Category: beer dinners

Autumn Brew Review Week of Events

I hope you guys are ready for a week of rare beers, amazing dinners and other generally awesome beer events because that is what is about to happen to the Twin Cities! The week of September 10-15th Minneapolis and Saint Paul will be teeming with beer events, with the finale at ABR on the 15th. Attached to this post is a PDF outlining what, when, where and in some cases how much each of these events are.

CLICK HERE FOR AUTUMN BREW REVIEW WEEK EVENTS (PDF)

Please note, these events are largely Hohenstein’s events and not necessarily everything that’s happening leading up to ABR. -Ed.

UPDATE Brewmaster’s Dinner 2012

This dinner is Sold Out

The breweries have been decided! And they are…

Fulton
Founders
Surly
Indeed
Tallgrass
Dave’s Brewfarm

Tickets ($65 all inclusive) have been going fast so if you’d like to attend this event contact Blackbird Cafe or purchase tickets Here. If you purchase through Eventbrite there will be an extra $4.00 fee.

Two Brothers & Japanese Cuisine Beer Dinner at Masu

Masu will be hosting their first beer dinner on Monday, September 10th featuring Two Brothers beers! The menu is all set (however is subject to change) and looks like this:

Course One: Domaine DuPage Country Ale paired with a Sushi Assortment

Course Two: Take Two Hybrid Pale Lager paired with a duo of Ebi, Robata grilled Blue Prawn with Cucumber Kimchee.  Tempura Shrimp with lotus root.

Course Three: Incinerator Blonde Doppelbock with Black Peppercorns paired with a Beef Ramen with grilled trumpet mushroom, organic egg, and shabu shabu style beef ribeye.

Course Four: Pahoehoe Coconut Golden Ale paired with roasted pineapple with coconut puree cereal milk ice cream and toasted rice.

Tickets are $60 (gratuity not included) and just went on sale. Contact Masu at 612-332-6278 or email Greg at gmueller@masusushiandrobata.com for reservations.

Last Night’s Schell’s Rooftop Pig Roast at Sky Bar in Pictures

Last night atop the Uptown Cafeteria on the Sky Bar some food and Schell’s beer magic happened. It was my first experience at a beer dinner and it was well worth the wait. Here’s what it looked like.

Ted Marti warming up the crowd

Course one, roasted red pepper bisque with Schell’s Pils

Course two, duck prosciutto-pear salad with Schell’s Radler

Course three, housemade lamb sausage with Schell’s Emerald Rye

Main course, roasted suckling pig with Schell’s FireBrick

Dessert, Hefeweizen glazed hazelnut chocolate & banana tart with honey ice cream & Schell’s Hefeweizen