Haven’t had enough sweets this Holiday Season? Well, Blackbird Cafe has got you covered. Today starting at 3pm they will be offering flights of beer paired with traditional Holiday candy. The flights will include Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge paired with chocolate covered cherries, Sunner Kolsch paired with chocolate covered pretzels & Tilburg’s Dutch Brown Ale paired with peanut brittle. All the candies are made in house & the special will run until they run out!
News & Updates
Southern Tier Tap Takeover at Bulldog Uptown
Tonight at The Bulldog Lyndale, Southern Tier Brewing Company will be taking over their taps! 13 delicious Southern Tier beers will be pouring starting at 7pm. Some of the brews include Phin & Matt’s, Pumking, Oat & Creme Brulee.
NYE at Ngon
Once again, Hai over at Ngon Bistro has lined up quite the tasting menu for New Years Eve for only $40.
First Course: Coconut Cream & Acorn Squash Soup, candied walnuts and house-cured bacon
Second Course: House Cured Lamb Belly & Daikon Cake, local greens in a wasabi sauce
Third Course: Wild rice crusted Star Prairie Trout & oyster mushrooms with a spicy quava mint sauce
Fourth Course: Five spice Braised Fischer Farms Pork Shank with sweet potatoes & pickled greens
For an extra charge, your meal can be paired with your choice of wine ($20) or beer ($15)–but given that they’ll be tapping Surly Darkness, Surly Five & a firkin of Lift Bridge Farm Girl with Asian plums, I’d opt for the beer.
Reservations can be made at their website or their Facebook page, but make yours today, its sure to fill up!
New Beers & Growler Special at Barley John’s
Barley John’s currently has two new seasonal beers, Smoked Porter (7.4%), which is based on their Old 8 Porter recipe, but smoked malts are used in the mash and N. English Brown Ale (5.6%) is a dry brown ale brewed with toasted malts and English hops, fermented with a British strain. Coming soon: Winter Ale.
And for a gift that keeps on giving, now through New Years Eve, fill two grolwers and get a $5 gift card. Some for now, some for later!
Harriet Single Hopped West Side
Harriet is breaking out three varieties of Dry Hopped West Side IPA–with Simcoe, Amarillo & Cascade–for the holidays, growlers filled today and for sale during their normal growler sales:
Wednesday from 4-7pm
Thursday from 4-7pm
Friday from 4-7pm
Saturday from 1-6pm
Christmas Eve: 1-4 pm
New Years Eve: 1-6 pm
Also available are Divine Resolution, Holiday Abbey, Divine Oculust, Dark Abbey & West Side Belgian IPA.