Ted Marti, CEO of Schell’s, and Doug Hoverson, author of “Land of Amber Waters” were guests on MPR yesterday morning to discuss MN’s brewing history. Thanks, Dave, for sending us the link. It’d be nice if you’d send us some beer every now again, but the links, tips, etc. will suffice…I guess…for now.
March 2, 2010, 01:10pm :: Posted by Mag in breweries, history, misc. mn beer 
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| March 23, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm |
Beer dinner lovers, mark your calendars! Ngon Bistro will be hosting a six course Surly beer dinner later this month for 42 lucky diners.
Food Menu:
Course 1 – BLT
House-cured anise bacon, pea shoots, spicy aioli, & Bushel Boy tomatoes, on baguette
Course 2 – Star Prairie Rainbow Trout
Smoked rainbow trout cured with fennel & curry, micro greens, and a mango chutney
Course 3 – Nem Nuong
House-made Vietnamese sweet pork sausage, fried free range egg & pickled mustard greens with a cilantro sauce
Course 4 – Lamb Belly
Iowa lamb belly with sauté Brussels sprouts & daikon cake with a hoisin ginger sauce
Course 5 – Duck Cassoulet de l’Indochine
Wild Acres duck confit with great northern beans, grape tomatoes, garden carrots, shiitake mushrooms, & pork belly with a pho spiced duck broth
Course 6 – Surly Coffee Bender Ice Cream
Beer Menu: TBA, but it has been confirmed that Darkness will be included.
Cost: $65/person (or reserve a table of six for $60/person)
Call 651-222-3301 for reservations
6:30 Meet & Greet
7:00 Dinner
If the beer, the menu or the date just don’t work for you, keep your eyes open for an April dinner with Flat Earth Brewing and a May patio dinner with Lift Bridge Brewing.
March 2, 2010, 10:53am :: Posted by Kris in beer dinners, beer events No Comments »
The St. Paul Summer Beer Festival, which debuted in 2009, will be held Sunday, June 20th and if you want to go, FOR FREE, then check out the contest HopChart is running.
Do you want to go to the St. Paul Summer Beer Festival? If you answered yes to that question then you should definitely check out the contest HopChart is putting on. HopChart was lucky enough to receive not 1 set, not even 2 sets, but 4 sets of tickets to this awesome beer festival!
Now let it be known that HopChart loves its users, but we really want to share this love with people who have never heard of us. So unlike our Winterfest Contest which awarded a set of tickets to the top point getter this contest is a member drive. We want to know how many people we can sign up from March 1st until March 20th.
1st and 10
The first user who gets 10 new members to join will win a set of tickets.(*)Members Only
The top 2 users who get the most new members to join will each win a set of tickets.(* & **)You’re Quite Inviting
We know it’s hard to get people to sign up for things they don’t understand, so the top 3 people who send invites will be entered into a drawing to win a set of tickets.(* & ***)
Additional details, including how you go about inviting people to join HopChart and of course all the rules, can be found on the site.
March 2, 2010, 09:29am :: Posted by Kris in contest No Comments »
It’s beginning to feel like Spring!
Flat Earth will be celebrating 3 years of making beer tonight at The Happy Gnome on St. Paul. The event starts at 6 p.m. and will feature 6 beers from us.
We will be pouring:
Belgian Pale Ale – The one that started it all
Double Hopped Angry Planet – Winner at Firkinfest 2009
Sunburst Ale – Winner of Best of the Fest St. Paul Summer Beer Festival
Grand Design – S’more infused Cygnus X-1 Porter – Winner of Best of the Fest Winterfest 2010
Ovni Biere de Garde – The only Biere de Garde from a production brewery in MN
Winter Warlock Barley-wine – The only Barley-wine from a production brewery in MNWe hope to see you out there this week!
We have 2 tours this month the 13th & the 27th. Unfortunately due to the over flow crowd at our last tour you will need a reservation for the tour from now on. You can call 651-698-1945 to reserve a tour spot. We hope to have an online tour sign up available soon.
Growler sales are every Tuesday & Thursday from 330 – 630 and Saturdays noon – 3 and after tours.
Thank you for all of your support!
Jeff & Cathie Williamson
Flat Earth Brewing Company
March 2, 2010, 07:18am :: Posted by Kris in breweries No Comments »
| March 27, 2010 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Jason from The Cellars in Eagan just sent word out that he has scheduled another beer tasting, for the last Saturday of March. They’ll have over 15 different brews for the tasting, all for free.
And if you’re a Scotch drinker, mark your calendar for this Saturday, March 6th 2:00 – 4:00 pm when they’ll have 10 different scotches to sample, incuding ones where the bottle costs more than even a good night out drinking. Well…maybe that’s not quite true, there was that one night, but they will have some higher end bottles open to be sure.
March 1, 2010, 02:52pm :: Posted by Kris in beer events, beer stores, free beer No Comments »
Just a note to thank all of you for the amazing support last week during Big and Barrel Week. We dug deep in the cellar and you seemed to appreciate it, a true testiment to the beer consumers of Minnesota. Enough of that…..I may start to cry.
Some good news for you on the CZAR JACK front. Saturday we filled a ton of growlers thinking we had ample supply for the day, well you suprised us! You bought all those growlers by 1:30 in the afternoon and we were out……I apologize for that.
We are currently filling more growlers and I would expect they will be available to you for a few more days this week. If you want some, come and get it these last few kegs is all we have. For those of you that are fans- we already have the next batch well underway and hope to have another harvest of the Czar during anniversary week in October. We will have to see how it ages.
Again thanks for your overwhelming support of Minnesota made beer!
Mike
March 1, 2010, 12:55pm :: Posted by Kris in brewpubs No Comments »
| March 6, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Start your week off End your week right – with some gambling and drinking! Jim, Steve and Dan will be making an appearance at Jackpot Junction Saturday offering up samples and hanging out. Plus, if you like live music, the band starts at 8:00.
Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel
Morton, MN
March 1, 2010, 11:49am :: Posted by Kris in beer events, breweries No Comments »
| March 3, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
Old Chicago in Plymouth will be tapping a Firkin of Sweet Child of Vine, dry hopped with Amarillos. If you live/work in the Plymouth area, or have yet to try our beer on cask, be sure to come by. We’ll be there from 5 – 7:30.
March 1, 2010, 07:36am :: Posted by Kris in bars, beer events, breweries No Comments »
| March 1, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Head over to the Four Firkins on Monday at 6pm to try Mantorville’s Stagcaoch Amber, Golden Ale and Smoked Porter. Owner/brewer Tod Fyten will be pouring and chatting it up.
February 28, 2010, 11:29pm :: Posted by ryan in beer events, beer stores, breweries No Comments »
| March 4, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | ||
| March 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | ||
| March 11, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | ||
| March 17, 2010 | ||
| March 18, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | ||
| March 20, 2010 |
It looks as if the Fulton Beer fellas will be rather busy for a bit. Next week their Russian Imperial Stout, Worthy Adversary is released and they’ll be kicking it off with a party at Buster’s on 28th on Thursday, March 4th at 6pm.
- Tuesday, March 9: For the second time in four months, Acadia is featuring Fulton on their Beer & Beast night. This time, they’ll be pairing the meal with the Worthy Adversary.
The full details:
Fulton Worthy Adversary and a pin of War & Peace (Worthy Adversary infused with Peace Coffee). The Beast: Duck grilled on the back patio. $12 gets you Beer, Beast, mixed greens & fresh sweet potato fries. $3 for just the beer.
- Thursday, March 11: Worthy Adversary release at the Muddy Pig, starting at around 6:00.
- Wednesday, March 17: Pairing dinner with The Sample Room in NE Minneapolis. The menu isn’t available yet, but it will contain three Fulton beers, one of which is a special surprise for St. Patty’s Day.
Cost: $45/person, call 612-789-0333 to make reservations.
AMUSE BOUCHE
Malta
FIRST COURSE
Boucheron with Puff Pastry and
Cherry & Pilsner Gastrique
beer pairing: Fulton Lonely Blonde Ale
SECOND COURSE
Worthy Krautwurst with Fulton Mustard
beer pairing: Fulton Worthy Adversary Russian Stout
INTERMEZZO
Lemon Saaz Neige
THIRD COURSE
Llupulo Mole with Chicken over Cheese Tamales
beer pairing: Fulton Sweet Child of Vine IPA
FOURTH COURSE
Chocolate Stout Cake with Fulton Ice Cream
- Thursday, March 18: Bulldog Lowertown will be tapping a cask of Worthy Adversary. This is one of only four available all year. They’ll tap it at around 5.
- Saturday, March 20: Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome! They’ll be serving up Sweet Child of Vine, Worthy Adversary, and War and Peace, their Russian Imperial Stout featuring whole bean Peace Coffee in the cask.
February 27, 2010, 11:56pm :: Posted by ryan in bars, beer events, breweries 1 Comment »
We’ll be open noon – 3 p.m. Saturday so you can lay in your supply of fresh Flat Earth beers before the clash of countries Sunday as The US takes on Canada for the gold medal at the 2010 Olympics.
We’ll have the following thirst quenching beers available:
Belgian Pale Ale
Unfiltered Element 115 Lager
Sunburst Ale
Northwest Passage IPA
Unfiltered Cygnus X-1 Porter
Black Helicopter Coffee StoutCheers!
Quick reminder we have 2 anniversary parties next week March 1st at Preston’s Urban Pub and March 2nd at The Happy Gnome. We’ll have 6 beers on tap both nights!
February 27, 2010, 10:24am :: Posted by Kris in bars, breweries No Comments »
Summit continues with their monthly “Get to the Bottom of It” contest and you have a few days left to vote for your favorite. Winners will be announced in early March.
At the Four release Tuesday night, Surly announced the winners in their 2009 Surly Photo Contest. Congrats to Cory Chenevert who was awarded 1st place and to Don Osborn who took 2nd place. For their efforts they’ll both be getting some Darkness and additionally Cory will get a Surly coat. Check out their photos here.
February 25, 2010, 07:19am :: Posted by Kris in breweries 3 Comments »
| February 26, 2010 | ||
| 12:00 pm |
Friday 2/26 Grumpy’s Downtown. At noon they’ll tap a firkin of Rush River Bubblejack IPA. Free aps. Eat & drink up, buttercup.
February 25, 2010, 12:11am :: Posted by ryan in bars, beer events, cask beer No Comments »
| March 1, 2010 |
As mentioned before, Flat Earth’s third annivarsary party will take place on March 1st at Preston’s Urban Pub. Here’s an update on some of the food pairings:
Here are the food specials we will be running for the Flat Earth Anniversary Party on March First:
Mini Reubens paired with Ovni
Ginger Sunburst Cheese Curds served with Marinara – made with Sunburst Apricot Ale
Spicy Chorizo Bites will be cooled off nicely with the Double Hopped Angry Planet
Cherry Chipotle Tuna Tar Tar served on Ciabatta paired with the Belgian Pale Ale
Pineapple, Lamb, Green Pepper and Onion Shish Kabobs paired with the Winter Warlock Barleywine
S’more Brownies paired with the Grand Design Porter
Two words. Yum. Yum.
February 25, 2010, 12:08am :: Posted by ryan in Uncategorized, bars, beer events, breweries No Comments »
| February 26, 2010 | ||
| 4:00 pm |
Beer & Donuts! Friday Feb 26th Grumpy’s NE 4pm. Meet Eric Wallace the owner of Left Hand Brewing Co. They will be pairing and making donuts with several Left Hand beers.
February 25, 2010, 12:01am :: Posted by ryan in bars, beer events No Comments »
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