Month: May 2007

New Beers at Great Waters, Granite City

By on May 15, 2007in brewpubs

Great Waters has a new IPA, Holy Hand Grenade, on cask:

Lots of Vienna malt and hops were used in this cask. Five different malt varieties and four type of hops used to creat this tribute to Monty Pythons’ “Holy Grail”. Served on cask just like the did back in good old Camelot.

Bob from Granite City told me that they’d be tapping their O’Stara’s Spring Ale on Wednesday:

We will be tapping our O’Stara’s spring ale on May 16th this week. It is a lightly bodied ale with light bitterness and a refreshing dry hop flavor. Definitely not an extreme beer by any stretch of the imagination just a plain old quaffable summer pint.

It will be available at all our Minnesota stores, so if you live near
Roseville, Eagan, St. Louis Park, Maple Grove, St. Cloud or Moorhead (well Fargo really) head on over to your local Granite City for summer refreshment.

Flat Earth Curly Tail Ale

By on May 15, 2007in breweries

…just think… at the Metrodome you actually have to look around a bit to find a decent beer. This shouldn’t be the case at the Saints’ stadium as Flat Earth’s new beer, Curly Tail Ale, should be conveniently located for your drinking pleasure.

Our new beer, Curly Tail Ale is available only at Midway Stadium, home of the St. Paul Saints. The first kegs arrived at the stadium this afternoon. Curly Tail Ale is an ordinary bitter, don’t be afraid of the word bitter. This beer is slightly sweet and smooth, with a touch of chocolate in the after taste. We used Golden Promise malt, medium and dark crystal malt, chocolate malt and brown sugar. It is hopped with three addition of UK Fuggles. Get out to the ball park and watch some outdoor baseball and grab a pint, available at the third base concession area.

Cheers,

Jeff Williamson
Flat Earth Brewing Company

O’Hara’s Has Closed

By on May 14, 2007in brewpubs, general beer

Man, this sucks… O’Hara’s was the first brewpub I spent any real time at, back in the late 1990s while I was attending SCSU. I’ve always thought they had solid, tasty beer. According to Chris (Laumb), their barrelage went up every year, but the brewpub biz relies on the restaurant side of the operation, and I guess the competition is tough in St. Cloud.

Here’s a link to the article from St. Cloud Times:

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.d … /105140073

I hope the best for Chris Laumb (the brewer) and everyone else that worked at O’Hara’s. Sorry to see another one go.

Schell Hospitality Complex Grand Opening

By on May 14, 2007in beer events, breweries

New Museum of Brewing, Gift Shop and Tap Room! Free Tours and Live Music!

Dear Friends of Schell’s Brewery;

After a long and somewhat challenging process, we are proud to say our new Hospitality Complex has been completed!

The Grand Opening of the new facility will be on Saturday, May 19, 2007 from 11 am until 5 pm.

We invite you to come and experience Schell’s Brewing Company’s past in the greatly expanded Museum of Brewing. Our beautiful new gift shop has tripled in size, with more room for all of the great items Schell’s, along with the Grain Belt line, has to offer. The new Rathskeller or Tap Room, designed with its awesome curved ceilings and wonderful “Old World feel” will also be opened for limited samplings. Free tours will be offered throughout the day. They will be more extensive than we usually have, and will be showing various parts of the brewery that are not normally open to the public .

During the day, music will be performed by local musicians, playing intermittently in the Garden for visitor’s enjoyment.

We so look forward to “showing off” our beautiful new building–and invite you to come and enjoy New Ulm “Gemutlichkeit” (hospitality and friendship) with the beautiful Schell’s Park, Gardens and new Hospitality Complex as the setting!

We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

AUGUST SCHELL BREWING COMPANY

Jodi Marti
Special Projects Coordinator

Furious Ice Cream

By on May 12, 2007in breweries, general beer

I’m a skeptic, but I’ll buy some and report back… yes, Pumphouse Creamery has a Surly Furious variety of ice cream. I’ve yet to be convinced that a Guinness float is something I’d enjoy, but perhaps a kick of hops and the notion that I’d be supporting two local businesses intrigues me.

Just in time for the hot weather, Surly beer now available in ice cream form. Pumphouse Creamery, located at 4754 Chicago Ave S, is making ice cream with Furious beer. Barb, owner of Pumphouse, says she made ice cream with both bender and furious and customers really loved the furious ice cream. She says that the hops really come out in the ice cream. Yum!