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.

Town Hall 1800 Release

Stop by Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery on Monday for their 1800 English IPA. Yum!

Hey All,
We made it to mid June, that means it is time for your favorite 1800 English IPA. Stop by this coming monday for the release at 5pm. Ask about the small plate (a small portion designed to go with the newly released beer), he cooked up another good one!
Skol-
Mike

Goose Island Events

There are a few of ’em, so let’s get down to biznich…

1. Groveland Tap will have the Goose Island Reserve series available in limited quanties on Tuesday, June 16th at 6:00pm. Head over to St. Paul for Bourbon County Stout, Nightstalker, Imperial IPA and Demolition.

2. Eagle St. Grille will be hosting a Goose Island Summertime Kickoff featuring $3.50 pints of Goose Island Summertime Kolsch on Wednesday June 17th from 6pm – ?  Enjoy some pints on the deck!

3. Nomad World Pub will be hosting a Goose Island Reserve Night featuring $5 8oz. pours of Night Stalker on Thursday, June 18th starting at 7pm. Night Stalker is now ranked #31 on Beer Advocate’s ‘Top Beers On The Planet’ list and rising.  This will be one of your last chances to get Night Stalker before it is gone until 2010.

4. On Thursday, June 25 beginning at 6pm,  Restaurant Max and Goose Island Beer are hosting a reception and five course, beer dinner for $45 per person (excluding tax and gratuity).

The courses are exquisitely prepared by the acclaimed culinary team of Restaurant Max and carefully paired with Goose Island Beers. Call 612.340.0303 to make your reservation today.

Surly & Brooklyn Center Liquor May Bring Back Darkness Day

Brooklyn Center Liquor partners with Surly Brewing to sell ‘Darkness’ at fall festival, Wendy Erlien, Sun Newspapers

Eric’s been keeping tight lips about this one for a number of weeks, but it looks like Sun Newspaper scooped us. In any case, Darkness Day looks much more likely this year than previously thought. We won’t go so far as to say that’s definite (Omar alluded to that on BA), but it looks better, anyway…

A lease agreement approved by the council allows Brooklyn Center Liquor to lease a space in the Surly Brewing Co. building, 4811 Dusharme Drive, to sell the beer for one day during the festival.

The beer [Darkness] will be purchased from Surly Brewing Co., delivered to the leased space and sold in special 750 centiliter [ml, actually -ryan] bottles that are smaller than the previously sold growlers. A growler, as defined by Surly, is a “refillable, reusable glass beer jug” for individuals to purchase 64 ounces of beer to bring home.