The Minnesota Pint Law (…or Surly bill, if you prefer) as well as legislation to allow liquor stores to sell store-branded apparel are scheduled in a hearing in front of the House Regulatory & Reform Committee on Wednesday at 2:30pm. If you can make it, please do.
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Lucan, Brau Brothers on Huffington Post
Our good friends from Lucan, Brau Brothers Brewing Co. and others were recently featured on Daniel Klein’s Perennial Plate on The Huffington Post. According to Vimeo, the video is 11 months old, however the facetime on Huffington Post certainly helps get the word out. Check it out. The Perennial Plate is a web-based documentary series about sustainable food. Video below:
The Perennial Plate Episode 8: Lucan, MN from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.
This episode is about local food heros in Lucan MN. The town has only 220 people but great things are happening. Watch till the end for a special surprise.
Brewing TV #34: Decoction Day
Check out the latest from our good friends at Brewing TV!
Brewing TV – Episode 34: Decoction Day from Brewing TV on Vimeo.
Original Postdate: April 8, 2011
Features:
– Double Decoction Brew Session
– Tasting Notes
– Snowball Fight!
Back to the garage! Join Chip and Dawson for another brew day – this time the beer is a dark Munich lager (with a twist) brewed with a double decoction mash. The Canoe Cam is busted out for more tasting notes, the dogs play some soccer, and BTV Cub Reporter Bryon Adams shows up after the work is done for some barley wine. Alles fur Brau, und Brau fur Alles.
Minnesota Pint Law: Next Step, Senate Floor
SF416, The Minnesota Pint Law, (or “the Surly bill,” if you will) passed a senate committee hearing tonight and now moves to the floor for debate. Very cool. That puts us one step closer to allowing breweries to sell pints of beer at their brewery.
Thought I couldn’t make it tonight, it sounds like there was a great crowd that showed up tonight in support of the law change. I’m told (with bias, of course… hell, we are beer dorks after all…) that our friends such as Omar from Surly and Jason Alvey from The Four Firkins presented themselves well. Though this certainly doesn’t guarantee a slam dunk on the floor, it’s a good start.
If you showed up in support tonight we all thank you!
Brooklyn Tasting/Signing at Heritage Monday
Look left, look right… yeah. Right there. See the Event list. Yeah. In any case, we’ve mentioned that this week marks the rollout of Brooklyn in our market before. Follow the link and if it’s your style (as it seems to be for some folks) hop on the Brooklyn train. There’s many-a-stops and Frank wanted us to remind us that you shouldn’t miss a visit with Steve Hindy from Brooklyn at Heritage on Monday. Read on… or just show up… 7pm at Heritage.
Before starting up Brooklyn Brewery, President and Co-founder Steve Hindy was a journalist, serving as a Beirut based Middle East Correspondent for the Associated Press. While back in the states watching the Mets 1986 championship season unfold and brewing his own beer, he convinced his downstairs neighbor Tom Potter that they should quit their jobs and start a brewery. No one has done more to promote beer and its food pairing possibilities and that passion keeps Brooklyn on the leading edge of the craft beer revolution. Today, they are a top 40 brewery in the US and also ship to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan and Great Britain.
We’re excited to welcome Brooklyn Brewery to Minnesota and have the one and only Steve Hindy himself in store on Monday April 4th at 7PM. We’ll have samples of all the brews they are bringing into the state, including their IPA, Brown Ale, Lager, Summer Ale, Pennant Ale and Local 1 & 2. Steve will also be signing copies of his book, Beer School, about his experiences starting a brewery from scratch, and the first 20 people who can read will receive a free autographed copy.