Category: beer events

Lift Bridge Beer & Cigar Dinner

By on June 15, 2010in beer dinners, beer events, breweries

Good beer, good food, good cigars, hopefully good weather…sounds like a winning line up to me!

Thursday, June 24th 2010
Summer Beer & Cigar Dinner
Charlie’s at the Historic Water Street Inn, Stillwater
6pm Registration, Hors D’ourves & Social Hour, Appetizer served at 7pm

$49.95 per person includes two premium cigars

This event is planned to be outdoors on our beautiful patio over looking the scenic St. Croix River. This would be an excellent gift for Dads for Father’s Day. Call 651-439-6000 to order your gift certificate ($63.68 w/tax & grat)

Join us for this special dinner with guest speakers from the Lift Bridge Brewery and try one of the first batches of Minnesota Tan, the seasonal lingonberry ale from Lift Bridge.

Butler Passed Hors D’ourves
– Golden Beets with Gorgonzola
– Savory Mussels
– Lotus Root with Pulled Pork and Fennel
Served with Farm Girl Saison

Appetizer
Baked Brie en Croute with Lingonberries
Served with Minnesota Tan

Salad
Spinach with Marinated Grilled Pears,
Goat Cheese and Candied Walnuts with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Served with “Pear Girl” – Farm Girl Saison with a Pear Flavor Shot

Main Course
Grilled Minnesota Lamb Burger
With Truffled Potato Wedges
Served with Crosscut Pale Ale

Dessert
Key Lime Pie Mousse
Served with Guests’ Choice of Lift Bridge Beer

Newport, OR comes to St. Paul

By on June 14, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer events, homebrew

Lots of stuff is happening this week in conjunction with the National Homebrewers Conference in town this week. Here’s one more, in case you missed it.

Taste of Newport at the Happy Gnome | St. Paul, MN
June 15, 2010 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Join Rogue Ales Brewmaster, John “more hops” Maier, at The Happy Gnome for a Taste of Newport, Oregon

The beers on tap include:

* Chatoe Rogue Oregasmic, a special debut keg brewed with hops and barley grown at the Rogue Farms in Oregon.
* Glen Ale, a special vintage keg named for and brewed in tribute to Glen Falconer (www.glenfalconerfoundation.org)
* Rogue Imperial Porter, served cask conditioned from a firkin.
* John John Juniper Pale Ale, a special release of Rogue Juniper Pale Ale, aged in Rogue Spirits Spruce Gin casks.
* Somer Orange Honey Ale, brewed with Oregon Wildflower Honey, chamomile, barley, wheat, oats, coriander and orange peel.
* Dead Guy Ale, quintessentially Rogue, based on a German-style Maibock and brewed with John’s proprietary Pacman Ale yeast.

300 Yaquina Bay Oysters were shipped to Happy Gnome from the Oregon Oyster Farm, located up the bay from Rogue Ales’ brewery in Newport. The bivalves will be served on the half-shell.

John Maier is a lifetime member of the American Homebrewers Association and was Homebrewer of the Year in 1988.

He will be attending the National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis. Rogue Ales is the sponsor of the Banquet Awards Dinner at NHC.

The Happy Gnome is located at 498 Selby Ave, in the Cathedral Hill Neighborhood of St. Paul, MN.
Phone: 651-287-2018

Join us for the Journey!

Bye Bye Liver

By on June 14, 2010in beer events, breweries

Starting this Friday, the Hennepin Theater Trust will be presenting Bye Bye Liver: The Twin Cities’ Drinking Play. Described as “one part sketch comedy, two parts drinking games, mix and serve…” the opening night will be sponsored by The Onion and Summit and feature an after party with penny pints of Summit. So buy your ticket ($19.50) and then fill your pockets with all those pennies you thought wouldn’t be good for anything.

Free Beer @Pracna

By on June 11, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer events

If you didn’t make it over to Pracna on Main Thursday night for their Surly extravaganza, you’re in luck. They still have some of those goodies left, including Oak Aged Cynic and Four.

Now, there’s no guarantee how long those will hold out but if you stop by Saturday 2:00 – 4:00 and say hi at the bar, you’ll find yourself the proud owner (temporary as it may be) of one free Surly brew on tap.