You’ve got a little time yet to make your plans to head north and take in all that is the Gitchee Gumee Brewfest in Superior, WI. Tickets range from $25 for general admission to $75 for VIP (which gets you a 3:30 admission as well as a VIP room with pizza and your very own VIP restroom).
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UPDATE: Founders Facepunching-Minderasing-Liverdamaging Extravaganza
Dave Engbers, co-founder of Founders, will now be in attendance at The Happy Gnome! The event is being held upstairs in the Firehouse room of and promises to be awesome. Flights of the beers will be served so you can sample each of the offerings. The list hasn’t changed, but in case you need a reminder they will be pouring Breakfast Stout, Imperial Stout, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Canadian Breakfast Stout, Curmudgeon’s Better Half, Backwoods Bastard, Double Trouble
and maybe something else to make it a nice even number TBD. Wow. April 10th, 5pm.
Breakfast for Dinner at Tilia Featuring Founders CBS
Yes, the first keg of Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout is going to be tapped at Tilia. Yes, it is going to be awesome. $15 will get you a Canadian Monte Cristo Sandwich – Canadian Bacon, Fried Egg, Swiss Cheese & Orange Fennel Jam and one 6oz pour of the extremely rare CBS. The co-founder of Founders, Dave Engbers will be at the event to as well to answer questions and generally have a grand time. When the beer’s gone, it’s gone and it probably won’t last long.
Acadia Cafe: Win Free Beer for a Year Saturday!
Free beer for a year? Count me in! Head over to Acadia Cafe Saturday night for their “We Broke the Curse – 4th Anniversary on the West Bank” party for a chance to win free beer for a year. You’ll need to be present to be one of the four lucky people who will each get one free local beer everyday for one year.
Sponsors include these breweries: Lucid, Surly, Summit, Harriet Brewing & Rush River.
Also, drink specials, giveaways and live music by The Nightinghales, Foxtrot, and Cadillac Kolstad & the Flats.
Boom Island tasting Friday at France 44
Yup, that about sums it up. On Friday, from 4-6 you can sample all three of Boom Island‘s beer (Silvius Pale Ale, Throprock IPA and Hoodoo Dubbel) at France 44 in Minneapolis. Enjoy!