Month: April 2008

The Art of Beer, A Tasting + Doug Hoverson

By on April 10, 2008in beer events, brewpubs, history

Update: Land of Amber Waters author Doug Hoverson will be at the Grand Rapids Area Library at 4:00 pm to talk about the history of beer in Minnesota. (More info)

Thanks to Nicole for the tip…

Our 1st annual beer tasting fundraiser

The Art of Beer: A Tasting

Saturday, April 26, 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the MAC

Tickets: $40

Includes five beer courses with food pairings (prepared by Rivers Wine Bar & Bistro) and a commemorative glass.

Beer provided by Mike Hoops of the Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery

Sponsored in part by Grand Rapids State Bank

May Happy Gnome Beer Dinner

By on April 9, 2008in bars/restaurants, beer events

For their May beer dinner, Happy Gnome is bringing some ‘sconies across the border for your drinking pleasure. Tyranena beers will be paired with each course of the meal on May 13, 2008 6:00-10:00pm. To make your reservation contact the folks over at the Happy Gnome at 651-287-2018 but do it soon. These dinners seem to be pretty popular and tend to sell out quickly.

Upcoming Finnegan’s Events

By on April 9, 2008in breweries

FinnegansShamROCK Kick-Off – Friday, April 18th 6:00-8:00 pm at Kieran’s Irish Pub in the Titanic Lounge. Please RSVP to tric.nelson@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

Art of Cuisine – Sunday, April 13th 3:00-7:00 pm at The Great Hall in Downtown St. Paul. Visit www.compas.org for more details.

Taste of Elk River – Thursday, May 15th 5:00-9:00 pm at Lions Park Center. Visit www.elkrivermnrotary.org for more details.

Brief Update from Brau Bros.

By on April 8, 2008in beer stores, breweries, free beer

braubrothers.jpgBelow is a brief update (links removed) found on the Brau Bros. website (and no, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check the site out yourself).  Lucan (pronounced “loo-can” – they notice if you pronounce it wrong apparently : ) ) is a bit off the beaten path for many of us, but they make it up to the Cities for tastings periodically.  There will be Brau Bros. tastings at Wine Street Spirits in Bloomington and Blue Max in Burnsville this Sat., 4/12  Check out Brau Bros. schedule of events for more details.

April 2, 2008
This Friday we will be tapping the first ever cask-conditioned ale from Brau Bros! Our very own local pub, the BrauHaus will host the event. At about 6:30 pm we will start serving a dry-hopped firkin of Brau Pale Ale – I’ll be pouring the pints. I believe pints are only $2. I know the BrauHaus is looking to make cask beer a regular on “Firkin Fridays”. Beth, thanks for the heads-up on a couple blog entries mentioning Brau Bros, here: and here:.It’s always great to hear from people who pronounce “Lucan” correctly on the first try.
Take Care,
Dustin

Flat Earth April Update

By on April 8, 2008in breweries

If you haven’t seen it yet, we have a new web site thanks to the fine folks over at Russell Herder! Here are the coming events for April from Flat Earth Brewing Co.Our next brewery tour is this Saturday the 12th at 4 p.m.

Arborfest is Friday the 25th from 5:30 – 9 p.m. check out www.familytreeclinic.org/arborfest/information/ for more information.

Curly Tail Ale makes its return to Midway Stadium this season for Saints baseball. Head out and have some fun in the sun and grab a Curly Tail.

Looking ahead to May we will be releasing Black Helicopter on May 1st at a secret location, more information in a few weeks.

The Twin Ports Brew Bash May 5, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. to help raise money for veteran’s history and will take place in the Great Hall at the Duluth Depot.

Cheers!

Jeff & Cathie Williamson