Excelsior Brewing Co. is hosting a Fat Bike race on Lake Minnetonka January 19th. The race is free to register, but spots are filling up fairly quickly. The race kicks off at 2:00 pm and is open to all bikers with at least 3″ wide tires (no studded tires allowed).
After the race, they will be hosting Tim Mahoney and Bob Barley and the Alers in their heated beer garden tent outside the brewery and inside the taproom. Come enjoy the newest beer, Oar Lock Oat Stout!
Pour Decisions is releasing a Gose, Salinity Saturday at the brewery starting at noon. $11 for 1 or 2 for $20. 750ml. More info? Here you go!
Gose? GOOOO-ZEH. Gose! An exceedingly rare, crazy old German beer style made with salt, coriander and fermented with lactobacillus. Bright and yeasty. Fresh and pomme fruity. Sour and tangy. Simply, an unfiltered, sour, salty and spicy wheat-based ale from Leipzig that dances across your tongue…and kicks a little butt…
More info here: http://pourdecisionsbrewery.com/blog/?p=622
Schell’s Bockfest is Saturday, February 9th from 11am to 4:30pm at the brewery! This event has been going strong for 26 years and no doubt the fun will continue this year with great food, music, dancing, hot pokers and plenty of Schell’s Bock beer! This event is always busy and does sell out, so if you’re thinking of showing up on the day of the event, be sure to show up a little early!
Advanced tickets go on sale next week at Schell’s Gift Shop (no phone or internet orders) for $10. Tickets will also be available at the gate.
Our best suggestion for Bockfest? Stay the night in New Ulm. After Bockfest ends at the brewery, downtown New Ulm is usually a lot of fun! Make a night of it!
Additionally, a number of outfits offer bus rides to and from Bockfest. Be aware that none of these offerings include entry to Bockfest, so entry is not guaranteed unless you get
The Herkimer
$65 per person (tickets here) – doors open at 8am – bus leaves at 8:45am. Includes a breakfast box for the trip to New Ulm, a Bockfest gift from The Herkimer, Herkimer Bock on the bus, and of course a ride to and from Bockfest.
Mankato Bockfest Bus
$35 per person (signup info) – This trip begins and ends at Pub 500 in Mankato and includes a breakfast buffet. The bus will leave at 9am sharp and return at about 5:45pm. As of today, it looks like there are about 48 seats left.
…and maybe…
The St. Paul Jaycees have traditionally lined-up a package that includes breakfast at The Happy Gnome and and a bus ride. No info just yet, though.
Among other things, the 2013 Taste of Northern Minnesota will feature beers from out friends at Bemidji Brewing in (obviously) Bemidji, Minnesota. Taste of Northern Minnesota is part of Bemidji’s Brrrrmidji Polar Daze events and will feature other main dishes, soups, sides, deserts, coffees, wine and other beverages.
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Time: 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.
Location: Sanford Event Center, 1111 Event Center Drive. Bemidji, MN
Cost: Early Seating Ticket $14 each*
Late Seating Ticket $16 each*
Seniors 60+ and Students with valid ID $12 each*
*$2 more if purchased at the door
Meet the brewer(s)! Tonight from 6-8pm, the Fulton fellows will be hanging out at one of their first accounts, Edina Grill. In addition to Sweet Child of Vine and Lonely Blonde, Edina Grill is tapping kegs of The Ringer and Worthy Adversary tonight.
