Category: breweries

The Brothers of Brau – Hop Fest and Other Goodies

By on August 27, 2009in beer events, breweries

“And Lo! Brothers bearing the name Brau shall be spawned in the Weste,” quoteth the great Prophet Burpe-n-urpe, “And they shall smite thee with their Feste of Hoppes and Drink from Thy Horne of Some-Other-Guys-Brew. Behold!!!” Courtesy their e-mail update!

Well, this is it – tonight someone’s homebrew will be crowned best of show for this year’s South Dakota Homebrew Challenge. The winner will be brewed here at Brau Bros and available on tap at all participating bars and restaurants. Meet us at Sully’s in Brookings tonight, where the champ will be announced! I’ve got a firkin of Fresh Hopped Sheephead for the event as well. A big thank you to all that participated and helped judge.

A couple other quick notes…

This year’s fresh hop has been brewed. It’s the first time we’ve done a fresh hopped Lager. Think Munich Dunkel – type lager. Should be interesting, I’ve tried it while fermenting and it should rock. Also, we’ve begun brewing Ring Neck for this fall. Ring Neck’s official release date is Oct 10, look for it in stores around then. Speaking of October 10…

HopFest is back and better than ever. October 10th is the date. Chris Laumb will be back with his band, Cannery Row. They did a fantastic job last year, you couldn’t ask for better beer drinking music. So far on tap we’ll have our usual year-rounds as well as – Fresh Hop Lager 2009 on cask and tap, Fresh hopped Sheephead (FreshHead) on cask, Lemongrass infused Purple Sting on cask, and lots and lots of RingNeck! Come check out the new pond, and as always, plenty of free parking. I’ll send out more detailed info in the very near future.

If you haven’t been out to see the hops, time is running out. We’ve already begun to harvest some of the falling vines (note for next year, heavier twine) and we plan to harvest en masse sometime in the next two weeks or so. Waiting for the Sterling and Liberty to catch up. Drop me a line or give a call and set up your tour of beautiful Southwest MN.

Flat Earth Growlers & Ren Fest Reminder

By on August 27, 2009in breweries, free beer

Good morrow Lords & Ladies seeth below yon tasty ales & lagers available for your fancy this eve.

Forget not that ye Olde Flat Earth Brewery will be offering FREE tastings of its wares this Saturday & Sunday at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival as part of the Highland Fling. So don thou best kilt & head out to the fair town of Shakopee for a good time.

Belgian Pale Ale
Bermuda Triangle Tripel
Cygnus X-1 Porter
Element 115
Unfiltered Element 115
Northwest Passage IPA
Raspberry Belgian Pale Ale
Sunburst

Sodas: Rootbeer, Watermelon, Blueberry

Huzzah!

Sweet! Look at all of these ABR Breweries!

By on August 27, 2009in breweries, brewpubs

2009 Participating Breweries – more to come!

  • August Schell Brewing Company *
  • Avery Brewing Co.
  • Barley John’s Brew Pub *
  • Bell’s Brewery, Inc.
  • Big Sky Brewing Company
  • Boston Beer Co.
  • Boulder Beer Co.
  • Boulevard Brewing Company
  • Brau Brothers Brewing Co. *
  • Brewery Ommegang
  • Capital Brewery
  • Choc Beer Co.
  • Cold Spring Brewery*
  • Crispin Cider Co.
  • Dark Horse Brewing Co.
  • Dave’s Brew Farm
  • Eel River
  • Finnegans *
  • Fitger’s Brewhouse *
  • Flat Earth Brewing Co. *
  • Founders Brewing Co.
  • Furthermore Beer
  • Grand Teton Brewing Co.
  • Granite City Food & Brewery *
  • Great Waters Brewing Co. *
  • Horny Goat Brewing Co.
  • Lagunitas Brewing Co.
  • Left Hand Brewing Co.
  • Lift Bridge Beer Company *
  • Magic Hat Brewing Company
  • Mantorville & St. Croix Brewing Companies
  • McCann’s Food & Brew *
  • Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery *
  • Minhas Craft Brewery
  • Moylan’s Brewing Co.
  • New Belgium Brewing Co.
  • New Holland Brewing Co.
  • North Coast Brewing Co.
  • Old Johnnie Ale
  • Pig’s Eye Brewing Company
  • Rock Bottom Brewery*
  • Rush River Brewing Co.
  • Shmalz Brewing Co.
  • Snake River Brewing Co.
  • South Shore Brewery
  • Southern Tier
  • Sprecher
  • Spring Grove Soda Pop
  • Summit Brewing Co. *
  • Surly Brewing Company *
  • The Herkimer Pub & Brewery *
  • Two Brothers Brewing Company
  • Tyranena Brewing Company
  • Victory Brewing Company
  • Vine Park Brewing Company *

* – MN Guild Member

Ngon Feature Beer

By on August 26, 2009in breweries

Ngon Vietnamese Bistro’s current feature beer is Flat Earth’s Northwest Passage IPA.

Our current feature beer is Flat Earth Northwest Passage IPA: Once a virtually impassable route through Northern Canada it has become the “secret” submarine route. Made with Canadian malts and four American hops, Northwest Passage goes well with Pho.

“Get to the Bottom of It” Continues

By on August 26, 2009in breweries

Summit’s “Get to the Bottom of It” contest continues. But before you go off to vote for your favorite August question, here’s a congrats to July’s winner and runner up.

Winning headline:
How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a dude?
Mike Kodada, Lonsdale, MN

[This was accidentally misquoted as ending with “man.” MNBeer.com regrets the error.]

Runner-Up:
Do the pink flamingo people think that lawn gnomes are tacky?
Brian Jarrells, St. Paul, MN

Ok, now take a few seconds and put in your vote for August!