Category: beer dinners

Lagunitas Brown Shugga… It’s Back!

By on October 29, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, breweries

October 31:
Brown Shugga Draft Release Party at Pracna on Main. 5pm
Brown Shugga, How Come You Taste So Good?? The widely feared seasonal is back after a one year hiatus, and we’re releasing it at one of our favorite drinkin’ spots! No need for trick or treating this year, all your Shugga needs will met at spooky ‘ol Pracna. We may even have some pumpkins to carve and gourds to paint…Wear a silly costume and receive a complimentary HIGH five! Did I mention they’ve been holding on to a keg of 2 YEAR OLD Gnarlywine as well? Whoa.

November 1:
Lagunitas Beer Dinner at Pairings. 6:30pm
Come join us at Pairings Food & Wine Market in Minnetonka for a delicious Lagunitas beer dinner! Local Lagunitian Sean McHugh will be on hand to talk all things Lagunitas while you sip, chew, smile, and repeat. Can’t make it to the dinner? Stop into the wine market, where he’ll be samplin’ beers from 5-6 pm.

November 3:
Lagunitas Brown Shugga Soiree at Groveland Tap. 6pm
Early November Saturday night plans needed? Look no further than your favorite neighborhood St. Paul hangout. They’ll be tapping a keg of Brown Shugga and a firkin of our brand new DayTime IPA. Irresponsible strong ale meets responsible session IPA. Who wins out? YOU.

November 6:
Lagunitas Tasting at Four Firkins. 6-8pm
After you place your vote in that ballot box, you have one more civic responsibility for the day. Come into the Four Firkins and drink you some Lagunitas! These boys love them some Brown Shugga, so get there early to ensure they share! Sean McHugh will be in store to rap about the brewery, the brews, and hand out hugs and high fives to all those “I VOTED” sticker-wearin’ folk.

November 7:
Lagunitas Brown Shugga Tapping at Buster’s on 28th. 4pm
We’re not done punishing your liver yet. You have all of December to be nice, so let’s continue this naughty train at Buster’s on 28th! Brown Shugga and a rare appearance of Imperial Stout will be flowin’ on draft. See ya there!

November 13:
Lagunitas Brown Shugga/Food Plate Pairing at Brasa, St. Paul. 6-8pm
Before you have to pretend you enjoy your in-laws’ Thanksgiving grub, come hang with the crews of Lagunitas and Brasa for some unquestionably awesome home cookin’. We’re thinkin’ a glass of Brown Shugga, paired with some candied yams, Shugga glazed ham and/or pork belly, and some cornbread for good measure. Whaddya say? Mmmmmmm.

Foodies On Foot Progressive Beer Dinner with Lift Bridge

By on October 23, 2012in beer dinners, breweries

Foodies on Foot has a Progressive Beer Dinner with Lift Bridge tomorrow, (Oct. 24th) at 5:30pm in Stillwater. The event includes a narrated trolley tour of Stillwater, tour of the brewery with tastings and a 4-course dinner and conversation with the Lift Bridge guys – each course prepared with and paired with a specific Lift bridge Beer.

– $10 off with coupon code “beer” at checkout

http://www.foodiesonfootmn.com/specialty-tours.html

Oktoberfest Bier Tasting and Dinner at St. Paul’s on the Hill

By on October 5, 2012in beer dinners, beer events, brewpubs

On Saturday October  20th at 6pm, St. Paul’s on the Hill (an Episcopal Church, btw) will host an Oktoberfest beer tasting with Brian Lonberg, a chef, and the head brewer at Barley John’s Brew Pub in New Brighton.

There will be a beer tasting and lecture covering most major styles of beer, and at least a dozen samples, followed by a Q&A with the brewer. Learn about how to best pair beer with meals, cheeses, desserts, and how to use beer in your own cooking. Find out how the major beer styles developed and what to expect to find in your glass, what it takes to get from the field to the Stein, and what you need to know when you go to a bottle shop. After the tasting enjoy appetizers, a short performance of German music by St. Paul’s Organ Master and select choir members, followed by a German themed dinner, silent auction, and of course, more beer.

Tickets are $30, and all proceeds benefit the the church.

Enter through the office doors on Saratoga St., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on the Hill – 1524 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105

Ticket link

— Make your donation in increments of $30 per ticket desired. In the second box put your name and number of tickets you’re ordering.

Bell’s Beer Dinner at Pig & Fiddle

By on September 25, 2012in beer dinners, beer events, cask beer, food pairing

It’s time for another Pig & Fiddle beer dinner and this time they’ll be hosting Bell’s! They’ll be pouring 6 beers with 5 courses including a cask of 2 Hearted Ale, Wedding Ale, Roundhouse IRA, Le Pianiste, Le Contrebassiste & Rye Stout. Tickets are $60 and are very limited so give the Pig & Fiddle a call today at 952.955.8385 to make reservations.

A Road Trip Down Highway 61 Fulton Beer Dinner

By on September 25, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, food pairing

Sunstreet Breads is making their debut in the beer dinner scene by hosting a Fulton Beer dinner. The theme will be “A Road Trip Down Highway 61”, with cuisine from the upper Midwest traveling down to Louisiana. Ticket price is $61, and includes 4 courses and 4 brews. So far on the beer list is The Libertine, Lonely Blonde & Sweet Child of Vine & there will be one more surprise beer. Call Sunstreet Breads at 612-354-3414 for reservations!