This video is an instant classic.
Oh, and Bauhaus beers (Winderstuff & Sky Five) will be available at Target Field this year in section 116 (Twins Brews), 126 (Minnesota Brews) and 322 (also Minnesota Brews). They also plan to rotate their other flagship beers (Stargazer and Wagon Party) throughout the season.
612Brew has announced that their third annual Art, Music and Beer event as part of Northeast Minneapolis’ Art-A-Whirl. No surprise here, but the two-day event will include art, music, food and, duh… beer.
Thirsty? 612 will be serving up 5 of its more popular beers (SIX, Unrated, Gateway Park, Zero Hour, Mary Ann) as well as an event-only Radler and special casks.
It wouldn’t be an Art-A Whirl event without some fine art folks, so Adam Turman, Dogfish Media and Garden Weasel Creations will be on site along with a huge lineup of music both days.
Hungry? NateDogs, Midnord Empanadas, Sandy’s Grill, Hibachi Daruma and The Moral Omnivore will be on site as well.
Bands performing at 612Brew’s Art Music and Beer event include:
Friday, May 15
Tiny Deaths
Jon Jones
The Fattenin’ Frogs
July Fighter
Ash St. John
Saturday, May 16
Chris Koza
Step Rockets
Kingsview
Nathan Miller
Justin Halverson
Jonny and the Palms
The Tipsy Russell’s
Loons in the Attic
The 9th beer in Schell’s Stag Series, is a nod to the 155 year old company’s 19th century brewing traditions. The limited edition offering is a dark lager aged in American whiskey barrels and stored in the brewery’s original lagering caves below the brewery. The lagering caves date back to the 1860s, an era that predated electrical refrigeration.
I plan to crack one of these beers open later today, but I’m told that the veer is extremely dark and features notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, toffee, car and vanilla. Barring blueberry Grain Belt, Schell’s never fails me. 🙂
It’s great to see the brewery embracing tradition and history and reshaping it to suit today’s beer nerds. I love the fact that Schell’s has chosen to take advantage of their unique and historic space. The brewery has plans to continue to use the historic lagering caves as a laboratory for traditional brewing techniques to create unique new beers. I can’t wait to see more!
Back in January, we told you about Summit’s latest offering, Hopvale Organic Ale. Yesterday, Summit announced that this beer will be rolling out shortly with a series of release events. Hopvale will be available for your imbibing pleasure starting the first week of April on draught and in 16 oz. 4-pack cans. 
As of last night, tickets were still available for the Northern Lights Rare Beer Festival. And though the ticket price is decidedly steep, this is a festival that should make every beer nerd get a little giddy. For the uninitiated, this festival features rare, vintage and special one-off beers from 30 select craft breweries from across the country, including 10 form Minnesota. Suffice to say that this event includes food, entertainment and more.
Five beers I’ll really f&#@ing miss because I’m working Saturday: