The Muddy Pig’s 5th annual Belgian Beer Festival starts today and runs through Sunday. Owner Mark Van Wie tells us that they’ll have 96 beers this year and all are direct from Belgium, not Belgian-style American beers. This has to be the largest collection off draft Belgian beers ever in the state, if not the midwest. All beers are sold in 5oz glasses so you can try them all. Pig and Fiddle will be running a small version off the Fest with 20 or so beers. Check it out!
Tonight Sweeney’s in St. Paul plays host to a release party for the 11th beer in Summit’s Unchained Series, Old 152, a Kentucky Common. Play bean bags with Brewer Harper for prizes! 4-6pm.
On Wednesday, our good friends at Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery turn the ripe old age of 15, and needless to say, they’re celebrating all week long! They’ll be celebrating with new beer every night, and if you buy beer every night, you’ll get a chance to win a trip to the Great Taste of the Midwest.
Today: Five kegs of Mango Mama – 2 for the bar, 3 for growler sales. They did a pre-sale already, though perhaps (?) you might still get one.
Tuesday: Beer Dinner, 6:30pm – $65/person
Wednesday: Anniversary Ale Release, 5pm
Thursday: Czar Jack (Barrel-aged RIS) keg, 5pm
Friday: Tumaltuous Wheat Wine Release, 5pm
Saturday: Three Hour Tour Release (Chocolate Coconut Milk Stout), 5pm
Once again, the folks at Stub & Herbs are planning a fun night of deep, dark beer on the eve of Surly’s Darkness Day. In addition to some special, yet-unnamed kegs from Surly, Darkness Eve at Stub & Herbs will include Founders Breakfast Stout, 21st Amendment MCA Stout, Squatters Outer Darkness RIS, Big Sky Ivan the Terrible RIS, Fulton Worthy Adversary, Millstream Pumpkin Imperial Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin, Goose Island (most likely Nightstalker and some sort of Bourbon County, some version of a Stone RIS, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 2011, Dark Horse Plead the 5th, Flying Dog Barrel Aged Gonzo, Laguanitas RIS, Sprecher RIS, Deschutes Abyss 2011, Rogue Double Chocolate Stout, Alaskan RIS, Furious, Cynic, Bender, Hell, Surly Syx, and Surly Darkness 2011.
So it was written, so it has come to be! Bemidji Brewing Company is ready to tap their first keg. Tom, Tina and Bud will be pouring their beer at Brigid’s Pub in Bemidji at 4:00 on Saturday, October 27th. Stop by too see what they’ve been creating & support their up-north nanobrewery!