Category: beer stores

Vine Park Update

By on November 25, 2007in beer stores, homebrew

Got an update from Vine Park recently. I cut and paste the beer-relevant stuff. (It also reminded me that giving someone a Vine Park gift certificate for the holiday season is a good way to introduce friends or family to homebrewing. It was one of the best Christmas presents I ever received, along side a homebrew kit from Northern Brewer. Changed. My. Life. But I digress.)

We would like to thank all of our customers for a wonderful year. Every day we get to come to the brewery and help an incredible group of fun-loving people make beer & wine. You make it easy to look forward to each day at the brewery. Thanks!

Andy, Dan, Harley, Katie

Bavarian Beer Trip. We braved the highest peak, the biggest party, the smokiest beers, and more. Read about the adventure and see photos of all the fun. Story and photos are here.

Recipe Comparison Chart. The #1 request of our customers we can’t do. Giving samples is illegal.
The #2 request is “can I have a copy of your recipe comparison chart?” And now you can! We have added it as a downloadable file from our Recipe webpage. To view the file you will need the free Adobe Reader program. Comparison charts here.

Cellars Beer Tasting

By on November 11, 2007in beer events, beer stores

Cellars in Eagan is having a beer tasting on Saturday, December 8th from 2 to 5 P.M.  I had a chance to scope out the list, but, true to form, I forgot most of what was on it and didn’t write anything down.  The excessive purchase of about 15 different six-packs of stout may have been the cause of the distraction.  Anyway, there will be between 15 and 20 beers to sample, including Dark Horse (MI), Surly, and New England Brewing Company (CT).  Kris and I have been to their tastings before and, while they aren’t exactly social events, they are well worth the visit.

Cellar’s in Eagan has Tyranena

By on September 29, 2007in beer stores, general beer

I spoke with Jason at The Cellar’s in Eagan yesterday and found out that they do currently have Tyranena beer. Although I don’t recall all of the ones he mentioned there were at least six including Bitter Woman IPA, Rocky’s Revenge and Hop Wh0re Imperial IPA. So after I’ve teased my tastebuds sampling their fine beers at ABR today I just might have to head over there and pick some up.

News from Vine Park

By on September 11, 2007in beer stores, breweries, homebrew

Got an Email update from Vine Park today. Here’s the beer-related info. More info of course at www.vinepark.com.

A huge thank you goes out to all of you for making this the busiest summer on record at Vine Park!

The custom wine opportunity in July has come and gone but the wines are silently aging all over the area. This was such a hit, we are already planning how to offer more types of wines and to make it easier to get everyone a reserved spot.

And the Belgian recipes in August again drew crowds. This year we offered a series of Belgian Brew Clubs in addition to the custom brewing option and this sold out in record time.

We have a few new things in the works; only some of which are detailed in this email. And to update all of you asking about the growlers; we have been so busy brewing we paused in our efforts until we resolved one issue. Now that we are past that, we intend to work with the City to finish what we started.

Please don’t worry, you will hear from us just as soon as we can offer our first Growlers to you.

WOW! Again, we thank you for your patronage.

Andy & Dan

Brew Club
Time to get the beer fridge refilled and just in time Vine Park is starting our special seasonal mixes.

Autumn Mix kicks off on Sept 12th with just four nights of brewing. Get those traditional rich & delicious beers of autumn!

Winter Mix always fills fast so we’ve set aside 5 (!) Brew Clubs starting Nov 21st. This mix is chock full of powerful & tasty beverages to keep you warm this winter.

Re-Opening on Mondays
Starting Monday, Oct 15th you can brew beer & make wines again at Vine Park.

Just in time for the annual Fall rush to brew for football season & holiday social events, Dan will be back from Bavaria and with a full crew of Brew Coaches we can again handle six days of brewing and wine making.

Check our on line reservation system or give us a call at 651 – 228 – 1355.

Tyranena coming to Southern Minnesota

By on July 26, 2007in beer stores, breweries

More from Wisconsin…this time, Tyranena arrives in southern Minnesota. Thanks to Ben for passing along the info!

Tyranena Soon To Be In Minnesota. Our first Minnesota distributor is picking up an order on Friday. Schott Distributing will cover parts of southeastern Minnesota, including the counties of Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona, Olmsted, Dodge, Wabasha and Goodhue… that would mean such cities as Rochester, Winona, Austin, Rushford, and Wabasha. If you live in this area make sure to ask for the beer at your local store!

Hopefully this will lead to it’s availability in the rest of the state.