Category: general beer

Healthy Beer? Who Needs It?

By on October 14, 2009in general beer

A beer-swilling, donut-eating co-worker of mine passed along to me some links to Men’s Health magazine wherein they discuss America’s top 25 craft beers and top 5 craft beer cities.  There’s also a another little section they do about the best and worst beers to drink (from a health perspective I guess).  Minnesota and the upper Midwest are noticeably absent from these articles.  And while I’m a bit annoyed, I guess I’m also thankful.  Men’s Health is not my go-to source for good beer advice.  Besides, I’d be a bit embarrassed for us to see Bender or Farm Girl make the list as great, low calorie, low carb beers to drink to keep one’s muffin-tops small.  Keep in mind that I’m chubbily biased.  For those of you who ARE concerned about dying at 55, you might find these articles interesting.

More on Darkness Day

By on October 9, 2009in general beer

From Omar:

The possibility of Darkness Day 2009 looked pretty grim this year. As of Jan 1 this year, we were no longer able to sell growlers/750s at the brewery and it did not look like any changes were going to happen on the legislative front. I was about to pull the plug on Darkness Day but figured I should make one last call. So I called Tom, Brooklyn Center Liquor store manager about the possibility of them becoming involved in selling of Darkness bottles on D-Day. Much to my surprise, Tom was pretty excited and said he thought he could make it work.

CHAI GIRL CASK AT NGON PLUS NEW HAPPY HOUR

By on October 8, 2009in beer events, brewpubs, general beer

Stop over at Ngon tonight (and until it is gone) for a cask of Lift Bridge Brewery Chai Girl! Plus check out the detail below on some changes to Ngon’s happy hour.

We will be tapping a cask of the Chai Girl from Lift Bridge today at 4pm.

Here is a quick description from them; We have infused this brew with locally sourced exclusive Chai tea blend while ageing in the cask. Notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and tea blend with the subtle Belgian flavors in a mellow dance. I tasted this during the ABR and told them I had to have some for my beer engine.

Localvors’s Happy Hour has now been extended. For those of you that like to enjoy a beer with your lunch, here’s some more incentive. Our happy hour drinks specials now start at 11am everyday. Cheers.

$1 off MN Beers $2 off MN Wines $5 Small Plates

Monday to Friday: 3 to 6pm(Small plates) Monday to Friday: 11am to 6pm (Drinks Only) Saturday & Sunday: 11am to 5pm(Drinks Only)

Ngon Bistro Three Course Wine & Beer Tasting

By on October 1, 2009in general beer

The tomatoes looked really good last week and I expect it to be the same this week at the farmer’s market. So, we’ll be having another tomato tasting this weekend.

3 Course Farmer’s Market Tomato Tasting Fri, Sat, & Sun (Oct 2-4)

First Course: Honeycrisp apple slices & pear tomatoes salad with a Thai basil vinaigrette

Second Course: Lemongrass shrimp with an heirloom tomato slice, okra, gourd, & bean sprouts with a tamarind broth

Third Course: Fischer Farms pork chop with tempura green tomatoes & five spice beets sauce

Three Course Tasting $30
MN Beer pairing $8
MN Wine pairing $13

Beer Pairings:
Summit Scandia
Liftbridge Chestnut Brown
Surly Furious

Wine Pairings:
St. Croix Vineyards La Crescent
Alexis Baily Seyval Blanc
Alexis Bailey Frontenac