Category: general beer

Firkin Fest Awards

By on March 24, 2009in breweries, general beer

BeerAdvocate, CAP, posted the winners from last Saturday’s Firkin Fest on the BA Forum.  For those of you who aren’t BAs and who are interested, here is that list:

Dark Ales:
1- Tyranena Dirty Old Man Imperial Rye Porter
2- Bell’s Porter
3- Boulder Porter

IPA (Non-Imperial):
1- Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA
2- Lagunitas IPA
3- Surly Tea-bagged Furious

Imperial and Strong Ale:
1- Avery Maharaja
2- Bell’s Hop Slam
3- Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Russian Stout

Session and Eclectic Beers:
1- Two Brothers Bitter End Pale Ale
2- Big Sky Dry Hopped Scape Goat Ale
3- Flat Earth Double Hopped Angry Planet

And the People’s Choice,
voted by attendees at the Firkin Fest:
Tied for 1st:
Bell’s Hop Slam
Lift Bridge Kimono Girl Saison
Tied for 2nd:
Lagunitas Olde Gnarlywine
Surly 16 Grit
Tied for 3rd:
New Belgium La Folie Love
Surly Tea-bagged Furious

Thanks again, Happy Gnome, for an impressive event.

Shirts

By on March 23, 2009in general beer

Okay here’s the deal. We’ll be taking pre-orders for the shirts for a few days. They’re nice Gildan t-shirts in black with the above graphic in white across the chest. I’m ordering these Friday and will have them in  a couple of weeks. Drop me a line if you want to pre-order a shirt. ryan AT mnbeer.com

Fear not, if you don’t order now, we’ll still have shirts.

Tease!

By on March 20, 2009in general beer

Gang, I removed a post I’d made earlier in the day regarding a series of fund-raising beer tastings to be held in MN and the Dakotas in 2009.  I’d learned of the events through a published ad in a publicly available rag, found a site chock-full of information, and decided to share the excitement.  I also gathered a bit more information and learned that there are still quite a few details to be worked out with respect to these events.  Locations, dates, beer offerings, food vendors and live music are all subject to change and the information available was not complete.  I got the okay to leave the post up, but after thinking about it for a while, I decided to pull it back until things have firmed up a  bit.  That seems to be the prudent thing to do.

But never fear!  When details firm up a bit more, we’ll repost information on the event.  Sit tight!