Tonight from 6pm until the kegs run dry (or close…), 3 Squares in Maple Grove will a selection of big dark Bell’s beers for your imbibing pleasure. Beers include Expedition Stout, Black Note Stout, Rye Stout, Java Stout, Kalamazoo Stout, Special Cream Stout, Cherry Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Batch 9000, Oatmeal Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout and Hell Hath No Fury.
Head over to Brick’s Pub in Blaine for their annual tapping of Surly Darkness. Tapping starts at 5:00pm on Thursday, November 15.
If you get there before 6pm, you can enjoy their $3 happy hour menu featuring hummus, meatballs or the brickle.
Like oysters? Head over to The Lowry tonight! From 5-9, they’ll be serving two special kinds of oysters they’ve flown in just for this event: Shoregasm, described as “tiny but mighty” and Belong, enormous 3-4″ diamater oysters. To top it off, Fulton brewed a one-of-a-kind oyster stout to go with them! Oysters are supposed to be an aphrodisiac, but we also know the idea of an oyster stout doesn’t turn everyone on. We’ve been told it’s really good, and the oyster flavor is extremely subtle. Get there early, because there’s only one keg–so when it’s gone, it’s gone for good.
Lift Bridge Brewery will be hosting the 2nd Annual Commander Barleywine Release Party on November 17th, from 3-8 pm. This year’s event will feature an Old Timey Circus Theme. There will be a circus costume contest, a Commander mustache competition, classic carnival games, live music by Thrift Store Sonata, great food and of course, Lift Bridge Beer. You can purchase tickets to the event and pre-order the 2012 Commander by stopping into the brewery taproom during open hours (Tuesday – Thursday – 5-8 pm, Friday 12-8 , Saturday 12-5) or online at www.liftbridgebrewery.com/
Beer description from the brewery: Lift Bridge Brewery’s English-Style Barleywine ale is brewed with excessive malt and subtle, sweet cardamom. The beer is aged at the brewery in bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky for a number of months. The beer’s bold, complex flavor reaches heights measured only by the building of its namesake. This 12.5% ABV treat is best enjoyed in smaller portions when you have some time to savor it, between now and 2021.
Petschen’s Southview Liquor is kicking off the holiday season with two events this week.
On Thursday, they’ll be participating in VanBerg & DeWulf’s Second Annual Coast-to-Coast Toast from 1pm-8pm, featuring Belgian beers Vicaris Generaal, from Dilewyns Brewery and Witkap Pater Stimula from Slaghmuylder.
On Friday, November 16, welcome in the holidays with Petschen’s “Toast to The Holidays” from 5pm – 8pm, sampling beer, wine and liquor.