This Wednesday, January 18 from 5-7pm Old Chicago in Roseville is holding a bit of a party with the crew from Summit Brewing Co. Meet the brewers, enjoy special flights of Summit beers and of course you just might win some prizes. They’ll have EPA, IPA, Pilsener, Porter, Horizon Red, Oatmeal Stout, Winter Ale and Maibock on tap.
News & Updates
Bank Brewing Co. Longbeard Winter Wheat
Jason Markkula from Hendricks’ Minnesota’s Bank Brewing Co. dropped us a line to share that they’re set to launch their Longbeard Winter Wheat soon. In fact, it’ll debut at this weekend’s St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo. Here’s a description from their website:
A unique American Lager, almost black with a nice mahogany head, the large dose of wheat gives Longbeard body but allows it a light taste. The dark roasted malt gives way to a slight wooden note and makes this dark beer almost drink light. Designed for the between season when winter gives way to spring.
Harriet Brewing One Year Anniversary
Harriet Brewing is celebrating their first anniversary at The Blue Nile on Jan. 27th from 4pm – 2am. They’ll take over all 12 taps, highlight local artist & of course music.
Happy early birthday, Harriet. My partner in crime, Dawn, fell in love with Dark Abbey Dubbel on Friday at Pig & Fiddle. Details below:
Tap #1 – Elevator Doppelbock – Our traditionally brewed German-Style Doppelbock is being released for the first time at the Blue Nile on January 27th.
Tap #2 – East Side IPA – Our second brand spankin’ new beer in January (Release party at the Groveland Tap on January 11. We’ve taken our flagship West Side Beigian-Style IPA and replaced all of the American hops with their European cousins and substituted Carapils for the Special B creating a beer that honors the floral, earthy, and spicy character of a traditional Belgian-Style IPA.
Tap #3 – Small Beer – You really shouldn’t be drinking this one. This is our beer. We’ve made this sessionable Belgian-style brew from the second runnings of Elevator so that we can drink our own beer at the brewery and still be moderately productive. This is an extremely limited beer that will seldom see the world outside of the brewery, so get it while you can.
Brewers Bazaar
May might seem like an eternity from today but tickets are already available for the 6th Annual Brewers Bazaar. Taking place on the floating Avalon Riverboat in historic downtown Stillwater, you’ll enjoy four hours of sampling beer from a variety of local favorites for $30/person. Get your tickets today!
Brewing TV #53: Lager Workarounds
Brewing TV is in serious homebrew mode for the next three episodes of the show starting with this one on “Lager Workarounds.”
‘Tis the season for brewing and fermenting lagers. But what if you don’t have the set-up for true lagering process (fermenting fridge, near-freezing basement, etc.)? Brewing TV says “Fake the funk!” In this episode, Dawson and our cohort Don Osborn brew up three beers. They use some yeast strain and temperature workarounds to make them into great non-lagers.
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Brewing TV is planning some cool roadtrips for 2012 including Colorado next month, Dogfish Head later this spring, and the National Homebrewers Conference (and likely some pro brewers, too) in Seattle this summer. Keep an eye out for upcoming episodes from those trips! All for brew, brew for all!