Wasn’t it just yesterday that our sweet little Minnesota Craft Beer Week was born? We toddle into the second year starting May 13th. This year, Minnesota Craft Beer Week is back, jumping out from its West Bank origins to other parts of Minneapolis, St. Paul and the suburbs with specials, prizes and lots of other goodies.
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Mikkeller Tasting at Heritage
Mikkeller. Heritage. Tonight. Drink up, buttercup!
We’ve all seen the staggering array of Mikkeller beers on store shelves, but how many of them do we ever get to try? Well, now is your chance to see why these beers are at all the top beer stores and worth every penny you pay. We’ll be pouring samples of Beer Hop Breakfast, 10, Hoppy Easter and Chipotle Porter, all of these will also be 10% off during the tasting.
Mikkeller was started by two young Denmark home brewers, who in a few years went from hobby brewing at home in the kitchen to national and international recognition. Since August 2007 Mikkel Borg Bjergsø has run Mikkeller on his own and is a gipsy-brewer, brewing at different breweries in Denmark, around Europe and the United States. Their success is partly due to their focus on creating challenging beers that test boundaries and partly putting quality before quantity. In other words, uncompromising beer.
Our Thursday night tastings run from 5-7PM.
Point Tasting at The Four Firkins
Can he bring me some James Page Pale Ale in cans exactly as I remember it in my head? In any case, John Zappa from Point will be at The Four Firkins Wednesday sampling beers, telling stories and other fun.
John Zappa from Point Brewing will be at the Firkins this Wednesday from 6 to 8pm!
John has visited us at the Firkins a few times and whenever he comes in we always have a great time. He’s a great story teller, sharp witted and he brews awesome beer! He has been the head brewer at Point for over thirty-five years and has tons of stories to tell.
Open for sample we will have:
Nude Beach
Einbock
Raspberry Saison
Cascade Pale Ale
Whole Hog Barleywine
2012 Black Ale
IPA Tasting at Lake Wine and Spirits Today
If you’re just getting off work and you’re in the Uptown area, stop by Lake Wine and Spirits starting at 4:30 today for an IPA tasting, featuring Great Lakes Brewing Company, Central Waters Brewing Company, Bend Deschutes Brewery and Public House, Odell Brewing Co , New Holland Brewing Co. and Magic Hat Brewing Company.
Olvalde Tasting at Heritage
Curious to try one of Minnesota’s latest offerings? The folks at Heritage will have Joe Pond from Olvalde Farmhouse Ales at the store today for a tasting of his first beer, The Auroch’s Horn.
Rollingstone, Minnesota? I’ve never heard of it either, but that’s the home of Olvalde Farm, outside of Winona way down the Mississippi. In a town where his only off-sale retail option is the Mini Mart, Joe Pond is making original Belgian-style beers using authentic techniques from that country’s long brewing history. It’s not like he is a rookie at this either, honing his skills at hometown brewery Summit and Goose Island in Chicago. His first 750ml release is closest in style to a Braggot, and their website gives an interesting description:
The Auroch’s Horn is a modern reinterpretation of ancient ale brewed throughout Europe more than two thousand years ago. Ale was a staple of the barbarian diet, with Roman historians documenting a beverage made with barley, wheat, and honey in Britannia, Gaul, and Germania. The ale was consumed from the horn of the auroch (or aurochs), a now extinct wild bull.
Despite an awesome honey flavor, this beer is not overly sweet, with a slight hop bitterness to keep it balanced. It’s one of the more interesting brews we’ve had lately, and you can throw your support behind a Minnesota brewery.
We’ll have Joe in store for this week’s Thursday tasting on the 14th from 5-7PM so you can get the story right from him. We’ve also made The Auroch’s Horn our bomber of the week and it will be 20% off this week only.