Do you still want to go to Thursday’s beer dinner at the Happy Gnome featuring the new beer that was the result of the collaboration between Two Brothers and Urthel? Then you better get on it–only 10 spots are left!

In addition to the collaborative beer (Moaten, an oak-aged Flander’s Red Ale), Two Bros Cane and Ebel, Urthel Hop-It and Two Bros Domaine duPage will be paired with a coursed meal prepared by Gnome Executive Chef Matthew Hinman. The event runs 6pm – 9pm and will run you $38 (+ tax and tip).

All tickets must be sold by 4pm Wednesday. Email happygnomeevents@gmail.com for more info or to reserve your spot.

Hey, you got your beer in my politics!

Hey, you got your politics in my beer!

Here is an interesting WSJ story on the much-discussed Beer Summit with a craft-beer twist.

Here’s your chance to let the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild, those lovely folks that present the Great Taste of the Midwest, know what you think about how they sell tickets to this event.

Mail order tickets are in the mail! This year, we filled about 40% of requests, up from 25% in 2008. Nearly 40% of mail order tickets went to Wisconsin residents, 40% to the states abuttung Wisconsin (IL, MI, IA and MN), and the rest went to 29 other states, Puerto Rico and Germany.

Please take the Great Taste of the Midwest Ticket Sales Survey to give us some feedback about how ticket sales went.

For those of you who don’t know much about Finnegans or wonder what the story is, there is a nice write up in today’s Strib.  It’s a good read.  Check it out.  Or Else.