I just wanted to drop you guys a line about this Minneapolis/St. Paul Beer School thing that I'm doing, and hopefully you could pass it on. We're running "classes" every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30PM at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul. Each week were bringing in a different brewery to sample their beers and talk about their product. So far we've had Goose Island (who brought Sofie, Pepe Nero, Matilda, and Pere Jacques) and Artisanal Imports (who brought Tripel Karmeliet, Meantime IPA, La Trappe Quad in bottles and on tap, and Bockor Cuvee des Jacobin Rouge), and this week we have Summit coming in to sample cask versions of the EPA with different hop varieties in each. Sessions are free to attend and require no advance sign-up. Since we're still just getting started, I'd really appreciate it if you could pass this on to any craft beer enthusiasts you know, and hopefully I'll get to see you guys at a class or two! We don't exactly have a website set up, but all of our information can be found on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/mspbeerschool . Thanks much!