News & Updates

Harriet Rauchfest Tickets on Sale

By on August 27, 2012in beer events, breweries

Harriet Rauchfest – September 29th, 2012. Rauchfest is a one-day festival of beer, food, art and music. Music includes The Big Wu (heard of ’em?),  Nicholas Mrozinski & The Feelin’ Band, Mary Cutrufellow, The Premiums, Emerson, Lake & Lyndale, Electric Children, High Strung String Band, Zack Lozier Trio, Bill Koncar and others yet to be announced.

Beer? Yes, of course! Rauchfest is a single batch beer –  a smoked Oktoberfest. Harriet also plans to reintroduce their other cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey, serving up atotal of eight Harriet beers. They’ll also have food and non-alcoholic beverages from  Gastrotruck, Natedogs & Potter’s Pasties.

Art? Yup. Check. Chuck Hues, Britt Howe, Travis Brannaman and Ephraim Cruz Eusebio will be painting on site and from the site of it, art from Jesse Brood & WITT will be on site as well.

Tickets? GA tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. You can buy tickets online here or at the taproom. Enjoy!

Bemidji Brewing Update

By on August 26, 2012in breweries

Bemidji Brewing Co. now has their federal brewing notice, which allows them to work through the state portion of licensing. If all goes as planned, they’ll be brewing sooner than later at the kitchens of Harmony Food Co-Op in Bemidji. We’re wrapping up our own interview in the next week or two, but for not check out a quick story from Lakeland news.

State Fair Beer Guide Day 3

By on August 25, 2012in beer events, breweries

Saturday, August 25th:

Today’s beer flights in Land of 10,000 Beers:

HOPPY Flights:
Brau Brothers Hopsession
Schell’s Emerald Rye
Lake Superior Black IPA
Excelsior Brewing Co. Bridge Jumper

DARKER Flights:
Big Wood  Morning Wood
Third Street Brewhouse Lost Trout
Schell’s Firebrick
Schell’s Dark

BELGIAN/SWEETER Flights:
Lake Superior North Shore Wheat
Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale
Boom Island Hoodoo
Surly Cynic

LIGHTER Flights:
Finnegans Blond Ale
Steel Toe Provider
Schell’s Pilsner
Surly Hell

To keep up to date with Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild events, speakers, flights and other fun things at the Fair, be sure to follow @mncraftbrew on Twitter and check out their Facebook page!

 

All-Grain Brewing with John Palmer @ NB MPLS

By on August 24, 2012in beer education, homebrew, video

This is one is for the homebrewers AND anyone that thinks they’d like to get into all-grain brewing.“How to Brew” author John Palmer stops by Northern Brewer Minneapolis to brew an all-grain batch of a very special recipe. In this Northern Brewer video, Palmer discusses his techniques for adding salts to brew water, mashing, batch sparging (versus fly sparging), chilling and fermentation. It’s a full-blown brew day with one of homebrewing’s most influential people. Grab a pint and enjoy the show.