Category: brewpubs

Let’s Talk About Recent Beer History…

By on November 10, 2006in breweries, brewpubs, history

We’ve never claimed to be all-knowing with regards to beer in Minnesota. In fact, rumor has it that we’ve even made a mistake or two on occasion. In any case, now that MNBeer is well over a year old, we thought it would be fun to look back into some of our resources and ask you, dear readers, to tell us a little more about a number of breweries/brewpubs that are listed on some of the infrequently-updated beer resource websites. Ideally it would be nice to do this in our new, lonely forum, but even the comment area would work. So… tell us what you know or remember about these places:

Ambleside Brewing Company, Kasota Avenue, SE Minneapolis

Black River Brewery & Pub, Elk River

Black Moon Brewing, St. Paul

Black Widow Brewing, St. Paul

Boundary Waters Brewing, Isabella (planned?)

Bowery Pub and Brewery, Minneapolis (w/ Herkimer’s address…)

Brew Station Brewery, Shakopee

Chang O’Hara’s, St. Paul (listed as a brewpub on some sites)

Clubhaus Brewpub, Rochester

Dave’s Brewfarm

District Warehouse Brewing, Minneapolis

Glacial Lakes Brewing Co., New York Mills/Perham

Harwell’s Steakhouse and Brewery, Shakopee

Northern Plains Brewing Co., St. Paul

Patrick McGoverns (listed as a brewpub?)

Shannon Kelley’s Brewpub, St. Paul

Trader & Trapper, Moorhead

Wolf’s Brewery, Stillwater

And the list goes on. It seems as if there are always a couple of breweries listed in Great Lakes Brewing News that are nothing more than a concept and/or a business plan. And of course let’s not forget some more recent losses such as Union Station, Bandana, Watertower, Hops and Sherlock’s, among others.

Shed some light on these places friends. It’s Friday, you’re working… or hardly working… here’s a new distraction for you…

Holiday Chef and Brewer’s Dinner at Rock Bottom

By on November 9, 2006in beer events, brewpubs

This sounds like a good time if you have an extra $50 to throw down as the holidays begin.

Reserve your spot for our Holiday Chef and Brewers Dinner. This Four-course feast is paired with a fresh handcrafted beer with each course.
Course One – Beer & Cheese Tasting featuring Kristine Johnson from Classic Provisions-enjoy a selection of imported & domestic cheeses served along with traditional accompaniments perfectly complimented with selection of beer samples
Course 2 – Butternut Squash with fresh Ginger, Roasted Poblanos, Cilantro and Lime
Course 3 – Grilled Hickory Smoked Tenderloin medallions served atop Balsamic marinated portabella mushrooms and finished with Bordelaise. Served with fried sweet potatoes and French green beans.
Course 4 – Pumpkin Cheesecake with a Gingersnap Crust
Only $50 all inclusive per person

Town Hall Beer Release

By on November 3, 2006in beer events, brewpubs

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery will release “The Gobbler” on Monday, November 6th. The Gobbler is a blueberry pale ale “designed to be a perfect match for your turkey on Thanksgiving.” I’ll buy that.

From 5:00 to 6:00pm Monday, pints of The Gobbler are $2.00.

MNHBA Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day at Barley John’s

By on November 1, 2006in beer events, brewpubs, homebrew

From the Barley John’s mailing list:

Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day: Come one, come all to Barley John’s Brewpub in New Brighton on Saturday, November 4th, any time from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event is part of the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) national event, which is Teach A Friend To Homebrew Day. On that day, hundreds of interested parties across the country will discover just how easy it is to make quality craft beer at home. Free brewing demonstrations will begin periodically, so whenever people get there they will not be far from seeing a batch of homebrew started. This event is put on locally by the Minnesota Homebrewers Association.

There will be beginner’s brewing kits given away, so please come and bring that friend or sister-in-law who has always talked about maybe starting to homebrew

For more information, please contact John Longballa at jlongb@ties2.net, or go to the MN Homebrewers website, www.mnbrewers.com. We’ll see you at Barley John’s on November 4th!

Note: Barley Johns is not putting this event on, we are providing the parking lot space in which to host the event. For specific information contact the sponsors. Cheers!