_____ From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:15 PM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: IPA class, Brau tasting and new beers! <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> header <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg?a=110223 3747248> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Two more big events at The Four Firkins. IPA class anyone? 09/09/08 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! 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 <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001obW_pgYq4bRi8HuhVrlKIBhWsn1vhvx1ujqJjUWSU9bw1_09 HuHp5V9mA_c3cibDQxtyXOs53iyE23uMEfJShu6-5b6G2ju8WBIgMfY5LQZUf-we9DWn2XhJ1sy1 enFlAhq6QGs0mZJJB2twMtwnVw==> Brewing 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. Double Dead Guy <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/16.gif?a=11022 33747248> 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 <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001obW_pgYq4bT5rrFg7voATQL_5QFw1EBzaXbISxEfFF1bNWzO YdV165ZJD9iEXw6zABkmaivI_eML80tQSuDX-WIyRnn77njm9tivJw_rXlnGGptfBcRxpbaTa7nS FjsM_faXC6kVkCHEc8dSn9Y6cQ==> Wine 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! Chocolate <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/17.jpg?a=11022 33747248> Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102140918849&ea=alboyce%40comc ast.net&a=1102233747248> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MTxFci7HwOOQYniH1Efa40UJBaUlaYmhu&p=un> Safe Unsubscribe This email was sent to alboyce(a)comcast.net by alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com. Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MTxFci7HwOOQYniH1Efa40UJBaUlaYmhu&p=oo> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MTxFci7HwOOQYniH1Efa40UJBaUlaYmhu&p=un> T | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp> . Email Marketing <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> by <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> The Four Firkins | 8009 Minnetonka Blvd | St Louis Park | MN | 55426 <http://rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1102233747248.0.1102140918849.483&ts=S0363&o=http:/ /ui.constantcontact.com/images1/s.gif>