The weekend is nearly here and if cask beer is your thing, the Blue Nile would be a great place to get your weekend started. They’ll have a cask of Glacier dry-hopped Belgian-style Abbey Ale from Summit.
Category: cask beer
Acadia Cask Bar Debut
Acadia has added an antique cask bar and tonight they’re having a “Coming Out” party to celebrate. They’ll be tapping three casks:
1) Surly Furious conditioned with cocoa nibs
2) Fulton Sweet Child of Vine conditioned with Nelson Sauvin hops
3)…we’re waiting to hear…
Summit 26th Anniversary Backyard Bash Sept. 8th
One of Minnesota’s “senior” breweries, Summit Brewing Co. turns 26 this fall. In the craft beer world, especially in Minnesota, 26 seems OLD with a grey capital O. In truth, though, they’re spring chickens compared to Schell’s. Regardless, it takes a lot to get to 26 in the beer industry, and we’re glad to see these “old farts” chugging along.
In proper form, Summit is celebrating their 26th anniversary this fall with a Backyard Bash at the brewery from 11-6pm on Saturday, September 8th. Tickets are $14 and will be available starting on Monday, July 23rd at www.summitbrewing.com
Throwing down at the Bash this year will be locals like Doomtree, Caroline Smith & the Goodnight Sleeps, Halloween Alaska, Now Now, Heartbeats & Summit’s own Hotpants DJs. The Current’s Mark Wheat will emcee the event in a decidedly non-Minnesotan accent (we forgive you).
And yes, there will be beer… I’ll give you one guess as to who might be providing the beer… Look for special cask offerings as well. Local food vendors will be present as well.
Half of all ticket sales will benefit the Minnesota Music Coalition. Pretty cool, eh?
Fulton Sweet Child of Vine Cask Tappings
Check out the following events if you want to try some special versions of Fulton’s Sweet Child of Vine.
Wednesday July 18 – Cask of Sweet Child of Vine conditioned on Cascade hops at Republic, tapping at 5:30pm.
Friday July 20 – Cask of Sweet Child of Vine conditioned on Nelson Sauvin hops at Acadia, tapping time is TBD.
Summit Unchained #10 Abbey Ale Release Parties
Summit’s Belgian Abbey Ale release is just around the corner, and the brewery has some great events lined up with brewer Nate Siats. Nate was also responsible for #5 in the Unchained Series, Imperial Pumpkin Porter. For this beer, Siats was able to hone the recipe on Summit’s new pilot brewery, brewing two batches. The final recipe includes Weyerman Abbey malts, and 5000+ pounds of Belgian candi sugar. Can you imagine what 5000 lbs. of candi sugar looks like? From Siats, “For my second Unchained beer, I really wanted to create something I was unfamiliar with, using complex flavors I had never tasted in a malt before. This beer is the perfect example of what Summit’s Unchained Series is all about – being inventive and trying new styles.”
- Abbey Ale Firkin – Saturday, July 21: Tiffany’s in St. Paul, 4:30pm
- Summit DJs and $2.50 pints – Monday, July 23: Grumpy’s NE, 6-9pm
- Firkin Friday – Friday, July 27: Grumpy’s in Roseville, 4-5:30pm
- Bocce with the Brewer and $3.50 pints – Friday, July 27: Village Pub in St. Anthony, 6-8pm
- Cask Ale Night – Friday, July 27: 331 Club in Minneapolis, 9-11pm