Author: ryan

Ryan Anderson (that's me!) is the editor & founder of MNBeer. Much has changed since the fall of 2005 and I'm proud to have been a part of it all. Sometime I'll tell you about my grand theory that links craft brewing to punk rock. Just ask.

Summit 25th Anniversary Party Tickets on Sale Monday!

By on July 19, 2011in beer events, breweries

10am Monday, 7/25.

Event info…

We are fairly sure there will be beer there, and…

Saturday, September 10, 2011
11am-6pm behind our brewery at 910 Montreal Circle, St. Paul
$12
21+ only
Rain or Shine
50% of ticket sales goes directly to the Minnesota Music Coalition (MMC), a new nonprofit service organization dedicated to supporting Minnesota’s independent music community.

Live music by:
Solid Gold, X-Boys, Pert Near Sandstone, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, The Prizefighters
Hotpants DJs will be spinning Rare Soul, Deep Funk vinyl throughout the party.
Master of Ceremonies: Mark Wheat

Ticket link: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/53581?utm_medium=bks

Cask Beer Fun with Acadia Cafe & Northern Brewer

By on July 18, 2011in beer events, beer stores, breweries, cask beer, homebrew

The crew from Acadia Cafe & Northern Brewer are hooking up for a little beer engine fun featuring Surly Furious and Flying Dog Raging Bitch, both dry-hopped with Simcoe hops. Buy one of said cask-conditioned ales and you’ll get a free Brewing TV pint and be entered to win great swag like homebrewing starter kits (must be present to win).

To cap things off, Northern Brewer will be doing a brewing demo using their Surly Furious pro series kit.

Yum. 5-8, Tuesday, July 19th!

Vine Park Brews Cruise

By on July 18, 2011in b.o.p., beer events, breweries

Vine Park’s Annual Brews Cruise is happening August 6th, and we think you should sign up right now. The cruise includes 3 hours of beer, bbq, special music from former KFAI DJ Father Time and of course some Meet the Brewer time. Cheers! $65 over at vinepark.com

Cast off your worries for an evening of Fun with the Vine Park Brew Crew as we enjoy a 3-hour cruise on the Mississippi River with hot food, cold beer, and warm friends. And we throw in a free Vine Park pint glass! The Cruise is Saturday, August 6th and we depart from Harriet Island across from downtown St Paul at 5:30pm. The boat waits for no one and you must purchase tickets ahead of time as we limit attendance. Tickets are just $75 per person but if you buy before the Fourth of July, we have a heck of deal for you: $65 and you still get the pint glass! Buy tickets at the Brewery or online.

Black IPA Tasting at Heritage Tonight

By on July 14, 2011in beer events, beer stores

Thursday tasting (today) at Heritage. Black IPAs.  5-7pm.

What a bunch of difficult-to-please-never-happy bastards us craft beer drinkers are. We couldn’t settle for choosing dark beers or pale hoppy beers when we open the fridge. We had to pull a “your chocolate is in my peanut butter, your peanut butter is in my chocolate” and get our overworked brewers to give their IPA’s a sun burn. If you like the malty goodness of a dark beer, but also the bitter bite of a pale ale, then Black IPAs are for you (or maybe Dark Cascadian Ales or India Black Ales are for you). For the return of our Thursday night tastings, we’re gonna roll out some Black IPAs to try, so be here from 5-7PM this Thursday the 14th.