In case you haven’t been to Great Waters in bit, we’ve updated their beer list to reflect the most recent seasonals. They include The Apocalypse (cask double IPA), Mr. Smooth (cask mild), Tartar Control IPA and The Blackwatch Oat Stout. For those of you who are sticklers for detail, Great Waters was out of their Pot Hole Porter on Saturday night.

A frew of us convened upon Great Waters’ patio for dinner and some beer on Saturday evening. After sharing a sampler with Dawn, I settled in and slowly consumed “The Apocalypse” with dinner. Near the end of our dinner, the Vulcans arrived. Though we had a couple of St. Paulites in our midst, we were all a bit puzzled to see the Vulcans out in warm weather.

From Brewer Hoops @ Town Hall.

Hey All,
Next week we will offer two new beers for you. On Wednesday, 5/10 look for our India Brown Ale from 5-6. Interesting style that will marry the stength and hop character of IPA and all the malt complexity of an American Brown Ale….not for the faint of heart

Sat. 5/13. All of you lucky folks that will be floating on that secret MN lake…….Good Luck and I hope the sun brightens your day. For everyone else it is the day to drink Maibock. Food specials begin at 4:00pm. Free Maibock 6-7pm / Blessing of the Maibock @6:15 sharp. Be prepared for a great night. Tons o’ fun to be had!

****Pint Clubbers***** NO 4pm-5pm Complimentary Beer Hour on Maibock Sat. Get your fill from 6-7pm

There are still a few memberships left if you want to purchase your own.

Here in Minnesota we’re lucky enough to have access to a wide assortment of quality import beers. Of these, some of the most misunderstood and palette challenging beers are Lambics. The New York Times has published a nice article on these beers, a nice primer for those who want to know more.

Intrigued? You can find many of these rarities locally at places such as Surdyks, Blue Max, The Cellars, Thomas Liquors, and so on.

Still intrigued? Here’s is a bit more from Saveur Magazine

Cheers!

Hey All,
We dug into the history books to find next week’s release. We had a crazy Irishman tell us of the elusive “Dublin Ale”…sounded interesting. We hit the resource books and the net and found references everywhere to “Dublin Ale”, but no recipe just hints. Even Guiness talked about their production of “Dublin Ale” prior to making stout. The best we could find the beer somewhat resembled Porter with distinct hops and yeast. We then found a scratched out recipe for Irish Porter, Jeff took all of our info home and created the recipe for our Irish Porter (AKA Dublin Ale???)…..release May 3 (5-6pm)

* Lifetime Pint Club Memberships now on sale through 5/11. Just 50 will be sold and 10 are already gone….inquire within

* I’d like to welcome you aboard as we depart for India. Look for our India Brown Ale followed by our India Wheat Ale all in route to our final destination…your favorite India Pale Ale “1800”. We expect to reach our destination early to mid June.

* Maibock celebration/release May 13

* Look Out! “The Warrior” is coming…….

Cheers
Mike

I don’t get out to White Bear Lake much, but a reader, Jeff Rush, pointed out that Washington Square Bar and Brill has Rogue Chipotle Ale on tap. I can’t say I’ve seen that on tap in the Twin Cities before, but then again, I’m more of a fan of some of Rogue’s other beers.