Category: beer events

Indeed Hullabaloo: Autumn Release Fest

By on October 9, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries

On Saturday from 3-9pm Indeed Brewing Company celebrates autumn with beer and a little “Hullabaloo” at the brewery with some special release beer, including Sweet Yamma Jamama (an all made with sweet potatoes), Midnight Ryder infused with poblano peppers and Haywire (a double American black ale). Haywire and Sweet Yamma Jamma will also be available in bottles in limited supplies.

Hungry? The folks from Blue Door Pub will be serving up their ever-awesome burgers and fall-inspired sides as well. Menu to come.

Schedule
3:00 PM: Tapping of Sweet Yamma Jamma Sweet Potato Ale
4:00 PM: Tapping of Midnight Ryder infused with poblano pepper
5:00 PM: Tapping of Haywire Double American Black Ale
We’ll also be releasing a limited supply of both Haywire and Sweet Yamma Jamma in 750 mL bottles.

Top Brewer Minnesota

By on October 5, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, homebrew, MN

Description from Top Brewer: This event is a celebration of the local craft beer scene.  Never before has the community been brought together to choose what beer will enter the local market.  This event unites local breweries, beer lovers, homebrewers, and craft beer bars in one harmonious event, by showcasing each, and the contribution they make to our community.

Groveland Tap, October 11 & 25th – 6-9:30pm
Edina Grill, October 18 – 6-9:30pm
3 Squares, November 1 – 6pm-9:30pm

The event is 100% Minnesotan.  Taking place on Thursdays in October on scenic patios.

The brewer that will own the Top Brewer MN will be determined through a series of 4 qualifying events, which will be held at a different Blue Plate Group Restaurant. Each week 6 local homebrewers bring a beer to be judged; the winner of each week will be given ingredients courtesy of Northern Brewer and Brewer Supply Group to make a beer for the finals.

The Finals will be held at Lucid Brewing Company on February 2nd and the winner will be be known around Minnesota and beyond as TOP BREWER MINNESOTA.

Top Brewer MN will give local homebrewers an opportunity to be able to brew on a production scale brewing system with the gang at Lucid Brewing Company, help name the beer, and of course be apart of the promotional team through a series of events in March.

Each of the four events will be limited to 200 attendees and will cost fifteen dollars. Ticket will includes a complimentary Lucid beer of your choice, live music featuring local artists, and special pricing for Lucid beers as well as some food items paired specifically with the Lucid beers. For more information go to www.topbrewer.org

Nosferatu Tasting tonight at Four Firkins

By on October 5, 2012in beer events, beer stores

I caught this one in The Four Firkins newsletter. Sounds like a good time… if only I weren’t heading out of town:

Tonight is going to be pretty crazy. Fancy Friday, Spooky Edition is going on all day, but the real festivities start at 6. We’ll be hosting Brent from Great Lakes Brewing Company as he taps and pours a keg of Nosferatu, a hoppy imperial red that weighs in at 8% ABV. Yes, we are paying for a keg of Nosferatu and sampling it away for free! That’s how we roll.

We’ll be dressed up, and you are invited to dress up in your spooky finest, too!
Cost: FREE
Time: Sampling starts at 6.
Fine Print: You don’t need a costume to attend. But you know you want to.
We will be awarding a $50 Four Firkins gift card to what we deem the best costume, and a $25 Pizza Luce gift card to the runner up. Also, anyone dressed as the classic Nosferatu will get a free beer!

Oktoberfest Bier Tasting and Dinner at St. Paul’s on the Hill

By on October 5, 2012in beer dinners, beer events, brewpubs

On Saturday October  20th at 6pm, St. Paul’s on the Hill (an Episcopal Church, btw) will host an Oktoberfest beer tasting with Brian Lonberg, a chef, and the head brewer at Barley John’s Brew Pub in New Brighton.

There will be a beer tasting and lecture covering most major styles of beer, and at least a dozen samples, followed by a Q&A with the brewer. Learn about how to best pair beer with meals, cheeses, desserts, and how to use beer in your own cooking. Find out how the major beer styles developed and what to expect to find in your glass, what it takes to get from the field to the Stein, and what you need to know when you go to a bottle shop. After the tasting enjoy appetizers, a short performance of German music by St. Paul’s Organ Master and select choir members, followed by a German themed dinner, silent auction, and of course, more beer.

Tickets are $30, and all proceeds benefit the the church.

Enter through the office doors on Saratoga St., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on the Hill – 1524 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105

Ticket link

— Make your donation in increments of $30 per ticket desired. In the second box put your name and number of tickets you’re ordering.