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No Homebrew Sampling at this Year’s Deer River BBQ & Brew Fest

By ryan on August 7, 2013in beer events, beer laws, homebrew

This year’s Deer River BBQ and Brew Fest will be without one of it’s starring attractions – this year’s homebrew competition will go on, but sampling homebrew to the public will not. We’ve seen issues with sampling homebrew come up for the past few years, and unfortunately this comes as no surprise.

Hello everyone. You may have seen the article in Saturday’s edition of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review that announced we are suspending homebrew public sampling at this year’s event but don’t worry. The homebrew judging event will proceed as planned and beer will be available for sale.

During final preparations for this year’s event it was discovered that Minnesota’s interpretation of current state statutes is that a home brewer or organization cannot give away samples of homebrew to people beyond the brewer’s family, as home brewed beer is not regulated in the same manner of professional breweries. More information will be available at the event Saturday if you would like additional details.

While disappointing, it is a small setback to what is a great event. We have a great lineup of BBQ teams who are ready to pair their low and slow ribs, brisket, chicken and pork with the live music of MESH. Home brewers will compete for prizes and bragging rights as well. Many folks will be camping on the site; BBQ smokers, brewers and their families.

See you on Saturday!

Much like 2010’s Artenbru, this event could very well have two-fold issues. Aside from the interpretation that homebrewer’s can’t share samples with the general public, this is also an event with a ticket price, which very well could be interpreted as payment for beer. Right, wrong or otherwise, this event will be shifting gears this year. What do you think?

Summit Backyard Bash Sept. 7th

By ryan on August 5, 2013in beer events, breweries

Summit Backyard Bash. Photo © Summit Brewing Company

Occasionally we like to promote items from the events pages to the homepage, and Summit’s Backyard Bash is just such a thing. Our 27-year-old friends in St. Paul are celebrating their collective birthday in a big way on Saturday, September 7th from noon-8pm. $18 gets you a whole lotta’ music, and half of the proceeds from your ticket go straight to the Minnesota Music Coalition, a nonprofit service organization dedicated to supporting Minnesota’s independent music community. Very cool. In a previous life (let’s call it the 90s), I was an indie zinester and independent music is still very near and dear to me.

But I digress… sort of, anyway. The Backyard Bash will include performances by local bands including Secret Stash Soul Review (The Valdons, Sonny Knight, Jackie Harris and Wanda Davis), Haley Bonar, The New Standards, Lizzo (featuring Lazerbeak), Night Moves, Charlie Parr and friends, and Hotpants DJs. The Current’s David Campbell will emcee with help from Ellen Stanley from the MMC.

Needless to say, you’ll find some good munchies at the event from places like Bennett’s Chop and Railhouse, Barrio, Pizza Luce, Blue Plate and Black Forest Inn and maybe, just maybe, you’ll be able to wash down all that Minnesota music and food with a little beer from Summit Brewing Co.

Expect a variety of beers from the brewery as well as a cask beer area in their brand new cellar. They’ll also feature some kellerbier straight from the tanks and served in Fass kegs (think casks, but German…) Casks will be tapped continuously throughout the day. Good times!

Hey Mom or Dad, wanna’ come down to the Twin Cities and watch my kids for the day?

For more information about the Backyard Bash, including directions and FAQs, please visit: http://www.summitbrewing.com/Summit-Backyard-Bash

Catch a Ride to All Pints North!

By ryan on June 26, 2013in beer events, beer travels

The folks from GetKnit are making your trip to Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild’s All Pints North Summer Brew Fest a little easier. If you’re not crazy about paying out the nose for a hotel in Duluth or bribing a sober cab from the Twin Cities, catching a ride, this may be the option for you. They’re also throwing in an event ticket, lunch, a pre-event party and other offers. Grab tickets here. Now through July 5th, you can get one for $79. After that it’s $99.

Our day will begin in Roseville, where your GetKnit Gurus will anxiously await your arrival and have already taken care of all of the details of your day. As we travel north aboard our luxury coach bus, we will pad our bellies for the day ahead with some delicious boxed lunches and prepare to enjoy all that this beer-fest has to offer – and then some!

We will be welcomed to Duluth, the mayor-proclaimed Craft Beer Capital of Minnesota, by our friends at the North Shore’s newest brewery, Bent Paddle Brewing Company. These skilled brewers will treat us to a private tour of their state-of-the-art facility as well as samples of their brand new brews. Learning about the brewing process, why Lake Superior water is some of the best in the world for brewing, and tasting beers directly from the fermentation tanks will be the perfect warm-up for the day’s festivities.

A short jaunt across town will deliver us to the main attraction of the day: the second annual All Pints North Summer Brew Fest at Bayfront Festival Park. The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild has invited us to enjoy no-wait access to their annual event featuring unlimited tastings from more than 40 member breweries and brewpubs from across our great state – as well as select regional and national beer companies. As if the beer wasn’t enough to satisfy your appetite for local flavors, you will also have access to the array of on-site food trucks.

After four hours of tasting the best beers that our northern neighbors have to offer, we will hop aboard our buses and let our drivers deliver us safely back to our beloved Cities.

Meet-Up Location

2750 Cleveland Avenue
Roseville, MN 55113

Time

11:30 AM – 9:30 PM
note: please arrive 15-20 minutes early for check-in

The U & Brew

By ryan on June 13, 2013in beer events, breweries

This sounds like fun… on Thursday, June 27th from 4-7pm you can meet local brewers who are U of M alums! Lucid Brewing – Fulton Brewing – Badger Hill Brewing – Bad Weather Brewing – Excelsior Brewing – Indeed Brewing – Pour Decisions Brewing

Sample their beer. Learn about the U’s Barley and Hops programs. Enjoy appetizers. Win a raffle prize.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Business Relations, the Growler, and the Beer Dabbler. $25 Call Phil at 612-625-1442 to RSVP.

Campus Club 4th Floor of Coffman Union

Have a Beer with the Fair State Brewing Coop Tonight

By Liz on June 5, 2013in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, contest

Tonight from 6-9pm at Republic Calhoun Square in Uptown, the guys from the new Fair State Brewing Cooperative are having a meet and greet event. Go, grab a beer, bring a friend and learn about how you can become a member. If you’re already a member, you can earn a referral bonus worth $10 at the taproom for each friend who signs up. Whoever has the most referrals by the time the brewery opens gets to work with head brewer Niko Tonks to design a special release beer. Check it out!