Make a New Year’s Resolution that counts! Drink more locally made Flat Earth Beer!
Tonight begins the last week of Porterfest and we’ll be offering The Big Money Porter – An oak infused Cygnus. We’ve been soaking oak chips in Jack Daniel’s for the last few months. We’ve then infused each Big Money growler with a few chips and let the beer and the chips get all happy together in the growler.
Tonight we’ll have:
Belgian Pale Ale
Black Helicopter Coffee Stout
Curly Tail
Cygnus X-1 Porter
Northwest Passage IPA Filtered & Unfiltered
Wassale
Winter Warlock Golden Barley-Wine
Big Money – Oak infused CygnusCheers!
Growler hours this week: Tuesday 12/29 3:30 – 6:30, Thursday 12/31 3:30 – 6:30, Saturday 1/2 Noon – 3:00
Category: general beer
Barley John’s NYE Menu
Yet another option for your New Year’s Eve dining and drinking comes from the talented folks at Barley John’s.
Come join us for our annual intimate New Years Eve Dinner on the 31st! The menu is a la carte and our regular menu is open as well. Order from each course and receive a 10% discount on the entire meal. Beer and Wine suggested pairings will also be available. Final details and prices will be posted shortly. We are now taking reservations: 651-636-4670.
First
Organic Tamari Roasted Almonds, Roasted Red Bell Pepper Pesto, Truffle Cheese, Derby Sage, Gravlox or Sliced Hard SalamiSalad
Mesclun & Arugula w Red Pear & Celeriac Root with Balsamic VinaigretteMain
Grilled Bison & Roasted Root Vegetables with a Port Wine Reduction and Wild Rice
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Blue Moon Heirloom Pumpkin Cannoli, Asparagus with Sage Brown Butter Sauce
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Broiled Basil & Garlic Stuffed Salmon on Parperdalle with Roasted VegetablesDesserts – TBA
Welcome HopChart!
If you haven’t heard about or had time to check out a great new site aimed at you, yes YOU, Craft Beer Lover, now is the time. HopChart is a social utility that lets you journal beer, rate beer, connect with other beer fans and more.
As an extra incentive to try it out, founder Andrew Kaiser is offering up his two coveted Winterfest tickets.
Here are the details for how to get your chance at Andrew’s tickets to this sold out event:
– Eligible to US residents 21 years of age and older.
– For each 10 points earned through HopChart you will receive *1* entry into a drawing for *2* tickets to Winterfest Friday, Feb 5 2010 7:00pm.
– Points earned between December 15, 2009 through January 20, 2010 will count toward the drawing.
– A Drawing will take place January 21, 2010 time and location TBD (check back here often) to select the winner.
Smoke in a Bottle
That’s right, a plan is in the works from our boys at Surly to begin bottling Smoke, [edit: with more than 4000 bottles] ending up on liquor store shelves. I guess that new bottler is getting quite a work out!
Nic Skrade at Uptown Tattoo did the art work, Al McCarty of Blue Nile fame wrote the text, but final label approval is pending from the, er, good folks at the TTB. So….release date TBA.
More details as they roll in…but really, what else do you need to know?!
Hey Berg! Space Beer! Right Up Your Alley.
For a bit of levity, check out this story about a “space beer” developed by Sapporo. Let the lame one-liners come forth!
Disclaimer – this has nothing to do with Minnesota Beer, unless the International Space Station plummets to Earth, turning our fine state into a smoking crater.