Category: cask beer

Lift Bridge Harvestör Cask Tapping at Ngon Bistro Today

By on October 2, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, cask beer

St. Paul’s first cask of Lift Bridge Harvestör Fresh Hop Ale gets tapped at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro right after work: 5pm-7pm.

Hai has some great patio menu items including:

  • Anise braised Thousand Hills short ribs on baguette with arugula and pickled sprouts and scallons
  • Curry tempura Lake Superior Herring with sweet potatoes fries and spicy aioli
  • Grilled five spice sausage made with Fischer Farms pork
  • Spring Rolls made with organic greens, mint, vermicelli noodles, shrimp & BBQ pork

Enjoy some Harvestör and celebrate the last few patio days of the year!

Harvestör Details

Beer style: Fresh Hop Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 60
SRM: 13

Description: Constant addition of fresh, organic Cascade hops from Hippity Hops Farms in Forest Lake, MN. Aromatic and caramel malts compliment the hop character for an incredibly balanced beer that celebrates the hop harvest without killing your tongue.

Bell’s Beer Dinner at Pig & Fiddle

By on September 25, 2012in beer dinners, beer events, cask beer, food pairing

It’s time for another Pig & Fiddle beer dinner and this time they’ll be hosting Bell’s! They’ll be pouring 6 beers with 5 courses including a cask of 2 Hearted Ale, Wedding Ale, Roundhouse IRA, Le Pianiste, Le Contrebassiste & Rye Stout. Tickets are $60 and are very limited so give the Pig & Fiddle a call today at 952.955.8385 to make reservations.

Autumn Brew Review Week of Events

By on September 4, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, breweries, cask beer, food pairing, free beer

I hope you guys are ready for a week of rare beers, amazing dinners and other generally awesome beer events because that is what is about to happen to the Twin Cities! The week of September 10-15th Minneapolis and Saint Paul will be teeming with beer events, with the finale at ABR on the 15th. Attached to this post is a PDF outlining what, when, where and in some cases how much each of these events are.

CLICK HERE FOR AUTUMN BREW REVIEW WEEK EVENTS (PDF)

Please note, these events are largely Hohenstein’s events and not necessarily everything that’s happening leading up to ABR. -Ed.

Summit Backyard Bash Cask Update

By on August 30, 2012in breweries, cask beer

So by now you probably know all about Summit’s 26th Anniversary Backyard Bash, right? Doomtree, beer, Caroline Smith, beer, Halloween Alaska, beer…

But what about the cask ale? (C)ask and you shall receive… also of note, some kellerbier:

Tapping Time Extra Pale Ale Cask Oatmeal Stout Cask Sága IPA Cask Kellerbier
11am Sovereign Coffee Cascade Pilsener
1pm Rakau Vanilla Cascade & Chinook Oktoberfest
3pm Glacier Black Forest Centennial Pilsener
5pm Boadicea Brett C Citra Oktoberfest