Beer geek favorite Clown Shoes from Massachusetts is now available in Minnesota. To celebrate, Heritage in Maplewood will be sampling their beers today from 5-7pm.
Category: beer events
Fresh Hop Release at Town Hall
Besides being the time of year for pumpkin and Oktoberfest beers, it’s also that special time of year when fresh/wet hop beers are available. Check out what Town Hall has to say about theirs and then make plans to take in a pint.
Well, the hop harvest has happened and that means time for our Fresh Hop 100. Monday 10/8 Fresh Hop week will begin at Town Hall Brewery
We will release our Fresh Hop 100 at 5pm. This year we were able to have freshly picked Simcoe hops overnighted to the brewery, and I think it turned out well. As we have done for the 7th year, Fresh Hop 100 is brewed with 100% whole wet hops- no hop pellets or hop extracts. This is pure from the farm to the glass. We will have growlers available monday beginning at 5pm. We will feature a pint intro price from 5-6pm, but do not expect the normal $2.50 as this beer is very expensive for us to produce. We again used 180lbs of fresh, wet hops for our batch-that is 18lbs per barrel.
As usual we will feature other Fresh/Wet Hop beers all next week and this year they have all been brewed in MN! Get your sample platter of Fresh/Wet Hop beer while they last.
Starting Moday we will serve-
Town Hall fresh Hop 100, Lift Bridge Harvestor, Brau Brothers 100 Yard Dash, Surly Wet, Indeed Fresh Hop, and Lucid Wammo
We will serve ours and 4 other ones at a time for a total of 5 choices, the remainder will back up the first one to empty, I hope to have 5 choices for you all week.
So we sent some samples over to our friends at Summit Brewery the other day and they were kind enough to run the beer through their lab, so we have IBU numbers for this year. Town Hall Fresh Hop 100 2012 came in at 77.9 BU and the alcohol was measured at 6.66% abv. Hope that other brewery across town is not upset we got the “Mark of the Beast” this year………
See you next week! While you are in I may suggest you try the drink of the month. It is a Pumpkin Pie Martini….and it is good. We had folks hand grinding spices for days to make you this treat. Usually you don’t see me pimping drinks (I kinda like beer)….this is worth a try.
Mike
Boarfest at Butcher & the Boar Sunday
Butcher & the Boar in Minneapolis is hosting Boarfest on Sunday, from noon-10pm in their tented Beer Garden. The event will feature a ton of craft Oktoberfest beers including Bell’s, Victory, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Two Brothers Atom Smasher, Surly and more. They’ll also have a cask of Fulton’s The Libertine.
They’ll be serving grilled foods ranging from boar brats to oysters and will feature live music from Drew Peterson, Tim Mahoney, City on the Make, Jack Brass Band, Luke Warm and the Cool Hands.
No cover.
Lift Bridge Harvestör Cask Tapping at Ngon Bistro Today
St. Paul’s first cask of Lift Bridge Harvestör Fresh Hop Ale gets tapped at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro right after work: 5pm-7pm.
Hai has some great patio menu items including:
- Anise braised Thousand Hills short ribs on baguette with arugula and pickled sprouts and scallons
- Curry tempura Lake Superior Herring with sweet potatoes fries and spicy aioli
- Grilled five spice sausage made with Fischer Farms pork
- Spring Rolls made with organic greens, mint, vermicelli noodles, shrimp & BBQ pork
Enjoy some Harvestör and celebrate the last few patio days of the year!
Harvestör Details
Beer style: Fresh Hop Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 60
SRM: 13
Description: Constant addition of fresh, organic Cascade hops from Hippity Hops Farms in Forest Lake, MN. Aromatic and caramel malts compliment the hop character for an incredibly balanced beer that celebrates the hop harvest without killing your tongue.
Surly Tap Takeover Tonight at Muddy Waters
From 2pm – close today Muddy Waters is getting all Surly on your proverbial ass. Muddy’s will feature 17 Surly beers, apparently “the most Surly beers on tap, at once, at one establishment, EVER!”
Beer List:
Furious, Cynic, Bender, Coffee Bender, Five, SŸX, Hell, Fiery Hell, Bitter Brewer, Cacao Bender, Darkness, SurlyFest, Wet, Bandwagon, Schadenfreude, Smoke and Mild.
Tap prices will range between $5.50 – $7 and Muddy Waters will also offer a special Hell beer cheese dog for $5.