The Aeppel Treow cider (Racine, WI) is quite wonderful! Give it a shot!
- Al
The Four Firkins
New Flat Earth Beers and Aeppel Treow Ciders!
Happy holidays!
12/25/2008
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa!
And of course Festivus for the rest of us!
Whether you're a traditionalist or your are just along for the ride, alcoholic beverages seem to make this time of year just a little bit easier don't they? (especially is you are starting your Festivus celebration with the "Airing of Grievances" )
I tend to favour the fermented variety. Here's a few new ones that might help Auntie Bunnie ( Who smokes three packs a day and sounds more like uncle Patrick ) just a little easier on the ears.
Flat Earth Brewing - St. Paul Minnesota! Black Helicopter and Rode Haring Flanders Red.
Flat Earth Brewing in St Paul Minnesota has bottled two of their latest batches both of which are at The Firkins right now. Unlike previous bottles from Flat Earth these ones are big old 750mls.
The first one has been around before, some of you may have tried it the first time. Black Helicopter Coffee Stout is brewed with Dunn Bros coffee, roasted barley, flaked oats and St. Paul water. It is black as the nights sky and highly caffeinated. Jeff only filled 500 bottles of this brew so needless to say supply is limited.
Black Helicopter
The Second Flat Earth to recently hit our fridge is the Rode Haring Flanders Red Ale. This is very special, it marks the first time to my knowledge that a Minnesotan Commercial Brewery has brewed this style. It's a very old Belgian style that is aged for up to two years, often in huge oaken barrels which contain the resident bacteria necessary to sour the beer.
If you've never tried a Belgian Style sour beer before this is a great example of how wonderful they can be. Nice job Jeff!
Rode Haring
Aeppel Treow Winery - Wisconsin. Real Ciders from Real Talented people!
Aeppel Treow ( means "Apple True"in crazy old English ) is a Winery that specializes in
Wisconsin Grown and Produced Artisan [Hard] Cider. We are one of the first retailers in Minnesota to get our hands on them and currently have a Perry ( Pear Cider ) two Sparkling Apple ciders and a Honey Apple Wine in stock with more varieties to come.
Why not welcome the new year with a bottle of these bubblies?
Black Helicopter
DeuS Brut De Flanders The ultimate New Years Eve Beer.
DeuS undergoes a lengthy, costly maturation in the Champagne caves of France. The elegant and labor-intensive "methode Champenoise" produces the best sparkling beverages in the world. The yeast is frozen in the neck and removed just like Champagne and then every 12th bottle is sacrificed to top up the previous eleven.
DeuS has characteristics of both sparkling wine (fine, velvety carbonation) and specialty beer (rich maltiness) but also exhibits a fragrant, herbal and spicy character quite unique and special. Flavors of anise, mint, malt, lavender, and a barely perceptible hoppiness make DeuS a very special treat.
11% ABV
Deus
Happy new year!
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The new Upper Mississippi Mash-Out (UMMO) registration system is now
live for UMMO '09.
The system is completely new, based on the AHA 1st round web interface,
and requires you to enter much less data less than in years past.
Surf on over to http://mashout.org
8th Annual Upper Mississippi Mash-Out
There is only a week until registration opens for the 2009 Upper Mississippi Mash-out. Here a preliminary schedule of events and a few of the rule changes this year.
* There is no limit on the number of meads you can enter in the individual categories as long as they are different.
* There is no limit on the number of ciders you can enter in the individual categories as long as they are different
* There is no limit on the number of Eis Anything you can enter in the individual categories as long as they are different. We are not requiring a pre-eised bottle as the website indicated earlier.
For more information visit http://www.mashout.org/
Key Dates
Dec 29 2008 – registration for all entries, volunteer sign-up and banquet ticket begin
Dec 29 2008 - Jan. 10 2009, entries accepted
Schedule of events
Friday January 23
8:00-9:30 am - Setup and Registration
9:30-noon - Judging Session 1
noon-1:30 pm - Lunch for Volunteers - Kirby Nelson of Capital Brewery talk
1:30-4:00 pm - Judging Session 2
4:00-6:00 pm - Judging Session 3
6:00-7:00 pm - Dinner for Volunteers
7:00-9:00 pm - Judging Session 4
9:00-midnight - Indoor Pub Crawl; Kirby Nelson will introduce some beers he brought pre-crawl
Saturday January 24
8:00-9:00 AM – Breakfast for Volunteers
9:00-11:30am - Judging Session 5
11:30 AM-12:30 pm - Lunch for Volunteers - Seminar - TBD
12:30-3:00 pm - Judging Session 6
4:00-6:00 pm - Specialized Mead training
(4:00-5:00 pm - Best of Show Judging (Closed to Public))
6:00-7:30 pm – German Theme Beer Banquet
7:30-9:00 pm - Awards Presentation
Additional judging sessions may be added on Thursday January 22nd as needed.
Volunteer sign-up is first come first serve, so if you plan on helping out sign-up early to reserve you spot to judge or steward.
We will also be organizing a “beds for judges” program again this year. If you need somewhere to say send and email to info(a)mashout.org and we will work on finding you a place to stay.
I'm still looking for a few volunteers to provide some kegs of homebrew for
the 2009 Upper Mississippi Mash Out on the weekend of January 23-24. While
the banquet will have a German theme and we will have a number of homebrewed
German lager styles already lagering away for the event we are also look for
other styles both for the banquet and during the judging.
For providing a keg you will receive one of the custom UMMO 2009 tap handles
create by Don Stock just for this event. There is also the possibility of
winning the people's choice award with your beer, the people's choice award
winner gets a bigger tap handle. New for this year we will have two
people's choice awards. One will be for a beer served during the judging
sessions and the other will be for a beer server during the banquet. Also
new for this year will be how you vote for your choice. You will vote with
money, the beer the at collects the most money will win the award and all
the money will be donated to the food shelf.
We can also get you a discount on ingredients and even a loaner keg to put
the beer in so you don't have to worry about getting your keg back after the
event.
If you are interested in providing a hospitality beer please let me know
what style you will be providing. There are a limited number of the special
tap handles available, be the first in your neighborhood to get one.
--
Steve Piatz sjpiatz(a)gmail.com
Girls will droop underwear for you!
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Offspring that will be born will be inferior. His deceased
ancestors to be stained with the in a revulsion of horror
indescribable. For the good fortune to secure the services
of such preceptors thou art he that causest all righteous
creatures.
New for '09:
1. Eis Anything entrants need to submit a pre-eised bottle in addition
to a post-eised bottle.
2. Mead entrants can enter as many meads as they like as long as each
mead is unique.
http://www.mashout.org/content/rules.html
Subject: Beer & ChocolateDate: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:45:29 -0600From: cshovein(a)Hohensteins.comTo: andrew.cook(a)nmfn.com; anyachristinasmith(a)yahoo.com; lexlarp(a)thecellars.com; reno(a)umn.edu; chaddpratt79(a)yahoo.com; christopher(a)hadderclan.com; hansenclive(a)aol.com; beerboy435(a)yahoo.com; david.winberg(a)gmail.com; gera_latour(a)hotmail.com; gordvan(a)gmail.com; h128077(a)msn.com; alvsalvey(a)gmail.com; jradnich(a)hotmail.com; jnowicki(a)comcast.net; juno(a)northernbrewer.com; kurtkeabul(a)gmail.com; laura(a)flingseventdesign.com; winte225(a)umn.edu; www.barleyjohns.com; pcastro(a)johnsonbrothers.com; platt(a)umn.edu; pdorwart(a)msn.com; randypeabody(a)comcast.net; rob(a)summitrealtymn.com; Sean(a)zippsliquors.com; sjpiatz(a)gmail.com; lexlarp(a)thecellars.com; cellars_rosevill(a)thecellars.com; timstuemke(a)comcast.net; vexed2much(a)gmail.com; tyler(a)zippsliquors.com; w2lund(a)msn.com; larm0006(a)umn.edu
We will be doing a beer & Chocolate sampling at The Black Forest Inn in MPLS this Thursday Dec. 18, 6pm start.We will be sampling Paulaner Salvator with Truffles made with the beer from St. Paul's Legacy Chocolates.
Thanks,
Corey
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The new Mash-Out web site has been updated with the menu for the beer
banquet.
http://www.mashout.org/content/banquet.html
Tickets will be on sale after we test the new registration software.
