[ March 7, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] St. Cloud: Tonight’s the night to enjoy some old-school Nintendo and Tallgrass’ latest blip, 8-Bit Pale Ale. Boulder Tap House will be tapping a cask of 8-Bit with Galaxy hops.

1up! Wednesday, March 7th starting at 7:0opm.
Boulder Tap House, 3950 2nd St S, Saint Cloud

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[ March 7, 2012; 11:30 am; ] The Muddy Pig will have cask of Fulton’s Worthy Adversary that has been cask conditioned on oak for your imbibing pleasures Wednesday. (They open at 11:30, early-birds) The Fulton crew will be on site in the evening as well.

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[ March 24, 2012; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Every year it gets bigger, and this year will prove to be no exception. Tickets are on sale now for Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome.   Click on thru to get yours now.  
Proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity, so come drink for a good cause.

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[ February 29, 2012; 6:00 pm; 6:00 pm; ] Tonight at 6, be one of the few people to try a cask conditioned version of Fulton’s War & Peace Russian Imperial Stout brewed with Peace Coffee. Yum! Also, meet the guys from Fulton!

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For anyone that was planning to attend the Cask Ale Festival at Brit’s Pub tonight, please be advised that it has been postponed until Tuesday, March 13th due to weather. All reservations will be carried over to the new date.

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This Friday March 2nd its going to be good. Taping at 5:00 at Westside Learning Center in Sartell

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[ February 28, 2012; 6:00 pm; 6:00 pm; ] Tuesday, February 28th join Rush River Brewing for a four course beer dinner at The Bulldog N.E. This dinner will feature the first infused cask of Uber Alt of the season! Everything starts at 6pm and will only run you $25.

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[ March 13, 2012; 6:00 pm; ] **This is the same event that had been scheduled for February 28th but was postponed due to weather. If you had already made a reservation, it will be honored.**

Brit’s is bringing you the opportunity to sample cask beers from three Minnesota breweries as well as a cider maker and well-known Colorado brewery along with [...]

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[ February 15, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] St. Cloud area folks, here’s something nice for you… Bolder Tap House will be smacking the keystone in on a firkin of Tallgrass A-Team on Wed., Feburary 15th at 7:00.

The A-Team is Tallgrass IPA with Amarillo hops and apricot, which they say pairs nicely with Bolder Tap Houses’ mango/habanero wings. Ouch.

3950 2nd St S, Saint [...]

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[ February 8, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Since I couldn’t describe it any better, here’s the details on tonight’s cask at Barley John’s, straight from the horse’s brewer’s mouth.

Tonight’s cask offering is going to be a variation of our Stockyard IPA – I kept 5 gallons of the wort last time I brewed and fermented that very special 5 gallons with champagne [...]

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[ February 1, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Barley John’s offers up their Old Eight Porter infused with dried sweet orange peel for your drinking delight tonight. It’s described as, “nice subtly sweet with aromatic orange.”

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[ February 2, 2012; 6:00 pm; February 9, 2012; 6:00 pm; February 16, 2012; 6:00 pm; February 23, 2012; 6:00 pm; ] I received a quick note from our good friend Bob over at Rock Bottom with a list of February tappings. My absolute favorite? “Dork Lord of Dorkness Coffee Imperial Stout.”

Feb. 2nd: Dark Star IPA with a Winterfest ticket giveaway
Feb. 9th: Adieu Adieu 2u & U & Ewe w/ a special tapping of a keg of [...]

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Barley John’s has a full slate of news for you today.
Announcing a Growler Sale in honor of Groundhog Day!
You’ve seen the movie with Bill Murray where he relives the same day over and over again…
Wouldn’t that day be a whole lot better if you had good beer in the fridge – beer that was replenished [...]

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[ January 4, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Barley John’s spices things up with their first cask offering of 2012, Stockyard IPA with one of the most recognizable hot sauces around, Sriracha.

While you’re there, why not sign up for their Barley Beer Society (BBS) annual membership? For $65 you get happy hour beer pricing all the time, $2 off growler fills and the [...]

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[ December 7, 2011; 4:00 pm; ] Attention fans of Barley John’s Old 8 Porter: five gallons of this brew has been making friends with some rose hips in a cask for the last two weeks. Stop in this afternoon to see if it’s a match made in heaven.

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