Author: Mag

Lift Bridge Harvestor Release Paaaaartaaaaay

By on October 11, 2009in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries

Lift Bridge is releasing their fresh hop IPA, Harvestor, on October 25th, 2009 from noon to 3.  Important note:  Harvestor has an umlaut over the “o.”  I don’t know how to type with an umlaut, so you’ll need to add that yourself when reading this (that is, if you know how to use diacritics).

The Happy Gnome is hosting this release party, apparently under a Happy Tent.  Happily the event is free.  For three happy dollars you get a ticket for a happy pint, or four tix for ten dollars for you big, happy spenders.

Lift Bridge Has Arrived

By on October 9, 2009in breweries

Yep, that’s right.  Lift Bridge “has arrived.”  You know you’ve “arrived” as a brewery when your beer makes it to my drowsy hometown of Sleepy Eye, MN.  One of my hometown neighbors will be pushing the goods (Farm Girl) throughout Southern MN (or SoMin, if you’re trendy).  That’s Arneson Distributing , btw.  Anywho, here’s a posting by the gang at Lift Bridge about this momentous occasion.  Holidays with ma and pa just got a bit more cheerful.  Thanks guys!

Blue Nile Anniversary Event Update

By on October 9, 2009in bars/restaurants

This is how sophisticated we’re getting; this is a post, about a previous post, wherein I’ll provide more details about beers previously discussed.  And it’ll be so seamless, it won’t feel awkward.  Will it?

Al’s recently provided a list (via Headtome or Visagescroll or something like that) of this weekend’s line-up.  This is the first weekend of the Blue Nile’s 20th Anniversary (link to event posted on MNBeer).

The lineup for this weekend: Surly Wet, Furious, Fest, Bender, Hell, and Coffee Bender, Flat Earth Mummy Train Pumpkin Ale, Bermuda Triangle Belgian Tripel, Element 115 California Common, and Black Helicopter Coffee Stout, Lake Superior Special Ale, Summit Horizon Red Ale, and August Schell 1905 VT, last in the Anniversary Series, with a cask firkin of Summit Oatmeal Stout dry-hopped with Fuggles. That’s more beers than we have taps, but some will have to wait in reserve, til a line opens up.
The line-ups for the next three weekends is still in play! Hope to see you!

**An updated comment from Al says to scratch Hell and Coffee Bender.

20th Anniversary Month for Blue Nile

By on October 5, 2009in bars/restaurants, beer events

10/5/09 Update ~ A Fuggles dry-hopped firkin of Summit Oatmeal Stout has been added to the bevy of beers.

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Those of you with Twitter and/or Facebook or who lurk on BeerAdvocate, may have already seen Al’s announcement about events for Blue Nile’s 20th Anniversary.  But for the rest of you who avoid the seemier side of social networking (hee hee hee), here’s the scoop (from Al’s BA post).

Blue Nile 20th Anniversary, month of Beer Events

Greetings, everyone. October, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary since the founding of the original Blue Nile restaurant at Lake and Lyndale (we’ve spent the past 13 years at the current location). It’s also the 10th year that I’ve been running the bar here, and to celebrate these milestones, we’re doing not one, not two, but 4 beer events, the final 4 weekends in October.
Next Weekend, October 9, 10, & 11 is “Drink Local”, with all Minnesota beers, featuring Surly Wet, Flat Earth Mummy Train & Black Helicopter, August Schell 1905 VT, and more from Summit and others.
October 16, 17, 18 is Part Two of Battle of the Belg, with some of the Belgian brews returning from Part 1, as well as some brand new ones, new styles, etc.
October 23, 24, & 25 is Hop Heads Only Redux, all IPAs and hoppy brews on tap.
October 30, 31, & November 1 is the return of “Ale Saint’s Day.” But of course, it won’t be called that, because it’s also on Halloween and Halloween Eve. All stouts and porters on tap, including Darkness 2008 and 2009, aged Expedition, Sinebrychoff Porter, Nogne-o Porter, and more.
Much of the details of the line-ups for these beer-stravangas are still being worked out, so stay tuned. We’ll get some firkins, for sure, but as yet, their identities are unknown. Check back for more info!
Cheers,
al