NHC winners have been announced, and we’re glad to see that once again, Minnesota was well represented, including the Meadmaker of the Year award for Thomas Eibner of the St. Paul Homebrewers Club. Other top-three winners include Tim Stuemke (Dark Lager), Chris Smith (German Wheat & Rye Beer), Justin Dexheimer (Sour Ale), Sean Kampshoff (Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer), Thomas Eibner (Melomel) x2 (Other Mead) and Steve Fletty (Other Mead) x2. Congrats guys!
The Blue Nile is preparing to get all hoppy on your ass… er glass Saturday for a fourth year in a row. All of their taps get hopped up Saturday with. 12 different IPAs and IIPAs from brewers like Surly, Summit, Odell, Epic, Southern Tier, Leinenkugel’s, and more. Starts at 4pm.
Let’s forget for a moment that it’s technically summer right now. It doesn’t matter. Grumpy’s is throwing a party with 7 kegs of Surly beer on Tuesday. Said beers include Darkness, Smoke, Abrasive, Schadenfreude, Hell, Bitter Brewer and Mild. Starting at 5pm, they’ll be offering up $4 beers & $2 brats. They’ll also have games (bags and polish golf) and music by Nato Coles. One keg of each, so when they’re gone they’re gone. It’s outside with the Surly tap truck, so it’s rain or shine.
Mantorville Brewing Company is opening their doors for tours and beer tastings during Old Tyme Mantorville Days, Friday and Saturday, June 29th and 30th. Tours of the brewery and tastings will be held Friday from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday from 1-5 p.m. “We want to say ‘thank you’ to everyone in the bluff area for supporting the brewery and helping to spread the word about our hand-crafted Stagecoach beers,” said owner Tod Fyten. This weekend, visitors will be able to sample year-round offerings like Stagecoach Amber and Golden Ales and Stagecoach Smoked Porter, Teddy’s Root Beer and a special release, Mantorville’s 15th Anniversary Smoked Rye Whiskey Ale.
The latest in Summit’s Unchained Series, #10 is a Belgian Style Abbey Ale, courtesy of brewer Nate Siats. The beer is slated for a July 23 release. We’ll post release info shortly, but for now here are some specs. Cheers!
Malts: Weyermann Pilsner, Weyermann Abbey, & Weyermann Melanoidin
Hops: German Tettnang & Czech Saaz
Special Additions: Belgian Amber Candi Sugar
Target Alcohol: 8.00% vol
Target IBU’s: 33 packaged
Color: 25 Lovibond, deep amber – rich mahogany
OG: 18 degrees plato
Yeast: Belgian Trappist Ale strain
Notable flavors: Sweet malt characteristics, raisins, prunes, pears, slight spicy notes; overall slightly sweet and fruity estery characteristics