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 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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[ 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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[ April 25, 2012; 5:00 pm; ] Wednesday, April 25th at 5pm, Pizza Luce in Hopkins will tap a firkin of Summit’s newest beer, Summer Ale. The beer will also be available on draft for comparison. Enjoy!

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[ April 24, 2012; 5:00 pm; ] Tomorrow night, Old Chicago Minnetonka will be pouring a very tasty pin (a smaller version of a cask) of Left Hand Smoke Jumper! Yum!

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[ May 1, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] Great Waters’ Anniversary Week may be over, but due to a turn of events (fortunate for you if you missed the orignal date), one last hurrah comes in the form of a rescheduled All Cask Beer Dinner.

The Menu:

1. Smoked Tomato Capsicum with GW House Ale
2. Carnitas Lettuce Wrap with Blackwatch Oat Stout
3. Almond Encrusted Walleye [...]

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[ April 18, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Barley John’s is upping their Wednesday cask beer game this week with a “wild” version.
Mark your calendars now – this Wednesday around 4pm we will be tapping a cask of Saison Brunette – our first WILD Wild Brunette. I kept 5 gallons of the wort last time the beer was brewed, fermented it with a [...]

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Fun news from the Twitterverse… Republic announced today that they will be expanding their expanding their tap beer selection by 25 lines in early May, for a grand total of 57 lines, one of which will include a beer engine for cask-conditioned beers. Congrats to Republic!
Republic is very pleased to announce that 25 additional [...]

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[ April 2, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] We mentioned Great Waters’ 15th Anniversary in an earlier post, but below you’ll find some specifics on their  special five-course, five-cask dinner. The menu, created by Great Waters’ chef Ernesto, has been carefully planned alongside five specially chosen beers by Brewmaster Bob.

Details of the dinner, which takes place at 7pm on Monday, April 2, at [...]

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[ March 29, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Join the Pig & Fiddle tonight when they tap their first firkin! Well, it’s actually a Pin, but it’s still going to be delicious. At 4pm, they will be pouring Rush River’s Batch 1000, a red rye ale. One of the owners and brewers from Rush River will be on site to answer any [...]

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[ March 29, 2012; 5:00 pm; ] Tonight at 5pm, The Republic will be tapping TWO Rush River casks. One will be a Bubblejack IPA infused with Lavender, a winner at this year’s Firkin Fest & the other will be Uber Alt infused with cinnamon and clove. Try both infused casks and meet one of the owners and brewers from the brewery!

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[ March 21, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Barley John’s to tap another cask. This week it’s their 12th Anniversary Ale infused with organic Thompson raisins.

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[ March 20, 2012; 3:00 pm; ] Town Hall Tap has a lot of keg killing to do this afternoon. You might want to do your part to help them out while enjoying $3.50 glasses of:
Summit Winter (cask)
Boulevard Chocolate Ale
Brooklyn Stout
Steel Toe Rainmaker

PLUS, they’ll be releasing a limited amount of Czar Jack Barrel-aged Imperial Stout. (no special pricing)

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[ March 16, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] It’s supposed to be warm and sunny on Friday & what better way to celebrate spring than hanging out on the Grumpy’s Patio drinking a Bell’s Porter on cask!

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[ April 1, 2012 to April 7, 2012. ] Great Waters is coming up on a milestone, their 15th anniversary, and to celebrate they’re offering a week’s worth of celebrations. You don’t have any excuse not to make it over at least once.
Throughout the week, we’ll be releasing 15 different cask beers – 15 beers for 15 years, so every days cask list will [...]

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