Category: breweries

Castle Danger Launch

By on March 31, 2011in breweries

Castle Danger Brewery fires up, Mike Creager, Lake Country News Journal

“Life’s definitely busy.”

Owners Jamie and Clint MacFarlane own Castle Haven Cabins. No doubt they’ll be quite busy in upcoming months… running a resort is a lot of work, and from what we hear, running a brewery is no small affair, either. Castle Danger is delivering kegs now and plans to get a license to sell growlers. You can catch them at Gitchee Gumee or places such as Sir Benedict’s in Duluth. We wish them the best of luck!

Summit’s New Spring Duds

By on March 28, 2011in breweries

Check it out. Summit launched a new website redesign today with the help of gdb (which may or may not stand for “gimme’ draft beer). Looks good – playful, clean and full of info.

Incidentally, if you haven’t, do yourself a favor and throw down a few pints of Unchained No. 6, Gold Sovereign Ale. I enjoyed a couple of pints in the Firehouse Room at the Happy Gnome during a break from the craziness of Firkin Fest on Saturday. I know I was supposed to be drinking cask beer, but I guess that’s  how I roll. Nice job Mr. McConn!

Brooklyn Roll Out Events – Week 1

By on March 27, 2011in beer events, breweries

As you may have heard, Brooklyn Brewery will be hitting shelves and tap towers beginning April 4th!  Well, what’s better than a week full of release events?  How about 3 weeks?!  Yes, we will be hitting the streets with a mad frenzy of events for 3 weeks with Brooklyn Brewery personnel including founder Steve Hindy!!

The full schedule will be released soon but here is a list of stuff for the first week!

Brooklyn Release Events Week 1:

Sunday April 3rd:
5pm The Happy Gnome Beer Dinner

Monday April 4th:

3pm Surdyks Tasting
3pm Princeton’s Liquor Tasting
3pm Thomas Liquor Tasting
5pm Bulldog NE Sampling
5pm France 44 Tasting and Cheese Pairing
7pm Heritage Liquor Tasting/Book Signing
7pm Uptown Pub Crawl (Williams – 6:30pm Drink Uptown – 7pm Stella’s – 7:45pm Cafeteria – 8:30pm Cowboy Slims – 9:15pm)

Tuesday April 5th:

3pm South Lyndale Tasting
3pm Haskell’s Woodbury Tasting
3pm 1st Grand Tasting
5pm McDonald Liquor Tasting
5pm Cellar’s Woodbury Tasting
5:30pm Four Firkins Tasting/Book Signing
7pm Mac’s Industrial “Working Man’s” Beer Dinner
7:30pm St Paul Pub Crawl (Fabulous Fern’s, The Happy Gnome, Muddy Pig, Sweeny’s, Billy’s on Grand, Old Chicago Roseville, Grumpy’s Roseville)

Wednesday April 6th:

1pm Edina Muni #2 Tasting
3pm Blue Max Tasting
3pm Lake Wine & Cheese Tasting
3pm Big Top Midway Tasting
6pm Hanger Room Sampling/Cheese Pairing
7pm Bryant Lake Bowl “Bowling for Brooklyns” Party!

Thursday April 7th:

3pm Saint Anthony Village #1 Tasting
5pm Campus and Downtown MPLS Pub Crawl

Friday April 8th:

12pm MacKenzie’s Pub Twins Home Opener Ticket Giveaway!
4pm Dennis Bros tasting

Saturday April 9th:
3pm Running Aces Beerfest