News & Updates

Lift Bridge Harvestör Cask Tapping at Ngon Bistro Today

By on October 2, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, cask beer

St. Paul’s first cask of Lift Bridge Harvestör Fresh Hop Ale gets tapped at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro right after work: 5pm-7pm.

Hai has some great patio menu items including:

  • Anise braised Thousand Hills short ribs on baguette with arugula and pickled sprouts and scallons
  • Curry tempura Lake Superior Herring with sweet potatoes fries and spicy aioli
  • Grilled five spice sausage made with Fischer Farms pork
  • Spring Rolls made with organic greens, mint, vermicelli noodles, shrimp & BBQ pork

Enjoy some Harvestör and celebrate the last few patio days of the year!

Harvestör Details

Beer style: Fresh Hop Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 60
SRM: 13

Description: Constant addition of fresh, organic Cascade hops from Hippity Hops Farms in Forest Lake, MN. Aromatic and caramel malts compliment the hop character for an incredibly balanced beer that celebrates the hop harvest without killing your tongue.

Surly Tap Takeover Tonight at Muddy Waters

By on October 1, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries
Surly Brewing Co.

From 2pm – close today Muddy Waters is getting all Surly on your proverbial ass. Muddy’s will feature 17 Surly beers, apparently “the most Surly beers on tap, at once, at one establishment, EVER!”

Beer List:
Furious, Cynic, Bender, Coffee Bender, Five, SŸX, Hell, Fiery Hell, Bitter Brewer, Cacao Bender, Darkness, SurlyFest, Wet, Bandwagon, Schadenfreude, Smoke and Mild.

Tap prices will range between $5.50 – $7 and Muddy Waters will also offer a special Hell beer cheese dog for $5.

Minnesota’s First Draft Mead Tapping at Blue Nile

By on October 1, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer events, homebrew

Al McCarty and Brad “Beerguy” Magerkurth will be tapping the 1st official production draft offering of mead in kegs at The Blue Nile from 5-8pm, Tuesday, October 2nd November 1st.  The mead is dry hopped with Centennial and Amarillo and is the creation of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, CO and Meadmaker David Meyers.  Juniper, Black Raspberry, Apricot Nectar, Traditional and “Nectar of the Hops” dry-hopped meads will all be available to sample for free!

Summit Oyster Stout Premieres at Oyster Fest

By on September 28, 2012in bars/restaurants, beer education, food pairing, general beer, MN

Just a reminder that Summit Brewing Company will launch their Oyster Stout during Oyster Fest at Meritage in St. Paul this Sunday, September 30th. I was there last year for the festival (and Lift Bridge’s Oyster Stout) and it was a blast! It’s funny how similar the oyster-head world is to the craft beer nerd world when it comes to getting the highest quality and regionally interesting products… and bragging rights for sampling them. (Check out this episode of Brewing TV to see last year’s brew day at Lift Bridge and the 2011 festival-in-action at Meritage).

This time around, Summit had the honor of making the festival beer. Whether you’re an experience bivalve-lover or new to the game, it’s a great way to explore the world of oysters while enjoying this new beer. Meritage says this about Summit’s Oyster Stout:

Summit Brewery will launch their Oyster Stout, inspired by and made from our very own oyster shells. In first discussions the brewers are thinking a British perspective and tradition might be an interesting way to go. Enjoy your pint, and even join us at the pairing station to learn about the beer, its process and pairing oysters with it.

Reads Landing Brewing Co. Taps First Beer Today!

By on September 28, 2012in brewpubs

This is very cool. Reads Landing Brewing Co. became a bona fide brewpub today with the release of their first beer, Cremona.

Last week I noticed a Facebook post by Reads Landing that stated that they weren’t advertising the beer’s launch, but instead were offering it up to their Facebook followers first, offering up a free beer for everyone from 5-5:30pm. Reads Landing has a modest 500 facebook followers. Our daily traffic hovers around 1500 unique visitors. We hope you understand why we held off on posting. 🙂

That being said, the post went on to say that Cremona pints will be $3.00 all weekend and that they will have a great food special as well.

“Thanks for your patience and support over the last year. I look forward to making some great beers here at RLBC and renew the tradition of brewing in Reads Landing.”