Category: breweries

Summit Unchained 8

By on August 18, 2011in breweries

The eighth beer in Summit’s Unchained series comes courtesy of Mike Lundell, the brewer also responsible for the third beer in the series,  India Rye Ale. This time around, he’s making a Black Ale. Details below:

Black Ale (still awaiting TTB approval on name, so could change)
Brewer: Mike Lundell
Color: 70 degrees Lovibond

IBU: 65
ABV 6.5

Ingredients:
Malt: 2-row Harrington, Torrified Wheat, Cara Wheat, Midnight Wheat, and Carafa III Special

Hops: New Zealand Pacific Jade, Australian Galaxy

Medium bodied ale with a pronounced citrus/passion fruit/mango aroma, slight astringent/burnt character from the black malt. Think black colored hoppy ale.

The beer will be released late October/early November. More definite dates to come once production is scheduled.

Steel Toe Growlers Friday

By on August 18, 2011in beer events, breweries

So what’s a good brewery-warming gift?

Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park will be selling their first growlers Friday night from 6:30-8:30pm. They’ll have growlers of their first beer, Provider, available for purchase. From the website:

Provider is brewed to be light and refreshing with a slightly sweet malt flavor and floral hop aroma. Unfiltered to bring out the subtle flavors in this glorious brew. Let Provider take care of you for a while.

4848 W. 35th St.
St. Louis Park, MN

Harriet Brewing Rauchfest

By on August 17, 2011in beer events, breweries

“Rauchfest 2011,” a one-day festival featuring Beer, Food, Art and Live Music on Saturday, September 24. Located at 3036 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis will be the host site featuring live amplified music including New Primitives (Reggae/Rock), Butanes Soul Revue (Blues/Jazz/Rock), High Strung String Band (Bluegrass), Blue Soul Caravan (Folk), and a DJ from Harriet Brewing will be playing vinyl in-between sets.

A single batch of Rauchfest, a smoked Oktoberfest lager, will be brewed and on tap for this special festival. The brewery will also reintroduce their cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey. A total of six Harriet beers will be available throughout this engaging event for the Longfellow neighborhood and surrounding area. There will also be non-alcoholic beverages from Dandelion Kitchen, Rauchfest brats and vegetarian options from Seward Co-op, Rauchfest buns from Sun Street Breads, Reubens and smoked brisket from Stanley’s and more. Live painters, fire spinners, glass artists and various other arts and craft vendors will be participating throughout the day.
First 250 tickets sold at the Brewery (not online) include a collectible Rauchfest 2011 glass from Harriet Brewing.

Tickets
General Admission tickets are $15.00 and available at Harriet Brewing or online.
Each ticket includes a Harriet beer of your choice.

After September 1, 2011, ticket price will increase to $20.00

Beer School at Republic

By on August 15, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, cask beer

Get yerself some schoolin’ on hump day at Republic (formerly know as Preston’s). And to quench your thirst while yer learnin’ there’ll be $3 pints of Hop Prop.

Come out to the Republic next Wednesday and check out our new venue! I’ll be there from 4pm til whenever, and we’re going to have Dan Schwarz and Trevor Cronk, the co-founders (and two of the brewers) from Lift Bridge Brewing Company.

At 5pm we’ll be tapping a firkin of Hop Prop IPA, with pours for just $3! This is our first event at the new location, so let’s show ’em what us beer schoolers are all about-I’m not leaving ’til that cask is empty!

For anyone who participated in last semester-come out, see some old friends, and have a good time. For anyone interested in Beer School, I’ll be around all afternoon to answer questions.

If you’ve never had Hop Prop on cask, you have to come try it. If you have had it, I don’t need to tell you to be there, you know how tasty this stuff is. I expect to see you all there.

Your friendly Beer School Principal,
Pat Fahey

Bermuda Triangle Tripel Release Tonight

By on August 15, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries

Flat Earth releases their seasonal Bermuda Triangle Tripel tonight at the Bulldog Lowertown. 5pm. Drink up.

Only the finest Belgian grains were brewed with Belgian candied sugar and orange blossom honey from the Bermuda Triangle then aged for several months to produce a bright, golden ale bursting with flavors of lemon, spice, and a touch of that orange blossom honey sweetness. This is an ale that is deceptively smooth and easy drinking, so be careful not to lose yourself in the flavors of Bermuda Triangle.