So what’s a good brewery-warming gift?
Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park will be selling their first growlers Friday night from 6:30-8:30pm. They’ll have growlers of their first beer, Provider, available for purchase. From the website:
Provider is brewed to be light and refreshing with a slightly sweet malt flavor and floral hop aroma. Unfiltered to bring out the subtle flavors in this glorious brew. Let Provider take care of you for a while.
Assuming you’re not one of the people who doesn’t abuse the word “epic” (and “fail” for that matter), I’d like to invite you out to a little tasting at Heritage in Maplewood tonight. Read on.
In the last year, the new breweries that have entered into the Minnesota market have put our state in an enviable position for what we have available. On most of those lists, the most recent addition is Epic Brewing out of Utah, which was founded shortly after Utah lifted restrictions on alcohol content in 2008. They are the first brewery in that state since prohibition to exclusively brew beers over 4%ABV, brewing their first batch in March of 2010. Among the many awards they have already garnered, earlier this year they made the RateBeer Top New Brewers in the World in the #3 spot. From 5-7PM this Thursday, the 18th, we’ll be tasting out a few of their offerings to see what they’re all about. See you here.
“Rauchfest 2011,” a one-day festival featuring Beer, Food, Art and Live Music on Saturday, September 24. Located at 3036 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis will be the host site featuring live amplified music including New Primitives (Reggae/Rock), Butanes Soul Revue (Blues/Jazz/Rock), High Strung String Band (Bluegrass), Blue Soul Caravan (Folk), and a DJ from Harriet Brewing will be playing vinyl in-between sets.
A single batch of Rauchfest, a smoked Oktoberfest lager, will be brewed and on tap for this special festival. The brewery will also reintroduce their cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey. A total of six Harriet beers will be available throughout this engaging event for the Longfellow neighborhood and surrounding area. There will also be non-alcoholic beverages from Dandelion Kitchen, Rauchfest brats and vegetarian options from Seward Co-op, Rauchfest buns from Sun Street Breads, Reubens and smoked brisket from Stanley’s and more. Live painters, fire spinners, glass artists and various other arts and craft vendors will be participating throughout the day.
First 250 tickets sold at the Brewery (not online) include a collectible Rauchfest 2011 glass from Harriet Brewing.
Tickets
General Admission tickets are $15.00 and available at Harriet Brewing or online.
Each ticket includes a Harriet beer of your choice.
After September 1, 2011, ticket price will increase to $20.00
Flat Earth releases their seasonal Bermuda Triangle Tripel tonight at the Bulldog Lowertown. 5pm. Drink up.
Only the finest Belgian grains were brewed with Belgian candied sugar and orange blossom honey from the Bermuda Triangle then aged for several months to produce a bright, golden ale bursting with flavors of lemon, spice, and a touch of that orange blossom honey sweetness. This is an ale that is deceptively smooth and easy drinking, so be careful not to lose yourself in the flavors of Bermuda Triangle.
“Yeah, BA mag is about to look a whole lot sexier; inside and out.”
Of course they seem to be referring to their move using a perfect bound binding for the magazine and some new columns, but whatever. One of or Minnesota breweries is represented on the cover along with a metric shit-ton of Furious cans. Color me impressed… or at least thirsty!
Do beer bars still get free copies of the magazine? I haven’t seen it in ages and don’t subscribe.