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American Craft Beer Week Events from Hohenstein’s

By on May 7, 2013in bars/restaurants, breweries

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I don’t even know where to start… enjoy!
MULTI-DAY RUNNING FEATURES & EVENTS

NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE May 13-17
-Featuring:
**Rush River Nevermore Shakes **Founder’s All Day IPA Fish Sandwich
**Bell’s Two Hearted Beer Cheese Soup **Ace Joker Mimosas

TOWN HALL TAP (Chicago Ave) all week long
-All Minnesota Beers on tap. Featuring Fulton and Bad Weather Brewing

MUDDY PIG all week long
-Featuring New Holland Beers and Spirits

UPTOWN TAVERN throughout the week
-Beer & Brat combo. Will be making different beer brats throughout the week

KRYMARCZUK’S all week long
-Brats made with Rush River Small Axe Golden Ale

RESTAURANT ALMA all week long
-$15.00 beer flight featuring Fulton Blonde, Lift Bridge Farm Girl & Two Brother’s Domaine du Page. Will be paired with prix fix menu

HAUTE DISH all week long
-$2.00 off American Craft Pints

STUB & HERBS all week long
-All Minnesota taps featuring Fulton and Bad Weather Brewing

VALLEY TAP HOUSE all week long
-Serving Founder’s Dirty Bastard Jambalaya

PAIRINGS all week long
-Baja Beer Battered Fish Tacos made with Bell’s Oberon $12.00
Pair them with a pint of Oberon $3.00

WASHINGTON SQUARE all week long
-Celebrating American Craft Beers all year long, this week we will be focusing on regional and Eco-Friendly Breweries such as Fulton, Rush River & Great Lakes

MAD CAPPER all week long
-“Coast to Coast Week”. Featuring beers from Lagunita’s, Boulder, Fulton, Founder’s and Southern Tier

CHEROKEE WEST ST. PAUL all week long
-Featuring Bell’s, Fulton and Schell’s

SMALLEY’S STILLWATER all week long
-Release the inner pirate in you! Featuring multiple Lagunita’s all week. Will also be tapping Big Sky Old Blue Hair Barley Wine & Big Sky Power Wagon Wheat Wine

THE LOOP ROCHESTER all week long
-Featuring 3 Fulton Brews, Bell’s Two Hearted & Left Hand Milk Stout

KATHY’S PUB ROCHESTER all week long
-Featuring Bell’s Two Hearted and Oberon

McGOONS TAXI CO. ROCHESTER all week long
-Featuring Lagunita’s Undercover Shutdown Ale & Bad Weather Wind Vane

THE TAP HOUSE ROCHESTER all week long
-Featuring 50 Craft Beers on tap

LONE OAK GRILL every Friday in May @ 4pm
-Firkin Friday’s featuring casks from Fulton, Founder’s, Bell’s, Rush River and Big Sky

MONDAY, MAY 13TH:

OLD CHICAGO APPLE VALLEY @ 5pm
-Michigan invades Minnesota. Tap Takeover featuring beers from Bells, Founders and New Holland

MUDDY WATERS @ NOON
-Tapping Founder’s KBS, Founder’s Double Trouble, Bell’s Black Note, Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout, Surly Pentagram and more! Giving away 4 pairs of tickets to ST. Paul Summer Beer Fest

BAR ABILENE @ 4pm
-Southern Tier Tap Takeover featuring: Back Burner, 2X IPA, 2X Milk Stout, Iniquity, Mocha, Oak-aged Unearthly and Hop Sun

BULLDOG UPTOWN @ 5pm
-Southern Tier Tap Takeover featuring: Pumking, Creme Brûlée, Back Burner, Iniquity & Oak-aged Unearthly

BULLDOG NORTHEAST @ 5pm
-Rush River Tap Takeover featuring: Unforgiven Amber, Bubble Jack, Double Bubble, Uber Alt, Nevermore and Small Axe

REPUBLIC SEVEN CORNERS @ 6pm
-Bell’s Jazz Series featuring on tap: Le Contrebassiste, Le Batteur & Le Pianiste with live Jazz music

GROVELAND TAP all day long
-Lagunita’s Undercover Cask

BUSTER’S ON 28TH @ 5pm
-5 Bell’s on tap featuring: Expo Stout, Raspberry Ale, Smoked Vienna Lager, Two Hearted & Oberon.

TUESDAY, MAY 14TH:

GEORGE AND THE DRAGON @4pm
-5 Fulton’s on tap featuring: War & Peace, Sweet Child of Vine, Lonely Blonde, The Expat Rye Saison & The Ringer Pale Ale

BLACKBIRD @ 4pm
-Lagunita’s Steal the Pint Night. Buy a pint of Lagunita’s and keep the glass (while supplies last)

WARD 6 @ 4pm
-Cask of Bad Weather (style to be announced). St. Paul Summer Beer Fest ticket giveaway.

BILLY’S ON GRAND 5-8pm
-Lagunita’s Steal the Pint Night. Buy a pint of Lagunita’s IPA or Undercover and keep the glass (while supplies last)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH:

ANSARI’S (Eagan) @ 5pm
-Lagunita’s Steal the Pint Night. Buy a pint of Lagunita’s and keep the glass (while supplies last) Featuring: WTF, IPA, Lil Sumpin’ Maximus & Undercover

ACADIA CAFE @ 5pm
-Big Sky Tap Takeover featuring: Old Blue Hair Barley-wine, Power Wagon Wheat Wine, Bucking Monk, Brush Tail Saison & Moose Drool

NOMAD WORLD PUB @ 6pm
-Midweek Beer Geek. Tapping a keg of Founder’s KBS

BARRIO EDINA 3-7pm
-Fulton Tap Takeover featuring: Sweet Child of Vine IPA, Lonely Blonde, The Ringer Pale Ale, War & Peace Coffee Imperial Stout and a cask of Insurrection Imperial IPA. Also featuring War & Peace Lamb Barbacoa Empanadas

PAT’S TAP 3-7pm
-Featuring Lagunita’s WTF, Undercover, Pils and IPA all on tap. St. Paul Summer Beer Fest ticket giveaways every hour

PRACNA ON MAIN @ 5pm
-Founder’s specialty tappings featuring: Doom, Double Trouble & Dirty Bastard

MUDDY PIG
-Featuring a cask of Great Lakes Commodore Perry

PIG AND FIDDLE @ 4pm
-Featuring New Holland beers and spirits. Tapping an extremely rare keg of Blue Sunday

WHISTLE BINKIES PUB NORTH ROCHESTER 5pm-Midnight
-8 American Crafts on tap featuring Fulton and Bad Weather Brewing

THURSDAY, MAY 16TH:

HAPPY GNOME @ 5pm
-Bad Weather Happy Hour featuring Wind Vane, Ominous & Migration

TILIA
-Featuring Left Hand Brews: Smokejumper, Milk Stout and Twin Sister

BLUE NILE
-Featuring Southern Tier Brews: Back Burner, Iniquity, Creme Brûlée and Mocha

REPUBLIC SEVEN CORNERS
-Ommegang Tap Takeover featuring: Game of Thrones Iron Blonde Ale, Art of Darkness, Gnomegang & Fleur de Houblon

BULLDOG UPTOWN @ 5pm
-Tapping Bell’s Barrel-aged Batch 9000, Black Note, Roundhouse IRA, Surly Darkness & Surly Pentagram

STANLEY’S @ 6pm
-Tapping Fulton Worthy Adversary and War & Peace. Will be giving away a pair of tickets to Stanley’s Art a Whirl Beer Fest

BRYANT LAKE BOWL @ 5pm
-Tapping Founder’s Doom and Founder’s Double Trouble

COMMON ROOTS CAFE @ 6pm
-Rush River Tap Takeover featuring: Nevermore, Uber Alt, Double Bubble, Unforgiven Amber and a cask of Bubblejack IPA on Lavender.

MACKENZIES
-Featuring Bell’s Roundhouse IRA, Expo Stout and Raspberry Ale

CHEROKEE EAGAN 5-8pm
-Bell’s Oberon Patio Party. (will also be featuring craft beers all week long)

WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE (South) ROCHESTER 5pm-Midnight
-8 American Crafts on tap featuring Fulton and Bad Weather Brewing

FRIDAY, MAY 17TH:

GRUMPY’S NORTHEAST @ 4pm
-Tapping Founder’s Doom and Founder’s Double Trouble

SWEENEY’S @ 6pm
-Tapping Fulton’s Insurrection Imperial IPA

Northbound Growlers

By on May 5, 2013in brewpubs

northboundGrowler sales at Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub begin this Monday, May 6th.  In February, they doubled their fermentation space and are now able to produce enough beer to have growlers. They will start by offering their four year-round beers: Big Jim IPA, Light Rail Pale Ale, Smokehouse Porter and  Honey Wheat. Look for seasonal offerings later this summer.

Steel Toe Size 11 Returns

By on May 2, 2013in breweries
Steel Toe Size 11

Steel Toe Size 11…call me a cab. Steel Toe Brewing’s Size 11 Triple IPA returns starting with a release party at Muddy Waters on Wednesday, May 15th starting at 6pm. If you can’t make that, it’ll be available at the taproom starting on Thursday (3-8pm).

And on that note, you may as well plant your ass in SLP as on Friday, May 17th they’ll have some special barrel-aged beers on tap for your imbibing pleasure. How does barrel-aged Dissent, barrel-aged Wee Heavy and a little Lunker sound?

Need a bottle of Size 11? Saturday is your day… Steel Toe will have 750ml bottles of said beer ready for you to buy at noon on Saturday. Cheers!

Stanley’s NE Craft Beer Festival and Block Party

By on May 1, 2013in bars/restaurants, breweries

stanleysartStanley’s NE aims to make your Art-a-Whirl experience just a little better. Okay, perhaps a lot better. On Saturday, May 18th, they’re blocking off Lowry and planning a day filled with beer, music, food, photo booths, hand rolled cigars, pretzel necklaces, hammerschlagen and more. Doors open at 1pm and the beer festival portion of the event runs from 2-5pm with live music from Orange Whip from 4:30-9:30pm in Stanley’s parking lot. Tickets are $59 and include the requisite sample glass as well as a glass lanyard, signature photo w/ your friends, $15 Stanley’s gift card and build-your-own pretzel necklaces.

Breweries include Summit, Schell’s Brewery, Fulton, Finnegans, Indeed Brewing, Northgate Brewing, 612 Brew, Surly, Cold Spring Brewery, Lucid Brewing, Founders Brewing, Fox Barrel Cider/Crispin, Odell Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Alaskan Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing, Bells Brewery, Goose Island, North Coast Brewing and more.

Click here for more info and tickets.

Beer Dabbler Bullpen at the Saints’ Stadium

By on April 28, 2013in brewpubs

beerdabblerThe Beer Dabbler and The St. Paul Saints are pairing up to bring 21 craft beers to the ballpark this year. The area, dubbed The Beer Dabbler Bullpen, will be located in the left field corner and will feature seven different breweries, a 70 foot custom bar and a retail space. This outdoor craft beer area will debut at the Saints’ May 11 exhibition game against the Gary SouthShore RailCats.

In addition to other beers, Badger Hill plans to launch a limited release White IPA at the Bullpen. You’ll also be able to find beers from Alaskan, Fulton, Goose Island, Lift Bridge, Odell and Third Street.

“Beer and baseball are the perfect combination at the ballpark,” said Scott Bush, assistant general manager, St. Paul Saints. “Our goal is to enhance the Saints experience and this partnership with the Beer Dabbler will allow our fans to choose from a wide variety of tasty craft beers.  A ‘call to the Bullpen’ will definitely have a different meaning this year.”

“We are excited to bring fans even more tasty reasons to come to a ballgame this year,” said Joseph Alton, project director at the Beer Dabbler. “What pairs better than beer and baseball? The Saint Paul Saints are an outdoor summer institution in Minnesota and now you’ll be hard pressed to find a better draught list at another sporting event this summer.”