Works for me…

Here’s a very good excuse to head over to Minneapolis Town Hall on Wednesday… they’re releasing Petunia’s Pumpkin Ale as a benefit for a friend and former server who was diagnosed with lymphoma. They’re offering $2 pints from 5-7 ($1 of each pint goes to the benefit) and live music from Hallaballoo from 7-10. Also during that time they’re having a raffle (all proceeds go to the benefit) that includes some great prizes including: a 27 inch color tv, an iPod Nano, JUUT Salon/Spa certificates/merchandise, Vikings tickets, Wild tickets, Timberwolves tickets, theater tickets (Southern & Theater in the Round), Town Hall Pint Club Membership, “Couple Gift Package” (1 night stay Holiday Inn, $25 Gift Card from Town Hall, growler & cooler bag), *Wine Package and Gift Certicicates from Bruggers, Ruby Tuesday, Corner Bar, Marshall Fields, Lunds, Byerlys and Town Hall Brewery.

So come on down… it’s a good cause, there’s good beer involved and, uh… just come down because we said so…

Here’s an interesting piece from National Geographic, The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History.

Due to some scheduling issues, we didn’t step off the bus and onto Peavy Plaza until almost 3:30. Amazingly, we met up with four friends within minutes and proceeded to taste some new and unique beers. I made a point of trying beers that were new to me as well as some of the “special” releases, such as Summit’s cask-conditioned pale ale or Barley John’s IPA that was Randallized. Lots of good stuff. I tasted two strikingly different beers flavored with lemongrass, an oatmeal stout, an oatmeal porter and so many other tasty beers. Not surprisingly, we had a really good time and are already looking forward to our next tasting.

Here’s a follow-up piece on the closing of Fargo’s Great Northern. From the sound of it, they’ve got 55 barrels of beer that may just get poured down the drain. Seems like a waste of good beer…