[ February 12, 2012; 5:30 pm; ] The Anti-Valentine’s Day Beer Dinner! Featuring all black beers including 21st Amendment Back in Black, Founders Imperial Stout, Left Hand Fade to Black, Furthermore 3 Feet Deep & Left Hand Milk Stout. $65 includes a 5 course meal, 5 beers, tax & gratuity. Social hour at 5:30pm, dinner will start being served at 6:00pm. Visit [...]

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[ January 26, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_8555" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Event host Nicole Erny"][/caption]

Wanted everyone to know about a seminar on beer pairings with Master Cicerone® Nicole Erny. Nicole recently earned her certification joining the ranks of only three others to earn the title of Master Cicerone and is the first woman to hold the top level of this program.

In [...]

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[ January 17, 2012; 6:00 pm; ] It’s a little last minute but if you’re looking for some really tasty beers to drink & some food to go along with them head out to Bulldog N.E. this evening at 6:00pm. They will be offering 4 beers paired with 4 small plates for only $25! The brews include Bell’s Christmas Ale, Great Lakes [...]

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[ December 31, 2011; ] Say goodbye to 2011 with a great dinner at Barley John’s. The five-course meal is available a la carte with or without wine/beer pairings. Receive 10% off if you order all five courses. Reservations: 651-636-4670.

Course 1
Chilled Mediterranean Stye White Prawns with Cream Dill Sauce and Classic Red Cocktail Sauce served with steamed broccoli & cherry [...]

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[ December 19, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Get your Smoke on Monday night with food pairings at Red Stag Supper Club.

Wild Acres Duck Sausage Sliders Smoked Slaw, Brioche Grilled Cheese with Wisconsin white cheddar and fig jam, Bison Meatball with Surly Smoke BBQ sauce. These will just be a trio of the sliders on a platter.

Mussels with chorizo, fennel, Surly Smoke

Grilled [...]

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[ November 15, 2011; 6:30 pm; 6:30 pm; ] Tuesday, November 15th The Local will be hosting a 7 course Bell’s Beer Dinner. The festivities start at 6:30 and last until, well, the food & beer have run out! Tickets are only $40 and are on sale now. As soon as the menu has been released, it will be posted as a follow [...]

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We’ve seen some experimental brewing on Brewing TV, but nothing like this. Our buddies at Lift Bridge Brewing Company get shellacious on an Oyster Stout. And they aren’t holding anything back. The boiling wort had shells, oyster meat and the briniest of the briny juice thrown in! Join us for an awesome brew day and [...]

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[ October 24, 2011; 12:00 pm; October 26, 2011; 6:00 pm; November 2, 2011; 6:00 pm; November 3, 2011; 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm. ] Summit continues its Unchained series with another brew from Mike Lundell. #8 is “an exotic Black Ale with Australian and New Zealand hop varieties for intense citrus, passion fruit and pepper character and slightly toasted malts.”

Monday, October 24
Muddy Waters will have Black Monday with a beer lunch (black pepper tagliattelle with smoked wild rice [...]

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[ September 12, 2011 to September 18, 2011. September 12, 2011 to September 18, 2011. ] The Autumn Brew Review is this Saturday and leading up to it many Bars & Restaurants all over the Twin Cities are hosting specialty beer events. For more information please Check Out the ABR Week Event Pamphlet (it may take a second to load).

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[ October 9, 2011; 12:00 pm; ] Yes, this is a bit more of a food geek event rather than a beer geek event, BUT…this is the part you’ll be interested in…it will feature Lift Bridge’s Oyster Stout. Better? Then keep reading for all the briney details.

The all-day celebration of bivalves will feature tastings galore of all oyster species, including the “holy [...]

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[ August 5, 2011; 4:00 pm; 4:00 pm; ] Tonight at Grumpy’s Northeast they will be pouring Fulton’s Lonely Blonde through a randall filled with basil, rosemary and red peppers. If that doesn’t sound tasty enough, they will also be pairing the beer with the carnivore chronic of Salumi’s Meats from Seattle.

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[ July 14, 2011 12:00 am to July 24, 2011 12:00 am. ] Instead of simply celebrating Belgian Independence Day on July 21st, why not celebrate the whole week? There will be multiple events going on all over the cities from July 14th to July 24th. Duvel is releasing their brand new draft product, Duvel Single, Brewery Ommegang will have a special Spiced Saison available in various locations [...]

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[ June 23, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Brewery Ommegang is taking over The Republic this Thursday evening. They will be offering 5 beer selections paired with five different artisan cheeses. Each pairing will run you $6 and they will be available all evening, while supplies last of course. The menu will look something like this:

Hennepin 4 month aged Manchego and quince paste

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[ June 22, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Bulldog Northeast will be offering 2 Rush River Cask Conditioned beers this evening, as well as 2 other Rush River brews on tap. Each beer selection has been specially paired with a cheese to top The Bulldog’s Kobe Beef Sliders. The following beer & slider combinations will be available:

Small Axe Golden Ale (tap) with [...]

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