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.

“We’re Having a Party, Please Come”

By on November 22, 2008in mnbeer.com

Bonus points for anyone who catches the song reference… in any case, we’re giving you far too much advanced warning, but we’re having a party in April. MNBeer turned 3 this year and we were all to busy to celebrate (or perhaps we were celebrating other things). So in light of that fact, we’ve decided to throw a 3.5 year birthday party for MNBeer.com. I don’t have the date or the venue nailed down quite yet, but I can promise you a good time, local beer, great people and more beer. Over the years, we’ve met a lot of our dear readers, but we’re still constantly running into new people. Let’s have a beer! Watch this space for more information.

“It’s time to have all our strangers over and make friends.”

Dark Mild at Barley John’s

By on November 22, 2008in brewpubs

This sounds good. I may have to roll out to Barley John’s before you jerks drink it all 🙂

The Mild is a style from England that shares the “session” status akin to the Bitter. A fair proportion of roasted barley and chocolate malts provide an almost stout/porter like quality in the flavor while the low alcohol and subsequent low body of the beer bring these flavors into focus with an easy drinkability.

Peak Organic Tasting at The Four Firkins

By on November 22, 2008in beer stores

Peak Organic Tasting night.
Tuesday 25th of November 5:30pm

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Peak Organic rep Dennis will be at the Firkins handing out free samples of his beer from 5:30 pm on Tuesday 25th. The samples will include his new Espresso Amber ale featured below. We’ll also have the regular Amber and the Nut Brown on hand to try.

This is an OPEN HOUSE event and it is FREE. You can come by anytime after 5:30pm to taste some beer and chat with Dennis.