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Two
more big events at The Four Firkins.
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IPA class anyone?
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Battle of the beers II: A Bitter Brawl - Pale Ales,
IPA's and Double IPA's
Monday September 22nd
6:30pm
Come duke it out with Micheal
Agnew and some bloody hoppy beers!
Hops! Humulus
lupulus. The bitter and spice of beer. First mentioned for
brewing in 1079, once banned in England as a "wicked and
pernicious weed", hops only slowly triumphed over the herbal
mixtures called gruit once used to bitter beer. From the
toffee and floral character of the English pub bitter to the
quintessential expression of American craft brewing, the
over-the-top hop monster Double IPA, no style showcases the
Alpha and Beta of hops better than Pale Ale. For your
consideration; the balanced simplicity of the English Pale and
its boldly bitter American cousin, the bigger and badder
English or American India Pale Ale, and the uniquely American
Double IPA testing the limits of the human palate's ability to
perceive bitterness.
The lines have been drawn for an epic
battle of the beers. Five bitter styles and six bitter
beers; which will emerge victorious from the crucible of
Firkin Forum? You will be the judge. Let the
Bitter Brawl begin!
Only 35 spaces so email
alvey@thefourfirkins as soon as you can to sign up. The event
is free! Include the phrase "Bitter Brawl" in your email
subject line. Hope to see you
then!
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Brau Brothers Tasting. Monday September 15th
6:00pm
Megan from Brau Brothers will
be here at 6:00pm this coming Monday night to share samples
with us. Brau Brothers is a very new, very small, micro
brewery in Lucan Minnesota that is pumping out some great
craft beer. If you've never tried it you should! Now you have
no excuse - it'll be at the Firkins and it will be
free!
Come support your peeps! Minnesotan craft beer.
Oh yeah....
Brau Brothers
Brewing
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Rogue Double Dead Guy in sock now!
Twice the death!
Double
Dead Guy is a new reincarnation of Rogue's classic Dead Guy
Ale. Mahogany in color, full bodied with an amazing
mid-palette richness of toffee and caramel. The hops are
evident also, with just enough to keep the maltiness in check.
D2 is Double the Fun! Malts: 2-row Pale, Munich, C15. Hops.
Cascade for boil and Crystal for aroma. IBU's approx 50-60.
19.8 Plato Original Gravity, 4.9 Plato Terminal Gravity.
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Full Sail - Old Boardhead Barley Wine Ale
It's barley wine
season!
The 2007 Reserve is here! At
9% ABV this is a great way to warm up after a day driving
around looking at fall colours, which will be here any day
now...
Full Sail Barley
Wine
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Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence.
Chocolate and beer, the two best things
ever.
Imagine intense Belgian dark
chocolate gliding across the tongue; starting sweet up front
but giving way to rich cocoa flavors at the back. Through it
all, a subtle fruitiness from the special Belgian yeast gives
the beer brightness otherwise foreign to a beer style normally
associated with gray foggy skies.
In other words, it's
bloody
good!
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