Category: breweries

Summit Unchained #10

By on June 21, 2012in breweries

The latest in Summit’s Unchained Series, #10 is a Belgian Style Abbey Ale, courtesy of brewer Nate Siats. The beer is slated for a July 23 release. We’ll post release info shortly, but for now here are some specs. Cheers!

Malts: Weyermann Pilsner, Weyermann Abbey, & Weyermann Melanoidin
Hops: German Tettnang & Czech Saaz
Special Additions: Belgian Amber Candi Sugar
Target Alcohol: 8.00% vol
Target IBU’s: 33 packaged
Color: 25 Lovibond, deep amber – rich mahogany
OG: 18 degrees plato
Yeast: Belgian Trappist Ale strain
Notable flavors: Sweet malt characteristics, raisins, prunes, pears, slight spicy notes; overall slightly sweet and fruity estery characteristics

Jack Pine Brewery 1/3 Way to It’s Kickstarter Goal!

By on June 20, 2012in breweries

We’ve been watching Brainerd’s Jack Pine Brewery build up since its inception, and now the proposed nano brewery is that much closer to being  a reality. Brewer/founder Patrick Sundberg plans to start small, brewing 40 gallon batches and offering up draft beer for local bars, growlers, and with the help of Kickstarter backers, a taproom.

Check out the video, Kickstarter page and brewery page, and if you’re so inclined, send some cash his way.

Go Try Badger Hill Brewing on Friday at Beer Dabble at Pride

By on June 19, 2012in breweries

That’s a mouthful… in any case, one of Minnesota’s newest breweries, Badger Hill Brewing Co., has announced their flagship beers & will have their first two offerings available to the general public on Friday during the Beer Dabbler event at Pride. Some of you may have had a chance to check out their first offering, MSB (Minnesota Special Bitter), an ESB. In July (and at 7pm at the Beer Dabbler event) they plan to debut Three Tree American Rye, a beer that sounds as if it uses a German Roggenbier as a starting point, but includes American hop additions. Other beers on their docket include an American Stout, Foundation, that is slated for a fall release, a limited-release beer aged in wine barrels also slated for a fall release and a fourth year-round beer in early 2013.

Details from the brewery below.

Founders Flight Night at Pig & Fiddle

By on June 19, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, Features

This Friday, the Pig & Fiddle will be pouring flights of Founders beers! 3 five ounce pours will cost you $10… I suppose you want to know what beers they’ll have…? Well, they’ll be pouring Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Curmudgeon Old Ale & Red’s Rye Pale Ale. These are a couple of the last barrels of KBS & Curmudgeon left in Minnesota so I wouldn’t miss it!

Winnebabo Craft Brewfest Saturday

By on June 19, 2012in beer events, breweries

Let’s plan your weekend! Hot on the heels of The Beer Dabbler at Pride this weekend is the inaugural Craft Brewfest in Winnebago, Minnesota. Does this fest sound familiar? If so, it’s because festival organizers worked with the legislature this year to give breweries that don’t normally distribute in Minnesota a one-day-pass of sots to allow them to sample their wares at one beer festival a year in Minnesota.

Breweries include Schell’s, Brau Brothers, Third Street, Finnegans, Summit, Grand Tetons, Leinenkugels, Cold Spring, Woodchuck, Angry Orghard, Toppling Goliath, Mantorville, Bell’s, Big Sky, Horny Goat, Sierra Nevada, Breckenridge, Deschutes, Crispin, New Belgium, Mankato Brewery, Atwater, Shock Top, Brainerd Lakes, Shiner, Doc’s Draft, Brooklyn, Lucky Bucket and more.

3-6pm, $20 in advanced, $25 at the gate. A beer garden follows the event from 6-10pm. Proceeds go to support the Winnebago Lions Club.