Erica from France 44 dropped us a line to let us know about a special tasting taking place on December 30th from 4-7pm. To celebrate 50 years of France 44, they’ll be tasting 50 different beers ranging from Belgians to imperial stouts along with a few cheese pairings. Totally free! Look for the list at www.france44.com about a week before the tasting. Cheers!
Category: beer stores
TONIGHT: Darkness at Golden Valley Liquor Barrel
Duane from Liquor Barrel in Golden Valley dropped us a line about an event tonight. Yup. The “D” word. Darkness. At 5:30pm, the first forty people to show up at the store will be able to draw a ticket for a one in four chance to buy one of their last 10 bottles of Surly Darkness. All other participants will receive $1.00 off a four pack of Surly of their choice.
Cork and Cask Events
Thanks to Marty for the info…
Heads up to those of you going to be up in the St. Cloud Area in the next couple of weekends there’s going to be some great events at The Cork and Cask. On Friday (Dec 11th), a rep from Cold Spring Brewery will be pouring Old Johnnie Ale, Moonlight Pale Ale and John Henry from about 3-6 to show off the new 12 packs of bottles those beers will be coming in. Also, next Saturday (Dec 18) we’ll be sampling Belgian beers pretty much ALL DAY, though the most variety will be out around 3-6 pm. Not sure what I’ll have open but Troubadour Obscura, Petrus Golden Tripel, and Monk’s Cafe will I’m sure be in the mix. The Cork and Cask is located at the intersection of Highway 23 and I-94 in St. Cloud, about an hour from Maple Grove.
Heritage Liquor Beer Geek XMAS
Hertiage Liquor will be holding its 2nd Annual Beer Geek XMAS this Thursday. The sale runs all day (8 am – 10 pm) with tastings from 5 – 9 pm. There are too many beers to be sampled, both on draft and from bottles, to list here, so check out their site for all the details, including a partial listing of sale items and gifts they’ll be giving away in their drawing.
1347 Frost Ave, Maplewood
651-777-7455
Belgian tasting at France 44
France 44 Wines & Spirits is holding a free Belgian beer tasting on December 11th and will run from 4-7pm. Jason Wallace from Merchant du Vin will be on hand to answer any questions.