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.

City Pages Beer Festival

By on May 9, 2011in beer events, breweries

The 19th annual City Pages Beer Festival returns to downtown near 10th & Hennepin on Saturday, June 4, 2011.  This outdoor tasting features a variety of domestic and imported beers, live music and great people watching!  Advance tickets are $26, available at select MGM locations and online at www.citypages.com/beerfest.  Tickets will be available at the door the night of the event for $30.  Get the VIP Experience for $45 and enjoy FREE food, larger beers, early admission and private restrooms.  An $8 designated driver ticket is also available.  Regular admission includes all beer samples and live musical entertainment, including two bands – SellOut Stereo and Visceral – plus, accordionist Bill Koncar and the ever-popular Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band.

A portion of proceeds from the tasting will benefit the St. Paul Jaycees.  Check out www.citypages.com/beerfest for additional information.

If you’re going to the festival and still need more beer after, stop in to MacKenzie with your wristband for $1 off your first beer.

National Homebrew Day Big Brews

By on May 6, 2011in beer events, homebrew

Check it out. Northern Brewer is brewing Town Hall’s Hope & King Scotch Ale as a Big Brew for National Homebrew Day. 

As a friendly reminder, Northern Brewer Saint Paul will be joining the American Homebrewer’s Association in celebrating National Homebrew Day by taking part in this year’s Big Brew.  Feel free to stop by Northern Brewer any time after we open at 10AM – we expect to be wrapping up by 4PM.

In more recent news; we have decided to collaborate with a twin cities’ favorite, The Town Hall Brewery and Tap.  For this year’s big brew session we’ll be breaking out one of Northern Brewer’s Pro Series, a collaborative line of commercial recipes for the homebrewer.  We will be brewing the Town Hall’s Hope and King Scotch Ale along with a brewer from The Town Hall.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join with two Twin Cities’ favorites and talk beer all day long on the day that our Nation joins together to celebrate beer, and brewing it at home!

We hope to see you this Saturday, but in the unfortunate event that you’re not able to join us here at the Brew Shop, don’t forget to take a moment at Noon to raise a toast to beer and Homebrewing.  You’ll be joining hundreds of thousands of American Homebrewers.

Cheers!
Northern Brewer Saint Paul

Minnesota Home Brewers Association will also be brewing IPA in Minnetonka.

This year’s MHBA Big Brew meeting will be held on Saturday, May 7th from 10am to 4pm at a warehouse in Minnetonka which may be the future home of a new brewery here in Minnesota. The address is: 6020 Culligan Way, Minnetonka MN 55345.

We are gong to take a new direction with Big Brew this year.  Our focus will be learning about single hop varieties in IPA’s which include bitterness, flavor, and aroma. We, as a club, will be brewing an IPA with extract and specialty grains.