Posts filed under 'general beer'
April 24th, 2008
| May 2, 2008 6:00 pm | to | May 4, 2008 7:00 pm |
Surly Brewing is once again sponsoring an extreme sports festival up in Sandstone, MN. The 2nd Annual Kettle River Paddlefest is happening next weekend, May 2, 3 and 4. Granted, the event is more about white water river activities, but I for one am as much looking forward to the evening activities at the Gas Light Bar as I am the ones on the water.
For full disclosure, I brew and drink with Tony, one of the event organizers. Don’t let that fact keep you away.
April 18th, 2008
Saturday, May 3 10:00 am – Noon
Glockenspiel, St. Paul
Mai Festival & German Weisswurst Breakfast
Thanks to a special arrangement between Vine Park and the Glockenspiel, there will be 2 kegs of Tornado Alley Alt on tap for your drinking pleasure. And to free up more funds to increase your drinking pleasure stop by Vine Park for reduced priced tickets to the breakfast ($10.95 each).
March 24th, 2008
Here’s a little note from Juno at Northern Brewer:
Northern Brewer has just received hop rhizomes (root cuttings) from Oregon! Now you can grow your own hops at home for use in beer or for decorative purposes. Stop by our retail store in St. Paul at 1150 Grand Avenue. Each rhizome is $5.99 and we have the following varieties available: Cascade, Centennial, Crystal, Goldings, Mt. Hood, Magnum, Nugget, Sterling and Willamette.They will only be available for the next week or so!
March 23rd, 2008
| March 30, 2008 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The fifth installment of Gastro Non Grata will take place at Memory Lanes in the Seward Neighborhood of Minneapolis on March 30 from 6-9. Musical guests will be Self-Evident and Total Fucking Blood. Pat Starr from the Wienery will be dispensing knowledge and hot dogs while Corey Shovein of Hohenstein Distributing will be offering up an old school lager tasting. Don’t forget about the meat raffle or the special guest The Hamm’s Bear.
March 20th, 2008
In case any of you are unsure about how to actually visit a brewery or how to comport yourselves while there, this helpful guide from wikihow provides some pointers. *sigh* One major flaw identified thus far, at least for MN visitors, is the suggestion that one buy several cases of beer if one would like to continue tasting at home. Be sure to “exit the brewery in an orderly fashion!”
March 20th, 2008
A friend who knows my love of beer handed me the most recent edition of Edible Twin Cities with the caveat, “You probably know most of the stuff in this article, but it’s still pretty interesting.” Indeed, I did, and indeed it was. The article gives an overview of the beer scene in Minnesota, brewing 101 and other resources to check out. While the full article isn’t on-line, they site does feature a web-only preview.
Pick up the issue on news stands at co-ops, natural food stores, and other fine food establishments.
March 19th, 2008
Acadia Cafe is having it’s Grand Re-Opening (or is it Re-Grand Opening???) next Friday, 3/28. Same great beers, same friendly staff, same live music, just a new location. I’ve had a chance to stop in several times and have enjoyed all my visits….sober or otherwise.
March 13th, 2008
Unless you’ve just crawled out from under some rock, you know there are plenty of St. Patty’s Day celebrations taking place this weekend. If you’re thinking a pub crawl is the way you’d like to celebrate, Finnegan’s has a few spots left on their 11 am - 3 pm Saturday, March 15th bus. The party will start at Shamrock’s and for $40 you’ll complimentary Finnegan’s on the bus and a t-shirt. Visit the Finnegan’s website to sign up.
March 11th, 2008
Omar sent out an updated listing of Surly happenings today. Check ‘em out!
More Cow Bell! Who likes Will Ferrel? March 13th - Semi-Pro screening at New Hope Cinema Grill - located at 2749 Winnetka Ave N in New Hope. 763.417.0019 Pizza (all you can eat) and Movie $15. Glass O’ Surly (12oz) $3. Pitchers O’ Surly (60oz) $12. RSVP to: parties@newhopecinemagrill.com Movie starts at 7:30
March 15th - Sarah’s band, God Came From Space, headlines at the Triple Rock. They go on around 11:00, so show up early and enjoy the Surly drink specials.
March 16th - Firkin Fest @ Happy Gnome - firkins tapped at Noon - We will be bringing: Tea-Bagged FuriousOak-Aged Bender2008 Darkness - cask Darkness for the first time ever! call 651.287.2018 for details.
March 28th - Grand Re-Opening of Acadia Cafe - Darkness 2006 tapping @ 8:00. There will be special appearances by other brewers during the day. The following day, Acadia will celebrate their reopening with an all-day music jam.
April 2nd - Beer event at Apple Valley Old Chicago
April 5th, 2008 - Gitchee Gumee Beer Festival - Duluth/Superior
April 15th - Beer Dinner @ Happy Gnomecall 651.287.2018 for details.
April 25th - Arborfest at Macalester College
FYI, we just updated our bar list and where you can buy cans, check it out if you are looking for Surly.
February 23rd, 2008
We won’t pretend to know coffee - thankfully Andrew Kopplin does… Dawn and I stopped by Kopplin’s Coffee today before visiting Summit for my step-brother’s birthday and walked away with some excellent coffee. I’ll leave the musing about coffee to Twin Cities Imbiber, but Kopplin’s Coffee is definitely worth a visit… or five…
January 29th, 2008
As was posted some time back, Schell’s had made some changes to their website. They continue to do so. The News & Events tab is a bit more robust than in the past, which is exciting. Check it out. Highlights include news that in March Schell’s will be bringing back their 2006 vintage Snowstorm as Schell’s Stout. Additionally, they’ve added a number of dates to their calendar of events. February looks to be a very busy month for Schell’s staff and fans.
January 24th, 2008
Next week the Common Roots Cafe in south Minneapolis will be hosting three local breweries on three consecutive nights.
Join us next week for three great events with local brewers.
Surly Brewing Wednesday, January 30th, 7:30p
Meet Omar Ansari from Surly Brewing and buy a pint of their award winning Coffee Bender! One keg only - get it before it runs out.
Flat Earth Brewing
Thursday, January 31st, 5-7p
Meet Jeff Williamson from St Paul’s Flat Earth Brewing and try a free sample of his Angry Planet Organic Ale.
Brau Bros Brewing
Saturday, February 2nd, 8-10p
Meet brewers from Brau Brothers and try a free sample of their Frame Straightener Belgian Pale Ale.
January 20th, 2008
Finally!!! Acadia Cafe will be re-opening at their new location, 329 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis, this Wednesday, 1/23. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, it’s in the Seven Corners area a little bit South of Town Hall and just West of the U of M’s Carlson School. Kris and I are going to fall on a grenade and stop in that evening to help them work out the bugs with their taps. *Jeez* The things will do to support good beer in Minnesota. Hope to see you there.
January 18th, 2008
Just saw that Flat Earth Brewing has recently released the Cygnus X-1 Porter in 22 ounce bottles. I got an email from Princeton Liquors that they have it (plus some other goodies), so I’m guessing others are getting it in too.
January 16th, 2008
Nice event coming up, sponsored by Thomas Liquors in St. Paul, to benefit St. Thomas More School (IHM-St. Luke’s). Sure, it says “jazz and wine,” but I got the inside scoop on some beer reps who will be pouring….
Jazz and Wine Benefit
Friday, February 1, 2008, at 340 Summit Ave
Limited to the first 375 people–Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.
We are selling tickets at Thomas Liquors
The beer guys that will be there are:
- Brad the Beer Guy from Chisago Lakes Distributing
- Jason Gillum from Bell’s Brewing
- Mike from Alcorn Distributing (Dark Horse, Tyranena, etc…)
They will all be pouring 5 - 7 beers as well as some special treats
There will be apps as well as 12 wine people sampling over 100 wines from all over the world.
Let me know if you have any other questions,
Dan
Thomas Liquor
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