If you’ve tried to get on a Surly tour before, you know those spots are hard to come by. As of 2:55 this afternoon, there appear to be at least a few open for the Friday, January 29th tour. If you want to go, get registered now!
And don’t forget, starting with tonight’s tour, please bring a non-perishable item along with you. The tour doesn’t cost you a dime, so do your part and help Surly make a positive impact on those less fortunate.
Wanna’ win a pair of tickets to the Beer Dabbler Showcase at the St. Paul Winter Carnival? Send us your best “winter beer photo by 3:00pm Friday, January 15th and we’ll pick a winner!
Rules? Sure. Send ONE photo to ryan AT mnbeer.com. One. Only one. Not two. Not four. Include your mailing address, so we know where to send the tickets. The winner will be announced after January 15th. We’ll pick the winning photo and share it on MNBeer.com.
Hints? Well the site is MNBeer.com… so the Corona you’re painfully sucking down in Jamaica in January probably won’t be our top pick. It’s Minnesota… we have a lot of great local breweries and brewpubs… be creative.
Photo/graphics savvy? Ideally, we’d love it if the photo were saved as a jpg 500 pixels wide and saved at 72 dpi. If not, we can deal.
I love the smell of napa…er hops in the morning! at 11:59 on Sunday, January 10th the following bars will be releasing Bell’s HopSlam. (And to be honest, I’d call 11:59 on Sunday “night” but that screws up the Apocalypse Now nod entirely…
Acadia Cafe
Blue Nile
Bryant Lake Bowl
All Bulldog locations
Buster’s on 28th
Grumpy’s NE and Downtown
Happy Gnome
Mac’s Industrial
Triple Rock
McCann’s Blacked Out Oatmeal Stout Winter Edition is now on tap in St. Cloud. Their Winter Dark Seasonal is brewed with the English pale ale and dark roasted malts and a generous addition of oatmeal in the mash to increases the body. Chris has have added even more malt in the winter edition of this beer, so it packs a even bigger wallop (8%abv) to ward off the outside cold. Says Laumb, “Hints of chocolate and espresso mingle with a velvet like mouthfeel creating a truly enjoyable brew.”
Lots of bits and pieces coming up this morning. Keep reading to see what tickles your fancy.
Today, Friday, FREE BEER 4 -5 pm at Pracna on Main. Get one Widmer Winterhook or Victory Abbey 6 on tap. Say hi at the bar.
Also today, Fitger’s is putting Saison Des Voyageurs, a Belgian style ale brewed with coriander and grains of paradise, on tap.
Over at Groveland Tap, their Beer Engine Feature of the Week is Surly Oak Aged Cynic Ale.
Michelle Leon at City Pages has chosen Great Waters’ St. Peter Pale Ale as Drink of the Week.
And last, but most certainly not least, The Blue Nile will be tapping Bell’s Hopslam Sunday at midnight.