News & Updates

Great Lakes Beer Dinner at The Hanger Room

By on January 17, 2011in beer dinners, beer events

Great Lakes Brewing Company is teaming up with The Hanger Room to bring you an evening of great food and beer pairings.

COST: $60 per person

RSVP: Reservations are required. Call 651-429-1477 to reserve your seat.

MENU:
Amuse
Crispy Braised Fischer Farms Pork Belly…apple froth, endive, miso honey mustard, tarragon
Beer Pairing: Conway’s Irish Ale

1st Course
Fried Oysters…cauliflower soup, baby herbs, dill, chiffonade of radish, jalapeño, chili oil
Beer Pairing: Dortmunder Gold

2nd Course
Mushroom Crusted Elk Loin…parsnip and foie gras sauce, watercress, gremolata
Beer Pairing: Burning River, Pale Ale

3rd Course
Tandoori Rubbed 42 Day Aged Ribeye…chimmi churri puree, crispy enoki mushrooms, ancho demi
Beer Pairing: Commodore Perry, Indian Pale Ale

Cheese Course
Manchego and Carmamelized Figs… house made garnishes, flatbread
Beer Pairing: Eliot Ness, Amber Lager

Dessert Course
Chocolate and Rum Crème Brulee…caramelized sugar, fresh berries, pirouette cookie
Beer Pairing: Edmund Fitzgerald, Porter

The Hangar Room
310 Stillwater Road
Willernie, MN

Hopslam at Acadia

By on January 15, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events

It’s kind of like Christmas in January, the annual release of Bell’s Hopslam. But unlike your parents telling you Santa won’t come if you stay up you will be rewarded if you’re able to stay up on Sunday night. Acadia Cafe will be tapping the Hopslam at the stroke of midnight. $4/12 oz.

Cellar Raid at France 44

By on January 12, 2011in beer events, beer stores

France 44 has an upcoming series of cellar beer tastings that sound cool. They’re $20 a piece and the first in the series is on January 19th. The first class will be all about stouts and porters. They will be opening a few past vintages of each style and whenever possible, they will open the new vintage of the same beer to compare and contrast. Register here.

Granite City… in Bottles…

By on January 12, 2011in breweries

I almost missed this little tidbit from their most recent newsletter, but apparently Granite City will be bottling & distributing their beer, “Get ready to enjoy Granite City Food & Brewery’s smooth Northern Light Lager, medium bodied Brother Benedict’s Bock and Duke of Wellington IPA all in 12 ounce bottles! . . .local liquor or grocery stores and buy the great taste of GCFB’s handcrafted brews in six packs.”

New Brewery in Stillwater

By on January 12, 2011in breweries

…no, not Lift Bridge… According to an article in the Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater Brewery is set to open sometime this month. Interesting. Though its unlikely that the article was written by a beer expert, a few lines left me wanting to learn more…

Stillwater Brewery will be using KeyKegs, which are dubbed by producers as the “sell and forget” keg.

“We have no waste from transferring the beer from tank to tank; instead the tank itself changes on the inside to meet the needs of our brewing process…”

Producing 10 barrels of beer at a time, with a six-day turnover cycle…