Good news! It’s not on Chris’ sight yet, (…er, yeah it is… dumb RSS feed…) but the red tape has been cut and McCann’s in St. Cloud has been approved to brew! Something tells me that Chris is probably brewing instead of blogging right now!
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Holiday fun at Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
Tuesday of this week is Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery’s annual holiday fire and release of Festivus. Once again, it sounds like a tasty beer. Mike promises mulled ale as well. Last year, the crew heated up a batch of their Scotch ale with mulling spices. It was an interesting flavor – not something I cared for with the first sip, but it quickly grew on me. Hot spiced beer… who knew?
Happy Holidays All,
This coming Tuesday, December 18 marks the date of our annual holiday fire.5:00 pm we will release “Festivus 2007” this year the holiday brew is a Belgian Dark Ale aged on rich Belgian Dark Chocolate
5-7pm Gather around our warm holiday fire outside while you enjoy a nice warm mug of mulled ale. Our gift to you!
Can’t make it on Dec. 18????? Don’t worry we will release “1800” our classic English IPA on December 19…Release 5:00pm
Remember us for that last minute gift…..We will have a fresh supply of re-designed Town Hall sweatshirts and a new supply of 1800 IPA T-shirts. Don’t know their size…we’ve got gift cards.
Mike
Summit firkins this week
For those of you with your panties in a bunch about too much Surly coverage as of late, fear not, here’s some information bout another brewery! (And seriously, if you have feedback, good or bad, you can always e-mail me directly… ryanATmnbeer.com.)
Many thanks to Dennis for the skinny on this one.
Wednesday: Groveland Tap, St. Paul – Summit will be sharing a firkin of Winter Ale, dry-hopped with fuggles.
Thursday: The Happy Gnome, St. Paul – a firkin of Winter Ale spiced with nutmeg and allspice.
Friday: Grumpy’s NE – a firkin of Great Northern Porter with an addition of Belgian chocolate.
This sounds like some firkin fun!
Groveland tap’s 12 Night’s of Christmas
12 Nights of specials from 6pm to close. Craft beer specials in bold…
Dec. 12th – grab bag night – $2 bottles until they run out
Dec. 13th – Schell’s Snowstorm – $2.25 pints, $9 pitchers
Dec. 14th – MGD light bottles – $2
Dec. 15th – PBR double wides – $10, Roller Girls
Dec 16th – Blue Moon $3 taps
Dec. 17th – $10 bottles of merlot and chard.
Dec. 18th – Summit Flight (sampler) night $5. They carry ALL of Summit’s beers
Dec. 19th – Merry Firkin Christmas – firkins from Summit, Surly, Schell’s, Bell’s & Big Sky
Dec. 20th – Big Sky Powderhound – $2.25 taps, $9 pitchers
Dec. 21st – Black Jack Night – $3 – the Tap’s very own creation… Rush River Bubblejack & Redhook Blackhook poured like a black & tan
Dec. 22nd – Leinie What’s your mix? $2 bottles (honey, original, berry, red, sunset)
Dec. 23rd – Delerium Noel – $6/bottle.
1 million cases of Schell’s on the wall…
On Wednesday, August Schell Brewing Company will roll out their millionth case of beer the old fashioned way, via horses and a beer wagon.
Also of note is that the company plans to have a series of special German-style beers leading up to the 150th anniversary, available only in kegs.