News & Updates

Black IPA Tasting at Heritage Tonight

By on July 14, 2011in beer events, beer stores

Thursday tasting (today) at Heritage. Black IPAs.  5-7pm.

What a bunch of difficult-to-please-never-happy bastards us craft beer drinkers are. We couldn’t settle for choosing dark beers or pale hoppy beers when we open the fridge. We had to pull a “your chocolate is in my peanut butter, your peanut butter is in my chocolate” and get our overworked brewers to give their IPA’s a sun burn. If you like the malty goodness of a dark beer, but also the bitter bite of a pale ale, then Black IPAs are for you (or maybe Dark Cascadian Ales or India Black Ales are for you). For the return of our Thursday night tastings, we’re gonna roll out some Black IPAs to try, so be here from 5-7PM this Thursday the 14th.

Belgian Independence Week

By on July 13, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, food pairing, history

Instead of simply celebrating Belgian Independence Day on July 21st, why not celebrate the whole week? There will be multiple events going on all over the cities from July 14th to July 24th. Duvel is releasing their brand new draft product, Duvel Single, Brewery Ommegang will have a special Spiced Saison available in various locations and many bars will be running specials on Belgian & Belgian Style ales during the week. Oh, and not to forget St. Arnoldus Day on July 18th!

Autumn Brew Review Tickets on Sale Friday! (Don’t Panic!)

By on July 13, 2011in beer events, breweries, brewpubs

Autumn Brew Review has been my gold standard for local beer festivals over the years. This year we celebrate 11 years of great beers on Sept. 17th with a small change to accommodate more people. This year, the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild has decided to split ABR into two sessions, one from 10am – 2pm and another from 3-7pm. Brewers will be splitting beer equally between both sessions, so the biggest advantage of going to the early session is that the early session will have mini bloody mary samples with horseraddish-infused vodka from Referent Vodka and mixers from Lehmann Farms.

tl;dr – Autumn Brew Review tickets go on sale Friday, July 15th at noon.

Historic Grain Belt Brewery grounds, Minneapolis. $30 in advanced, $40 at the door if it doesn’t sell out.

News From Lift Bridge

By on July 13, 2011in breweries

For those of you that have a habit of grabbing a sixer of Lift Bridge at the liquor store, take note.

Suspension of 6-Pack Bottle Sales
Lift Bridge Fans and Supporters, we have been hit with a bottled beer shortage which will cause us to be out of our bottled beer for a few months. The reason for the suspension of shipments is due to our supplier, Cold Spring Brewing Co who has not been able to produce beer for us. They have decided to prioritize other brands ahead of ours. It certainly is their decision on what to brew and when, however we were caught with extremely short notice.
In response to this situation we are working to purchase and install bottling capabilities at our brewery in Stillwater, MN. We currently produce 100% of our draft beer in Stillwater and have capacity to keep up with our draft account. Today, we are receiving additional fermenters, increasing our capacity by 66%. This will allow us react quicker and not be dependent on a single supplier.
This plan will take several months to complete, but we will have bottles back on shelves later in 2011. It is unfortunate for our distributor partners, bottle retail customers and our loyal customers but we will be back soon and better than ever.
Currently we have a quite a list of new beers planned for later this year. They include an oyster stout, Oktoberfest, the return of Biscotti, and a bourbon barrel aged barley wine.
We appreciate your continued support. Please feel free to stop by to check out the brewery, pick up a growler of fresh beer or join us on a tour. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Contact:
Dan Schwarz
dan @ liftbridgebrewery.com
1900 Tower Drive
Stillwater, MN 55082
Ph: +888-430-BEER (2337) x55

But don’t think that means you can’t bring some Lift Bridge beer with you whereever you go. Growler sales at the brewery are Thursdays and Fridays 5-8 pm and Saturdays 2-5 pm.