The Taste 50 in today’s Strib. had a nice nod to Minnesota micros:
Another welcome trend: the rise of excellent local microbreweries, including Flat Earth, Brau Brothers, Surly and Wisconsin’s Rush River.
Category: breweries
Ommegang tasting at Stub & Herb’s
Join us at Stub & Herb’s once again for another Wednesday tasting! On Wednesday, May 28th, representatives from Ommegang will be on hand to talk about their beer and share some samples. $5. Every one of these events has been a great time. Cheers to Jon and the staff at Stub & Herb’s for doing such a good job.
Look for summer tastings outside. This should be fun!
BONUS: If you own a MNBeer t-shirt, wear it and your tasting will be comped. Limit 1 per person 🙂 and no homemade t-shirts. 🙂
Summit Movie Contest – Extended Deadline
Summit has extended the deadline for its Movie Contest until June 3 and the brewery will be staying open until 7 pm that night for all the last minute submissions. So make your Memorial Day drinking productive and film your own contest entry, because wouldn’t it be cool to win the $1,000 prize, a private party and 12 cases of Summit beer?!?
Flat Earth Growlers
Growlers will go on sale Thursday May 29th from 3:30 to 6:30. Jeff and Cathie will have growlers of Belgian Pale Ale, Element 115, Cygnus X-1 and Black Helicopter. Prices are $16 cash only, for Belgian, Element 115, Cygnus and Angry Planet when available. Seasonals will vary on pricing. Black Helicopter will be $20.
National Brew Fest
The third annual National Brew Fest will be June 20-21 in downtown Mankato, Minn. There are tasting sessions from 4-7 p.m. each day, with live music from 4-11. This year’s musical headliners are The Marshall Tucker Band and Canned Heat, and they’ll be joined by a half-dozen local/regional bands like Lamont Cranston and the Butanes. Last year about 5,200 people attended the event, which featured about 100 beers from 30 brewers around the nation. More information and tickets are available at www.nationalbrewfest.com