Month: January 2008

More updates from Brau Brothers

By on January 15, 2008in breweries

Here’s a little more information to compliment an earlier post about the only brewery in Lucan, MN. Excuse me while I consume the last bottle of Frame Straightener before Dawn gets home…

We are anxiously waiting for spring so that we can plant the hopyard, the freedom and flexibility it will afford us will be invaluable. We are planning two festivals here at the brewery to be held annually. The first will be Pheasant Opener weekend and we will release the Ring Neck Ale at the event. The second would be a spring event, possibly a “Brau Family Reunion” where for one day, anyone can be a Brau Brother, Sister, or Cousin. Any ideas for these would be appreciated. We could possibly even set up camping on site, as the nearest hotel is 25 miles away!

Let me know what you think about the Frame Straightener, the recipe for the next SBS beer is being finalized…

Take Care,

Dustin

Stub & Herbs beer tastings… Help!

By on January 15, 2008in bars/restaurants, homebrew

Stub and HerbsJon over at Stub & Herbs is looking for some help from homebrewers to pair up with brewery reps to discuss beer styles and compare homebrewed and commercial versions of different styles of beer. Read on:

Stub and Herb’s is starting a monthly beer tasting and beer education in February. We are working on our schedule and could use some help. We would like to pair up a brewery rep and a member of the local homebrewing community at each meeting. We are hoping to pick a few different beer styles to discuss at each meeting and compare some homebrews vs some of the fine craft beers available at local bars and liquor stores. Anyone interested? Any homebrewers that want to get involved, please message me. The only requirements are:

*You have to have some beer for us to sample.

*You have to be willing to speak to a few of us about your homebrew techniques, recipes and setup.

Hope to hear from some of you.

Thanks,

Jon Landers
Stub and Herb’s

Interested? Talk to Jon at Stub and Herbs or leave a comment here and we’ll make sure he gets it.

10 Surly Notes

By on January 11, 2008in breweries

Hello Surly Nation,

A few quick notes about what’s up.
#1 – January 16th @ The Happy Gnome – debut of Surly Mild, our sessionable
Mild Ale.
#2 – January 23rd @ Acadia Café – debut of two, our 2nd anniversary ale.
Remember Acadia Café has moved to Riverside and Cedar in Minneapolis
#3 – January 30th @ Common Roots Café – coffee bender
#4 – We have a photo competition running; winner receives a Surly Prize Pack
that includes a bottle of Darkness and a Surly Jacket! Send us your Surly
pictures. We will announce the winner at the debut of Surly Mild.
#5 – We donated 6 bottles of Darkness to EnergyCents, a local charity that
helps keep the power on; over $1400 was raised by auctioning off the bottles
on Ebay!
#6 – No tours until Spring. We are cutting out 3000 square feet of the
brewery so we can add more tanks.
#7 – Beer prices are going up. Sorry everybody, but barley and hops have
both increased over 50% since we started 2 years ago.
#8 – The Surly Second Anniversary dinner is approaching soon, check the
web-site for details because it will sell out fast. The date is February
11th, I’m not saying where, tickets are not yet for sale.
#9 – Rumors are floating around about a new canned seasonal… more on that
soon. (No, it is not Darkness)
#10 – We will have some two bottled up in 750s for sale at the brewery. No
date on that yet.

See you drinking,
Omar

Thomas Liquors Update

By on January 11, 2008in beer stores, free beer

In addition to the Tyranena tasting that Kris posted (January 18, 4pm – 6pm, at Thomas Liquors in St. Paul), Fitty alerted me to a bunch of new stuff they got in this week.

We just got a ton of HopSlam about an hour ago… and the price did NOT increase, $13.99.  I also got a lot more new and old stuff that you’ll have to check out.  eg. more Black Hole, Haand Dark Force, Orkney Reserve, Brasserie Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux and others.  Hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
Fitty