Tickets for the 15th annual Autumn Brew Review — Minnesota’s oldest and one of its largest craft beer festivals — go on sale at noon, Tuesday, July 28. The $45 tickets can be purchased online at http://www.tempotickets.com/abr.
The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild encourages craft beer fans to be prepared to purchase tickets as the event has historically sold out quickly, often in the first hour of the on-sale.
The Autumn Brew Review is 1–5 p.m., Saturday, September 19, at the Historic Grain Belt Brewery at 19 13th Avenue NE, in northeast Minneapolis.
This 21+ outdoor event will feature unlimited beer from more than 120 participating breweries, as well as non-alcoholic samples, a commemorative tasting glass, live music, food vendors, beer educational sessions, and an opportunity to vote for the best beer of the festival.
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15th annual Autumn Brew Review hosted by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild
The Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild Seasonal Six Pack Returns! The MN Craft brewers Guild is offering Minnesota craft beer fans a Seasonal Six Pack, a pair of tickets to all three Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild events throughout 2014: Winterfest, All Pints North and Autumn Brew Review. For $300 (+ticketing fees), you score a pair of tickets to each of the Guild’s extremely popular annual beer events before they even go on sale. Seasonal Six Packs go on sale Monday, December 2 at noon CT.
(Ticket purchase link will be available on the guild website – www.mncraftbrew.org) or by clicking the banner above.
The benefits of this pack: no need for multiple ticket site log-ins, no waiting, no fear of missing out on tickets that often sell out in seconds during the general on-sale. There are only a limited amount of these ticket packs, so act fast on December 2. You can plan ahead, line up your entire year of 2014 Guild beer festivals, then sit back and relax. And the Seasonal Six Pack makes a great holiday gift.
If the entire six pack is just too much for your paycheck to handle you can still buy your MN Craft Brewers Guild festival tickets à la carte. You first chance to buy individual tickets will be for Winterfest, on Monday, December 16, at noon. In its 13th year, this Minnesota member breweries-only, upscale event sets the tone for the year. This festival is arguably the best festival in the state of Minnesota. It allows local craft beer lovers to warm up with winter styles and meet the brewers who brew them. Ticket purchase link will be available on the Guild Website.
Winterfest
This annual festival is solely devoted to guild member breweries and brewpubs, it does not include contract brewers. The upscale event showcases the great beers brewed in this state, and a classy crowd mixed with brewer conversations and hearty food balances the seasonal beers that are hallmarks of Winterfest. The crème de la crème festival is changing venues in 2014. Minnesota craft brewers have simply outgrown their old space at the History Center. Winterfest’s new home will be at Union Depot, in St. Paul, MN. The new venue will allow for a better fest experience with everyone still able to rub elbows, but allow for a bit of breathing room. The event will have the intimate setting everyone enjoys, but with more brewers.
Date: Friday, January 31, 2014
Time: 7 – 10 pm
Photo via http://www.stpauluniondepot.com/
All Pints North
Join the brewers of Minnesota and some of their favorite out of state breweries by the sunny shores of Lake Superior at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth for this growing festival and celebrate craft beer 2 oz at a time! All Pints North Summer Brew Fest will feature beer from breweries around the region, live music and tasty food in an iconic setting. This festival is quickly growing and probably the best location for any beer festival, ever.
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2014
Time: 3 – 7 pm
Autumn Brew Review
This annual outdoor fall festival is one of the biggest beer festivals in the state, with 100+ breweries from all over the U.S. entertaining and educating 3,000 attendees on the great craft beer brewed in this state and beyond. ABR also has live music and food trucks to enhance the lively atmosphere brought by attendees at this Minneapolis favorite.
After only 6 months of brewing, Duluth’s Bent Paddle Brewing Co. has begun distributing to the thirsty Twin Cities craft beer market. The beer will initially be limited to just five liquor stores: The Wine Thief & Ale Jail (St. Paul), Elevated Beer + Wine + Spirits (South Minneapolis), North Loop Wine & Spirits (Downtown Minneapolis), Stinson Wine, Beer & Spirits (NE Minneapolis) and The Four Firkins (St. Louis Park).
The beer is available in 12oz can 6-packs, including the current flagship beers: Venture Pils, Bent Hop and Black Ale. Bent Paddle plans to increase production capacity along with the number of liquor store and draft accounts throughout the upcoming year.
You may also be able to find Black Ale at Zipp’s Liquor as part of the VITA.MN Six-Pack. I also recommended a special version of their Black Ale as a “must try” at the most recent Autumn Brew Review. Many of your must have agreed, as Black Ale won “Best Beer” at ABR. Twin Cities, you are in for a treat.
VENTURE PILS – Pilsener Lager
This craft lager harmonizes noble hops and premium malts found in North America and Europe. We did the traveling to save you the paddling. Brewed with pristine Lake Superior water, this straw colored pilsener takes on characteristics of Bohemia, Northern Germany with a touch of American inventiveness. Refreshingly crisp with a gentle floral hop aroma.
ABV: 5.0% | IBU: 38 | Style: Pilsener Style Lager | Availability: Year-Round | Packaging: Draft / 12oz Cans Malts: Pilsener, 2-Row, Carafoam | Hops: Sterling, Saaz, Saphir | Yeast: House Lager Strain
Bent Hop – Golden IPA
An unexpected visual bend to an American India Pale Ale, this style is one that stands out in a crowd, or if you’re more like us – enjoyed at a campsite…with no crowd. This non-traditional IPA is golden in color with an enormous floral/citrus hop aroma and a supporting malt profile.
ABV: 6.2% | IBU: 68 | Style: Golden India Pale Ale | Availability: Year-Round | Packaging: Draft / 12oz Cans
Malts: 2-Row, Pilsenser, C-10, C-20, Carafoam | Hops: CTZ, Centennial, Sovereign, Cascade, El Dorado, Glacier | Yeast: House Ale Strain
Black Ale – Stout / Porter
Brewed to be smooth, chocolatey, semi-roasted ale that bridges the islands of porter and stout. And if you aren’t a fan of bridges, there’s always the canoe. This Black Ale drinks like a porter but is opaque like a stout. Brewed with a generous amount of oats to round out the flavor.
ABV: 6.0% | IBU: 34 | Style: Black Ale | Availability: Year-Round | Packaging: Draft / 12oz Cans
Malts: Pale, 2-Row, Golden Promise, De-husked Black, Flaked + Malted Oats, Golden Naked Oats, C-165, C-20 | Hops: CTZ, Willamette
Yeast: House Ale Strain
