…all of our ad space, anyway. We have eight Minnesota advertisers booked through January for the top banner placement on the site. Of course I know there’s still some interest out there, so I’m now looking at getting rid of the Google ad and making the space available to advertisers. The ad’s smaller, so it’ll be cheaper. Drop me an e-mail if you’re interested and I’ll send you specifics (ryan AT mnbeer.com).
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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.
Pint Glasses or T-Shirts?
I’ve been selling a little advertising on MNBeer.com and have decided that it’s time to get my hands on some MNBeer.com swag. So… (if you care, of course) what would you prefer? T-Shirts, pint glasses, something else?
The next August Schell 150th Anniversary Draft Series beer is…
A Dampfbier. On August 1st, August Schell Brewing Co. will release a beer honoring Otto Schell, the second president of Schell’s (1902-1911). The beer is a Bavarian Forest Dampfbier. As the folks at Schell’s put it,
Dampfbiers came from southern Bavaria during the late eighteenth century, when the Bavarian Forest was was one of the poorest regions in Bavaria. Wheat was too valuable to be wasted on beer brewing, and the hops of the nearby Hallertau region were too expensive to purchase. So brewers developed an all barley beer, but didn’t have the temperature control to produce lagers. With ales being a rarity in Germany, it required the brewer to travel to the nearest Weissbier brewery and scrounge some yeast to brew their Dampfbier.
Jace tells me it’s an all-barley beer fermented with their weizen yeast. Sounds good to me!
Surly Darkness – in October
People have worked themselves up into a bit of a fervor over at BeerAdvocate… 🙂 The release of Surly Darkness found it’s way to the Surly calendar. October 25th is the day, surely more details will follow.
Nordeast, Hennepin, Mussels oh my!
Hrrm. Got a note from Corey at Hohensteins to let us know that on July 16th at 6pm at Grumpy’s Northeast Pat will be manning the grill and bearing muscles… er mussels. Mussels made with Brewery Ommegang‘s Hennepin, in fact. Mussels are limited, (muscles, not so much), so arrive early.