Category: breweries

Beer, Bets and bas…er Football

By on October 5, 2009in breweries, misc. mn beer

The Star Tribune reports that Jim Doyle and Tim Pawlenty have a friendly wager over tonight’s little football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. Not surprisingly, the wager involves beer. The Strib doesn’t report what beers the losing governor might share, but we know that Minnesota did its homework! I got a call last week from someone in a state office wondering if the list of Minnesota breweries on this site was accurate and up-to-date. The call certainly caught me by surprise, but I was happy to report that the list is accurate! Somehow, I suspect either governor will be happy should he win!

Lift Bridge and Stillwater Harvestfest

By on October 5, 2009in beer events, breweries

UPDATE!!!  Dan, thanks for the comment.  I also received an e-mail from Laura @ The Chef’s Gallery (thanks Laura!).  In addition to the Summit, Schell’s and Finnegan’s that Dan mentioned in his comment, Laura informed me that the beer event will include New Belgium, Magic Hat, Rogue, Steamworks (thanks JJ Taylor) and Rush River.  Hohenstein’s may be adding a few to the mix as well.

 

Thanks to the gang at Lift Bridge for bringing to our attention the 3rd Annual Stillwater Harvestfest.  The event is this coming Saturday, 10/10, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M.  There will be a Beer Tasting from 12 to 3 ($20 advance, $25 day-of) as well as several other fun fall events.  More details can be found at the respective websites…except for a listing of participating breweries and/or available beers.  The tasting is limited to 350 folks.  I’ve called for a listing of MN craft breweries represented and will update this post when I have it.

UPDATE!!!  Near as I can tell at this point, Lift Bridge will be the featured brewery (and maybe the only brewery).  More to come.

Flat Earth MONDAY Growlers

By on October 5, 2009in breweries

That’s right, tonight is the night to pick up your Flat Earth growlers instead of Tuesday this week.

MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY!

If you are thinking about consuming some adult beverages during the big Monday night tilt tonight or game 163 tomorrow afternoon then we think you should swing in to the brewery tonight between 3:30 – 6:30 and pick up a few growlers of fresh Flat Earth beer.

Tonight we’ll have:

Angry Planet Pale Ale
Black Helicopter Coffee Stout
Element 115 Lager
Unfiltered Cygnus X-1
Mummy Train Pumpkin Ale

Plus we have sodas for the kiddies.

Cheers!

Apparently Brewing Is A Real Bidness!!!

By on October 3, 2009in breweries

Thanks, Dan, for sending this our way.  Twin Cities Biz Journal wrote up a piece on craft brewing in MN.  Apparently it is only for paid subscribers, but we’ll see if we can’t get you the details in some other fashion (i.e., after reading a hard copy or other version, if there are any facts/info worth sharing, we’ll share).

Update!!!  Thanks to Flat Earth, here’s a link that works! Good stuff, Maynard.