Category: bars/restaurants

Top Brewer Minnesota

By on October 5, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, homebrew, MN

Description from Top Brewer: This event is a celebration of the local craft beer scene.  Never before has the community been brought together to choose what beer will enter the local market.  This event unites local breweries, beer lovers, homebrewers, and craft beer bars in one harmonious event, by showcasing each, and the contribution they make to our community.

Groveland Tap, October 11 & 25th – 6-9:30pm
Edina Grill, October 18 – 6-9:30pm
3 Squares, November 1 – 6pm-9:30pm

The event is 100% Minnesotan.  Taking place on Thursdays in October on scenic patios.

The brewer that will own the Top Brewer MN will be determined through a series of 4 qualifying events, which will be held at a different Blue Plate Group Restaurant. Each week 6 local homebrewers bring a beer to be judged; the winner of each week will be given ingredients courtesy of Northern Brewer and Brewer Supply Group to make a beer for the finals.

The Finals will be held at Lucid Brewing Company on February 2nd and the winner will be be known around Minnesota and beyond as TOP BREWER MINNESOTA.

Top Brewer MN will give local homebrewers an opportunity to be able to brew on a production scale brewing system with the gang at Lucid Brewing Company, help name the beer, and of course be apart of the promotional team through a series of events in March.

Each of the four events will be limited to 200 attendees and will cost fifteen dollars. Ticket will includes a complimentary Lucid beer of your choice, live music featuring local artists, and special pricing for Lucid beers as well as some food items paired specifically with the Lucid beers. For more information go to www.topbrewer.org

Boarfest at Butcher & the Boar Sunday

By on October 4, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events

Butcher & the Boar in Minneapolis is hosting Boarfest on Sunday, from noon-10pm in their tented Beer Garden. The event will  feature a ton of craft Oktoberfest  beers including Bell’s, Victory, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Two Brothers Atom Smasher, Surly and more. They’ll also have a cask of Fulton’s The Libertine.

They’ll be serving grilled foods ranging from boar brats to oysters and will feature live music from Drew Peterson, Tim Mahoney, City on the Make, Jack Brass Band, Luke Warm and the Cool Hands.

No cover.

Lift Bridge Harvestör Cask Tapping at Ngon Bistro Today

By on October 2, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, cask beer

St. Paul’s first cask of Lift Bridge Harvestör Fresh Hop Ale gets tapped at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro right after work: 5pm-7pm.

Hai has some great patio menu items including:

  • Anise braised Thousand Hills short ribs on baguette with arugula and pickled sprouts and scallons
  • Curry tempura Lake Superior Herring with sweet potatoes fries and spicy aioli
  • Grilled five spice sausage made with Fischer Farms pork
  • Spring Rolls made with organic greens, mint, vermicelli noodles, shrimp & BBQ pork

Enjoy some Harvestör and celebrate the last few patio days of the year!

Harvestör Details

Beer style: Fresh Hop Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 60
SRM: 13

Description: Constant addition of fresh, organic Cascade hops from Hippity Hops Farms in Forest Lake, MN. Aromatic and caramel malts compliment the hop character for an incredibly balanced beer that celebrates the hop harvest without killing your tongue.

Surly Tap Takeover Tonight at Muddy Waters

By on October 1, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries
Surly Brewing Co.

From 2pm – close today Muddy Waters is getting all Surly on your proverbial ass. Muddy’s will feature 17 Surly beers, apparently “the most Surly beers on tap, at once, at one establishment, EVER!”

Beer List:
Furious, Cynic, Bender, Coffee Bender, Five, SŸX, Hell, Fiery Hell, Bitter Brewer, Cacao Bender, Darkness, SurlyFest, Wet, Bandwagon, Schadenfreude, Smoke and Mild.

Tap prices will range between $5.50 – $7 and Muddy Waters will also offer a special Hell beer cheese dog for $5.

Minnesota’s First Draft Mead Tapping at Blue Nile

By on October 1, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, homebrew

Al McCarty and Brad “Beerguy” Magerkurth will be tapping the 1st official production draft offering of mead in kegs at The Blue Nile from 5-8pm, Tuesday, October 2nd November 1st.  The mead is dry hopped with Centennial and Amarillo and is the creation of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, CO and Meadmaker David Meyers.  Juniper, Black Raspberry, Apricot Nectar, Traditional and “Nectar of the Hops” dry-hopped meads will all be available to sample for free!