Category: bars/restaurants

Groveland Tap Bar Update

By on December 10, 2008in bars/restaurants

I just got a note from Craig over at Groveland Tap. He wanted me to share that they’ll be redoing their bar today and will be adding 13 more taps! Thirteen! He also mentioned that Miller Lite will be removed around Jan. 1 for something better.

Also, on  Friday the 12th they will be start The 12 Nights of Christmas:

Dec. 12: Grab Bag night – till we run out! $2 bottles. They choose, you drink.
Dec 13: Delerium Night. Tis the season to see pink elephants. $6 Taps
Dec. 14: St. Pauli Girl Christmas $5 Bomber bottles
Dec 15: Schell’s 150th Anniversary taps $3
Dec 16: Christmas from Across the Border, Wisconsin that is, Rush River $3 taps
Dec 17: Summit Flight Night $6
Dec 18: Meet me in Kansas, Boulevard night $3 taps.
Dec 19: Drop Top Night $3 taps
Dec 20: Double wide night $10 6-pack PBR tall boys
Dec 21: Get your Christmas Goose. Goose Island Matilda $5.
Dec 22: It’s Firkin Christmas! Casks from Summit, Surly, Rush River, Flat Earth and Schell’s
Dec 23: Christmas Parade? Have a float Root Beer or Oatmeal Stout you choose. $4

Free Flying Dog Glassware at Stub & Herb’s

By on December 9, 2008in bars/restaurants, beer events

Just when you thought December wouldn’t kill your liver…

Tuesday December 16th we are giving away some Flying Dog logo glassware at Stub and Herb’s. Come enjoy some K9 Winter ale or Barrel-Aged Gonzo Porter and walk out with the pint glass. We will have some other goodies to give away as well. K9 is our featured beer of the month which means you can get a pint and keep the glass for $3.50. Not too bad a deal if you ask me.

Mulled Old Man Winter Warmer at The Blue Nile

By on December 9, 2008in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries

Thanks Al… If I can swing it, I may just have to roll over to The Blue Nile on the 20th…

Have a keg of Lake Superior’s Old Man Winter Warmer I’ve been saving for a year. Gonna tap on Saturday the 20th of December, the day before the Winter Solstice…first day of winter, officially…and I’m gonna Wassail it. Gonna mull it, gonna spice it. At least cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, and possibly some fruit.

This will be available on tap as well, but I’m just gonna take some back to the stove, toss on the goodies, and mull it up. These will be available in hot drink glasses, for a reasonable price.

One of my bartenders cussed me out for messing up a great beer, but you will have a choice that day, messd-up or non-messed up. But, I guarantee a good mess!

cheers,
al

P.S. It’ll start right at 4pm, when we open, so hopefully Town Hall pint club members and Sterb’s BA gathering goers an make it after or before.

Microbrew Mania

By on December 9, 2008in bars/restaurants, breweries

The good folks at  have posted on an event on their site, Microbrew Mania.  Here is some info:liftbridgebrewery.jpg

The Water Street Inn is hosting it’s first Microbrew Mania event in the ballroom. Come and taste seven different tap beers including microbrewed, craft and imported brews. With admission you can sample to your heart’s content and listen to live Irish music. Band will be Paul and Lorraine. Charlie’s Irish Pub will have it’s full line up of Irish whiskeys, tap beers and other spirits available for separate purchase in the foyer outside of the ballroom.

We will be on hand with a specialty cask. Local beer distributors will be there to talk about their offerings. The Water Street Inn’s full line up of Appetizers will be available for purchase as well that evening.

* Beer lineup: Lift Bridge Brewery, Double-hopped Pale Ale – On Cask
* Lift Bridge Brewery, Farm Girl Saison™
* Two Brothers, French Country Ale; Illinois
* Big Sky, Moose Drool Brown Ale; Montana
* Murphy’s, Irish Red; Ireland
* Weihenstephan, Lager; Germany
* Red Hook, Late Harvest Autumn Ale; New Hampshire

When: Friday, December 12th, 2008. 7:00-11:30 PM.
Where: Water Street Inn, 101 Water Street S., Stillwater, MN
Tickets: $10 with advanced reservation by phone (651) 439-6000 or by confirming through this event page. Can’t commit? Stop by anyway and pay just $12 at the door.

Another MN 1st: Samichlaus on Tap

By on December 7, 2008in bars/restaurants

I stopped in Busters on 28th last night, only to be greeted by a sign proclaiming it St. Nicholas Day, coincidentally the same day that Brewery Castle Eggenberg brews their famous Samichlaus Bier. What does this mean? Well for the first time in Minnesota, this and the Sami Helles are on tap (the Helles hadn’t been tapped as of 10pm last night).  A 12-ounce pour in a sterling silver rimmed Sami tulip is $8, and the bartender said four kegs of the delicious, 14% lager are in town, but he didn’t know who had the other two.