Head over to Heritage tomorrow (That’d be November 4th for those of you playing along at home) for a blind Stout tasting. Their blind IPA tasting was so popular, they decided do one for the dark beer lovers. The blind stout tasting will contain 4 different styles: Imperial, Foreign, Cream and Oatmeal. Once again, you’ll be able to compare and contrast different interpretations of the stout style.
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Summit Imperial Pumpkin Porter Release & Video Fun
Have you tried Summit’s latest Unchained beer, Imperial Pumpkin Porter? Here’s a video shot at Charles Jones’ farm when the gang picked organic heirloom pumpkins for Nate’s beer. Charles works on the keg line at Summit at well.
If you missed last night’s release at Stub & Herb’s, you can catch brewer Nate will be at the following places to welcome the release of his new beer:
October 28: Stella’s Fish Café, 7-9pm.
October 29: Happy Gnome, 4-6pm.
November 19: Patrick’s in St. Peter gets a piece of Nate! Features include a cask-conditioned edition of his brew. 7-10pm.
Blue Nile Stout Fest
Visit The Blue Nile this weekend for their celebration of dark ales, stouts, & porters. All of their taps will be devoted to said beers, and of course they’ll have more available in bottles.
Beers on tap:
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2009
Avery The Czar 2009
Surly Darkness
Bell’s Expedition Stout
Mikkeller Black Hole
Rogue Double Chocolate
Dark Horse Plead the Fifth
Summit Imperial Pumpkin Porter
Flying Dog Coffee Stout, & more.
Bottles also available as sampler set.
They’ll also have a cask of coffee-infused Rush River Chocolate Oatmeal Stout.
Free pints for costume-wearers.
The Beer Knight
The short story – Lanny Hoff is the reason we have access to a lot of the great Belgian beers we all enjoy. Lanny was recently knighted in Belgium for all of his hard work.
“The Chevalerie du Fourquet des Brasseurs Knights of Honour are chosen for their service to the brewing profession. These are people who have risen to the top of their profession and have attracted attention as selfless defenders of beer. They are not always brewers, as illustrated by the induction of author and Beer Hunter Michael Jackson, or American beer bar owners Dave Alexander and Tom Peters.”
If you’ve never had the pleasure of speaking with Lanny (or just hearing him speak) about beer, make time. Speaking of which, The Heavy Table did just that… give it a read!
Tallgrass Tasting at Heritage
Heritage will be hosting Tallgrass area rep Rob Shellman on October 28th. Rob will bepouring all four of the brews they are currently distributing to Minnesota. Tallgrass is located in Manhattan, Kansas and only sends their beer to Kansas, Missouri and Minnesota.