Category: beer events

Sam Adams Latitude 48 IPA Tasting at Heritage Thursday

By on May 23, 2011in beer events, beer stores

Latitude 48 hop breakdown with the crew from Heritage. Stop in from 5-7 on Thursday, May 26th and take part!

The single hop IPA…..homebrewers love it, as do those who want to expand their beer expertise. While it’s not a new idea, Samuel Adams has made the single hop IPA affordable and accessible with their Latitude 48 IPA Deconstructed 12-pack. They’ve taken apart the Lat 48 hops formula to show us exactly what it’s made of, comprising five varieties of hops — Hallertau Mittelfrueh from Germany; East Kent Goldings from England; and Ahtanum, Simcoe, and Zeus, all from Washington state’s Yakima Valley. The beer’s name refers to the 48th latitude line, where all these hops are grown.

Each strain of hops carries different characteristics — pine, citrus, and floral notes, for example, along with varying degrees of bittering power. With the Deconstructed packs we’re able to assess each individually. For this week’s Thursday tasting, we’ll have all 5 single hop versions as well as the original open to try. We’ll walk you through them and quench your thirst…for knowledge.

Our Thursday night tastings run from 5-7PM

Rock Bottom Cask Beer Tapping Tonight

By on May 19, 2011in beer events, brewpubs, cask beer

First, I’ve got to admit that I totally missed the announcement that Bob McKenzie (Granite City, Sherlock’s Home) would be taking over as Brewmaster at Rock Bottom in Minneapolis.  In any case, tonight at 6pm, they’ll be tapping a couple of casks:  a cocoa nib-infused Taconite dark mild, and a Simcoe dry hopped cask of IPA. Additionally they’ll have another  10 beers on tap including Chardonnay aged Modern Monk Dubbel, Wine barrel aged Trippel and the Taconite Mild.

MacKenzies MCBW Events

By on May 18, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

We’ve been flooded with emails about Craft Beer Week events from our friends in the industry, and as sometimes happens, we miss a couple things. As they say, better late than never.

Here’s what the good folks at MacKenzies are offering up for the remainder of the week:

Wed., May 18th: Summit @ 6 pm – Cask Gold Sovereign and $3.00 pints all day of Pilsner, Oatmeal Stout, EPA.

Thurs., May 19th:  Deschutes @ 6 pm – Abyss Imperial Stout, Jubel 2010, Hop Henge XIPA

Fri., May 20th:  New Belgium – Abbey Grand Cru, Fat Tire Super Cru, Lips of Faith Le Terrior and $3.00 all day for Somersault (draft), Fat Tire and 1554 bottles

Zipp’s Spring Beer Extravaganza

By on May 17, 2011in beer events, beer stores

Tickets are still available for Zipp’s Spring Beer Extravaganza this coming Thursday!

In celebration of Minnesota Craft Beer Week, there will be over 100 different craft beers to sample from around the country. Breweries participating include, Odell, Dark Horse, Flat Earth, Olvalde, Crispin, Magic Hat, Deschutes, Bells, Tallgrass, Stone, 21st Amendment and many, many more!

The event is being held at the Cedar Cultural Center, runs from 6:30-9 and $25 gets you all the craft beer you wish to (responsibly) imbibe. There will also be a silent auction with tons of beer swag with all proceeds to benefit the Cedar. Tickets are available at Zipp’s, The Cedar and localwineevents.com. “Like” Zipps on Facebook or follow @zippsbeer on Twitter for more detailed information as the event draws closer!