Want to have a cool Surly jacket? Such gems are not free for the asking, you’re going to have to work for it.
2nd Annual Win a Bottle of Darkenss and Surly Jacket Competition!
To enter, upload your favorite Surly photo to their Flickr site. After the new year begins the brewing crew will pick their favorite photo.
Busy times here in New Ulm. The elusive Schmaltz Alt is being packaged this week to be ready for a late Dec/early Jan release. They’ll be bringing a special Fass of Schmaltz Alt to the Groveland Tap on Monday, December 22nd for a 6:00pm tapping.
The first batch of the new Schell Bock will be brewed this week. Schell Bock will be a limited release available Feb 2, 2009. Brewed with 10 different malts and a proprietary German yeast strain, Schell Bock will weigh in at 16 Plato and 24 IBUs.
For all of you that have eagerly been awaiting information on how to purchase your very own Winterfest tickets, here you go!
8th Annual Winterfest brought to you by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild
Friday, February 6, 2009
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Minnesota History Center
Tickets on sale Monday, December 15th at Noon.
www.uptowntix.com or 651-209-6799
$45 per ticket, limit 6 per purchaser
Only 700 tickets will be sold and there is a history of this event selling out so make plans now to purchase your tickets early.
For those of you that have been enjoying Flat Earth’s series of infused porters, the fun continues in December.
12/4 – Hold Your Fire Porter – Spice & Ancho Pepper infused Porter
12/11 – Mystic Rhythms Porter – Raspberry infused Porter
12/18 – Freewill Porter – Vanilla infused Porter
12/23 – Snow Dog Porter – Peppermint infused Porter
12/31 – Big Money Porter – Wood aged Porter
Growler sales are Thursdays 3:30 – 6:30 pm, with an exception the week of Christmas. You’ll be able to pick up Snow Dog Porter that week on Wednesday instead of Thursday.
Fitger’s took home 3 awards in the 2008 Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers! Their Fitger’s Framboise took 3rd in the wild beer category, their Edmund Fitzgerald Imperial Stout took 2nd place in the strong stout/porter category and their Collaboration Cherry Grand Cru (Town Hall’s Grand Cru and Fitger’s Cherry Batch) took first in the experimental category! Congrats!