Month: November 2006

Lake Superior Beer Tasting @ Zipps

Head over to Zipp’s sometime between Thursday and Saturday to taste some Minnesota beer from the great (not yet) white north, Lake Superior Brewing.

According to Don, he’ll be there Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 4-10.

“I’ll bring along some three year old Old Man Winter Warmer for those who ask for it. They usually have some pretty good prices when I do these.”

Sold? I am.

Zipp’s is located at 2618 East Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis.

MNHBA Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day at Barley John’s

From the Barley John’s mailing list:

Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day: Come one, come all to Barley John’s Brewpub in New Brighton on Saturday, November 4th, any time from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event is part of the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) national event, which is Teach A Friend To Homebrew Day. On that day, hundreds of interested parties across the country will discover just how easy it is to make quality craft beer at home. Free brewing demonstrations will begin periodically, so whenever people get there they will not be far from seeing a batch of homebrew started. This event is put on locally by the Minnesota Homebrewers Association.

There will be beginner’s brewing kits given away, so please come and bring that friend or sister-in-law who has always talked about maybe starting to homebrew

For more information, please contact John Longballa at jlongb@ties2.net, or go to the MN Homebrewers website, www.mnbrewers.com. We’ll see you at Barley John’s on November 4th!

Note: Barley Johns is not putting this event on, we are providing the parking lot space in which to host the event. For specific information contact the sponsors. Cheers!

Minnesota Malting Facility in Cannon Falls to Reopen?

This article sounds interesting, to say the least.

Craig Belser, the founder of Bard’s Tale Beer; Bill Sill, vice president of product and industrial development for Progressive Rail; and Rick Young, CEO of True Source Foods, presented an ambitious plan that starts with reopening the malthouse, and eventually includes the construction of a new brewery and other gluten-free food processing facilities in Cannon Falls. If he’s unable to get the use of the malthouse, Belser said he would take his entire proposal elsewhere.