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Darkness Day This Saturday

By ryan on October 23, 2015in Surly Brewing Co.

Since the first Darkness Day back in 2007, the event has literally blown up into something bigger than any of us could have ever imagined. On Saturday you can join thousands of beer fans at Surly Brewing Co.’s Brooklyn Center brewery for your chance to get your mitts on bottles of this year’s Surly Darkness Russian Imperial Stout.

In 2007, hearty folks waited in line at the brewery starting around 6am. This year (and most other years, for that matter), beer nerds can begin lining up at dusk on Friday evening. The first 1,500 people in line will get a wristband that will allow said wristband-ee to purchase two different variations of Darkness – the original Russian Imperial Stout as well as a barrel-aged version. The wrist band will allow you to buy up to six bottles of “regular” Darkness and one bottle of Barrel-Aged Darkness (Further referred to as “Dorkness,” in this article.) Dorkness has been swimming in High West Rye Whiskey Barrels and is now ready to find its way to your cellar (or gullet). Dork.

Darkness day is from 11am to 5:30pm. When the gates of the brewery are opened, fan are welcome to join in on the festivities of the day with 13 Surly beers on tap, lots of metal, food and more.

If you can’t make it out to Darkness Day or simply aren’t into crowds, rest assured that Darkness bottles will be hitting the shelves in Minnesota starting next week and Dorkness bottles will follow in early December. And if you’re unfortunate enough to live in Iowa, Wisconsin or Chicago, you’ll still be able to find bottles of both versions of Darkness in early December.

Darkness Eve at Stub and Herbs

By ryan on October 22, 2015in bars/restaurants, breweries, Stub and Herb's, Surly Brewing Co.

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$Darkness Eve at Stub & Herb's \m/$ True to form, the fine folks at Stub & Herb’s have promised to play host to a “Darkness Eve” celebration at the bar this Friday starting at 7pm. They’ve assembled a variety of dark and spooky beers for your imbibing pleasures. See below for the complete tap list.

Surly Darkness 2014
Surly Darkness 2015 (Barrel Aged)
Surly Darkness 2015
Surly 8
Surly 9
Surly Todd the Axeman
Lift Bridge Barrel-Aged Silhoutte ’13 and ’15
Indeed Rum King ’13, ’14, and ’15
Deschutes The Abyss ’13 and ’14
Green Flash Silva Stout
Goose Island Coffee BCBS
Founders KBS
Odell Russian Pirate
Avery Pump(KY)n
Deschutes Black Butte XXVII
Bent Paddle Black infusion
Alesmith Vietnamese Coffee Speedway Stout

Indeed Hullabaloo and Rum King!

By ryan on October 7, 2015in Indeed Brewing Co.

Fun weekend ahead. Here’s another option for you. This Saturday and Sunday (noon-10pm and noon-8pm respectively), the folks from Indeed will be throwing down with their annual harvest hoe-down. They have two days full of beer, bands and great food with the likes of Yamma Jamma Harvest Ale, the Hullabaloo cask wagon, and the release of 2015 Rum King!

Blue Door Pub is providing the grub, First Avenue, is putting together the music and Indeed is making all of the beery goodness happen.

Music line-up:

SATURDAY 10/10

12:30 – TYTE JEFF
1:30 – RED DAUGHTERS
2:30 – WHAT TYRANTS
3:30 – FRANKIE TEARDROP
4:30 – SHADOW IN THE CRACKS
5:30 – FURY THINGS
6:30 – KITTEN FOREVER
7:15 – THE MIGHTY MOFOS
8:30 – APPETITE FOR ZACCARDI

SUNDAY 10/11

1:00 – STEVE PALMER
2:00 – MATT LATTERALL
3:00 – GABE BARNETT & THE BIG HOUSE ROUNDERS
4:00 – MIKE GUNTHER
5:00 – THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS DUO

Fair State Co-Optoberfest Saturday

By ryan on October 7, 2015in Fair State Brewing

Confession. My wife used to work with Matt from Fair State years ago. I’ve watched his excitement beer blossom from homebrewing to running a co-op brewery and I couldn’t be happier. To compound things, Fair State makes beer I enjoy and has a great space and events. Win.

Saturday our friends from Fair State are holding their second annual Co-Optoberfest, celebrating a year as part of the Twin Cities beer scene. They’ll be rolling out the barrels with Oktoberfest-y beers like their Märzen style Festbier. and a bunch of others – 17 beers in total throughout the day.

You may also want to keep your eyes peeled for some rare versions of their beers as well. Starting at 2pm, they’ll tap seven one-off beers, two at a time: Equinox Brett. IPA, Brett. Cromulence, Brett. LACTOBAC 2, Brett. FSB, Unfiltered Kazbec Pils, Pineapple Cromulence
and Dry-Hopped TriFerm Sour Wheat.

They’ll also be tapping the final kegs of some of their most popular seasonal offerings like Old Richmond Rye, 2014 FSB Imperial Stout, LACTOBAC 7, Member Design #1 and It’s Gold Jerry.

Food? Yup: Bark and the Bite BBQ Truck, Gerhards Brats, Mini Donuts and Pretzels from Aki.

Festive suggestions from Fair State:
– Custom shirts live printed by Shameless Inc.
– Find your balance with a lager in one hand, and brat in the other.
– Hone your precision on the Bags Court.
– Discover your mighty prowess with Hammerschlagen.
– Dust off the lederhosen and practice your slap dance with the strolling accordion music.

More details on their Facebook event page. Cheers!

8th Annual Minneapolis WHERE THE WILD BEERS ARE

By ryan on September 29, 2015in bars/restaurants, breweries, Republic

A beer festival dedicated to all that is wild, sour, farmhouse and funk. Enjoy a huge gamut of amazing beers produced both locally and abroad. Over 200 different funky beers will be sampled.

Register online now at https://wherethewildbeersare.com/register. Online registration is required and is filling fast!

Date/Time: Saturday Oct 3rd, 2015 11am-3pm.
Location: Republic 7 Corners – 221 Cedar Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55454
Cost: $20 plus sour/wild/farmhouse beer to share (commercially made). Attendees will receive a WTWBA tasting glass and welcoming pour of funky beer.

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