Category: general beer

Al Is Up To His Usual Tricks…For Our Sake

By on May 18, 2009in bars/restaurants, beer events, general beer

Al’s got something cooking at Blue Nile.  This is from beeradvocate.com.

Hop Heads Only: May 30 at the Blue Nile

Hey, gang! Heads up about my next beer event at the Nile, “Hop Heads Only”, focusing on hop-heavy brews, IPAs, Double IPAs, Belgian IPAs, barleywines, too.
Similar to Imperial March, the last one, we’ll open early, do sample sets, but this time we will have casks.
Summit Horizon Red dry-hopped with Amarillo
Surly Furious & Bitter Brewer
Rush River Bubblejack

and on tap:
Avery Maharaja
Moylan’s Hopsickle
Lefthand 400lb Monkey & Twin Sisters
Rush River Double Bubble
Founders Centennial IPA
Surly 16 Grit & Furious
Southern Tier Iniquity
Flying Dog Double Dog
Brau Brothers Sheephead
Victory Wild Devil
New Holland Imperial Hatter
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
and more (some are not 100% definite)

Full details coming soon!

Hope to see ya there,
cheers,
al

UPDATE – Please see the below post from Al with some additional information about Saturday’s event.

Surly on Kare 11

By on May 10, 2009in breweries, general beer

Kare 11‘s Boyd Huppert was at Surly Brewing this past Friday night during a facility tour filming footage for a story he’s working on.  Preliminary word is that this story will air on Thursday, May 14, but I imagine that is subject to change.  Keep it on your radar screen.  I tried to get my ugly mug in every shot I could.  Hi mom!  What a dolt.

Pig Happenings

By on May 9, 2009in general beer

The engine is running, Vanberg & DeWulf stop by, and the Pig celebrates 7 years.

Beer Lovers,

 

The cask conditioned beer is flowing again at The Muddy Pig. A shortage of product in the market kept our beer engine dry for a couple of weeks but things are looking good again. We are pulling pints of Surly’s Bitter Brewer but it won’t last long. Stop in soon to enjoy this incredibly easy drinking beer from our friends at Surly.

 

Our next event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19 with the beers from importer Vanberg & DeWulf. We will be sampling 8 great Belgian beers from brewers Brasserie Dupont, Brasserie Castelain, Brasserie Dubuisson and Brouwerij Slaghmuylder. Seating is limited as always so plan on purchasing your tickets in advance at The Pig. The fun starts at 7pm and the cost is just $20 for the tasting, education and food by Oscar.

 

And it is never too early to start planning for The Muddy Pig’s 7th Birthday Bash on Saturday, June 27. Once again all draft beers will be ½ price all day long. I know it’s crazy but that’s just what we do.

Cheers,

Mark