Whoops! Forgot to post this one the other day. In case you haven’t already heard, Summit announced that they’ll be opening a taproom in September at the brewery. The initial plan is to have taproom hours on Fridays from 3-8pm in their rathskeller, an area you’re probably familiar with if you’ve sampled beer at Summit. The brewery plans to have food trucks on site as well. More news on this one as we get closer to September!
Have you had a chance to try Surly’s latest anniversary beer, SŸX yet? If you haven’t purchased a bottle yet or weren’t at All Pints North for a sample, Monday is your first chance to try this 15% abv wood-aged American Strong Ale. Aster Cafe will host the release part on Monday at 6pm. 8 oz. pours for $7 It’s a sipper. Enjoy!
Another new beer festival? Not exactly. This year’s Twin Cities Beer Fest was on the scene last year under the moniker, Minneapolis Beer Fest, but thanks to a venue change, it returns as Twin Cities Beer Fest.This event promises to be a “grand sampling event” with hundreds of beers in unlimited pours. Food trucks? Check. Live music? Check. Games? Yessirree. Competitive eating? Holy shit, yes.
The event takes place on August 11th from 3-7pm in the old Met Stadium parking lot at the Mall of America in Bloomington. Free parking, of course, will be plentiful, but the wiser choice, of course is to hop on the light rail and use that as your sober cab.
Proceeds benefit the Finnegans Community Fund. I didn’t make it out for this one last year, but with any luck, I’ll check it out this year.
Okay, so there’s no Dave & Jace show as far as I can tell, but it sounds good…
[Correction: It should be the Dave & Jace Show, not the Jace & Dave Show.-ed.]
After a short stint in the Fargo/Moorhead area, Deschutes’ Base Camp (and of course Woody) head to St. Cloud on Friday for a handful of events and then off to the Twin Cities starting Saturday, making appearances at The Beer Dabbler & Tiffany’s and continuing on throughout the Twin Cities, hitting bars, restaurants, homebrew shops like Northern Brewer and Beer stores. For the complete list of events, check out the press release PDF..
Woody with friends from SockGuy (who, by the way, make great custom cycling socks).