A few nice nods to some of our favorite beer-centric places in the Best of the Twin Cities edition of City Pages. Winners include:
Barley John’s: Best Suburban Bar and Best Brewpub (Though this statement is weak: “While we admire any bar that attempts to make its own brew, many do so badly.”)
Blue Door Pub: Best Neighborhood Bar (St. Paul)
Muddy Pig: Best Beer Selection in a Bar
Minneapolis Town Hall: Best Take-Home Brew
Summit Unchained Series: Best Beer
Vine Park’s latest newsletter is out…some highlights:
MAIFEST – May 1st
Celebrate our warm weather arrival with a traditional Maifest Party with our friends at the Glockenspiel. They love our Vine Park customers so much that by showing your Frequent Brewer card or a Vine Park Year of Beer card, you can get a Free refill of your 1st beverage! Enjoy great beers, costumes, games, music, German party foods, and more.
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2010 Romantic Italian Beer & Wine Trip
Our next great adventure opportunity is the beautiful, historic, and delicious northwest corner of Italy. Home of famous vineyards, Pinocchio, a surprisingly talented crop of craft breweries, and the intense Italian love of great taste in foods.Join us for that romantic trip to Italy with fellow lovers of great tasting foods & beverages while exploring centuries old villages on both the coast & in the countryside. See the famous cities of Torino and Genoa, discover castles and re-discover joy of walking hand in hand on cobblestone streets in search of the perfect cafe. 2010 Romantic Italian Beer & Wine Trip
Our next great adventure opportunity is the beautiful, historic, and delicious northwest corner of Italy. Home of famous vineyards, Pinocchio, a surprisingly talented crop of craft breweries, and the intense Italian love of great taste in foods.Join us for that romantic trip to Italy with fellow lovers of great tasting foods & beverages while exploring centuries old villages on both the coast & in the countryside. See the famous cities of Torino and Genoa, discover castles and re-discover joy of walking hand in hand on cobblestone streets in search of the perfect cafe. Trip Costs, Details, Itinerary
Plus plugs for the St. Paul Beer Fest and ABR.
Make your Monday evening happy by stopping in at Grumpy’s NE for half priced Summit and Surly beers.
For those of you who are not regular readers of the Star Tribune, here is a link to a story on how craft beer sales are holding up in this shi er, poor economy. What I didn’t read in the story was a heartfelt thank you from anyone interviewed in the story for all the hard work that you and I do in drinking mass amounts of craft beer, all for the purpose of supporting an economic recovery. Ingrates!
I kid, I kid. Enjoy the write-up. Thanks, Strib, for the coverage.
Spring is in full swing and now is a perfect time to swing in to the brewery and grab some fresh, locally made Flat Earth beer.
This week we’ll have:
Angry Planet Pale Ale
Belgian Pale Ale
Black Helicopter Coffee Stout
Element 115 Lager
Hep Cat Blonde Ale
Northwest Passage IPA
Ovni Biere de Garde
Unfiltered Belgian Pale AleCheers!