The Autumn Brew Review is this Saturday and leading up to it many Bars & Restaurants all over the Twin Cities are hosting specialty beer events. For more information please Check Out the ABR Week Event Pamphlet (it may take a second to load).
Category: general beer
ABR Beer-ku
UPDATE: Vine Park will up the rewards by offering a Free Batch of Beer Brewing to the winning entry if it includes their name.
The Minnesota Craft Brewer’s Guild is launching a “Beer-Ku” contest, in which Minnesota craft beer fans are encouraged to write and email in a beer haiku that pays tribute to Minnesota craft brewing. It has to include mention of Minnesota, an MN craft brewer or beer and has to obey the rules of haiku, obviously.
The Guild will select two of the submitted Beer-Kus and reward each of the pint-loving poets with a pair of tickets to the Autumn Brew Review’s morning session (which is almost sold out). Beer-Ku submissions must be received by the contest deadline, noon on Friday, September 16.
How to Enter the Beer-Ku Contest:
Beer-Ku submissions can be emailed to minnesotabrewers@gmail.com.
The Beer-Ku Contest Rules:
- The Beer-Ku must stick to the traditional haiku form
- The Beer-Ku must include either the name of a MN Craft Brewer’s Guild member, a Minnesota craft beer or a mention of the state (and beer—obviously)
- The Beer-Ku must be submitted by noon CST on September 16
What is a Haiku?
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form of three lines with syllable limits of 5-7-5 (5 syllables each for the first and last lines, and 7 syllables in the second line).
An example of a Beer-Ku:
Minnesota beers
Always quench thirst no matter
Toast, sip, and enjoy
Founders Beer Dinner
Haute Dish will be hosting a Founders Beer Dinner with guest Dave Engbers , the co-owner of Founders Brewing. The dinner will take place Wednesday, September 14th with a meet and greet beginning at 6:00pm and dinner being served at 7:00pm.
The dinner will consist of 6 courses paired with the following 6 Founders beers:
Blushing Monk
Imperial Stout
Devil Dancer
Cashew Mountain Brown
Silky Porter
Dry Hopped Pale Ale
$100 includes tax & gratuity.
Brewing TV #43: Lift Bridge Brewing Company
In this episode, Brewing TV visits Lift Bridge Brewing Company. After three years of contract brewing their beers, Lift Bridge has established a nice home of its own, turning out the beers they love for Stillwater and other Twin Cities communities. BTV visits Lift Bridge on a brew day and gets put to work!
Brewing TV #42: King’s Coolship
We have to admit this episode of Brewing TV is for the hardcore homebrew geeks – especially the yeast junkies in the house. Northern Brewer foot soldier Jeremy King is back in the building with another yeast experiment. This time, he’s trying to wrangle wild yeast out of his neighborhood for possible commercial production. We’ve got wild yeast, fire, fermented fish and cool microscopes. What else do you need?