Category: beer stores

Stonehenge… er… Stone at Heritage. Yeah.

By on March 29, 2011in beer events, beer stores

More Stone-related fun on Wednesday, this time courtesy of Heritage.

Remember when you were 7 years old, and woke up on Christmas morning at 4 AM? You stayed in bed as long as you could, cause you knew your parents would be pissed if you woke them up so early. Finally, you were bursting with excitement and just couldn’t wait any longer, and at 4:09 you ran to your living room only to see your
parents putting together all of “Santas” presents. This is gonna be like that without the unhappy ending. Hopheads will get to re-live that excitement on Wednesday, March 30, only this time it will be at 4 in the afternoon.

The rumors are true…San Diego’s favorite hop merchants are coming to Minnesota, and we’ll have CEO and co-founder Greg Koch in-store pouring samples we’re not worthy of. We’ll have plenty of all their year-round classics like Arrogant Bastard, Sublimely Self-Righteous, Cali-Belgique and many others, plus some special surprises. Greg will be signing bottles and selling DVD’s for a $2 donation that will go to local charity Wishes & More, with Heritage matching dollar-for-dollar.

Event: Stone Brewing Release with Greg Koch at Heritage Liquor, Wednesday March 30, 4PM.

St. Paul: Get Stone(d) at the Ale Jail, Bulldog & Groveland Tap

By on March 28, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, beer stores

Crazy busy week but we’ll be posting Stone reminders as time allows. Here’s a link to the complete list of visits from the folks from Stone on the brewery’s website.

Ale Jail & Groveland Tap:
New info for all of you “Stone”ers out there. On Tuesday, March 29th we will have all Stone products open for tasting and available for purchase. You may then take your bottle, 4pk, 6pk, over to the Groveland Tap and get it signed by Greg Koch. First come, first serve so get here and get over there quickly. Tasting will start at 5pm. Hang out have a few samples, buy your beer and off to Groveland Tap where Greg will be available from 7:30 to 8:30pm. Cheers!

Groveland Tap Stone beers:
Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone IPA, Stone Smoked Porter, Stone Levitation Ale, Stone Ruination IPA, Stone 14th Anniversary Emperial IPA, Stone cask to be announced!

Bulldog Lowertown:
Tuesday, 6-7pm. Seven awesome Stone beers on tap, plus Greg Koch and Nate Sellergren will be there! Stone IPA, Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Stone Ruination IPA, Stone Smoked Porter, Double Dry Hopped Stone IPA, Stone cask to be announced!

Thomas Happenings

By on March 22, 2011in beer events, beer stores, free beer
Lots of stuff happening over at Thomas Liquors in the next couple weeks:
Friday, March 25: Shawn Love from Sam Adams will be tasting out their Noble Pilsner and a handful of their other offerings.
Monday, March 28: Stone Brewing hits the store shelves.
Friday, April 1: Damian McConn, brewer of Summit Unchained no. 6, will be pouring his Gold Sovereign at the shop from 4 to 7.
Monday, April 4: Brooklyn Brewing hits the shelves.  We will be sampling it out with the brewery rep at 4pm

Odell Tasting at Heritage Tonight!

By on March 21, 2011in beer events, beer stores

The crew at Heritage is hosting a tasting with beer from Odell Brewing tonight. Head on over and sample two new beers to the Minnesota market, from 5-7PM.

*Friek* is a creative amalgamation invented by the brewers, blending a Kriek style ale with a Framboise as the newest offering in Odell’s Single Serve series of beers. Multiple Kriek Lambic ales were brewed over the past three years and fermented with a combination of yeasts (some wild), lactobacillus, and pediococcus. Then, 3500 pounds of sweet and tart cherries were added, and the beer was transferred into oak barrels where it aged taking on the cherry flavors. As the beer matured, Framboises (raspberries) from Schroyer Family Farms in Fort Collins were hand-picked by Odell Brewing co-workers and readied for the beer. The fresh raspberries were added just before the final blending.

Light and effervescent in the nose, *Friek *marries a tart cherry pucker with a bright raspberry finish. The two flavors co-mingle on the tongue, and the lactobacillus creates a sour complexity that accentuates the fruit. The beer is 100% bottle conditioned in cork and cage bottles.

*Myrcenary*, Odell’s new 4 pack Double IPA should be very popular with hopheads and is named for Myrcene, a component of essential oils in the hop flower. With some grassy hops, a bit of bitter resin, perhaps a hint ofpine, the taste is big and nicely bitter with some chewy resin flavor going on. A hint of pine, strong and bitter hop profile here, with a light malt color and flavor creating a surprising amount of substance.