Author: Kris

Lift Bridge Beer Dinner at Ngon

By on July 10, 2009in beer dinners, beer events, breweries

Ngon Vietnamese Bistro will be having a 5 course dinner paired with Lift Bridge beers on Tuesday July 21st on the new garden patio. The menu will consist of ingredients from local farms and markets. The dinner will start at 6pm and seating will be first come first serve. There will be a social hour from 5 to 6pm with happy hour drinks specials. Seats will be limited to 44 and will cost $50 per person.

Menu:
House cured Wild Acres duck prosciutto with swiss chard, snap peas, and Minnesota Tan Vinaigrette
Fischer Farms bacon & daikon cake, sliced radish, & anise cured Salmon with a cilantro sauce
Wild rice crusted Star Prairie Trout with grilled asparagus a rhubarb mango chutney
Thousand Hills short ribs braised in our pho spices with wasabi potatoes and five spice sauce
House made Lift Bridge Biscotti™ ice cream with a currant cookie

We will supply a tap and cask beers from to accompany the dishes above.

When: Tuesday, July 21st, 2009. Social hour @5PM, Dinner at 6PM.
Where: Ngon Vietnamese Bistro, 799 University Ave, St. Paul, MN
Tickets: $50.00 per person. Seating is first come first serve.

Clarification: Call Ngon to make your reservations. It is only the seating that will be on a first come, first serve basis.

$2 Beers @Common Roots

By on July 9, 2009in bars/restaurants, beer events

If you haven’t made it over to Common Roots yet, you’ve just run out of excuses. Besides great food and a nice patio, they have a great selection of local beers. And now through Sunday, as a way to celebrate 2 years in business, you can get those fine craft brews for just $2 when you mention their 2 year special!

To save you the effort of going to their website to see if there’s enough good stuff on tap here’s their current line up:
Finnegans, irish amber
Lift bridge, cross cut pale ale (just tapped yesterday) & farm girl saison
Point, summer wheat
Summit, oatmeal stout
Surly, coffee bender, cynic ale & furious

Thursday Flat Earth Growlers

By on July 9, 2009in breweries

In honor of today being Clerihew Day a little ditty for everyone.

Flat Earth
Minions of Mirth
Growler sales Tonight
To Help You Live it Up Right!

Belgian Pale Ale
Black Helicopter Coffee Stout
Element 115 Lager
Hep Cat Ale
Northwest Passage IPA
Sunburst Ale
Unfiltered Belgian Pale Ale
Unfiltered Element 115 Lager
Unfiltered Northwest Passage IPA
Sarsaparilla

Cheers!
Jeff

Get clean with Summit, maybe for free

By on July 8, 2009in breweries

A coffee beer is one way to start your day with some hops. Another way is with Summit soap!

The gift shop is in full swing for summer with new items including t-shirts, light jackets, work shirts, and our very own Summit soap! Working in collaboration with Bryn Mawr Soap out of Minneapolis, we’ve crafted a handmade, natural soap that uses hops and Extra Pale Ale in the recipe. Good enough to eat, but you might just want to stick to lathering yourself with this one.

So what about getting that soap for free? Well, if you submit a winning entry into their “Get to the bottom of it” campaign, $50 in merchandise will be yours, maybe to buy some soap with.

There’s no better way to discuss important issues than over a nice, cold Summit. That’s the idea behind our “Get to the bottom of it” campaign, which you may have seen around town. Now we’re giving you the chance to share your own thought-provoking questions with fellow Summit drinkers. Each month, we’ll pick the best and post it on our home page. If we choose yours, you’ll also win a $50 gift certificate good for Summit merchandise (and it just might appear in our ads). So “Get to the bottom of it” with Summit. It’s fun. Easy. And you can enter as many times as you like.

Surly Firkin at Edina Grill

By on July 8, 2009in beer events

Right now, the title pretty much sums up the details I know about. As we get closer to the date I’m sure the identity of the firkin will be released and a good bet on time would be around 6 or 7 PM. Suffice it to say that if you enjoy Surly’s beer in firkins just head over to the Edina Grill that evening an you probably won’t come away disappointed.

UPDATE: The cask will be of Furious and will be tapped around 6 pm.