The state government maybe shut down but local beer lovers can still get a free handout. Thursday July 7th @ 6pm Rock Bottom will be tapping their new seasonal beer. The Eurotrash Brunette ale. This is a brown ale made with the finest European malts, hops and fermented with a German ale yeast. This beer may not be overly sophisticated, but is plain up tasty and guaranteed to be good company on a warm summers night. As always the first beer is on the house, this beer is dedicated to all the foreign exchange students without whom lets face it most of us would never have had the slightest interest in learning a foreign language.
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Schell’s Stag Series #4 Isn’t an IIPA?!
Go figure.
Schell Stag Series #4: Burton Ale
OG 22 Plato
IBU 60
SRM 24
Before India Pale Ales were synonymous with Burton upon Trent, there was Burton Ale a darker, sweeter beer. Burton Ales were so popular, in fact, that as recent as 1948, it was considered one of the four main types of British draught beer, sitting beside mild, pale ale, and stout.
More so than perhaps any other beer style in history, the demise of Burton Ales happened amazingly fast. Brewers, faced with the consumer preference for bitters and lagers saw sales of Burton and mild ales plummet. By the end of the 1960s Burton ales were virtually gone.
Schell’s Burton Ale is a nod to a forgotten style of beer. Using traditional floor malted Fawcett Maris Otter as a base, the malt bill also includes torrified wheat and two different British Crystal malts. As is traditional for British brewers, we added sugar in the kettle, in our case turbinado and some Dark Candi Syrup. Old Burton Extra is hopped with Nugget and Goldings, fermented with a British ale yeast, dry-hopped, and aged for 3 months prior to release.
Release: Sept 2011
Ayinger Beer Dinner at Glockenspiel
Glockenspiel will feature a five-course beer dinner with Gertrud Hein-Eickhoff, Export Manager for Ayinger Brewery. Chef Tom Kane has created a menu of fine German cuisine paired with the classic beers of Ayinger. This is a rare chance to spend an evening with a German beer expert.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 – 7:00 pm
$45.00 Per Person
Incl taxes and gratuity.
Please call the Glockenspiel to reserve your spot today. (651) 292-9421
Beer Dabbler Highland Fest
This year marks the third Beer Dabbler event at Highland Fest. And for the record, I’ve only filed in tapping one cask at the event. Will Summit let me tap another? Only time will tell. In short, you’ll have to get Beer Dabbler tickets.
This year the event takes place on July 16th from 1-5pm and will feature more than 65 breweries, 200 beers, live music, food, a jumbotron & beer education. You had me at jumbotron… er beer. Seriously, The Beer Dabbler puts on a good event and I’ve had a good time at every one. Dig it.
Barley’s Angels
This sounds rad… guys, sit this one out, ladies… have at it! The new Twin Cities chapter of Barley’s Angels is having their first meeting at The Muddy Pig on June 30th. The plan is to have a couple pints, chat it up and decide the focus for the next few months.
Barley’s Angels is a growing collection of individual chapters around the world that work with craft-beer focused breweries, brewpubs, restaurants, alehouses and other public beer establishments to advance the female consumer craft beer enthusiast, resulting in increased patronage and revenue from women, while encouraging education and interest in beer among this often under-recognized demographic group.