Category: bars/restaurants

Craft Beer Week @ Pracna: GI Sours

By on April 28, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

Pracna on Main loves their sour beers, and we’re told they also love Goose Island. So…to tie these two things together, they’re welcoming Goose Island to the shop as they kick-off Minnesota Craft Beer Week with a night of very rare sour beer.

The Lineup:

On draft:
Indira: Lemongrass Saison
Lolita: Raspberry Wild Ale
Scully: White Pepper Strawberry Saison
Dominique: Barrel-Aged Sour
Wilder: Brett-Aged Wheat

In bottles: Madame Rose: Sour Brown Ale w/ Cherries

Flights will be available and some friends from Goose Island will be around to chat with. Potential food specials and other fun stuff may pop up. We’ll keep you updated!

Alaskan Launch Week in Minnesota

By on April 27, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, beer laws, beer stores, brewpubs, cask beer

Dumping these all into the calendar would be an exercise in futility (though we might do it if we don’t sit and enjoy these Alaskan samples, instead), but here’s the list of events that the Original Gravity folks have planned. Here’s what we have thus far… things may change:

Launch Week Events mapped out
http://bit.ly/AlaskanMeetsMN

Alaskan will be awarding some lucky individuals at various events throughout the week with:
-A bottle each: 2010 Smoked Porter, 2010 Barley Wine and Imperial IPA
-Seats to the Smoked Porter Vertical on Saturday, May 14th with Alaskan Brewing founder, Geoff Larson
-Tickets to 2011 City Pages Beer Fest
-A case of 2010 Smoked Porter and one case of 2010 Barley Wine

In addition to these great events, Geoff and Marcy Larson (The founders of Alaskan) will be in town for events around MN Craft Beer Week. Read on for complete details of Alaskan’s launch week in Minnesota.

Beer School In Session

By on April 27, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, beer stores, free beer

Beer School starts next week, and the professors have announced May class dates for your information. All classes will be held at the Happy Gnome from 5:30pm – 6:30pm and are free!

Classes start May 4th, with Goose Island to kick things off. More details can be found on their Facebook page here, including info about your chance to win a pair of VIP tickets to the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest!

Other May dates include (details posted as we get em):

May 11th, Artisanal Imports

May 18th, Summit

May 25th, Great Lakes

Classes haven’t even started and they’re already doling out the homework: Bring in receipts for the beer from the previous week to win more free beer.

Also, upon graduation, if you have a stellar attendance record (attend at least 10/12 classes), you’ll receive a card which gets you $1 off every beer at Happy Gnome and 10% off large format bottles at the Ale Jail for the next semester and $1 off beer school beers in the week following a class.

Belg-a-Rama #6

By on April 27, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

The Blue Nile is pleased to announce the start of Belg-a-Rama #6 TODAY through, well, until the beers run out. Once more, six great Belgian beers ( well, five, and one great Dutch Belgian-style ale) take over half the taps for one great week! Get a sample set of 3 4-ounce pours for $9. (Al is sorry to say that as they get rarer and rarer brews, the price goes up!) Choose from:

Quadrupel: St. Bernardus Abt. 12 and La Trappe Quad.
Double witbier: Jan de Lichte from Glazen Toren
Saison: Dupont!
Belgian strong pale ale: Collaboration between St. Feuillien and Ventura, Califorina’s Green Flash Brewery, Biere de l’Amitie.
Tripel: Dulle Teve, “the Mad Bitch”, from De Dolle Brouwers, “the Mad Brewers” of Esen, Belgium!