Schell’s will be releasing the final beer in their series of eight beers commemorating their 150th anniversary on October 10th. The beer: Schell’s 1905 V.T. (Vacuum Tonic). We’ll try to get our more details as they become available.
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Farm Girl Tasting
For South Metro fans of Lift Bridge’s Farm Girl or for those of you who’ve yet to try this beer, there is a Farm Girl tasting on Thursday, 9/10 in Burnsville. The tasting is in the Burnsville Art Center parking lot and is hosted by Red Lion Liquors.
The Brothers of Brau – Hop Fest and Other Goodies
“And Lo! Brothers bearing the name Brau shall be spawned in the Weste,” quoteth the great Prophet Burpe-n-urpe, “And they shall smite thee with their Feste of Hoppes and Drink from Thy Horne of Some-Other-Guys-Brew. Behold!!!” Courtesy their e-mail update!
Well, this is it – tonight someone’s homebrew will be crowned best of show for this year’s South Dakota Homebrew Challenge. The winner will be brewed here at Brau Bros and available on tap at all participating bars and restaurants. Meet us at Sully’s in Brookings tonight, where the champ will be announced! I’ve got a firkin of Fresh Hopped Sheephead for the event as well. A big thank you to all that participated and helped judge.
A couple other quick notes…
This year’s fresh hop has been brewed. It’s the first time we’ve done a fresh hopped Lager. Think Munich Dunkel – type lager. Should be interesting, I’ve tried it while fermenting and it should rock. Also, we’ve begun brewing Ring Neck for this fall. Ring Neck’s official release date is Oct 10, look for it in stores around then. Speaking of October 10…
HopFest is back and better than ever. October 10th is the date. Chris Laumb will be back with his band, Cannery Row. They did a fantastic job last year, you couldn’t ask for better beer drinking music. So far on tap we’ll have our usual year-rounds as well as – Fresh Hop Lager 2009 on cask and tap, Fresh hopped Sheephead (FreshHead) on cask, Lemongrass infused Purple Sting on cask, and lots and lots of RingNeck! Come check out the new pond, and as always, plenty of free parking. I’ll send out more detailed info in the very near future.
If you haven’t been out to see the hops, time is running out. We’ve already begun to harvest some of the falling vines (note for next year, heavier twine) and we plan to harvest en masse sometime in the next two weeks or so. Waiting for the Sterling and Liberty to catch up. Drop me a line or give a call and set up your tour of beautiful Southwest MN.
Tasty Waters…er Great Waters
In addition to Tighty Whitey Wit, Great Waters is also serving (pushed) Hauch von Rauch (whisp of smoke) smoked Hefeweizen currently. I had some yesterday, so can verify that they are safe for consumption. GW also has teed-up Rye P.A. (pushed) as well as New Centurion on cask. That means you MBA members need to get drinking so that these can be cracked open. Incidentally, they’ve also got a cask of dry hopped Chinook St. Peter. Bob also said he is deviously schemeing on some mad concoction for ABR. Woot!
FINNEGANS at the Irish Fair
Below is a press release from FINNEGANS regarding a new feature at St. Paul’s Irish Fair. Hmm, beer tasting on an island. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Sign me up!
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 24, 2009) – New at the Irish Fair this year is FINNEGANS: Land of Irish Holy Water; a new place for people to become acquainted with FINNEGANS Irish Amber. There will be charities spotlighted, beer being sampled and new merchandise being revealed. FINNEGANS is a beer sponsor at this year’s Irish Fair and for the Run with the Celts 5K race. The Irish Fair stars Friday, August 7, 2009 and runs through Sunday, August 9, 2009, on Harriet Island in St. Paul.
FINNEGANS: Land of Irish Holy Water will be located in the Crossroads tent. While visiting this land, pick up free postcards and watch a video to learn about the charities that FINNEGANS donates 100-percent of profits , find new FINNE-GEAR to wear while at the Irish Fair and top it all off with samples of FINNEGANS provided by the local bartender. The FINNEGANS Lasses will be in attendance as well as a new addition; the FINNEGANS Sheriff’s. These Sheriff’s will be issuing citations to those that need to learn more about FINNEGANS. Jacquie Berglund, owner and co-founder of FINNEGANS, is considered the Land of Irish Holy Water’s Mayor and will be in attendance throughout the event.
As always, all proceeds from merchandise and beer sales go to the FINNEGANS Community Fund that donates 100-percent of all profits to local charities and non-profits.