Doug Hoverson’s “Land of Amber Waters” was featured in a brief story this evening on the Star Tribune’s website at http://www.startribune.com/people/story/1569454.html.
Category: general beer
Town Hall vs. Barley John’s…A Newer, Tastier Cold War?
This evening Town Hall released their Piledriver double IPA…we were there. Last Thursday we were at Barley John’s to try out their double IPA. Is there some kind of weird arms race going on between brewpubs or are we just lucky? Next thing you know, we’re going to be forced to sample someone’s triple IPA. What kind of cruel world do we live in where beer lovers are forced to visit their favorite brewpubs frequently to share in the delicious one-upmanship? In any event, I think you’ll find both double IPA’s wonderful, so make an effort to stop in before these two great offerings run out.
Pioneer Press article on hop shortage
Tightening supply of hops could mean rising price of local beer by John Brewer
Combine that with rising barley prices and you can bet that your beer is going to be more expensive. No doubt our local breweries, brewpubs and homebrew shops are feeling this. Inevitably, some businesses will probably get squeezed out… let’s hope that it’s not any of our great Minnesota breweries, brewpubs and homebrew shops. Yet another reason to drink locally, drink early, drink often!
All American Opening!
As yet another sign that Minnesota is slowly but surely scratching and clawing its way up the hill towards brewing respectability, All American Grill and Brewhouse will be opening in Waverly, MN on November 12th. Okay, maybe that opening is a bit dramatic, but I get excited about these things. For those of you wondering, Waverly is about 30 miles west of Minnetonka on Highway 12. Now, my wife and I got burned a few years back by getting ourselves all excited about the opening of Bandana in Mankato and rushing down there to check it out, only to find out that they weren’t quite ready to tap their kegs. So, as to avoid any similar embarrassment, you may want to give All American to see if they’ll be serving their beer before you make the trip out there. If I weren’t so lazy, I’d call for you. But there it is… Maybe we’ll see some of you there???
More draft at The Muddy Pig, Fat Tire kegs, and Utopias.
Apparently 32 draft lines aren’t quite enough, because The Muddy Pig just added another 16, bringing their total to 48. Some notable beers pouring are Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence Stout, Surly Darkness, Liefmans Frambozen, SN Harvest, Duchesse de Bourgogne, and so on….
Fat Tire will make it’s first Twin Cities draft appearance starting Monday.
For those into expensive extreme beer, on November 1st Sam Adams released their 2007 vintage Utopias, which is a whopping 25.6% abv. Only 12,000 numbered, collectible bottles were released worldwide. Expect to see limited numbers of bottles in the Twin Cities metro in time for the holidays retailing for somewhere around $130.