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The Dark Knight Returns to Barley John’s

For all you big kids out there Barley John’s has treats for you on Halloween starting with the return of the Dark Knight which has been aging for a year and a half.

In case you are unfamiliar, the Dark Knight is our Super imperial, oak aged, Old Eight Porter, aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. Rich, syrupy, oaky, and everything you could ask for in the chill of autumn. If you’ve never experienced it before, it is a must try! Aged for an unbelievable 18 months! High abv, yet to be determined.

To sweeten the pot and since Halloween is on a Wednesday, they’ll be tapping a cask of Stockyard IPA infused with Sriracha at 4pm.

Show up in costume and you’ll receive happy hour pricing on all house brewed beers all night (excluding the Dark Knight and cask beers). There will also be a costume contest running from 10pm – midnight. The bartender will pick his favorite costume and award the winner with a $20 gift certificate.

Netherlands Nights at Pig & Fiddle

Over the next week, the Pig and Fiddle will be celebrating the beers of the Dutch. From August 13-18 they will be offering flights, 3 five ounce pours, of your choice between 7 Dutch beers. They include LaTrappe Wit, LaTrappe Dubbel, LaTrappe Isid’or, LaTrappe Quad, Tilburgs Dutch Brown, Urthel Hop-It and last but not least, Urthel Samaranth Quad. The flights will run you $10, and for every flight you buy you will receive a raffle ticket! Each evening around 8pm they are going to raffle off some cool Dutch Beer Gear including a LaTrappe mirror, flag, t-shirts and maybe even some beer! On the final evening they will be ruffling off items every hour through dinner.

Belgian Independence Day Bike Bar Crawl

Bike from The Muddy Pig, stopping at Town Hall Tap, Harriet Brewing and ending up at the Pig & Fiddle!

Start off at The Muddy Pig and enjoy glasses of some wonderful Belgian and Belgian Style beer from the brewers at Duvel & Ommegang!  Enjoy a beautiful Saturday ride traveling from St Paul to Minneapolis and soak in the last day of Belgian Independence Week at these great beer hotspots.  Some bars will even be giving away an authentic Duvel or Ommegang Cycling jersey!  So grab your riding buddy(ies) and join up for this epic bike ride!

Happy Gnome Anniversary Party

Come celebrate 5 years of great beer and food at the Happy Gnome the first 5 days in December. Each day The Happy Gnome will celebrate their 5 year anniversary with specials on beer. Enter your name and email for a beer gear drawing, including some Surly posters.

All flights and tappings start at 5pm, bottles available the entire day. While supplies last. Click on each date for more details (they’re also listed in the events calendar).

Wednesday, Dec 1: Anniversary Beer Night. Anniversary beers from various breweries.

Thursday, Dec 2: Sweet Dreams Night. Beers made with chocolate, coffee, and other sweet goodness.

Friday, Dec 3: Hoppy Anniversary. You guessed it, IPAs and DIPAS.

Saturday, Dec 4: Respect Your Elders. Old (and new) vintages of your favorite cellar-able beers.

Sunday, Dec 5: Stout Sunday. It’s Sunday. There will be stouts.