In case you haven’t checked Twitter, Facebook or your favorite beer forum in a couple days, Surly recently announced that bottles of their long-awaited fifth anniversary beer FIVE will be released Monday August 22, with the release party on Monday, August 29 at the Republic.
Category: beer events
Steel Toe Growlers Friday
So what’s a good brewery-warming gift?
Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park will be selling their first growlers Friday night from 6:30-8:30pm. They’ll have growlers of their first beer, Provider, available for purchase. From the website:
Provider is brewed to be light and refreshing with a slightly sweet malt flavor and floral hop aroma. Unfiltered to bring out the subtle flavors in this glorious brew. Let Provider take care of you for a while.
Epic (the brewery, not the dumb adjective) Tasting Tonight at Heritage
Assuming you’re not one of the people who doesn’t abuse the word “epic” (and “fail” for that matter), I’d like to invite you out to a little tasting at Heritage in Maplewood tonight. Read on.
In the last year, the new breweries that have entered into the Minnesota market have put our state in an enviable position for what we have available. On most of those lists, the most recent addition is Epic Brewing out of Utah, which was founded shortly after Utah lifted restrictions on alcohol content in 2008. They are the first brewery in that state since prohibition to exclusively brew beers over 4%ABV, brewing their first batch in March of 2010. Among the many awards they have already garnered, earlier this year they made the RateBeer Top New Brewers in the World in the #3 spot. From 5-7PM this Thursday, the 18th, we’ll be tasting out a few of their offerings to see what they’re all about. See you here.
Harriet Brewing Rauchfest
“Rauchfest 2011,” a one-day festival featuring Beer, Food, Art and Live Music on Saturday, September 24. Located at 3036 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis will be the host site featuring live amplified music including New Primitives (Reggae/Rock), Butanes Soul Revue (Blues/Jazz/Rock), High Strung String Band (Bluegrass), Blue Soul Caravan (Folk), and a DJ from Harriet Brewing will be playing vinyl in-between sets.
A single batch of Rauchfest, a smoked Oktoberfest lager, will be brewed and on tap for this special festival. The brewery will also reintroduce their cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey. A total of six Harriet beers will be available throughout this engaging event for the Longfellow neighborhood and surrounding area. There will also be non-alcoholic beverages from Dandelion Kitchen, Rauchfest brats and vegetarian options from Seward Co-op, Rauchfest buns from Sun Street Breads, Reubens and smoked brisket from Stanley’s and more. Live painters, fire spinners, glass artists and various other arts and craft vendors will be participating throughout the day.
First 250 tickets sold at the Brewery (not online) include a collectible Rauchfest 2011 glass from Harriet Brewing.
Tickets
General Admission tickets are $15.00 and available at Harriet Brewing or online.
Each ticket includes a Harriet beer of your choice.
After September 1, 2011, ticket price will increase to $20.00