Category: breweries

Guy Expo This Weekend

If you don’t have plans for the weekend and are up for braving that which is RiverCentre, you might want to check out The Guy Expo. There will be plenty of guy related stuff, including things for your man cave, but most importantly there will be BEER.

You can participate in the Beer-a-thon contest by sampling all of the following ($5 for 6 2-oz samples) and voting for your favorite to claim the title of The Guy Expo’s MN Beer of the Year.
Schell’s Firebrick, Hefeweizen, Dark, Zommerfest
Steamworks Steam Engine & Conductor
Guinness 250th Anniversary
Fat Tire KEG
Summit Oktoberfest, EPA, Red Horizon
Leine’s Creamy Dark & Summer Shanty

If you’re still thirsty there will be an Augtoberfest beer garden where you can purchase full size servings of the above Summit, Leine’s and Steamworks beers.

There will also be a chance to win free beer for a year and for the ladies, a Miss Guy Expo 2009 contest.

Friday, August 7 3:00 -8:00 pm
Saturday, August 8 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tickets: $12 adults, kids 12 & under free

Flat Earth August Newsletter

There is A LOT going on over at Flat Earth. So grab yourself a beer (or I suppose a pop or coffee if wherever you’re reading this from isn’t copacetic with beer drinking), settle in and read on.

Greetings True Believers,
It’s been a great summer and we have no intention of slowing down. Tonight is National Night Out so stop by the brewery and grab a few of our handcrafted beers and sodas.

The new website is up and running! We’ll be adding more content this week. We are very excited about our growler ad in the lower right of the main page. We’ll update that every Tuesday & Thursday morning so you can see which fresh growlers will be available for sale that night.

Growler sales are every Tuesday & Thursday from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Please make sure you don’t block my neighbors loading docks when you come to see us.

We’ll be at the Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday the 6th for Flat Earth Night featuring live music by Jon Rodine and the Cattails and Happy hour pricing on Element 115.

Check out the Rush tribute band Exit Stage Right Saturday the 8th at Station 4 at 9 p.m., rumor has they’ll have Cygnus X-1 on tap.

On Sunday the 9th we will be participating in the Fresh Taste Fest at historic Nicollet Island Pavilion go to www.freshtaste.com/index.php for more details.

We are sponsoring an in store performance at the Electric Fetus for The Pines on the Tuesday the 11th at 630 p.m. Stop by for live music by The Pines, Flat Earth beer and some munchies from The Wedge.

August 14th we are double dipping!
We’ll be at the Minnesota Zoo for Brew at the Zoo pouring beer and listening to G.B. Leighton. For more info go to www.mnzoo.org/events/Events_brewZoo_09.asp &

People Serving People (PSP), on their sixth annual Strike Out Homelessness event taking place at the Metrodome. 4:30-7:00 PM: Pre-game Party @ The Metrodome Picnic Pavilion (near gate D). Tickets: www.peopleservingpeople.org/events/index.php

Our brewery tour is on Saturday the 22nd at 4 p.m.

The Renaissance Festival starts on the 22nd and runs every weekend through October. We’ll have our Belgian Pale Ale on tap at the following locations King’s Pub, Royal Pub, Blue Lion Tent & The Foaming Stein, plus we’ll be doing a free beer tastings on the 29th & 30th during Highland Fling Weekend

I think that is everything for now. Hope to see you out at some of our events as we enjoy the last of the great summer weather.

Jeff & Cathie Williamson
Flat Earth Brewing Company

Flat Earth Growlers

Hey,
Tonight is National Night Out. Impress your friends and neighbors with your impeccable taste in fresh local beer by stopping by Flat Earth today and grabbing some growlers of our handcrafted beers and sodas.

Tonight we’ll have the following:
From the Adult Beverage Division
Angry Planet
Belgian Pale Ale
Cygnus X-1
Element 115
Hep Cat
Northwest Passage
Sunburst
Xanadu

From the Soda Division
Rootbeer
Orange Soda
Ginger Ale
Apricola

Cheers!

Get a Burst of Furious Tan at Ngon

Here’s three great reasons to visit Ngon Vietnamese Bistro!

Surly Furious double hopped with simcoe now on cask. The feature beer is the Flat Earth Sun Burst (apricot infused belgian-style pale) and Seasonal beer is Lift Bridge MN Tan (Belgian Triple Ale infused with Lingonberries), both perfect for for hanging out on the patio on a hot sunny day. All beers are on happy hour, cheers.

Besides a great selection of local tap beers, they have a beautiful new patio and plenty of tasty eats. Happy hour runs M-F 3-6 pm & weekends 11 am – 5 pm (drinks only), featuring $1 off tap beers & $5 small plates.