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Barrel Aged Week at Town Hall

Town Hall has a week filled with releases of barrel aged beers they’ve been working on for the past year. Stop in every day to taste the newest release and take your favorites home with you.

All releases will be at 5pm

Monday 2/18- Twisted Trace- Our Barrel Aged Barley Wine has never tasted so splendid. We changed to barrels from a different distilllery because we were unhappy with the performance from the barrels we used before. Wow, that was the correct decision.

Tuesday 2/19- Double Barrel Aged Jack Frost- This Imperial Stout was aged for one of our aging seasons (6-12 months) in a whiskey barrel and then moved into a French Oak red wine barrel fresh from California and aged for another season. Special Beer!

Wednesday 2/20- Manhattan Barrel- Production on this beer will be increased next year! We stopped at a distillery we had not yet used (that I believe has natural cherry character) for a prospect barrel. We aged our Grand Cru with tart cherries for many moons then added it to this fine bourbon barrel. Well my father in law introduced me to Manhattans (he does not use bitters) I think he would be proud of this Bourbon “Manhattan”.

Thursday 2/21- Buffalo Bock- The return of the bourbon aged Weizenbock from last year. This beer surprised the brewers and the customers the first time it was made. It really is nice.

Friday 2/22- Tumaltuous Rare- Our wheat wine aged in bourbon barrels. Nice and delicate, this one offers great toffee character.

Sat 2/23- Czar Jack- Russian style Imperial stout. Nice beer and for those of you that missed the coconut character that we usually get from the wood last year….it is back this year! (I missed it.)

These beers will be sold in growlers this year. They will all be available but only by tickets. Tickets go on sale this Sunday when we open (11am) prices will be $45 for Double Barrel, $40 for Manhattan Barrel, and $30 for the rest. You will be permitted to by up to one growler of each style while they last. Due to supply, we will sell only 30 Tumaluous Rare, Manhatten Barrel, and Double Barrel jack Frost, 60 Buffalo Bock, and 100 each of Twisted Trace and Czar Jack.

We anticipate 750ml bottles will return next year. We are purchasing some equipment for this purpose that has not arrived yet.

P.S. We also will be featuring a special menu for Valentine’s Day and will release a full batch Blackerry Belgian Bruin Feb 14th. Yep, growlers will be avaiable. Call down and get your reservation today.

Cheers,
Mike

Summit’s Damian McConn Promoted to Head Brewer

Very cool. Our friend and all-around good guy Damian McConn has been promoted to head brewer at Summit Brewing Co.! I’m always happy to see Damian’s smiling face whenever I run into him, but perhaps more importantly, I happen to really enjoy drinking his beers! McConn has been with Summit since 2003 and previous to that spent time as a head brewer at the sorely missed Sherlock’s Home in Minnetonka.  Congrats Damian!

Excelsior Brewing Beer Dinner

The fine folks at Excelsior Brewing are teaming up with Pittsburgh Blue to bring you a four-course beer dinner.

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1st Course
Beef Carpaccio – aged beef tenderloin, Maine lobster, shaved fennel & fried capers – paired with Big Island Blond

2nd Course
Razor Clam & Blue Crab Cake – sweet curry, crispy spinach & jalapeno – paired with XLCR Pale Ale

3rd Course
Ancho-Crusted Beef Filet – wheatberry “risotto”, Lacinato kale & mole reduction – paired with Bitterschlappe Brown Ale

4th Course
Salted Pretzel “Candy Bar” – with malt and Oar Lock Stout semifreddo – paired with Oar Lock Oat Stout

Tickets: $59/person (plus tax & gratuity)
Call 763-416-2663 or email tstrommen@parasole.com