So much beer, so little time. Our good friends at The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild have compiled a week’s worth of events (or 10,000 Minutes, if you prefer) at http://www.mncraftbrew.org/10000minutes in celebration of American Craft Beer Week! Consider it your civic duty to get out there and enjoy some of these events!
Join Fytenburg Brewing Company at The Muddy Pig Wednesday, April 10th from 5-7pm for the official launch of Fytenburg Grand Cru, affectionately known as “The Wedding Beer,” and Grand Cru Blanc. To kick off the celebration, Father Dan Haugan of the Church of the Holy Spirit will bless the brews. After the blessing, chat with brewer and owner, Tod Fyten, and enjoy all that the Muddy Pig offers with some “Wedding Beer” on the side.
The “Wedding Beer,” St. Paul’s Original Belgian Style Beer, is a smooth, Belgian Abbey Ale, first brewed nearly 24 years ago for the wedding of Fyten.
Fyten’s good friend and business partner with Brewers Digest Magazine, Mike Urseth says, “What does this beer taste like? It tastes like more. Both Grand Cru and Grand Cru Blanc are blessed with that ‘I’ll have another one’ flavor”.
For more information, check out the Brewery at www.fytenburgbeer.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
To kick off the release of Overrated, Surly’s new West-coast IPA, they’ll be throwing a release party at The Depot and following that up by sponsoring a show with The 4onthefloor at First Avenue’s Mainroom. Starting at 5pm, you can check out Overrated at the Depot. Music in the Mainroom starts at 8pm. Drink some Overrated beer, listen to some stompin’ rock music and have a good time. There will be $5 cans of Overrated. Furious, Cynic, Hell, Bender, Coffee Bender, and Smoke will also be available.
Tickets are $12 in advanced or $14 at the door.
To purchase tickets visit http://first-avenue.com/event/2013/04/4onthefloor
About Overrated:
It’s been said: “It’s easier to brew an extremely hoppy beer than an extremely balanced beer.” And you know us, we are always looking for the easy way out, so we jumped on the West Coast IPA bandwagon and brewed this dry and hoppy ale. “Surly’s a little bit of a one-trick pony, they just brew gimmick beers,” and maybe we are OVERRATED, but at the end of the day, it’s just a beer. If you like it, great, so do we. If you only liked us when we were small, then leave this one on the shelf. Let one of the fanboys grab it.
The Nomad World Pub’s Midweek Beer Geek event tonight features a new one from 612 Brew. Today at 6pm, they’ll tap Maryanne, a ginger lager. As always, Minnesota Beer Activists will be hanging out as well.
Cassanova’s 5th Annual Beer Cave Festival takes place on April 27th. There will be more than 35 breweries and 150. This even takes place in the super-awesome historic Casanova Breweries Caves. Tickets are $35 for VIP which gets you in at 12 and an opportunity to taste with a small crowd and visit with the brewers/brewery reps. General Admission is $30 and starts at 1 and goes until 5. This is a great sampling event in Downtown Hudson. Tickets on sale at Casanova liquor. (715)-386-2545