Category: bars/restaurants

(More) Surly news

“Stop with all the Surly news already,” you might be saying. But they keep sending it to us, so we’ll keep printing it. And they keep making good beer, so we keep drinking it. Maybe if we all stopped drinking their beer they’d stop making it, and therefore stop sending us news.

God, I hope not.

Hello Surly Nation,

I hope you got your tickets to Autumn Brew Review, ‘cause it’s sold out and we’re bringing out the big guns.
Here is our pouring schedule for the fest:

Limited QuantitiesVIP Oak Aged Cask Bender1:30
Dahmer2:30
Bourbon One3:30
Barrel Aged Darkness4:30
Darkness – 2007 Available All Day(Hopefully)
Coffee Bender Bender Furious CynicSurlyFest Cask Tea- Bagged Furious

We were planning on pouring oak aged cask furious at 4:30, but Todd drank it all. So instead you will have to settle for a preview of this year’s Darkness.

What’s Dahmer you ask, good question.
I let Todd brew it and name it (remind me not to do that again.)
Anyway, the beer is a Smoked Baltic Porter. It will be released sometime in the next few months as a draft only beer. As our tradition continues at ABR, wear your Surly swag and we’ll give you a pint glass at the fest (while supplies last).

We are doing a couple beer tastings tomorrow evening – Thursday, September 27th
#1 – Princeton Liquors in Maple Grove will be hosting a tasting from 4:00-6:30. I will be standing around. Stop by and say hi and check out the 17% discount on all craft beers, including Surly.

Princeton Liquors is located on Bass Lake Road just off of 494. These guys have been big fans of Surly and pushing our beer hard in the NW suburbs.
Stop by and say hi and grab some beer.

Princeton’s Liquors12790 Bass Lake Road
(763)559-3257
www.princetonsliquors.com.

#2 – The second tasting will be taking place at The Liquor Barrel in Golden Valley.
The event starts at 6:30 in Brookview Park in Golden Valley, right across the highway from The Liquor Barrel.
It is an Oktoberfest party of sorts, brats will be grilling and Oktoberfest beers will be poured for sampling.

The cost is $5 to get in and you get a couple beer coupons for Oktoberfest beers. Call 763.544.9881 so they know how many brats to get.
Being that the event is happening at a park, I hope the whole Ansari clan will be there. Proceeds to go to a local charity.

The location is on Hwy 55, just east of 169. http://www.ci.golden-valley.mn.us/parks/parks/BrookviewPark.htm Lets see, what other news do we have…

Next tour – November 3rd

New Surly Bars –
Zorbaz in Detroit LakesDock Café in Stillwater

More coming soon!

Darkness will be released right around Halloween.
We will have tapping news listed soon!

Surlyfest has left the building!
Almost all the Surlyfest we brewed has been delivered.
You guys are drinking it like its gonna go outta style, or at least out of stock. I promise we will make more next year.

See you drinking,
Omar

Stub & Herb’s is on board…

After the pile of posts and events added yesterday, I forgot to mention that Stub & Herb’s has been added to our tap list. They have a great selection of Minnesota craft beers and their bar manager seems like a great guy to deal with. Combine that with the new ownership and we’re in business!

Other MN bars with great beer: If you want to be listed on MNBeer.com, drop me a line (ryan AT mnbeer.com). Our requirements are fairly painless… we require that you have an average of at least 3 Minnesota beers on tap at any given time, a solid line-up of craft beer (if you selection of Coors, Bud and Miller is larger than your craft beer selection, you won’t qualify), and a little time every week to two weeks to let us know what’s changed on tap.  Beer drinkers: if your favorite bar is missing, encourage the bar manager to get in touch with us. This service is free, so you really can’t lose.

Happy Gnome Oktoberfest

Update:  there will be a firkin of Summit ESB dry-hopped with East Kent Goldings. Tapping time is 7:00pm.

Celebrate Oktoberfest at the Happy Gnome in a tent bigger than your mom’s house.

Friday, September 28 – Sunday, September 30
$5 Daily Cover
Tasty food and Summit beer
Live music all weekend!

The Happy Gnome
498 Selby Ave
St Paul, MN
651-287-2018

Gasthoff zur Gemutlichkeit Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest at Gasthoff zur Gemutlichkeit takes place every Friday and Saturday night from September 21st through October 13th. As usual they’ll have beer, music, food, polka, dancing and most likely some fun! Hours are 5-11pm with music from 6-10pm. According to the website, some of the food included brats, bbq ribs, smoked pork chops, sauerkraut, german potato salad, apfelstrudel and soft pretzels with cheese. Bring your own mug or buy one from Gasthoff’s!