News & Updates

Not to miss… Uerige Sticke Altbier cask at Bulldog NE this Wednesday.

By on January 7, 2008in bars/restaurants

Here’s one not to miss for import beer fans…. Uerige Sticke Altbier on cask this Wednesday early evening at The Bulldog NE.

BULLDOG NE & “Brad The Beerguy” present

Germany’s UERIGE Brewery of Dusseldorf :

The 1st German Authentic Cask in Minnesota History!

Beer : Traditional Sticke Alt

**** Michael Jackson’s Pocket Guide to Beer, p 36:
“UERIGE …is the most assertive, complex and characterful of the Alts” Düsseldorfer Altbier is one of Germany’s great beer styles. Uerige Alt is in my view the finest example of the style, and one of Germany’s truly great beers. I love it for its big, spicy hop aroma; its firm, malty, middle; and its confidently dry, appetising, finish. No short cuts, no compromises: a beer that punches it weight. Zum Uerige Sticke beautifully retains this balance. It is smooth, complex, elegant and a wonderful aperitif. A generous beer, with a touch of luxury. This beer is brewed with more malt, hops and is much richer than UERIGE Alt. Behind the massive but elegant aroma are hidden 6.5% abv. The unusual name derives from olden days, when the guests would whisper (‘stickum’ being a dialect term for whispering)the master brewer must have been a little too generous when weighing out the ingredients.

HopSlam on it’s way

By on January 7, 2008in beer stores, breweries

Ok, another non-Minnesota blurb. Bell’s HopSlam is once again headed our way, but in a more limited fashion than last year. Bill over at Princeton Liquor’s sent me a rather long email explaining the situation.

Hey all beer folk,
Just in case your wondering what that loud screech was on January 1st, it was the holiday business bus coming to a screeching stop. After a wicked 3 weeks of crazy business, we slow down considerably here at the store. Now does that mean I stop ordering great beer? Most certainly not. In fact the reason the outline of this email looks like paradise is the beer that will be coming in soon, will remind you all of paradise. Yes thats right HopSlam is on its way to our beautiful state. Now potentially I will be getting my shipment this week. Potentially. I have another source who says it may not reach us by late next week.


Tyranena Headed to Greater MN

By on January 7, 2008in breweries

I almost missed Tyranena’s news about growing distribution in Minnesota, sidetracked by their hilarious reaccounting of  the “Dirty Old Man” label being rejected by the government.

We’ve got a few new distributors in Minnesota!

  • Rohlfing of Duluth will be covering all of Carlton, Cook and Lake counties as well as the majority of Pine, St. Louis and Aitkin counties.
  • Dahlheimer Distributing will be covering all of Chisago and Isanti counties as well as areas of Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties.
  • D&D Beer will be covering all of Benton, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd and Wadena counties as well as portions of Aitkin, Cass, Hubbard, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Stearns and Swift counties.

All three distributors should be receiving their first shipment of product in the next few weeks!

Click here for the full email, including the label rejection story.

Great Water’s Website Update

By on January 7, 2008in general beer

greatwaters.jpgThis may be old news, but it’s still worthy of a mention (hey, it’s new news to me!). Great Water’s website is now being updated with their periodic releases. Check out the link http://www.greatwatersbc.com/beermn.html to see it. The last time I was there (just before New Year’s), they’d already tapped the Winter Solstice Ale. I loved it! And the folks who had a chance to sample the growler of it we brought home also enjoyed it. It’s a bit of an unusual winter release, but it’s famn dabulous.

Rock Bottom Releases

By on January 6, 2008in general beer

While doing a bit of Sunday MNBeer homework, Kris and I came across a bit of news.  Rock Bottom is offering up the following beer releases on the following bi-weekly release schedule:

January 10 – Oatmeal IPA

January 24 – Altbier

February 7 – Angry Hippie Ale

February 28 – ESB

March 6 – Fire Chief Ale

March 20 – Intoxicator Rauch Doppelbock

*sigh* I can’t believe the lengths we’ll go to…