Rosemount Crossings MGM Sale
This sale at the MGM in Rosemount ends 11/24/07.
| ROSEMOUNT CROSSINGS MGM | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Miller High Life and High Life Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Coors & Coors Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.88 |
| Sam Adams - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.55 |
| Leinenkugel’s Crafts - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.99 |
| Michelob Golden Draft & MGD Light | 24Pack Bottles | $15.99 |
August Schell Copes With The Rising Cost Of Hops
From KEYC TV in Mankato:
Costs to operate just about anything go up over time and that’s the case in New Ulm, where Schell Brewery is facing more expensive costs on their ingredients. News 12’s Max Jensen found out what the brewery is doing to offset the high costs. For a brewery that has been open for close to 150 years, rising prices are nothing new. But when it comes to the main ingredient, one change in supply can have a big effect on the cost of a cold one.You have to eat the price increases and try to pass on what you can what you reasonably can and go from there. The price of Hops has shot up because of a recent shortage. With many producers fresh out, some breweries looking to other breweries for their supplies paying a lot more money in the process. Going forward you’re looking at higher prices because of those pressures and although recent rises in prices made the costs of ingredients go up, Schell Brewery says they will make money saving cuts in other areas to keep production strong. Look at ways of saving energy, look at ways at improving efficiently, reduce your internal loses and wastes, just become more efficient. While every industry tries to become more efficient in their ways of work, Schell Brewery isn’t going to compromise their product. We’ve never sacrificed the quality of the product I don’t believe in that. Making that beer that everybody knows and is used too, will become harder but it won’t get to the point where the brewery has to close its doors. We’re all stable companies, nobody is going to lock their doors over this. It’s going to get tougher, obviously. Whether it works itself out or we continue to see prices rise, Schell Brewery says they’ll be all right and continue to brew the products they’ve become famous for.
Check out KEYC.com for a video of this story.
Get Ready For Bockfest 2008
Bockfest 2008 at the August Schell brewery is fast approaching. If you haven’t been to the best beer event in
The Country’s Most Expensive Beer? Sam Adams
At $120 for a 24 ounce bottle, Samuel Adams’ Utopias is the most expensive beer in the country. Thankfully, the beer boasts 27% alcohol by volume, so you won’t need more than a couple. Here’s more:
The Utopias container, a ceramic bottle molded to resemble a brew kettle, is a collectible in and of itself. The copper-colored liquid inside hasn’t a bubble of carbonation. The first sensations are a viscous mouth feel and a sweet sherrylike flavor with nuances of toffee and maple. There are notes of vanilla and plum and a hint of charred wood.
A long, lingering alcohol burn, more reminiscent of a cognac or brandy than a beer, is followed by a sweet burned-caramel aftertaste.
Read the full article at newsday.com.
TPT Interview With Doug Hoverson
TPT’s Almanac show recently aired an interview with Doug Hoverson, author of Amber Water: The History of Brewing in Minnesota. The interview is now online here.
An Update From Surly
Some Surly news.If you are looking to rock this Friday, check out Sarah’s band, “God Came from Space”, playing this Friday at the Triple Rock. The band goes on around 11:00 and Benders are $3.
Some beer news from Café Twenty-Eight, they have a new late-night happy hour. 9-11 pm Tues-Sat $3 Furious and Bender pints & $5.95 Darkness Goblets.
I think everybody knows by now, but I’ll say it again. November 12th & 13th – Surly hits Chicago. Omar, Todd, Sarah, Jim and Callaway will be in Chicago pouring Darkness.
November 12 – HopLeaf and Maproom
November 13 - Clark Street Ale House, Local Option, Small Bar - Division, Kuma’s Corner, Shefflields,It’s a good time to be heading to Chicago as Surly just took two medals at FOBAB (Festival of Barrel Aged Beers) held in Chicago.
Strong Dark Beers
Gold Medal - Bourbon OneStrong Porter & Stout
Silver Medal- DarknessSome dates to remember:
November 23rd – Cask Night at Café Twenty-Eight in Linden Hills. Oak-Aged Cask Bender. 9-11pm $4 pints.
November 28th – Cask Night at Rix Bar. Surly will be bringing a pin of Dry-Hopped, Oak-Aged Furious on Cask. A free pint if you buy some food. The event starts around 6:30.
December 4th – Release party for “Smoke” our new Oak Aged Smoked Baltic Porter. We will be pouring Smoke at The Muddy Pig, starting around 7:00. This lager weighs in at 9.5% ABV and 35 IBUs. Yup, it smells like bacon smoked over a maple fire, tastes like bitter chocolate, vanilla and beer.
Draft only – only 14 bbls brewed, so hurry up and drink it.We will soon have an announcement on the sale of Darkness 750 ML bottles at the brewery.
See you drinking,
Omar
Pioneer Press: Local Brews About To Cost More
An article in today’s Pioneer Press puts a local spin on the industry-wide predictions of higher craft beer prices this winter thanks to a shortage of barley and hops.
“Don’t be surprised to see everything go up 15, 20 percent,” said Jeff Williamson, co-owner and brewmaster at Flat Earth Brewing Co. in St. Paul. He plans to keep his beer prices steady for at least the next year.”Everybody’s feeling a pinch. My wife and I have actually been talking about maybe having someone start growing hops here locally,” he said.Industry watchers and beer makers forecast the “pinch” to last through at least 2010. It will take that long for farmers - many who switched to growing more-profitable corn and soybeans for biofuels - to realize there’s a demand again for hops and switch back.
An emphatic post on MNBeer.com sheds some light on how local beer drinkers and homebrewers are impacted by the same shortage of supplies that’s hurting the local craft beer makers.
MGM Liquor Specials
These deals are good at any MGM Liquor store through November 10.
| MGM | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Grain Belt Premium & Premium Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $14.44 |
| Coors Regular and Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.99 |
| Miller High Life Regular and Light | 24 Pack Cans | $12.44 |
| St. Pauli Girl Regular and Dark | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.99 |
| Michelob Gold Draft Regular and Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $15.99 |
| Special Export Regular and Light | 30 Pack Cans | $9.99 |
| Moosehead | 12 Pack Bottles | $8.99 |
| Miller Lite, MGD, and MGD Light | 18 Pack Cans | $11.77 |
| Finnegans Irish Amber | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.77 |
| Milwaukee’s Best Regular, Light, and Ice | 24 Pack Cans | $9.99 |
| Leinenkugel’s - All Crafts | 6 Pack Bottles | $5.88 |
| Guiness DIB, Smithwicks, and Harp | 6 Pack Bottles | $6.99 |
| Heineken | 18 Pack Bottles | $16.77 |
| Dos Equis Lager and Amber | 12 Pack Bottles | $12.22 |
| Sleeman Honey Brown and Variety Pack | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.22 |
| August Schell’s - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.88 |
| Schmidt Regular and Light | 30 Pack Cans | $13.99 |
| Labatt Blue Regular and Light | 12 Pack Bottles | $8.88 |
| Point - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.44 |
| Sam Adams - All Varieties | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.99 |
Saint Anthony Village Liquor Warehouse November Specials
| SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE LIQUOR WAREHOUSE | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Miller Lite, MGD, MGD Light | 24 Pack Cans | $15.99 |
| Labatt Blue & Blue Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.99 |
| Grain Belt Premium & Premium Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $14.99 |
| Newcastle Brown Ale | 12 Pack Bottles | $12.49 |
| Dos Equis (all types) | 12 Pack Bottles | $12.49 |
| Schell’s (all types) | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.99 |
| Redhook (all types) | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.49 |
| Session Lager | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.99 |
| Killian’s Red | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.49 |
| Rolling Rock | 12 Pack Bottles | $8.99 |
November Specials At Lakeville Liquors
Here are your November beer specials at Lakeville Liquors:
| LAKEVILLE LIQUORS | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Bud, Bud Select, and Bud Light | 24 Pack Cans | $15.69 |
| Newcastle | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Leine’s - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.99 |
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