Beer geek favorite Clown Shoes from Massachusetts is now available in Minnesota. To celebrate, Heritage in Maplewood will be sampling their beers today from 5-7pm.
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Boarfest at Butcher & the Boar Sunday
Butcher & the Boar in Minneapolis is hosting Boarfest on Sunday, from noon-10pm in their tented Beer Garden. The event will feature a ton of craft Oktoberfest beers including Bell’s, Victory, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Two Brothers Atom Smasher, Surly and more. They’ll also have a cask of Fulton’s The Libertine.
They’ll be serving grilled foods ranging from boar brats to oysters and will feature live music from Drew Peterson, Tim Mahoney, City on the Make, Jack Brass Band, Luke Warm and the Cool Hands.
No cover.
Lift Bridge Harvestör Cask Tapping at Ngon Bistro Today
St. Paul’s first cask of Lift Bridge Harvestör Fresh Hop Ale gets tapped at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro right after work: 5pm-7pm.
Hai has some great patio menu items including:
- Anise braised Thousand Hills short ribs on baguette with arugula and pickled sprouts and scallons
- Curry tempura Lake Superior Herring with sweet potatoes fries and spicy aioli
- Grilled five spice sausage made with Fischer Farms pork
- Spring Rolls made with organic greens, mint, vermicelli noodles, shrimp & BBQ pork
Enjoy some Harvestör and celebrate the last few patio days of the year!
Harvestör Details
Beer style: Fresh Hop Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 60
SRM: 13
Description: Constant addition of fresh, organic Cascade hops from Hippity Hops Farms in Forest Lake, MN. Aromatic and caramel malts compliment the hop character for an incredibly balanced beer that celebrates the hop harvest without killing your tongue.
Surly Tap Takeover Tonight at Muddy Waters
From 2pm – close today Muddy Waters is getting all Surly on your proverbial ass. Muddy’s will feature 17 Surly beers, apparently “the most Surly beers on tap, at once, at one establishment, EVER!”
Beer List:
Furious, Cynic, Bender, Coffee Bender, Five, SŸX, Hell, Fiery Hell, Bitter Brewer, Cacao Bender, Darkness, SurlyFest, Wet, Bandwagon, Schadenfreude, Smoke and Mild.
Tap prices will range between $5.50 – $7 and Muddy Waters will also offer a special Hell beer cheese dog for $5.
Minnesota’s First Draft Mead Tapping at Blue Nile
Al McCarty and Brad “Beerguy” Magerkurth will be tapping the 1st official production draft offering of mead in kegs at The Blue Nile from 5-8pm, Tuesday, October 2nd November 1st. The mead is dry hopped with Centennial and Amarillo and is the creation of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, CO and Meadmaker David Meyers. Juniper, Black Raspberry, Apricot Nectar, Traditional and “Nectar of the Hops” dry-hopped meads will all be available to sample for free!