Category: beer events

Heritage Thursday Tasting: Liefman’s

By on June 1, 2011in beer events, beer stores, free beer

This week’s Thursday tasting at Heritage? Three nice beers from Liefman’s for all you wild-beer loving fools… as well as those of you who don’t quite know whether or not this kind of beer is for you. Try it…

For all of you that say ‘I don’t like beer” well this is a tasting you have to make it to. The return of Belgium’s Liefmans to American stores is a welcome sight, nothing quite matches the Belgian technique of open fermentation, proprietary yeast & wild yeasts that produce tart, sour notes in the finished beer. The 3 brews currently available all use a brown ale base, with Goudenband being a complex blend of various vintages of strong Belgian brown ale, Cuvee Brut essentially a Kriek since it is refermented with cherries, and Fruitesse, which is also matured on fresh cherries, but enriched with natural juices of raspberry, strawberry, bilberry and elderberry. For this Thursday’s tasting we’ll have market manager Shaun Wolf in-store answering questions and pouring samples of all 3.

Brewing TV Premiere Party at Stanley’s

By on June 1, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, cask beer, homebrew

Looking for some cask action? Here it is! Brewing TV will premiere their latest episode “Brewing TV – Episode 38: None More Cask” Thursday, June 2nd at Stanley’s in Minneapolis. The episode follows the homebrewing hosts as they prepare and serve a cask version of a homebrewed oatmeal stout. During the party, which runs from 9-11 p.m., Stanley’s will tap a firkin of Summit Horizon Red and also play an encore presentation of “Brewing TV – Episode 36: Gone Firkin,” in which the BTV boys learn straight from Summit’s cask guru Damian McConn how to prepare and present cask ales. Join Brewing TV for some cask beer, a couple of fun episodes and some good times.

FFF at Thomas: Abita

By on June 1, 2011in beer events, beer stores, free beer

Hoooo, I never get tired of posting “FFF” and having folks think we’re talking about that brewery from Indiana…

No, we’re talking about Fitty’s First Friday at Thomas Liquors, when chief beer guy Fitty opens some beers for you all to try. This Friday kicks off the summer season with Abita for the June installment of FFF.   They’ll be tasting five vastly different offerings from the folks who are known for their benevolence as much as their quality.  See ya there!

Lucky Bucket at Thomas Liquors

By on June 1, 2011in beer events, beer stores, free beer

Join Fitty and native Minnesotan and brew master Zac Triemert for the first ever tasting of Lucky Bucket in the state of Minnesota.  Zac will be tasting out their flagship Pre-Prohibition Lager, IPA, and the mega-complex Certified Evil Stout.  The first shipment to Minnesota is scheduled to arrive on Thursday and they’ll have it at the store to sample at 3:30.  Now that’s fresh!

Beer + Bikes with Hoigaard’s: Town Hall

By on June 1, 2011in beer events, brewpubs

Up for a pub ride Saturday? I’ll be joining some of the crew from Hoigaard’s & other friends for a nice little ride from the store to Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery on Saturday, June 4th. We’re doing a series of low-key “beer rides” this summer to combine two of our favorite things – bikes & beers.

Saturday, June 4th (that’s this Saturday, bucko) we’ll leave Hoigaard’s about 1:30pm and ride to Town Hall. At 3pm, we’ll tour the brewery, sample great beers and learn about the brewing process. $7 includes a tasting glass, a pint of beer, samples and a 10% food discount after the tour. If you don’t want to do the tour, you can still ride to the pub & enjoy some great beers with us.

If you want to join us for the tour you must sign up here. We’ve got about a dozen spots left, so please sign up quickly if you’re going to join us. You can also sign up for next month’s ride to Flat Earth.

Saturday, July 23rd – Flat Earth Brewing Co., St. Paul. – We’ll ride from Hoigaard’s over to St. Paul and tour this young craft brewery. Flat Earth opened their doors in 2007, not far from another St. Paul brewery, Summit Brewing Co. The tour & samples are free and perhaps we’ll stop for a beer on the way there and/or the way back. We’ll leave Hoigaard’s around 2:00pm.

Saturday, August 13th – TBD. We’re working on either touring a larger brewery or perhaps we’ll do a small bicycle pub crawl along the greenway. Watch this space & our Facebook page for details.