Category: bars/restaurants

Celebrate at THB, The Tap, Stub & Herb’s & with Summit

By on March 17, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, brewpubs

There are no doubt a ton of options for those who aren’t working today or are planning to celebrate after work. Here are just a few that caught my eye.

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
$3 pints of Ol’Blarney Irish red ale and Pot of Gold Irish potato stout all day. Plus, Jim Beam reps will be on hand from 7-9pm tonight giving out free samples.

The Town Hall Tap
The Tap is running happy hour ALL day on their Potato Stout and Ol’Blarney Irish Red. Plus, a dinner special of good old corned beef and cabbage with a runny egg on top.

Stub and Herb’s
They’ll be showing college hoops and offering $3 on all Irish Beers and $2.50 for Schells Lite. Kill the Keg, at 8:00 tonight, will be Finnegans Irish Amber ($5 bottomless glass).

Summit Brewing Company

We’re going on our annual Summit crew pub crawl today, from Noon to 7pm. We’ll be tweeting all day our locations. If you’re lucky enough to be off work and you’re at one of the spots, be the first to find Carey from Summit and we’ll buy you a pint! If you don’t follow us yet, sign up today!

Stone Kick-Off Party at Acadia

By on March 17, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

Acadia, and neighbor The Nomad, team up to bring you 10, yes, 10 Stone beers.

Stone Brewing is coming to Acadia! Well, Minnesota too. But most importantly, we’ll have a kick-off party here from 7-8pm on March 31st! We’ll have 5 of their beers on tap and The Nomad will have the other 5 taps being brought into the market. The West Bank is where it’s at!

Get Arrogant at Pracna

By on March 17, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, cask beer

Pracna on Main is one of the many places around town that will be celebrating the release of Stone into the market. Check out what they’ll have.

We’re more than happy to welcome those Arrogant Bastards from Stone Brewing Company to Minnesota. And to show them how much we enjoy their beer, we’ll be celebrating on April 1st along with your other favorite NE bars.

The Details
April 1st 6pm the brew starts flowing.
We will have NINE Stone drafts and a firkin for your drinking enjoyment.
-Arrogant Bastard Ale
-Stone IPA
-Stone Levitation Ale
-Stone Ruination IPA
-Stone Cali-Belgique IPA
-Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
-2010 Imperial Russian Stout
-Stone Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla Beans
-2008 Imperial Russian Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels
*Cask to be announced soon*
Food specials will be announced soon.
You’ll get the chance to meet Jason Armstrong and Nate Sellergren from Stone Brewing
Weather permitting we will have our PATIO out! Pray for good weather!
Select Stone brews will also be featured on our insanely awesome Happy Hour from 9-11pm that night.

We’ll see you on 4/1/11! And we promise this is not an April Fool’s joke.

Imperial March at the Nile

By on March 15, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

Tomorrow marks the start of the 3rd annual Imperial March at the Blue Nile, when Al fills half of the tap lines with the biggest baddest American craft beers around. Typically a one- or two-day event, Al is switching it up and giving you two full weeks of beers, allowing more of em (18 in all) to flow. Check the Nile’s Facebook page for updates.

The Starting Line Up
Deschutes The Abyss
Left Hand Wake Up Dead Barrel-aged Imperial Stout
Surly Abrasive Ale
Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial IPA
New Holland Pilgrim’s Dole Wheat Wine
Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout

The Second Wave
Flying Dog Double Dog
Boulder Mojo Risin’
Great Divide Yeti
North Coast Old Stock 09
Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot
Bell’s Expedition Stout

Finally
Southern Tier Choklat
Boulder Killer Penguin
North Coast Old Rasputin
New Holland Night Tripper
…and the elusive “more!”

Non-Green Beer at Acadia

By on March 15, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

Green beer not your thing but want to stay in the Irish spirit? Check out the line up Acadia has.

Beers for St. Patrick’s Day at Acadia: no green beers, just damn good beers. Murphy’s Irish Stout, Finnegan’s Irish Amber, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Red Ale,and Rogue Kell’s Irish Lager! $4/Pint all day ($3 during Happy Hour)! You might just meet a Leprechaun after traveling across this rainbow of beers.