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Maroon & Bold Day at Pour Decisions Saturday

M&B-2013Maroon & Bold, we’ll fling your banners high,
Sing loud and long your praises to the sky,
Maroon & Bold, we’ll love you ’til we die.
Hu-rah-hah-hah,  Hu-rah-hah-hah for P.D.B.C.

(Thank you Fergus Falls for burning your school song into my head all those years ago.)

Saturday is Maroon and Bold day at Pour Decisions. Maroon & Bold is a double IPA made entirely from Minnesotan ingredients. You can check out this 9% beer Saturday in both bottles and on draft.

Food from Butcher and The Boar starting at noon.

Standard draft and growler:
Patersbier, 5.7%, Belgian Golden Ale
Actress and Bishop, 4.1%, English Golden Bitter
Infidelity, 7.2%, Imperial Red/Burton Ale
Fi Dem, 8.5%, Jamaican Stout
Kalamity, 11%, Old English Stock ale

Specialty draft:
Maroon & Bold, 9%, 100% Mn ingredient Double IPA
Kalamity – Bourbon Barrel aged, 13%
Brother Vesper – Belgian Dark Strong Stout, 12.5%
The Scytheman – Polish Grodziskie, 4.1% – $10
Acerbity (ed. Würzig) – Berliner Weisse, 2.7%
ExperimentAle #12 – Nutritious stout on Nitro, 4.4%
ExperimentAle #13 – Barrel Fermented Sour Belgian IPA, 7%
WeizenBocher – Belgian Quadruple Wheat wine w/ Butcher and The Boar smoked malt and peppers, 9%

Bottles in limited quantity:
Maroon & Bold, 9%, Mn Double IPA – $12 (Limit 6)
Kalamity – Bourbon Barrel aged, 13% – $16
Kalamity – Rye whiskey quarter cask, 13% – $16
Brother Vesper – Belgian Dark Strong Stout, 12.5% – $16
The Scytheman – Smoked Polish Grodziskie, 4.1% – $10
Acerbity (ed. Würzig) – Berliner Weisse, 2.7% – $12

Black Friday Throwdown in Duluth

tycoonslogoOur friends in Duluth have a black beer throwdown going on right now. Starting at noon today, the fine folks at Tycoon’s will be pouring sixteen different black beers today. From the sound of it, it’s not only the largest collection of black beers ever assembled in Duluth, but also larger than a couple of respectable black beer events in the Twin Cities.

In any case, if you’re in Duluth check it out. They’re releasing their super-duper-awesome Edmund Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, a beer which has won gold, silver, and bronze in various years at the Barrel Aged Beer Festival in Chicago.

Tap list below.

BH Edmund Imperial Stout
Lift Bridge BBL aged Commander
Indeed Rum Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Bent Paddle Cold Press Black w/ Madagascar Vanilla Bean on Nitro
Surly Darkness 2012/2013
Sierra Nevada Belgian Black IPA
Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Deschutes Abyss
Deschutes- Great Lakes Smoked Porter
Deschutes XXV Black Butte
Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Alaskan Smoked Porter
New Belgium 1554
Cider  – Aspall Black Label Imperial Cyder

MCBG Winterfest & Seasonal Six Pack Ticket Sales

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Getting Surly at Winterfest.

As the temperatures drop and the snow threatens to fly, we’re reminded that in just two short months, Minnesota’s longest-running all-local beer festival will be under way. Will you be there? You’ve got two options.

First, the Seasonal Six Pack program has returned. $300+ ticketing fees gets you a pair of tickets for all three Guild festivals – Winterfest, All Pints North and Autumn Brew Review. Buy your tickets once and forget about camping out in front of the computer for the rest of the year.

Seasonal Six Pack Tickets go on sale on Monday, December 2nd at noon! Tickets are limited.

Second, if you’re more inclined to buy said tickets ala carte, fire up your clicking fingers and get ready to smack the appropriate keys on Monday, December 16th at noon.

 

Winterfest 2014 – Friday, January 31st, 2014, 7-10pm

All Pints North 2014 – Saturday, July 26th, 2014, 3-7pm

Autumn Brew Review 2014 – Saturday, September 27th, 1-5pm

Chop & Brew #16: Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA

In this Chop & Brew Roundtable episode Chip, DonO and Dawson taste and discuss several IPAs fermented with Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA (Private Collection strain for Sept-Dec 2013). The conversation focuses on the characteristics and usage of Wyeast 1217, but also includes discussion of the new high-alpha German hop Polaris and American hop EXP 5256; as well as the importance of malt bills to and general techniques for hop-forward (and malt-balanced) IPAs. Check out official episode page for homebrew recipes for the three beers discussed.

Brau Brothers 100 Yard Dash Coming Soon

100yarddashFinally! Our friends at Brau Brothers are making their fresh hop beer, 100 Yard Dash available to the drinking public on Monday, December 2nd. Named for the short distance between hop bines and their brew kettle at the old brewery in Lucan, this beer has traditionally been bursting with hop flavor and aroma with hops straight from Brau Brothers hop yard. I’m definitely looking forward to drinking some of this soon.

…wait, I’m looking forward to drinking a beer? Who woulda’ thunk?