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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.

PedalPub Update: Minneapolis Park Board Permit Revoked, New St. Paul Routes…

By on July 21, 2007in beer laws, misc. mn beer

Here’s an update from the PedalPub… of note, I took about 12 co-workers on the PedalPub for the St. Louis Park Parktacular parade and everyone had a blast. Surprised? I didn’t think so… Eric and Al are great hosts. Eric’s family even joined us for the ride at the last minute.

By the way, I’m encouraging you all to write the Minneapolis Park Board Commissioners a nice, polite note encouraging them to reinstate the PedalPub’s permit to operate on city parkways. I’m sure you all can come up with a nice way of letting them know what a great, unique service Al and Eric offer. Get to it!

Whew!  It has been a VERY busy July for the PedalPub!  You may have seen us in the St. Louis Park Parktacular parade, or the Juneteenth Parade, or the Lakeville Pan-O-Prog parade, or the Edina 4th of July parade, or on one of our many routes around the city.  Thanks to all of you who are helping make the PedalPub so successful!  Here’s our latest news:

NEW! PEDALPUB MIXERS NIGHT – WED. AUG. 8, 6-9pm
We are trying something new to give people who have a hard time getting a ‘Pub’s worth of friends together at any one time – PedalPub Mixers Night!  You can ride the PedalPub with just a few of your friends, or just by yourself, and get to meet and know some new friends on the PedalPub at the same time!  Details are available on our website:  http://www.pedalpub.com  We can only accomodate 16 people, so reserve TODAY!

MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD PERMIT REVOKED
It is with sadness that we must notify you that the Minneapolis Park Board has revoked our permit to operate on Minneapolis city parkways.  Their stated reasons are that “the park board already has a contract with a bike vendor”, and “the customer service department does not have the ability or authority to grant a permit to the PedalPub.”  This means our Calhoun/Lake of the Isles and St.Anthony/Stone Arch Bridge routes are once again unavailable.  We will continue to pursue these routes through all channels available to us.  We’ll keep you posted.   In the meantime, if you wish to voice your support for the PedalPub, you can contact one or more Park Board Commissioners and let them know your thoughts.  Here’s a link to the Minneapolis Park Board Commissioners website:  http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=36  Also, please send a cc: to us at info@pedalpub.com.

On a happier note, we have opened a couple of routes in Saint Paul:

NEW! ST. PAUL CATHEDRAL HILL ROUTE
The Cathedral Hill Progressive Dinner route that traverses the Selby-Dale-Grand-Summit neighborhood of Saint Paul goes past TWENTY-FIVE bars and restaurants!  Pick 3-5 of them, and we can arrange for you a Progressive Dinner, where the restaurants will have successive courses ready for you, and brought out to the PedalPub!

NEW! ST. PAUL WEST SEVENTH STREET ROUTE
The West Seventh route starts at the Glockenspiel on West Seventh Street in Saint Paul, and goes past SEVENTEEN Saint Paul restaurants and clubs!  Get some PedalPub exercise, and stop in at your favorite Saint Paul haunts!

KNOW PEOPLE IN CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY OR MADISON?
We are looking for our first expansion of the PedalPub, and we have narrowed it down to one of these three cities.  Do you know any energetic people in one of these locations who would like to help us bring the PedalPub to their town?  Send us their name and email address, and perhaps an introduction to them!  info@pedalpub.com

WANT TO BE A PEDALPUB DRIVER?
Drop us an email with your name and email address!  MUST have a valid MN Driver’s license and a clean driving record.

Thanks again for being a PedalPub supporter!

Al Boyce/Eric Olson
Managing Partners
PedalPub, LLC

http://www.pedalpub.com
info@pedalpub.com
952-703-9000

New Beer at Great Waters

By on July 17, 2007in brewpubs

Be sure to check out the new beers over at Great Waters – Flying Circus Big Hop Ale (which is on cask) and Bring Out Yer Dead Red.

Flying Circus Big Hop Ale – This IPA like brew returns. Lots of Golden Promise malt, some unique hop varieties, cask conditioned, and dry hopped for an aroma that is completely different. Big malty backbone and a fanfare of hop flavour.

Bring Out Yer Dead Red – Another tribute to Monty Python’s “Holy Grail”. This deep amber beer is brewed with Minnesota wild flower honey and Egyptian chamomile flower flown in by African Swallows. Easy drinking exotically spiced ale.

The Surly Open (Disc) Golf Tournament

By on July 17, 2007in beer events, breweries

This sounds like a good time, and if I didn’t suck at disc golf (or have plans that day), I’d probably go. Surly Open.

That’s right. Surly is putting together a golf tournament Sunday, August 5th. Leave your golf shirts, clubs and balls at home, this one is a disc golf tourney. We will have sign-up on the web-site in a few days. The plan is to have to waves of a shotgun start. What’s that mean? Everybody that signs up will head out to a designated hole and start playing at the same time. We are planning on start times of 9:00 and 1:00. Cost is going to be $25. That includes the game of golf, a Surly disc golf and dinner. We are working on putting together some fun hole prizes. Like longest drive gets a case of beer, stuff like that.

Tell your friends and plan on signing up, we need to fill this event up so we can repeat it next year.

One more thing, this event is open to everyone. This is not a competitive tourney, the idea is to have a little fun. See you throwing!