Category: beer events

Pracna on Main and Deschutes

By on November 16, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer events, contest

Pracna on Main and Deschutes are celebrating the holidays all throughout the month of December. Each Friday (excluding Christmas Eve) they will tap a specialty keg from Deschutes.

Dec 3: Nitro Obsidian Stout
Dec 10: The Dissident
Dec 17: The Abyss
Dec 31: Jubel 2010

From Pracna on Main:

Throughout the month we will also have chances to enter to win a Deschutes prize pack that will be given away on New Year’s Eve. Every time you purchase a Deschutes beer (any time of day, including Happy Hour), you will receive a punch on a punch card that your server or bartender will provide. After 5 punches, you’ll get a free beer and that card will be put into the drawing for the prize pack. The more Deschutes you drink the more chances you get for the sweet prize pack we’re putting together. The prize pack will include some very limited Deschutes bottles as well as some other fun stuff.

New Years Eve we will send off 2010 in style by tapping a keg of the Jubel 2010 and having the drawing for the prize pack. You do need to be present to win and the drawing will be held between 8-10pm. And don’t forget…happy hour starts at 9pm and goes until 11pm.

Any questions give us a call at Pracna, 612-379-3200.

Turkey Day @ Stub & Herb’s

By on November 16, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer events

Although unbelievable (at least to me), Thanksgiving is next week! In case you need some help getting in the mood, head over to Stub & Herb’s this Thursday for their version of Thanksgiving.

Come join us for Stubs take on Thanksgiving Thursday the 18th. $13 gets you Buffalo Turkey Tenders, Deep Fried Stuffing Balls with Mushroom Gravy, Sweet Potato Fries with Cranberry Ketchup, Pumpkin Pie and a Summit Imperial Pumpkin Porter. All prepared by world class chef/bartender Angelo V Pennachio!

Let’s Taste Some Beers at the Firkins!

By on November 16, 2010in beer events, beer stores

Yes, close. Sir Lanny Hoff  from Artisanal Imports says it better than I can:

I’ll be opening a heap of beers and doing my best to relate coherent, interesting facts and stories about them. I will also have two beers for “preview” that have not been distributed in this market.

So it’s sort of the equivalent of seeing Prince at First Avenue when he was opening for Grand Funk Railroad. Or close.

This Wednesday (that’s tonight) at the Four Firkins in St. Louis Park. They will be sampling out many of the beers he imports, including La Trappe, St. Feuillien, Meantime and Urthel. Lanny is the man. Check it out!

Ommegang, Liefmans and the Gnome

By on November 14, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer events

While the New Belgium Beer Dinner upstairs at the Happy Gnome is sold-out, downstairs they’ll be having some fun with Ommegang beers and a new Liefmans beer.  I’m guessing Peter Bouckaert from NB will be stopping by for an after- after-dinner beverage.

Liefmans new beer Fruitesse will be tapped for the first time in the state. Fruitesse is a unique, fresh beer blend- matured in oak for 18 months on whole cherries. It is then blended with the natural juices from cherries, bilberries, elderberries, strawberries and raspberries. 4.2% abv.

Also, sample a three year vertical of Ommegang Three Philosophers along with the Cup o Kyndnes, Zuur, and the first tapping of Liefman’s Fruitesse.   Tom Gardner from Ommegang should be hanging out, but come try this unique verticle tasting of Three Philosophers.

The Beers
Ommegang Three Philosophers:  A rare international blend of dark and malty quadrupel from Ommegang, and cherry-infused lambic from Lindemans in Belgium.
Cup o Kyndnes:  The Belgian-Scotch brewing connection dates to World War I, when thousands of Scotsmen spent years in Belgium. To satisfy their new customers, Belgian brewers learned to brew Scotch-style ales, and the style became a new and significant part of the Belgian brewing tradition. This fine Ommegang ale uses heather tips and a wee bit of smoked malt to bring the taste and aroma of Scotland to the forefront.
Zuur:  Zuur – or Sour – is our collaborative Flemish sour brown ale. A beer whose style arises from the mists of brewing history. It uses mixed fermentation, real fruit, significant aging, and master blending. All of these are ancient and revered Belgian techniques. This unique Flemish sour brown ale is complex, tart with a touch of sweetness, lightly malty and gently hopped. Zuur is a unique blend created in collaboration between Brewery Ommegang and Brouwerij Liefmans.