Category: general beer

Cask Surly at the Happy Gnome

By on December 27, 2006in general beer

I’m not sure if I’ll be present, but Surly will have a cask of Bender at the Happy Gnome Wednesday night as part of a kick-off for the introduction of cask beer at the Happy Gnome.

Get Tea-Bagged for free tomorrow! Come on down to the Happy Gnome in St.
Paul, Wednesday the 27th, to grab a free glass of Surly’s Bender Beer on
Cask. This little guy has been sitting on a pound of Amarillo hops for a
couple weeks and should be crowd pleaser. We are at the Happy Gnome to help
kick off their cask beer program. To help celebrate, the Gnome is giving a
pair of tickets away to our Anniversary dinner coming up on the 10th of
January. For our 1st Anniversary Dinner, all our beers should be available,
Bender, Furious, Coffee Bender, Darkness, Bourbon Bender and our newest beer – one.

In addition to the cask of Bender, Coffee Bender will be on tap tomorrow.
Tapping happens at 9:00, show up early to get a free drink ticket.

Who’s going?

Like I Said, Beer is the Best Gift…

By on December 27, 2006in general beer

Hopefully everyone had a great holiday and received plenty beer and beer-related gifts. Among other things, I received some nice (huge) mugs from my mom as well as Ray Daniels’ Designing Great Beers, a nice thermometer and a growler pack from Town Hall. Much to my surprise, my brother’s girlfriend joined us on the 25th with a bunch of beer from New Glarus. Clearly, she’s a keeper… and she brings good beer. 🙂

PedalPub Update

By on December 20, 2006in bars/restaurants, general beer

One last post… warrior needs food… badly… you win a cookie if you remember that video game reference…

DECEMBER 2006

In our last newsletter, we asked you to help us pick some routes for the PedalPub, and many of you responded with GREAT ideas! We are pleased to let you know that we have scoped out four routes in Minneapolis:
* Calhoun/Lake of the Isles
* Nordeast (Pub Crawl Route)
* Nicollet Mall
* St. Anthony Main

If you’d like to see a map of these routes, we have added them to our website. Surf to http://www.PedalPub.com to check them out.

We are still on schedule for accepting delivery of the PedalPub from the Netherlands on March 1. There’s a bike conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 3, so we’re hoping that we can accomplish any “assembly” that might be necessary once it arrives, and have it on the streets that weekend for it’s grand unveiling. We’re still working on having it in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in St. Paul too, but we’ve been told it’s a “walking” parade, except for parade dignitaries. I can’t think of a better “float” for dignitaries in a St. Pat’s Day parade than a PUB ON WHEELS, so we’re still working that!

We have started this “Friends of the PedalPub” to keep you informed of our progress—and in an attempt to continue to tap your amazing creativity and talent. We will probably send out an email about once every two weeks or so. If you want to be REMOVED from the list, just drop us a note and we’ll take you off. If you know anyone else who would like to get on our list, have them send an email to:
INFO@PEDALPUB.COM

YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT (should you choose to accept it….):
Do you know people (or know people who know people) on the Minneapolis Park Boards? Minneapolis Police or Fire Departments? Minneapolis City Council? We want to meet with them to let them know what we plan, so that we don’t run into any bureaucratic or legal entanglements once we get on the road. If you can introduce us to any of these types, send an email to us at: INFO@PEDALPUB.COM

Thanks!
Al Boyce & Eric Olson, partners
PedalPub, LLC

Last Minute Shopping

By on December 18, 2006in general beer, mnbeer.com

Don’t forget, there’s still time to purchase great gifts for your holiday of choice. Visit MNBeer’s CafePress store for a variety of shirts and goods guaranteed to make you cooler, happier and more likable (in our book anyway… and don’t confuse likable with lickable…) Don’t expect to get these in time for Christmas… New Years? Maybe. Ground Hog Day? Certainly!
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