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(More) Surly news

By on September 28, 2007in bars/restaurants, breweries, free beer

“Stop with all the Surly news already,” you might be saying. But they keep sending it to us, so we’ll keep printing it. And they keep making good beer, so we keep drinking it. Maybe if we all stopped drinking their beer they’d stop making it, and therefore stop sending us news.

God, I hope not.

Hello Surly Nation,

I hope you got your tickets to Autumn Brew Review, ‘cause it’s sold out and we’re bringing out the big guns.
Here is our pouring schedule for the fest:

Limited QuantitiesVIP Oak Aged Cask Bender1:30
Dahmer2:30
Bourbon One3:30
Barrel Aged Darkness4:30
Darkness – 2007 Available All Day(Hopefully)
Coffee Bender Bender Furious CynicSurlyFest Cask Tea- Bagged Furious

We were planning on pouring oak aged cask furious at 4:30, but Todd drank it all. So instead you will have to settle for a preview of this year’s Darkness.

What’s Dahmer you ask, good question.
I let Todd brew it and name it (remind me not to do that again.)
Anyway, the beer is a Smoked Baltic Porter. It will be released sometime in the next few months as a draft only beer. As our tradition continues at ABR, wear your Surly swag and we’ll give you a pint glass at the fest (while supplies last).

We are doing a couple beer tastings tomorrow evening – Thursday, September 27th
#1 – Princeton Liquors in Maple Grove will be hosting a tasting from 4:00-6:30. I will be standing around. Stop by and say hi and check out the 17% discount on all craft beers, including Surly.

Princeton Liquors is located on Bass Lake Road just off of 494. These guys have been big fans of Surly and pushing our beer hard in the NW suburbs.
Stop by and say hi and grab some beer.

Princeton’s Liquors12790 Bass Lake Road
(763)559-3257
www.princetonsliquors.com.

#2 – The second tasting will be taking place at The Liquor Barrel in Golden Valley.
The event starts at 6:30 in Brookview Park in Golden Valley, right across the highway from The Liquor Barrel.
It is an Oktoberfest party of sorts, brats will be grilling and Oktoberfest beers will be poured for sampling.

The cost is $5 to get in and you get a couple beer coupons for Oktoberfest beers. Call 763.544.9881 so they know how many brats to get.
Being that the event is happening at a park, I hope the whole Ansari clan will be there. Proceeds to go to a local charity.

The location is on Hwy 55, just east of 169. http://www.ci.golden-valley.mn.us/parks/parks/BrookviewPark.htm Lets see, what other news do we have…

Next tour – November 3rd

New Surly Bars –
Zorbaz in Detroit LakesDock Café in Stillwater

More coming soon!

Darkness will be released right around Halloween.
We will have tapping news listed soon!

Surlyfest has left the building!
Almost all the Surlyfest we brewed has been delivered.
You guys are drinking it like its gonna go outta style, or at least out of stock. I promise we will make more next year.

See you drinking,
Omar

Win VIP Tix to ABR at Town Hall

By on September 22, 2007in brewpubs

I guess if you’re going to buy a case of growlers…

Hey,
Remember all those VIP tickets for Autumn Brew Review that have been
sold out for ever…….(These allow you to enter early before the crowds
and such)
Well-
We have a pair to give away. Here are the details, they are very simple
Buy a case (6 bottles) of growlers on Monday (you are coming in for
Fresh Hop anyway) and you get entered in a drawing for the pair of tix.
Drawing will take place @7:30pm and you must be present to win

Cheers
Mike

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
1430 Washington Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
(612) 339-8696

Brau Bros Update

By on September 22, 2007in breweries

Good things are brewing at Brau Bros….

Hello from Lucan,

First off, thanks for all the support! Our coolers are almost empty and we’re busting butts around here just to keep up.

I’m very excited to introduce the Single Batch Series of beers. These beers will literally be produced in as little as a single batch. However, despite the small production runs, they will see store shelves. I don’t want to do seasonals, if I want to make Wit in December or Imperial Stout in June, I reserve the right.

Our first release is a double nut braun ale called Ring Neck Braun Ale. It will be released on October 13, pheasant hunting opener. At over 6.5%ABV, it’s sizeable, dry and fruity with hints of almond and raspberry but dry like a walnut. Fun ale and perfect for late fall!

We are producing under 900 cases and 32 kegs for this initial ale. We are preselling this beer on a first-come first-serve basis. Over 70% is spoken for, so please contact us if you would like our reps to be extra pushy with your favorite retailer!

We are going to pour a single quarter barrel at the ABR, that will be the ONLY event it will be sampled at. I’ve got the next couple of Single Batch Series beers planned, but I’d love to hear suggestions or ideas.

As always, please don’t hesitate to call or email!

Dustin Brau
CEO, Brewer, Middle Brother
Brau Brothers Brewing Co,
Lucan, MN

Tyranena Update: Twin Cities distribution, ABR

By on September 20, 2007in breweries

Some Minnesota-related news from our friends in Lake Mills, WI.

…Twin Cities Distribution To Occur Soon. If you have been waiting for our beer to make it up to the Twin Cities… you need wait no more. Alcorn Beverage, our Twin Cities distributor, picked up beer on Monday. Now you will just have to wait for them to start getting it out into the various liquor stores. And to kick off our distribution in the Twin Cities we will be attending the 7th Annual Autumn Beer Review.

We will be pouring Bitter Woman IPA, Rocky’s Revenge Bourbon Barrel-Aged Brown, Three Beaches Honey Blonde and rotating our remaining Brewers Gone Wild! series beers starting with Hop Wh0re Imperial IPA, The Devil Made Me Do It! Coffee Imperial Oatmeal Porter (sorry Mindy), and High-Class Broad Brandy Barrel-Aged Imperial Brown….

News from Vine Park

By on September 11, 2007in beer stores, breweries, homebrew

Got an Email update from Vine Park today. Here’s the beer-related info. More info of course at www.vinepark.com.

A huge thank you goes out to all of you for making this the busiest summer on record at Vine Park!

The custom wine opportunity in July has come and gone but the wines are silently aging all over the area. This was such a hit, we are already planning how to offer more types of wines and to make it easier to get everyone a reserved spot.

And the Belgian recipes in August again drew crowds. This year we offered a series of Belgian Brew Clubs in addition to the custom brewing option and this sold out in record time.

We have a few new things in the works; only some of which are detailed in this email. And to update all of you asking about the growlers; we have been so busy brewing we paused in our efforts until we resolved one issue. Now that we are past that, we intend to work with the City to finish what we started.

Please don’t worry, you will hear from us just as soon as we can offer our first Growlers to you.

WOW! Again, we thank you for your patronage.

Andy & Dan

Brew Club
Time to get the beer fridge refilled and just in time Vine Park is starting our special seasonal mixes.

Autumn Mix kicks off on Sept 12th with just four nights of brewing. Get those traditional rich & delicious beers of autumn!

Winter Mix always fills fast so we’ve set aside 5 (!) Brew Clubs starting Nov 21st. This mix is chock full of powerful & tasty beverages to keep you warm this winter.

Re-Opening on Mondays
Starting Monday, Oct 15th you can brew beer & make wines again at Vine Park.

Just in time for the annual Fall rush to brew for football season & holiday social events, Dan will be back from Bavaria and with a full crew of Brew Coaches we can again handle six days of brewing and wine making.

Check our on line reservation system or give us a call at 651 – 228 – 1355.