I really wish I could take credit for that title, but that’s all Fulton. And now for what it means…
We’ll be swinging by Grumpy’s NE at 4 for some cask Sweet Child & some of Pat’s pirogies. [At] Washington Square [in White Bear Lake] we’re pouring Sweet Child of Vine, Worthy Adversary on tap, and a special draft version of War & Peace, all starting at 5:00. At 6, we’ll be heading to Sweeney’s for some fried fish & IPA.
The crew at Barley John’s will be celebrating their 10 year Anniversary next week. They’ll be having great specials all week long as well as prize drawings.
Tuesday March 16th (Their actual anniversary!)
10% off our ENTIRE Menu – All Day Long
$10 Growler Fills of Anniversary Ale
Special Tapping of a very limited supply of Rosie’s Unoaked Reserve (no growlers)
Wednesday March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day!
$10 Corned Beef & Cabbage
$10 Growler Fills Wild Brunette
Thursday March 18th
$10 Grilled Pizzas
$10 Growler Fill IPA
Friday March 19th
$10 Pitchers (Pub Brewed Beers)
$10 Growler Fill Old 8 Porter
Saturday March 20th
$10 T-Shirts (while supplies last)
$10 Growler Fill Anniversary Ale
DRAWINGS
They will be giving away prizes all week long! Please only enter 1x per day. Prizes to include: T-Shirts, Gift Certificates, BBS Memberships, Growler-A-Month Prize, Growler Carriers, A House Glass with your Initial etched in!
DESSERT SPECIALS
$0.10 Cupcakes All Week Long
Retro Monster Cookie Sundaes – a blast from our past and available all week!
Here are a few chances for you to meet brewer and owner Tod Fyten from Mantorville Brewing and sample some of his beer.
Buffalo Wine & Spirits, Buffalo, March 12th, 4 – 7 pm
Haskell’s Highland Park, St. Paul, March 13th, 1 – 5 pm
Sinful Wine & Liquors, Bloomington, Thursday March 18th, 7 – 9 pm
Thanks to Tod Fyten from Mantorville Brewing for taking the time to provide a bit of an explanation of the “basement brewing” legislation that’s been bouncing around (previously mentioned here and here)…
There is a misrepresentation by some that the legislation about brewing below grade will allow folks to brew in their home basement commercially. This is not case.
The bill was introduced on behalf of a non-alcohol beverage producer who wish to produce products below grade in a commercially zoned area.
When the MN Department of Agriculture looked at the rules they realized many current commercially licensed businesses were in compliance with the law. This included several brew pubs and breweries. Recognizing this, language was introduce to cleaned up the law to bring existing business in compliance with the law.
To become a brewer in MN you will still need to be approved federally by ATF/TTB which now include filing documents via the ATF/TTB for the Department Homeland Security and the FDA. Further you will have to be approved by the MN Department
Public Safety, the MN Department of Agriculture and by your local city government which governs local building, zoning, and icensing issues. The key word being zoning.Production breweries are license by the State as a manufacturing business thus local governments required them to operate in industrial zoned areas.
Brewpubs are licensed under the on premise license thus are required to operate in commercial zones, with all the requirement that come with being an on premise business.
Hope this helps everyone better understand the issues.
Tod Fyten
President/Brewer
Mantorville Brewing Company, LLC
Firkin Fest is a bit more than a week away and Summit’s let the cat out of the bag about what they’re bringing.
Extra Pale Ale dry-hopped with Chinook
Winter Ale dry-hopped with Ahtanum
Oatmeal Stout dry-hopped with Goldings
In the meantime you can enjoy some of their beer baked into bread at Great Harvest, in the form of Oatmeal Stout and Gouda bread, available at all 5 Minnesota locations.
And soon, Izzy’s in St. Paul will be offering Oatmeal Stout Ice Cream.