[ February 11, 2012; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. February 25, 2012; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Alongside classes on homebrewing and winemaking, Northern Brewer Minneapolis is hosting several events in February that may interest all craft beer lovers.

Town Hall Brewing Company
Feb. 11th / 1-3 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with Town Hall Brewer Mike Hoops and crew, topics include going professional, Pro Series collaboration, barrel aging.

Briess Malting Company
Feb. 25th / 11 a.m. – [...]

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Max Sparber over at MinnPost has a nice piece on the Hamm’s bear, Schmaltz Hero: The Story of the Hamm’s Beer Bear. At my first “real” job, I worked with a guy who had a hand in creating the bear back in the day. And although I’m not sure whether the commercials continued into the [...]

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[ January 14, 2012; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. January 26, 2012; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 28, 2012; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Northern Brewer is hosting several events this month that may be of interest to craft beer fans and homebrewers in the Metro area. All events take place at the Northern Brewer Learning Center inside Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave.). These events are free and open to the public.

Fulton Brewing Company
Saturday, January 14th, [...]

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Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply hosts a discussion with Jerrod Johnson, brewer at Surly Brewing Company. Brewing TV‘s Jake Keeler moderates the discussion/Q&A in which Johnson talks about how he got into the brewing business, brewing at brewpubs vs production breweries, his role at Surly Brewing Company, and the brewery’s future. And also – red flannels. [...]

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Northern Brewer hosts a discussion with award-winning homebrewer and soon-to-be professional brewer Kristen England. Brewing TV’s Jake Keeler moderates the Q&A in which England talks about his time spent building recipes for Northern Brewer, the origin of Patersbier, considerations to make between extract and all-grain, fine-tuning your palate and your homebrew, going pro, and we [...]

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Pucker up, buttercup. This episode of Brewing TV is nice and sour! Things begin at the Ale Jail, where BTV joins a certified cicerone for a quick taste-tour through some of Belgium’s best sour beers. We then take what we learn and put it to good use homebrewing and blending more than a half-dozen sour [...]

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This is the GABF — Brewing TV style! Jake and Chip head to Denver with a hopparazzi posse for the Great American Beer Festival. Come along as we talk with Charlie Papazian about 30 years of the festival, hit up a few media-only events, visit with some pro brewer buddies, and go wild during the [...]

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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 8, 2011; 5:30 pm; ] Instead of just knocking off those weak brain cells, how ’bout educating some of the hearty that have stuck around? You can do so at the University of Minnesota’s Campus Club this Wednesday.

The Campus Club regularly produces beer themed events for members, including our annual Oktorberfest and our spring Beer Testing. This is our first [...]

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Latest episode from Brewing TV gets hands-on with firkins at Summit Brewing Company. Cask ale is a segment of craft beer that is becoming more and more popular with beer-lovers in the United States. But many of us have no idea how it works. Hosts Jake Keeler and Michael Dawson are put to work by [...]

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[ October 19, 2010; October 20, 2010; October 21, 2010; October 22, 2010; October 23, 2010; October 24, 2010; ] So much is happening on the Minnesota beer scene, sometimes things slip through the cracks. The Belgian Beer Fest at the Muddy Pig is one of them, surprisingly since its one of my favorite fests of the year. Even though it started yesterday (Tuesday), it runs through the weekend, so you haven’t missed much. Plus, [...]

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While beer is center stage this weekend at ABR, organizers offer great music, beer seminars and tours to compliment your drinking experience, all included in the price of your ticket
Seminars
Moderated by Michael Agnew, Minnesota’s first Certified Cicerone and man behind A Perfect Pint. More info about the seminars and tour can be found here.
1:15p New [...]

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Really nice story in today’s Pioneer Press on homebrewing and the National Homebrewers Conference–front page no less!

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Check out a story in today’s Strib about a couple of beer-memorabilia collectors in Bloomington.  I’d love to see their basement.  Maybe if I brought a cooler of beer over…

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Michael Agnew has landed a part-time gig with the Star Tribune and will be writing a monthly beer article. Check out his first piece, featuring a local staple Summit EPA.

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