut, Fresh Squash and Jasmine Rice with Summit Pilsener

Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Sweet Corn Parmesan Flan, Crispy Onions and Anchos Jus with Summit ESB

Bittersweet Chocolate Terrine with Orange paired with Summit Porter

$60 per seat, 651.690.1173 for reservations and time.

Surly Fest Update

By on September 6, 2007in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries

The SurlyFest kickoff happens at Stub & Herb’s bar on Tuesday, September 11th. SurlyFest & Furious pints for $3 and free Surly pint glasses to folks that show up early. A great place to kick things off as Stub and Herb’s will now be focusing on local microbrewed beer. See you next Tuesday.
Oh yeah, cans will hit the liquor stores Tuesday/Wednesday next week. Omar

Flat Earth September Update

By on September 6, 2007in breweries

Here’s an update from our friends at Flat Earth Brewing Company. A synopsis: Cygnus X-1 Canadian Porter, BOTTLING LINE, tour, etc. Did I mention that they have a bottling line?!? Mmm. Flat Earth… in my fridge!

Do you know what is great about owning your own brewery? We can make a beer just because we want to. With that said we plan to release Cygnus X-1, a Canadian Porter, just in time for our favorite band, Rush, to hit the stage at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center! What is Canadian Porter you ask? Well, we took an old English porter recipe and added rye, a Canadian whiskey’s most important ingredient, to create our own version of a “Canadian porter.” It will be available at some bars near the Xcel Energy Center this weekend. Keep an eye on the website for the bars carrying Cygnus X-1 and grab a pint before the concert.

The bottling line is here and we will bottle the Belgian Pale Ale as soon as we can. Look for the Belgian to be in stores later this month. Our other beers will be slowly added to the list of bottled beers. If we have some left we may even try to get some of the Bermuda Triangle and Cygnus X-1 in to bottles before it disappears.

Check out the September issue of Twin Cities Business magazine for an article on Flat Earth Brewing and see why we were selected best beer news in 2007.

Our next tour is Saturday the 22nd at 1 p.m. please us the entrance in the parking lot.

September is filling up with fun beer events. The Belgian Pale Ale will be available every weekend out at the Renaissance Festival. On the 8th the MN Homebrewer’s Association will be holding their monthly meeting at the brewery. On the 23rd we will pouring our beers at the MNFashion show (www.mnfashion.org/fw07/rectangle.html). And of course, we finish the month with Autumn Beer Review on the 29th. Do you have your tickets yet? If not check out www.mncraftbrew.org/abr/ for all of the details.

Thank you for your continued support.

Jeff Williamson

Flat Earth Brewing Company