News & Updates

New Festival in St. Cloud: St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour

By on January 28, 2013in beer events, breweries, brewpubs
St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour

St. Cloud Craft Beer TourNew this year, the St. Cloud Craft Beer Tour will be gracing Central Minnesota hosted at the River’s Edge Convention Center.  1,500 general admission tickets will be available for the event which will take place from 2-5pm on Saturday March 16, 2013. An exclusive VIP hour is also available for purchase from 1-2pm with tickets including a t-shirt and extra hour of touring.

All attendees of the festival will receive a sampling cup to utilize for tasting some of the finest craft brews available.Brewery representatives will be on hand to answer any questions and share their knowledge of their fine products.  Sampling is unlimited, although they do ask tourists to drink responsibly.  A designated driver ticket is also available for those who choose not to partake in sampling of the craft brews, but want to celebrate at the festival as well.

The rules are as follows:

  1. Go to www.stcloudcraftbeertour.com to buy a ticket and learn more about the tour
  2. Show up at the River’s Edge Convention Center downtown St. Cloud on March 16th
  3. Enjoy the tour! (this is the #1 requirement)

BBS, Uber & Free Rides

By on January 26, 2013in misc. mn beer

Rob from Better Beer Society shot us a line to let us know that BBS is partnering with Uber, a new “on-demand” car service that just launched in the Twin Cities. Rob says he’s used it twice now, and that it’s “pretty badass and might change the way you look at calling a cab.” Users can request a car via their smartphone or text, which seems rather handy while under the influence of one too many barleywines… They usually arrive in under 5 minutes, and no money exchanges hands.

BBS & Uber are offering MNBeer geeks a free ride. Perhaps this could come in handy with Winterfest this weekend? Just download the app on your smartphone, and use the code “BBSMSP” which is good for a $20 ride anywhere in the city. (www.uber.com)

612 Brew Debut & Taproom Grand Opening

By on January 24, 2013in beer events, breweries
612 brew logo

612 brew logoSay that ten times fast! We just got word that our buds at 612 Brew will be debuting all four of their beers this weekend at The Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival Saturday! Congrats guys!

Can’t make The Beer Dabbler on Saturday? Fear not, their taproom grand opening is February 13th.

Here are more details:

When: Wednesday, February 13
Where: The brewery, of course
Time: 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Why: Because we are all thirsty!

Want some food while you enjoy that beer? We will have the following food trucks on location.

Simply Steves, on Feb. 13 and 14
Melchs Meat Wagon, on Feb 15 and 16

Now for other news….Taproom hours starting on the 13th!

Wednesday – 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Thursday – 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Friday – 2:30 p.m. – Midnight
Saturday – Noon – Midnight

Check out our First Look profile on 612 Brew.