[ April 15, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Rock Bottom will be rolling out their El Hefe Hefeweizen this Thursday. Be there at 6 pm and the first pint is on the house.

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[ May 7, 2010; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Arborfest 2010: Tickets now on sale!
Family Tree Clinic’s 10th annual Arborfest is an evening fundraising event featuring the best hand-crafted beer to sample from top local craft breweries. Plus, new this year, Wine Sampling! Come join us for a raucous bagpipe festival opener, sea-shanties & drinking songs by The Eddies, followed by DJ Double Trouble. [...]

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You’ve likely heard your Pint Club carrying friends talking about the great Saturday afternoons (and other times) they spend at Town Hall Brewery. Now you have the chance to become part of the club.
Starting today, and until the 50 available memberships are gone, you can be part of Pint Club for the one-time, lifetime [...]

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[ April 17, 2010; 5:30 pm; ] Kaposia is holding a fundraiser/beer tasting on April 17th from 5:30-9pm at the Wildwood Lodge at Lake Elmo. The event will feature beers from Schell’s, Rush River and Bell’s. There is a gourmet cooking demo, gourmet meal, silent auction and music by Billy McGlaughlin. The event is $75 and people can either visit www.kaposia.com [...]

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Well, the patio is open and the wheat beer is flowing- life is good! Guess what, Twins game already on Friday! If you were used to parking on Seven Corners, drinking a pint at Town Hall, and walking to the dome for the big game I have great news for you…..you still can! There [...]

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Sorry, we’re closing…..
Got your attention didn’t I? Sorry, we will be closing the store the next TWO sundays. This coming sunday we are closing for our annual cleaning day. Top to bottom spring cleaning….can’t wait. The next sunday we will close is Easter Sunday, hope you all get a chance to spend some time [...]

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[ May 7, 2010; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The 10th Annual Arborfest will be held the first Friday in May at Kagin Commons on the Macalester Campus in St. Paul. As always there will be regional craft beers, tasty eats, music, a raffle and new this year, select wine samplings.

Tickets are currently on sale at $45/person (of which $30 is tax deductible [...]

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First and foremost… you can buy ticket to the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest on Sunday, March 21st at noon. I went with a couple of friends last year and we all had an absolute blast. Juno, Mark and everyone else involved did a great job in putting the event together. In any case, since [...]

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[ March 16, 2010 to March 20, 2010. ] The crew at Barley John’s will be celebrating their 10 year Anniversary next week. They’ll be having great specials all week long as well as prize drawings.

Tuesday March 16th (Their actual anniversary!)
10% off our ENTIRE Menu – All Day Long
$10 Growler Fills of Anniversary Ale
Special Tapping of a very limited supply of Rosie’s Unoaked Reserve [...]

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Thanks to Tod Fyten from Mantorville Brewing for taking the time to provide a bit of an explanation of the “basement brewing” legislation that’s been bouncing around (previously mentioned here and here)…
There is a misrepresentation by some that the legislation about brewing below grade will allow folks to brew in their home basement commercially. [...]

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[ March 11, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Is there smoke in the air? Or do brewing minds just think alike? Anyway, another release this week that brings images of flames to mind.

Be at Rock Bottom by 6:00 pm for the tapping of Fire Chief Scotch Ale and the first pint is on the house.

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[ March 14, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] The next seasonal release for Granite City will be their Burning Barn Irish Red and they’ll be rolling it out on Sunday with a Mug Club Party.

As with all Mug Club Parties, there is no cover charge, it’s open to all Mug Club members (and one guest) and there will be a complimentary appetizer buffet [...]

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[ March 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Rock Bottom will be tapping their newest seasonal, Intoxicator Rauchdoppelbock, Thursday evening. Be there at 6:00 pm and the first pint is on the house.

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[ March 4, 2010; 4:00 pm; ] In case you missed it last week, you have one more chance to enjoy Wassail Night on the ice (or maybe puddle?) patio at Great Waters. Besides the wassail, they’ll also be tapping a special cask. Last week it was Winterye Mix…you’ll have to stop down to see what treat they’ll be pulling [...]

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Just a note to thank all of you for the amazing support last week during Big and Barrel Week. We dug deep in the cellar and you seemed to appreciate it, a true testiment to the beer consumers of Minnesota. Enough of that…..I may start to cry.
Some good news for you on the CZAR JACK [...]

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