Month: February 2007

Barley John’s Beer Release: Double IPA

Word on the street is that today was “Cask Beer Tuesday” at Barley John’s. Their current offering is a Double IPA that will be pulled until it’s gone. Here’s their description of the beer (which sounds quite nice, btw):

Our inaugural effort for the hopped up version of an IIPA – Amarillo hops used in excess with supporting roles played by Cascade and East Kent Goldings. Citrus aroma with tons of hoppy goodness. We implemented a simple yet potent grain bill to balance the excess of hops – your not going to burn out your taste buds on bitterness but you’ll know that there is more than the usual dosage of hops in your glass. This is all evidenced by the hop induced haze in the glass (we don’t filter or use clarifiers) – there is plenty of hop residue in this one!

Flat Earth to be on-tap Thursday at The Happy Gnome.

Per Brad Magerkurth of Chisago Lakes Distributing and Jeff Williamson of Flat Earth, this Thursday starting roughly at 6pm there will be a keg of Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale tapped at The Happy Gnome.

Brad’s e-mail:
“Jeff promises a long line of interesting, challenging, ORGANICS, Belgian Styles, as well as Domestic beers styles unrepresented by local brewers – but very much in the style of what we have come to LOVE and expect out of St. Paul : Good Cheer, enthusiasm, respect for the brewing Gods – but NO attitude.”

Jeff Williamson’s email:
“All right cats and jammers, we’ve all waited long enough, the time has finally arrived to release our beer! Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale is ready to roll. We started filling kegs Monday night. Our official release party will be this Thursday March 1st at the Happy Gnome in Saint Paul. We’ll be tapping the keg at 6 p.m. So come down, hang out for a while and enjoy for some good beer and good times. See you there.”

tb