Category: breweries

Name Boom Island’s Next Beer

By on January 28, 2013in breweries
Boom Island Brewing Company logo

Boom Island Brewing Co., whose owners themselves are musicians, are brewing up a “Support-The-Musicians-Beer” in support of the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra.  Their goal is to raise money for the orchestra’s outreach programs for schools and  community. Boom Island plans to donate $1 from every bottle sold to the Minnesota Orchestra’s musicians. But the beer needs a name!

The beer is in the fermenters and they want a name by  Midnight on Wednesday,  January 30th! They plan to introduce the beer at Winterfest on February 1. So get cracking! Send your entries here: prcommittee.musicians@gmail.com

They’re also looking for another downtown location for a beer release. The beer will be at the brewery, local liquor stores and some restaurants.

Details:
Prizes include a Sibelius CD (yes, the hard to find Grammy Nominated CD!), a Support the Musicians T-Shirt and/or a Boom Island T-shirt and a sample pack of Boom Island’s Belgian-style beers.

Please include: Beer Name Entry, Your name,Your email & Your phone number. Deadline for entries is Midnight on January 30, 2013. The Judges will make a decision based on entry time and date in the case of duplicates. You may enter more than once, with a limit of three times. LoMoMO, spouses & family, and employees of Boom Island are not permitted to enter.

Beer details:
Color: Very Light Copper
Flavor: Moderate to Assertive Hop Bitterness with slight clove-like esters
Mouthfeel: Light and Crisp with a dry finish
Approx 6% ABV

New Festival in St. Cloud: St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour

By on January 28, 2013in beer events, breweries, brewpubs
St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour

St. Cloud Craft Beer TourNew this year, the St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour will be gracing Central Minnesota hosted at the River’s Edge Convention Center.  1,500 general admission tickets will be available for the event which will take place from 2-5pm on Saturday March 16, 2013. An exclusive VIP hour is also available for purchase from 1-2pm with tickets including a t-shirt and extra hour of touring.

All attendees of the festival will receive a sampling cup to utilize for tasting some of the finest craft brews available.Brewery representatives will be on hand to answer any questions and share their knowledge of their fine products.  Sampling is unlimited, although they do ask tourists to drink responsibly.  A designated driver ticket is also available for those who choose not to partake in sampling of the craft brews, but want to celebrate at the festival as well.

The rules are as follows:

  1. Go to www.stcloudcraftbeertour.com to buy a ticket and learn more about the tour
  2. Show up at the River’s Edge Convention Center downtown St. Cloud on March 16th
  3. Enjoy the tour! (this is the #1 requirement)

612 Brew Debut & Taproom Grand Opening

By on January 24, 2013in beer events, breweries
612 brew logo

612 brew logoSay that ten times fast! We just got word that our buds at 612 Brew will be debuting all four of their beers this weekend at The Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival Saturday! Congrats guys!

Can’t make The Beer Dabbler on Saturday? Fear not, their taproom grand opening is February 13th.

Here are more details:

When: Wednesday, February 13
Where: The brewery, of course
Time: 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Why: Because we are all thirsty!

Want some food while you enjoy that beer? We will have the following food trucks on location.

Simply Steves, on Feb. 13 and 14
Melchs Meat Wagon, on Feb 15 and 16

Now for other news….Taproom hours starting on the 13th!

Wednesday – 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Thursday – 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Friday – 2:30 p.m. – Midnight
Saturday – Noon – Midnight

Check out our First Look profile on 612 Brew.

Fulton/Great Lakes Collaboration Beer

By on January 23, 2013in beer events, breweries
Fulton Brewing Co.

We like Fulton, and when we’re not drinking Minnesota-made beers, we’ve been known to drink a few Great Lakes Brewing Co. beers. So when we heard that the two had paired up to make a Baltic Porter, we figured we should probably taste it, eh? Brian and Mikey from Fulton went to Cleveland  to work with the Great Lakes folks and their 7 bbl pub system to brew a Baltic Porter that incorporates molasses and Great Lakes’ proprietary lager yeast.

Unfortunately, only about a half dozen kegs made it into the market. Your next chance to sample said beer will be on Saturday at  The Beer Dabbler. No Dabbler tickets? Be sure to stop by Bryant Lake Bowl on Tuesday, January 29th. You can also keep an eye out for a few more releases – watch Fulton’s Facebook & Twitter feeds.