News & Updates

Catch a Ride to All Pints North!

By on June 26, 2013in beer events, beer travels

allpintssmThe folks from GetKnit are making your trip to Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild’s All Pints North Summer Brew Fest a little easier. If you’re not crazy about paying out the nose for a hotel in Duluth or bribing a sober cab from the Twin Cities, catching a ride, this may be the option for you. They’re also throwing in an event ticket, lunch, a pre-event party and other offers. Grab tickets here. Now through July 5th, you can get one for $79. After that it’s $99.

Our day will begin in Roseville, where your GetKnit Gurus will anxiously await your arrival and have already taken care of all of the details of your day. As we travel north aboard our luxury coach bus, we will pad our bellies for the day ahead with some delicious boxed lunches and prepare to enjoy all that this beer-fest has to offer – and then some!

We will be welcomed to Duluth, the mayor-proclaimed Craft Beer Capital of Minnesota, by our friends at the North Shore’s newest brewery, Bent Paddle Brewing Company.  These skilled brewers will treat us to a private tour of their state-of-the-art facility as well as samples of their brand new brews.  Learning about the brewing process, why Lake Superior water is some of the best in the world for brewing, and tasting beers directly from the fermentation tanks will be the perfect warm-up for the day’s festivities.

A short jaunt across town will deliver us to the main attraction of the day: the second annual All Pints North Summer Brew Fest at Bayfront Festival Park.  The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild has invited us to enjoy no-wait access to their annual event featuring unlimited tastings from more than 40 member breweries and brewpubs from across our great state – as well as select regional and national beer companies.  As if the beer wasn’t enough to satisfy your appetite for local flavors, you will also have access to the array of on-site food trucks.

After four hours of tasting the best beers that our northern neighbors have to offer, we will hop aboard our buses and let our drivers deliver us safely back to our beloved Cities.

Meet-Up Location

2750 Cleveland Avenue
Roseville, MN 55113

Time

11:30 AM – 9:30 PM
note: please arrive 15-20 minutes early for check-in

Chop & Brew #8: How to Cook with Beer

By on June 23, 2013in beer dinners, beer education, food pairing, general beer, homebrew, video

A couple of months ago, Better Beer Society University hosted the one-and-only Homebrew Chef Sean Z. Paxton and a presentation Paxton called “How to Cook with Beer.” If you aren’t aware, Paxton is a frequent contributor to Beer Advocate, Zymurgy and The Brewing Network. He is not only one of the world’s most well-known beer cuisine experts, but also an avid homebrewer. Chop & Brew is proud to bring you this presentation Paxton delivered at BBSU. Some Twin Cities Beer Geek All-Stars also make audience member cameos. Grab a notepad, a beer, and something to nosh on because some epic science is about to be dropped. This episode also unveils the new Chop & Brew logo hand-crafted by Saint Paul artist DWITT, who will likely be making an interesting chop- and/or brew-related appearance in the show in the near future.

Surly Taproom Opens Today

By on June 21, 2013in breweries
Surly Brewing Co.

Surly Darkness Day7753051735856091048Well that was quick…

Last week, Brooklyn Center City Council voted in favor of allowing production breweries to sell pints of their own beer in the city, so we’re finally opening up a taproom at our brewery! Starting today, Friday June 21, the new Surly Brewing taproom will be open from 3pm to 9pm.

You’ll be able to buy pints of Surly beer Thursdays and Fridays, from 3pm to 9pm, Saturdays from noon until 9pm and Sundays from noon until 8pm.

To kick things off, they’ll be pouring Hell, Furious, Cynic, Coffee Bender, Diminished SeVIIn, Schandenfreude, Pentagram and Smoke and we’ll also have cans of Bender and Overrated.

Also, check out this awesome time-lapse video created by local artist Adam Turman, who documented the making of his exclusive Surly Taproom print. They’ll have 100 limited edition copies of his print available in the taproom store for $20.

Enki Brewing Opens Saturday

By on June 21, 2013in breweries

enkiEnki Brewing is a new brewery in Victoria, Minnesota. We’re happy to say that they’ll be open on Saturday, June 22nd for pints and growlers! They’re starting with a pale ale, aptly called, Citric Journey. Taproom opens at noon.

7929 Victoria Drive
Victoria, Minnesota 55386