I haven’t had a chance to visit, but hope to stop into TC Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits in New Hope. They’re doing daily tastings throughout October. Check them out at www.tccraftbeer.com and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tccraftbeer
Category: beer stores
Beer Class/Sampling at Cork and Cask in St. Cloud
Marty dropped us a line to tell us about an event at Cork and Cask in St. Cloud. Go check it out. Sounds like fun!
I work at the Cork and Cask in St. Cloud, a specialty liquor store. October 22nd we will be having a beer class/sampling at 5 and again at 6. We’ll be sampling seven different beers and going over a little history, style, technique, etc. Hopefully this will be a monthly event. And it’s free. The store is located at the intersection of Highway 23 and I-94 in “The Grande Depot” aka that big train station you can see from the highway and nobody know’s what it is. It’d be great to see some folks out there, it’s designed for both beer geeks and beer novices. And again, FREE BEER.
Goose Island Sophie
It’s not Minnesota, but it’s a saison and quite tasty… I picked up some at The Four Firkins today… Here’s a note from Paul at Capital Beverage…
Goose Island is releasing Sofie, one of their wine barrel aged brews, in the Twin Cities for the first time next week in very limited quantities. While Goose Island is looking to make it available year-round here it will only be available in limited quantities to start and only in 650mL bottles. Sofie is a Saison fermented with wild yeasts and aged in wine barrels with orange peels. It is a tart, dry, sparkling ale with a subtle, spicy white pepper note, a hint of citrus from the orange peel and a creamy vanilla finish making Sofie an intriguing brew. When Goose Island first released Sofie in Chicago it sold out the first day.
The following stores are receiving shipments next week:
Heritage Liquor
Surdyk’s
South Lyndale Liquor
Zipp’s Liquor
France 44
Big Top University
Thomas Liquor
St. Anthony Liquor #1 by Village Pub
Cellars Roseville
1st Grand Liquor
MGM Calhoun
Thomas Liquors Twitter
Maybe we need to keep a running tab for all the stores and bars that have Twitter accounts these days….or not. But we will post em if you send em to us!
Check out Thomas Liquors at www.twitter.com/thomasliquors
Princeton’s Liquors/Rush Creek/Artisanal Imports Beer Dinner
Rush Creek Golf Course and Princeton’s Liquors are joining forces with Lanny Hoff from Artisanal Imports for another beer dinner. Lanny will be presenting multiple beers from his portfolio paired with food prepared by the chef at Rush Creek. Tickets are $54 and can be purchased here.