The 3rd annual Happy Gnome Firkin Fest is scheduled for Saturday, March 20. The ‘Gnome plans to pre-sell tickets this year. More information to follow after the new year. Video courtesy of Don Osborn.
Category: breweries
Lake Superior Oktoberfest takes Gold at World Beer Championships
Congrats to the folks at Lake Superior Brewing Company for taking a Gold medal at the 2009 World Beer Championships with their Oktoberfest. The beer earned a score of 92 in the Vienna Märzen.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the effort and the craftsmanship we put into this year’s recipe,” explained Dale Kleinschmidt, head brewer and part-owner at Lake Superior. “We made some minor adjustments to last year’s version to improve its balance and mouth feel. We’re extremely grateful to the judges for recognizing the exceptional beer that resulted.”
Mankato Bus to Bockfest
Eight seats left! If you’re from the greater Mankato area and heading to Schell’s Bockfest in New Ulm in February, these fine folks have a party bus lined up. $25 gets you a ride, music and a keg of AmberBock lined up for the ride. Personally, I’d spring for some Schell’s Bock, but that’s just me. Either way, this looks like a safe, fun way to roll from ‘Kato to New Ulm for Schell’s Bockfest.
Set Aside Your Bail Money – Schell’s Pub Crawl in New Ulm!
Schell’s will be celebrating its sisquicee…sesquitenn…squishytennial…it’s 150th anniversary in New Ulm this January 2nd with a Brewmaster dinner and a pub crawl. Check out this link to a New Ulm Journal story for more details. Dinner will be held at Lola’s Larkspur Market, starting at 6:30 (first come, first served tix! SOLD-OUT ALREADY!!!), and the pub crawl will begin around 8 P.M. and will hit…and probably destroy, eight of New Ulm’s local establishments. I don’t have any details on any streaking events nor if there will be riots afterwards.
The Journal story also has some future Schell’s events to make note of.
Dave, thanks for the heads-up!
Sesquicentennial
Flat Earth Saturday Growlers
Flat Earth has a tour tomorrow at 4 p.m.. We are also open noon – 3 for growler and gift sales.
We’ll have….
Belgian Pale Ale
Curly Tail Ale
Cygnus X-1 Porter
Black Helicopter Coffee Stout
Unfiltered Northwest Passage IPA
By-Tor – Banana Nut infused CygnusCheers!
A brief programming note we will be open on the 22 & 23 for growler sales from 3:30 – 6:30 and closed on the 24th.