Have you bought your tickets for Autumn Brew Review yet? What are you waiting for? Perhaps a teaser from Fitger’s Brewhouse would help? Here’s a preliminary listing of what the gang at Fitger’s will be sharing at Autumn Brew Review:

Apricot Wheat 5.1% v  18 b.u.
A marriage of fresh apricot juice and tart, tangy wheat. We make a light wheat ale and infuse the juice. A warm weather or breakfast delight.

Breakwater White 5.4% 22 b.u
A Belgian style unmalted and spiced wheat ale. Light and citrusy due to additions of coriander and sweet orange peel.

Procrastinator Doppelbock  8.5% 33 b.u
A German style strong lager. Malt driven with fruit esters and character derived from long aging.

ST IPA  (Superior Trail)  6.4% 88 b.u
The flagship IPA of the new Burrito Union restaurant in Duluth. A well balanced IPA. Very much a cross between our strong IPA’s and our strong pale ales. Dry hopped, hop backed and highly quafable.

Starfire Pale Ale  6.0% 70 b.u
The full time pale at the Vrewhouse. Highly hopped very citrusy from the hop varities used. American malts and hops throughout. A true North Shore Style Pale.

St Stephens Abby 8.2% 30 b.u
Our Belgian style strong amber ale. Fruit driven due the high ferm temps and the Belgian yeast strain used. All imported malts. A raisin, toffee, bready, feast for the taste buds.

Peace Coffee Stout 6.1% 41b.u
Our friends at Peace provide the beans we provide the malt, hops, yeast and water. The result the perfect shot of flavor, alcohol, and caffine. Sweet.

Breakwater Blue  5.3% 16 b.u.
A special batch of Breakwater White. Brewed normally then 400lbs Bayfield Wisc, blueberries added to conditioning.

Special Limited Releases
Cask Ale TBA special pale ale

Bourbon Barrel Aged Big Boat Oatmeal Stout 
time TBA

Cherry Batch 2200
(the 2200th batch at the Brewhouse, this is our once a year anniversary beer) time TBA

Enjoy! I know I will!

Things over at McCann’s Food and Brewery in St. Cloud are coming together. In fact, Chris (Laumb, the brewer) has a blog detailing the progress. Notable recent news includes the fact that McCann’s will be brewing all new brews and not recycling any O’Hara’s recipes. As much as I enjoyed some of O’Hara’s beers, I think this helps to establish McCann’s as a totally new place with some great new surprises to come.

Here’s a bit of news from Minneapolis Town Hall…

This weekend is our annual Bocce Tourney (Sat and Sun).  We still have a couple of spots available…teams of 4 people.  Please come help us dethrone the Corner Bar, a third title in a row could be unbearable.  Town Hall’s team has made vast improvement over last year and is now considered the odds-on favorite.  The new tourney format should keep Town Hall sober so it doesn’t self destruct.

Saturday’s festivities begin with a brunch at 9:30am.  Sunday afternoon we will release Smoked Hefe for $2 (between 1:00 & 2:00pm) and the annual pig roast will begin at 2:30pm.
Keep your calendars open for the week of October 22 thru 27th… Town Hall turns 10 years old on October 24th.  Festivity plans should begin to leak later this month.  Happy hour all week for sure.  Come watch Pete turn grey and grumpy as the week goes on.

Cheers,
Mike

P.S.  We have raspberry infused Scotch Ale currently pouring at the brewery.

Fitger’s Brewhouse in Duluth gets a little crazy for the last month of summer (yikes!), with a couple Belgian-style ales:

Yellow Jersey Ale. “A Special German/French style wheat ale brewed for summer bicylcing.”

St IPA. “The flagship IPA of the Burrito Union, we will pour a bit at the brewhouse. Hops and malt with a bit more balance.”

Farmhouse Special Reserve. “Our Belgian-style saison, summer style spices (ginger, corridander, orange peel, grains o’ paradise) brewed with a fruity Belgian yeast and given a long lagering period.”

Blue Label Grande Reserve. “A Belgian-style double abby, malty with notes of plum, raisin and toffee.”