A couple notable items from the world of Surly:
1) DWITT (aka David Witt) has been chosen to design the artwork for Darkness in 2009. Click here to check out his work.
2) The BIG, new tanks have arrived and been installed. Take a look at these pics!
The cap, covering the hole that had to be cut into the roof to accomodate the tanks, is removed.
And in go the barrels!
Has is been a while since you’ve had some Flat Earth brews? Do you live on the western side of the metro and getting over to the brewery isn’t the easiest of drives? Do you need a reason to enjoy some fine beer on a Monday night?
For all of your above needs and more, head on over to The Four Firkins tonight for a free sampling event brought to you by Jeff Williamson, head brewer and co-founder of Flat Earth.
Join the Washington County Historical Society for our second annual beer tasting at the Hay Lake Museum Complex in Scandia, Minnesota. A member of the St. Croix River Valley Home Brewers Association will present on home brewing at 4:00 p.m. The presentation will be followed by a beer tasting from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The presentation is free, the beer tasting is $10. The event is open to the public.
For more information, please contact WCHS at (651) 439-5956.
If you haven’t yet toured Surly’s facility and are interested in doing so now might be your chance. As of about 2 pm today (Sunday), their website is showing that there are openings for the Friday, July 3 tour. I suspect this tour will fill up quickly so don’t drag your feet. What a great way to kick off the holiday weekend!
Brooklyn Center Liquor partners with Surly Brewing to sell ‘Darkness’ at fall festival, Wendy Erlien, Sun Newspapers
Eric’s been keeping tight lips about this one for a number of weeks, but it looks like Sun Newspaper scooped us. In any case, Darkness Day looks much more likely this year than previously thought. We won’t go so far as to say that’s definite (Omar alluded to that on BA), but it looks better, anyway…
A lease agreement approved by the council allows Brooklyn Center Liquor to lease a space in the Surly Brewing Co. building, 4811 Dusharme Drive, to sell the beer for one day during the festival.
The beer [Darkness] will be purchased from Surly Brewing Co., delivered to the leased space and sold in special 750 centiliter [ml, actually -ryan] bottles that are smaller than the previously sold growlers. A growler, as defined by Surly, is a “refillable, reusable glass beer jug” for individuals to purchase 64 ounces of beer to bring home.