Haute Dish will be hosting a Founders Beer Dinner with guest Dave Engbers , the co-owner of Founders Brewing. The dinner will take place Wednesday, September 14th with a meet and greet beginning at 6:00pm and dinner being served at 7:00pm.
The dinner will consist of 6 courses paired with the following 6 Founders beers:
Blushing Monk
Imperial Stout
Devil Dancer
Cashew Mountain Brown
Silky Porter
Dry Hopped Pale Ale
$100 includes tax & gratuity.
Yes, this is a bit more of a food geek event rather than a beer geek event, BUT…this is the part you’ll be interested in…it will feature Lift Bridge’s Oyster Stout. Better? Then keep reading for all the briney details.
The all-day celebration of bivalves will feature tastings galore of all oyster species, including the “holy grail of oysters,” the Olympia. Shucking stations will be manned by prominent oyster farmers from both coasts, including Blue Island Shellfish Farms of Blue Point, New York, Penn Cove Shellfish Company of Coupeville, Washington, and more.
Classes and seminars include a course on the basics, as well as informational sessions on the styles of both East and West Coast oyster farming and processes.
Lift Bridge Brewery will launch its Oyster Stout, made from Meritage’s own oyster shells. There will be a pairing station available throughout the day offering insight into the pairing of wine, beer, and cocktails with oysters.
The food goes beyond oysters, too: You’ll find a full menu of seafood shack standards, including lobster rolls, fried clams, steamers, oyster po’ boys, burgers, and more.
Local chefs will engage in an oyster-shucking contest, and live music will start at 6:00 p.m. The event begins at noon.
Tickets: $25, include a punch card for a dozen oysters, a pint of Oyster Stout, and a commemorative pint glass with Lift Bridge and Oysterfest art.
Seminars: $15 each
VIP pass: $100, include unlimited oysters, all three seminars, the pint of Oyster Stout with souvenir glass, two more beverage tokens, and entry into drawings for a pearl necklace from Landmark Jewelry and a “Champagne and Oyster Reception for Two” at Meritage.
Call 651.222.5670 with questions and to buy tickets (starting Sept 9)
Attention Hop Heads: The Blue Nile has your ticket to happiness. Stop in soon and pick from a great line up of hoppy beers. Have a pint, have a sampler, have fun.
Starting with our new menu today, we’re shining the light on IPAs, double IPAs, Imperial IPAs, oak-aged, and black IPAs. Or Cascadian Dark Ales, whatever they’re calling them.
On tap: Deschutes Hop in the Dark CDA, Breckenridge 471 Imperial IPA, Rush River Double Bubble Imperial IPA, Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree Double IPA, and 21st Amendment Hop Crisis Oak-aged Imperial IPA.
Add to this some IPAs we already had on tap, like Surly Furious, Fulton Sweet Child of Vine, and Harriet West-Side Belgian-style IPA, these comprise the set from which you can sample.
3 4-ounce pours for $7.
There are three beers waiting in the wings, when one of these runs out: Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster Imperial IPA, Great Divide Hercules Imperial IPA, and Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA.
These will continue until they run out…our next event, September 16: 6 beers from the New Belgium Lips of Faith series.
This Friday is the first Friday of the month, so you know what that means….Thomas Liquors is hosting Fitty’s First Friday, when resident beer geek, er guru, Fitty opens the bar for some samples.
This week, Fitty welcomes Shaun Wolf from Duvel Mortgaat. Shaun will be be pouring Belgian classics from Duvel, Maredsous, Chouffe and others. Do it!
It’s hard to believe the Autumn Brew Review is just around the corner, but that means so is the annual Brewmaster’s Dinner. This year’s dinner will be held at the Republic, one of the Twin Cities newest additions to the craft beer scene.
The event will be held Friday, September 16th with a meet and greet beginning at 6pm & dinner being served at 7pm. The dinner will feature 5 courses and the following 5 breweries and speakers. Oh, and a surprise brewery. And no, I can’t tell you who it is, but believe me, you do not want to miss it.
From Left Hand Brewing Company out of Longmont, Colorado, Eric Wallace, the Owner.
The Founders of 21st Amendment Brewery out of San Francisco, California, Shaun O’Sullivan & Nico Freccia.
The Brewmaster of Great Lakes Brewing Company out of Cleveland, Ohio, Luke Purcell.
From Minnesota’s own Surly Brewing Company, Omar Ansari, the Owner.
And, the Head Brewer of Odell Brewing Company out of Fort Collins, Colorado, Joe Mohrfeld.
Tickets are $80 not including tax or gratuity and go on sale September 1st.
You can purchase them in person at the Republic or call (612)338-6146 to reserve your spot (a credit card will be required in order to make reservations).
REPUBLIC
at 7 Corners
221 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454