Let’s welcome in the newest MnBeer advocate! Laura Noel Anderson was born today at 4:21pm, weighing in at 8lbs, 12oz and 21 inches long. Dawn and Ryan are good but exhausted, and need sleep more than beer at this point!
Congrats you two!
Author: Eric
Eric was one of a few contributors who jumped on board when the site was in its infancy.
Drink for the Kids TONIGHT
From our friends at Pracna on Main via BeerAdvocate:
The Kids Now Foundation is holding their 10th Annual Drink For The Kids event tonight at Pracna. There is a suggested donation of $25, which includes drink specials, some appetizers and snacks, and a local DJ spinnin’ the tunes all night.
Drinks Specials include:
- $3 Select Draft Beers: Guinness Anniversary, Laguinita’s IPA, Flat Earth’s Belgian IPA, Schell’s Light and Shock Top.
- $5 Select Bombers: Magic Hat #9 and Steamworks IPA
- We’ll also have other specials running throughout the evening.
And as always, we’ll have our normal awesome tap and bottle selection.
I know this is a bit short notice, but I figured I would post and see if anyone out there doesn’t have plans for the night.
It starts at 8pm and will go until bar close. It’s open to the public! So grab some friends and come celebrate the holidays by spreading some cheer to kids in need. By drinking beer.
Hope to see some of you here!
Founders Impy @ Grumpy’s NE
Welcome in the weekend with a sipper of an Imperial Stout. Pat at Grumpy’s NE is going to tap a keg of Founders Imperial Stout–10.5% abv and 90 IBUs–tonight at 5pm. Corey at Hohensteins is also reporting that cases of this dark goodness will hit the streets next week.
As an added bonus, a cask of Rush River Winter Warmer will be flowing!
Smoke in a Bottle
That’s right, a plan is in the works from our boys at Surly to begin bottling Smoke, [edit: with more than 4000 bottles] ending up on liquor store shelves. I guess that new bottler is getting quite a work out!
Nic Skrade at Uptown Tattoo did the art work, Al McCarty of Blue Nile fame wrote the text, but final label approval is pending from the, er, good folks at the TTB. So….release date TBA.
More details as they roll in…but really, what else do you need to know?!
Sierra Nevada @ the Gnome
Looking to get an early start on the forthcoming holidays? Then head to the Happy Gnome on Dec 23 for an impressive tasting of some brews from Sierra Nevada.
The following five beers will be available as a flight:
-Life and Limb (collaboration with Dogfish Head)
-Limb and Life (collaboration with Dogfish Head)
-2008 Big Foot
-Celebration Ale
-Topedo Extra IPA