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.

Spring Ale Fest

By on March 20, 2013in beer events
Spring Ale Fest 2013

Spring Ale Fest 2013Beer. Bicycle-sharing. Birthday? How can you go wrong? While you don’t need to celebrate my birthday on the 6th (and no gifts, please), you should celebrate spring with great local breweries and food trucks. Sample over 30 beers from a dozen or more breweries and support one of the coolest bike sharing programs in the world, The Twin Cities’ very own Nice Ride Minnesota.  Tickets and more details at SpringAleFest.com

Gitchee Gumee Brewfest

By on March 20, 2013in beer events

The Gitchee Gumee Brewfest is one of the longest-running festivals in the Midwest, adding a 16th notch to its belt this year. The event will feature over 30 breweries and 120 beers, some great people watching and stories you’ll remember for years.  Info and tickets at www.ggbrewfest.com.

Schell’s Goosetown Gose

By on March 19, 2013in breweries
August Schell Brewing Co.

August Schell Brewing Co.Thus far, I’ve enjoyed ever single one of the few gose style beers that I’ve tried, so of course I’m fairly excited to share that August Schell Brewing Co. is set to release a traditional German-style  Gose,  Schell’s Goosetown in early April. Shell’s brewers use over 20 pounds of coriander in each brew (can you smell orange?) and say that the beer has “a bright lemon zest, coriander aroma and a slight saltiness that rounds out this new summer brew. The beer pours clear, golden orange in color, with a thick white foam head. A refreshingly light and citrusy tartness greets your palate, backed by a bready, wheat malt character.”

Six packs, twelve packs and kegs, April through October.

Malts:

• Wheat, Dark Wheat, 2-Row, Acidulated

Hops:

• Smaragd

Spices:

• Coriander, Salt

12.3?P OG, 4.7% ABV, 12 IBU

Schell’s Goosetown is named after a neighborhood located across the tracks and down by the Minnesota River in New Ulm, settled by mostly Catholic German-Bohemian immigrants in the late 1800’s. These immigrants raised gaggles of geese, which wandered freely throughout the neighborhood and fed along the banks of the river.