Ugh. Can’t make it to Gitchee Gummee Brewfest this year, but next year I’ll be there…

SATURDAY APRIL 1ST, 2006
4:00 – 8:00 PM
Superior’s Wessman Arena
28th and Catlin Avenue, UWS Campus (map)

$25 per person. Must be 21. Limited to 1,300 tickets!

Each year the Superior Jaycees select a local group or need to receive a portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales. The 2006 recipient of this donation is the Superior Youth Baseball Organization (SYBO).

The breweries: Angry Minnow Brewpub, August Schell Brewing Co, Bell’s Brewery Inc., Bodega Brewpub Inc., Capital Brewery, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Glueck Brewing Co., Granite City Brewery, J.T. Whitney’s Pub & Brewery, Jasper Ridge Brewery, Lake Superior Brewing Co., Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Mantorville Brewing Co. LLC, Minneapolis Town Hall, New Glarus Brewing Co., Northwoods Brewpub, Pioneer Brewing Company, Rock Bottom Brewery, Sand Creek Brewing Co., Sleeman Brewery, South Shore Brewery, St. Croix Beer Co., Summit Brewing Co., Surly Brewing Co., Viking Brewing Co. and White Winter Winery.

This was in my inbox this afternoon and I feel obligated to pass it on to all of you:

VOTE FOR AMERICA’S BEST BEERS!!!

MOVE FAST!!! VOTE BY MARCH 24!!!

Zymurgy magazine is doing a poll for Best Beers in America! Let’s show them that MINNESOTA has some fine beers! Rank and select 20 from the list below, and send to:

jill@brewersassociation.org

or to

Jill Redding,
Brewers Association,
PO Box 1679,
Boulder, CO 80306-1679.

Here’s the list:

MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL BEER CHOICES

__Backwater Brewing
__Bandana St. Peter Red
__Bandana Hop Harvest Pale Ale
__Bandana Eagle Lake Pale Ale
__Bandana Weizenbock
__Bandana Mankato Gold
__Bandana Rapidan Brown
__Bandana Preston Wee Heavy
__Bandana Doppelbock
__Barley John’s Winter Ale
__Barley John’s Altbier
__Barley John’s Little Barley Bitter
__Barley John’s Stockyard IPA
__Barley John’s Wild Brunette
__Barley John’s Old Eight Porter
__Barley John’s Dark Knight
__Brauhaus
__Finnegan’s Irish Amber
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Lighthouse Golden
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Witchtree ESB
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Big Boat Oatmeal Stout
__Fitger’s Brewhouse El Nino Double-Hopped IPA
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Starfire Pale Ale
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Edmund Imperial Stout
__Fitger’s Brewhouse 1100 Wheatwine
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Ole Redbeard Barleywine
__Fitger’s Brewhouse El Diablo Belgian Golden
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Jodocus Weizenbock
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Gandvik Maple Porter
__Fitger’s Brewhouse Dr Spock Eisbock
__Gluek’s
__Granite City Broadaxe Stout
__Granite City Duke of Wellington
__Granite City Brother Benedict’s Maibock
__Granite City Northern Light Lager
__Great Waters House Ale
__Great Waters Winter Carnival Ale
__Great Waters Pot Hole Porter
__Great Waters Slapshot IPA
__Great Waters Black Watch Oak Stout
__Green Mill
__Herkimer Handy’s Lager
__Herkimer Daily Pils
__Herkimer Oktoberfest
__Herkimer Red Flyer Marzen
__Herkimer Tooler’s Weiss
__Herkimer High Point Dunkel
__Lake Superior Special Ale
__Lake Superior Kayak Kolsch
__Lake Superior Oatmeal Stout
__Lake Superior Mesabi Red
__Lake Superior Split Rock Bock
__Lake Superior Windward Wheat
__Lake Superior St. Louis Bay IPA
__Lake Superior Old Man Winter Warmer
__Lake Superior 7 Bridges Brown
__Lake Superior Oktoberfest
__Mantorville Stagecoach Ale
__Mantorville Smoked Porter
__O’Gara’s ESB
__O’Gara’s Sligo Red
__O’Gara’s Cork Brown Ale
__O’Gara’s Light Amber Ale
__O’Gara’s Sassy Sandy Belgian Wheat
__O’Gara’s Premium Lite
__O’Hara’s Quarry Rock Red
__O’Hara’s Golden Honey Wheat
__O’Hara’s Pantown Pale Ale
__O’Hara’s Sid’s Irish Stout
__Rock Bottom North Star Premium Lager
__Rock Bottom Itasca Extra Pale Ale
__Rock Bottom Erik the Red
__Rock Bottom Bighorn Nut Brown Ale
__Rock Bottom Stillwater Stout
__Schell’s Firebrick
__Schell’s Pilsner
__Schell’s Pale Ale
__Schell’s Caramel Bock
__Schell’s Doppel Bock
__Schell’s Maifest
__Schell’s Hefeweizen
__Schell’s Zommerfest
__Schell’s Octoberfest
__Schell’s Snowstorm
__Schell’s Schmalz’s Alt
__Schell’s Original
__Schell’s Light
__Schell’s Dark
__Summit Extra Pale Ale
__Summit Great Northern Porter
__Summit Amber
__Summit India Pale Ale
__Summit Grand Pilsner
__Summit Winter Ale
__Summit Maibock
__Summit Hefeweizen
__Surly Bender
__Surly Furious
__Town Hall Bright Spot Golden Ale
__Town Hall West Bank Pub Ale
__Town Hall Masala Mama India Pale Ale
__Town Hall Black H2O Oatmeal Stout
__Town Hall Hope & King Scotch Ale
__Union Station

Minneapolis Town Hall is releaseing yet another brew on Wednesday, this time it’s Jeff’s Roscommon Irish Red. Head on down to Town Hall on 3/15 from 5-6 pm for pints of red for $1.

I’d meant to mention this before Sunday, but sometimes the weekend just gets ahead of me. Anyway though we typically focus upon the beer, Barley John’s has really good food, too, and they’re starting a new promotion called “Sunday Night Suppers.” Sounds tasty. Details below:

This Sunday (3/12/06) will be our first Sunday Night Supper between 4:00pm and 8:00 pm. Sunday Night Suppers will incorporate classic homestyle food in a relaxed preset menu format. Supper will include salad, entree and dessert. Such things as Pork roast and cranberry gravy, hot turkey sandwich (real off the bone stuff), Waldorf salad, smashed maple yams, etc. Each Sunday a little different than the last, but always quality and value driven. The regular menu will not be available, but all of our taps will be! A reminder that we are not able to fill growlers on Sundays. Call for details: 651-636-4670

FYI, this is just an occasional deal – they won’t be doing this every Sunday. In fact, normally they’re closed on Sundays. Watch their mailing list or give them a call for details.

They may not be from Minnesota, but they are from an “M” state in the midwest, AND they make good beer so here are a few Bell’s events that are coming up in Minnesota.

Wednesday, March 15th at 7pm, The Riverview Wine Bar in Minneapolis. There will be a tasting ofthe Bell’s wheat series with Jason Gillum from the brewery.

Thursday, March 16th at 7pm, The Bulldog in Minneapolis. Bell’s Dopplebock release party.

Tuesday, March 28th at 7pm, Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Bell’s Oberon release party.