News & Updates

On Tap at Fitger’s Brewhouse

By on August 18, 2011in brewpubs

Road trip to Duluth? Who’s with me?!

Cask Ale
Tugboat Irish Stout Orange Blossom Special

El Nino Double Hopped IPA 7.0%
Big and Bold, copious amounts of 6 hop varieties, matched with a fullbodied pale ale.

Starfire Pale Ale 6.1%
North Shore style hoppy pale ale.

Witchtree ESB
English style pale ale served on nitrogen

Big Boat Oatmeal Stout

Lighthouse Golden
Our lightest colored beer, crisp and clean.

Apricot Wheat
A marriage of tangy wheat malt and sweet/tart apricot

El Diablo

Breakwater White

Wildfire Lager
Malty amber lager infused with ample amounts of Hatch chili’s from New Mexico. Aroma’s of peppers with a very warm finish.

Lake Michigan Wee Heavy
Dried Cherry Scottish Style Wee Heavy

Summit Unchained 8

By on August 18, 2011in breweries

The eighth beer in Summit’s Unchained series comes courtesy of Mike Lundell, the brewer also responsible for the third beer in the series,  India Rye Ale. This time around, he’s making a Black Ale. Details below:

Black Ale (still awaiting TTB approval on name, so could change)
Brewer: Mike Lundell
Color: 70 degrees Lovibond

IBU: 65
ABV 6.5

Ingredients:
Malt: 2-row Harrington, Torrified Wheat, Cara Wheat, Midnight Wheat, and Carafa III Special

Hops: New Zealand Pacific Jade, Australian Galaxy

Medium bodied ale with a pronounced citrus/passion fruit/mango aroma, slight astringent/burnt character from the black malt. Think black colored hoppy ale.

The beer will be released late October/early November. More definite dates to come once production is scheduled.

Steel Toe Growlers Friday

By on August 18, 2011in beer events, breweries

So what’s a good brewery-warming gift?

Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park will be selling their first growlers Friday night from 6:30-8:30pm. They’ll have growlers of their first beer, Provider, available for purchase. From the website:

Provider is brewed to be light and refreshing with a slightly sweet malt flavor and floral hop aroma. Unfiltered to bring out the subtle flavors in this glorious brew. Let Provider take care of you for a while.

4848 W. 35th St.
St. Louis Park, MN

Epic (the brewery, not the dumb adjective) Tasting Tonight at Heritage

By on August 18, 2011in beer events, beer stores

Assuming you’re not one of the people who doesn’t abuse the word “epic” (and “fail” for that matter), I’d like to invite you out to a little tasting at Heritage in Maplewood tonight. Read on.

In the last year, the new breweries that have entered into the Minnesota market have put our state in an enviable position for what we have available. On most of those lists, the most recent addition is Epic Brewing out of Utah, which was founded shortly after Utah lifted restrictions on alcohol content in 2008. They are the first brewery in that state since prohibition to exclusively brew beers over 4%ABV, brewing their first batch in March of 2010. Among the many awards they have already garnered, earlier this year they made the RateBeer Top New Brewers in the World in the #3 spot. From 5-7PM this Thursday, the 18th, we’ll be tasting out a few of their offerings to see what they’re all about. See you here.

Harriet Brewing Rauchfest

By on August 17, 2011in beer events, breweries

“Rauchfest 2011,” a one-day festival featuring Beer, Food, Art and Live Music on Saturday, September 24. Located at 3036 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis will be the host site featuring live amplified music including New Primitives (Reggae/Rock), Butanes Soul Revue (Blues/Jazz/Rock), High Strung String Band (Bluegrass), Blue Soul Caravan (Folk), and a DJ from Harriet Brewing will be playing vinyl in-between sets.

A single batch of Rauchfest, a smoked Oktoberfest lager, will be brewed and on tap for this special festival. The brewery will also reintroduce their cold-weather beers: Divine Oculust and Dark Abbey. A total of six Harriet beers will be available throughout this engaging event for the Longfellow neighborhood and surrounding area. There will also be non-alcoholic beverages from Dandelion Kitchen, Rauchfest brats and vegetarian options from Seward Co-op, Rauchfest buns from Sun Street Breads, Reubens and smoked brisket from Stanley’s and more. Live painters, fire spinners, glass artists and various other arts and craft vendors will be participating throughout the day.
First 250 tickets sold at the Brewery (not online) include a collectible Rauchfest 2011 glass from Harriet Brewing.

Tickets
General Admission tickets are $15.00 and available at Harriet Brewing or online.
Each ticket includes a Harriet beer of your choice.

After September 1, 2011, ticket price will increase to $20.00