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State Fair Guide for Monday

By on August 27, 2012in breweries, MN

There’s your tip of the day. The Fair does have drinkable water, and as much as we respect (and often support) your right to substitute water with beer, it may hurt the next day, even at 2.8%. Thanks to Joe for willingness to serve as a guinea pig.

Check out the Minnesota Craft Brewers Exhibit in the Ag. Building.

3:00pm: Hop Agriculture in Minnesota – Charlie Rohwer, PhD, U of M Scientist. Charlie’s job is cooler than your job. Among other things, he’s a hop researcher with the U of M. You can read more about him here.

6:00pm: Beer Tourism – Dan Justesen, Vine Park Brewery. This is another presentation that’s definitely worth checking out. Dan is no stranger to beer tourism. For the

Today’s beer flights in Land of 10,000 Beers:

HOPPY:
Summit Horizon Red Ale
Indeed Brewing Midnight Ryder
Third Street Bitter Neighbor
Excelsior XLCR

LIGHTER:
Fulton Lonely Blonde
Mankato Original
Schell’s Pilsner
Brau Brothers Old 56

BELGIAN STYLE/SWEETER:
Lucid Summertide,
Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale
Flat Earth Bermuda Triangle Tripel
Surly Cynic Ale

DARKER:
Flat Earth Cygnus X1
Third Street Brewhouse Brown Trout
Schell’s Firebrick
Finnengans Irish Amber

To keep up to  date with Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild events, speakers, flights and other fun things at the Fair, be sure to follow @mncraftbrew on Twitter and check out their Facebook page!

 

 

Harriet Rauchfest Tickets on Sale

By on August 27, 2012in beer events, breweries

Harriet Rauchfest – September 29th, 2012. Rauchfest is a one-day festival of beer, food, art and music. Music includes The Big Wu (heard of ’em?),  Nicholas Mrozinski & The Feelin’ Band, Mary Cutrufellow, The Premiums, Emerson, Lake & Lyndale, Electric Children, High Strung String Band, Zack Lozier Trio, Bill Koncar and others yet to be announced.

Beer? Yes, of course! Rauchfest is a single batch beer –  a smoked Oktoberfest. Harriet also plans to reintroduce their other cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey, serving up atotal of eight Harriet beers. They’ll also have food and non-alcoholic beverages from  Gastrotruck, Natedogs & Potter’s Pasties.

Art? Yup. Check. Chuck Hues, Britt Howe, Travis Brannaman and Ephraim Cruz Eusebio will be painting on site and from the site of it, art from Jesse Brood & WITT will be on site as well.

Tickets? GA tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. You can buy tickets online here or at the taproom. Enjoy!

Bemidji Brewing Update

By on August 26, 2012in breweries

Bemidji Brewing Co. now has their federal brewing notice, which allows them to work through the state portion of licensing. If all goes as planned, they’ll be brewing sooner than later at the kitchens of Harmony Food Co-Op in Bemidji. We’re wrapping up our own interview in the next week or two, but for not check out a quick story from Lakeland news.

State Fair Beer Guide Day 3

By on August 25, 2012in beer events, breweries

Saturday, August 25th:

Today’s beer flights in Land of 10,000 Beers:

HOPPY Flights:
Brau Brothers Hopsession
Schell’s Emerald Rye
Lake Superior Black IPA
Excelsior Brewing Co. Bridge Jumper

DARKER Flights:
Big Wood  Morning Wood
Third Street Brewhouse Lost Trout
Schell’s Firebrick
Schell’s Dark

BELGIAN/SWEETER Flights:
Lake Superior North Shore Wheat
Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale
Boom Island Hoodoo
Surly Cynic

LIGHTER Flights:
Finnegans Blond Ale
Steel Toe Provider
Schell’s Pilsner
Surly Hell

To keep up to date with Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild events, speakers, flights and other fun things at the Fair, be sure to follow @mncraftbrew on Twitter and check out their Facebook page!

 

Band of Brewers Print

By on August 22, 2012in breweries, general beer, MN

A friend shared this with me today and it was too cool to not pass on.

From the artist’s website:

I recently completed this very large pencil drawing highlighting 8 great craft brewers in Minnesota.  Pete Rifakes of Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis was the man behind the idea.  He allowed me to create  a drawing that might be the first of its kind in Minnesota. (maybe the free world!)

Thanks to all of the craft brewers who participated.  It was fun to travel the state and meet everyone.  In no particular order, here are the breweries that participated; Town Hall Brewery-Minneapolis, Summit Brewing-St. Paul, Fulton Brewery-Minneapolis, Surly Brewing Company-Brooklyn Center, Schell’s Brewery-New Ulm, Fitger’s Brewhouse-Duluth, Steel Toe Brewing-St. Louis Park and last but not least, Lift Bridge Brewing of Stillwater.

Rumor has it that the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild will have the original drawing displayed as part of their State Fair exhibit this year.  Look for the display in the Ag/Hort Building.