I’m out of town and my mom’s wireless connection sucks, but here’s the link to the Star Tribune article about Surly.

This will probably be one for all of us beer nerds to argue about… regardless, the Star Tribune gives us the 10 best beer experiences around the Twin Cities.”

Bonus points if you can guess which ones MNBeer suggested.

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery is releasing their Simcoe Pale Ale tonight, Wednesday 2/22, with $1.00 pints from 5-6. I’ll be there sometime tonight, most likely later in the evening. I’ve been itching to try a single-hopped pale ale with Simcoe hops, so I guess tonight is the night. PROST!

I ran into Midwest the other day to pick up some Cooper’s Carbonation Drops and noticed that volume 11 of their catalog is now out. I haven’t really had much time to browse through it, but noticed that the now-discontinued Superb Burner is no longer in the catalog, so I’m assuming it’s brand-spanking new.

Here’s an update from Fitger’s in Duluth that comes by way of BeerAdvocate. Whose arm must we twist to get on the list? I’ve sent a couple of e-mail messages to no avail. That being said, if we have any Duluth readers, updates would be greatly appreciated!

Greeetings from Fitgers Brewhouse.

We have a bit of new beer news for you.

Today we release a special version of El Nino Double Hopped IPA.
We call it the Olympic Version. We added more malt and hops and bumped the
alcohol up about 1% to 8% alc. This is as strong as an Imperial IPA and we
wanted to give the nod to all things Olympic.

Other new releases.
Rye IPA (RIPA) 7.6%
An IPA made with 30% rye malt and high alpha hops for a very green experience.

Amsterdam Ale 6.0% Our Belgian style pils/ale hybrid. Floral esters with smooth
malty goodness.

Plymouth Rock Stout 6.4%
An English style robust stout with an American twist. Very chocolate malt driven
with a dry woody finish.

We will also release a small amount of Double Daisy Ale.
This is an Imperial Red IPA. We will release this beer Wednesday Feb 22. It will
not last past Friday Feb 24 so hurry down if you want some.

We will also be releasing 2004 Hair O’ the Monk Triple ale later this week.

check www.brewhouse.net for updates and menu and music selections.

Thanks as always for your support.

Cheers
The Brewhouse Gang