Where are you going after work today? Thomas Liquors, that’s where. Matt Rose from Goose Island will be pouring their incredible Belgian line-up–Sophie, Matilda and Pere Jacques–as well as Bourbon County Stout, which is just arriving in MN in 650ml bottles. 4pm to 7pm, Thomas Liquors at 1941 Grand Ave in St Paul.
Author: Eric
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Where is Darkness
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Surly is reporting that Darkness is hitting bars this week, and liquor stores in bottles the week of Nov 2. They also noted that “because delivery dates are so varied to liquor stores, they are not going to post a list of stores that are getting the beer delivered.”
While this thread is going on over at BA, I thought I’d spread the good word to MnBeer-ers. (Don’t you love to have to check two websites to check now?! Like you weren’t already….)
Besides in bottles in my basement, which fine drinking establishments will be serving Darkness over the coming weeks?
On tap now:
- Cafe Twenty-Eight
- Hell’s Kitchen Mpls (3 kegs!)
- Bulldog NE and Lowertown
- Blue Nile
- The Happy Gnome
- Groveland Tap
Coming up:
- Busters on 28th this Friday
- Pracna on Main on Halloween
- The Blue Door Pub on Winter Solstice
- Village Pub in St. Anthony, Nov. 11th
- And at those release parties coming up too (with a shout out to our friends in SD and Chicago).
We’ll do our best to keep adding to the list as they come in. Liquor stores, feel free to chime in as you learn your fate.
Beer Line-up for Darkness Day
From Todd via BeerAdvocate:
No Darkness to drink at the brewery on Sat.
Smoke 09 and Furious (transferred today!) outta the brite beer tank-
-Casks-
Oak Aged Bender
Tea Bagged Furious (Simcoe)
Birch Aged Cynic-Draft-
Hell
SurlyFest
Coffee Bender
Furious
Bender
WetThats it off the top of our heads!
Cheers
More on Darkness Day
From Omar:
The possibility of Darkness Day 2009 looked pretty grim this year. As of Jan 1 this year, we were no longer able to sell growlers/750s at the brewery and it did not look like any changes were going to happen on the legislative front. I was about to pull the plug on Darkness Day but figured I should make one last call. So I called Tom, Brooklyn Center Liquor store manager about the possibility of them becoming involved in selling of Darkness bottles on D-Day. Much to my surprise, Tom was pretty excited and said he thought he could make it work.
Huge breweriana show this weekend
This weekend marks the North Star Chapter breweriana club’s 36th annual Guzzle and Twirl show, the Midwest’s largest beer collectibles show. While Friday evening events, including hospitality and room-to-room swap & sell, is members-only, Saturday’s show is open to the public. Check it out 10 am-3 pm at Aldrich Arena, located at 1850 White Bear Ave. in Maplewood. Contact Dave Wendl 651-731-9573 for more info.
The North Star Chapter is a nearly 40 year old organization that recognizes brewery heritage and educates collectors on the history of breweriana. The North Star Chapter is a recognized chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America (BCCA), American Breweriana Association (ABA) and National Association of Breweriana Advertising (NABA).