Snipped from the Muddy Pig/Happy Gnome newsletter….

[…]If you don’t have time to get in a practice round before next Tuesday you can always hit The Happy Gnome this Thursday [8/24] to practice your beer drinking. The national sales manager for New Holland Brewing Co. of New Holland, MI will be hosting the introduction of their Mad Hatter IPA from 6-8 p.m. There will be plenty of Mad Hatter on tap, cool New Holland stuff to pick up and free samples of some of their other yummy beers. See you there.

Hi,
This coming wednesday, 8/23 we will release Thunderstorm. This is an American Honey ale brewed with Orange Blossom honey, lemongrass, orange peel, and a few other treats. This popular seasonal is near 7%abv so don’t let the T-Storm strike you down….because it will! 5-6pm release $1 pints of T-Storm.
Cheers
Mike

Snipped from their mailing list…

This coming week/weekend marks some fun times at the Town Hall.
Wednesday- Release 5-6pm Northern Waters Smoked Porter

As we reported back in late March, on Sept 30th at Harriet Island, Summit is throwing themselves a 20th anniversary bash with musical performances by Cake, Soul Aslylum, The Suburbs, etc… etc…. I know it’s a ways off, but tickets do go on sale soon.

Details from Summits website:

Summit’s Big Brew – Mark your Calendars!!
This year we are celebrating our 20th year in business and beer takes center stage! On September 30th, Noon-10pm the brewery will move its headquarters to Harriet Island to celebrate our anniversary with Cake, Soul Asylum, The Suburbs, Richard Thompson, Tapes n Tapes, The Alarmists, Big George Jackson, Minnesota Pipes & Drums.

Tickets will go on sale August 7th at the brewery and through Ticketworks.com

We are busy making plans for the day and finding home-grown talent to accompany our home-grown beer. We expect a lot of surprises over the next several weeks as we get commitments from the bands we have contacted. Stay tuned as we will first announce the bands on our web site.

Other things that are happening during 2006 to celebrate our anniversary include the introduction of Summit Extra Special Bitter. Available July 1, Summit ESB will be brewed in the UK style with plenty of interesting hops and a beautiful malt finish. Look for this beer in a special 20th Anniversary twelve pack.

Finally, look for special neck straps on Summit beer bottles commemorating our 20th year.

Tickets will go on sale August 6th at the brewery and through Ticketworks.com

Just noticed over on Barley John’s website that they have a 6% Belgian “Enkle” on tap (Enkel, Dubbel, Trippel, you get the picture). Anyone here sampled it yet?

Here is the details from their site:

Belgian Enkle (6%abv) What is an Enkle you ask? Enkle means Single in Flemmish, as in Single, Dubbel and Tripel. This is a style that does not see commercial success and in fact there is very little written on it, so naturally we were intrigued. This is our attempt at a Monk’s table beer, a beer that is golden, lightly hopped, pulled together by the wonderful Belgian spiciness from the yeast, and can be enjoyed without the consequences of a Tripel.