Michael Agnew of A Perfect Pint, posted a bog entry recapping his experience at the Stub & Herb’s beer tasting last Wednesday.  The event was well attended with over 75 people participating.  Thanks to Stub and Herb’s for organizing and hosting this great event.

Brad Glynn speaking as Michael Agnew listens in.

A crowd of over 75 enjoyed 7 samples from Lift Bridge Brewery and Flat Earth Brewing Company.

Stub & Herb’s has chosen the Lift Bridge Brewery and Flat Earth Brewing Company as co-brewery of the month for January 2009. 

To cap off this honor, Stub & Herbs is hosting an event to celebrate.  They will have bar snacks, all Lift Bridge and Flat Earth beers will be on special for  $3.50 all night long.  From 9:00 PM until close all pitchers will be $5.00 off the regular price. 

We will be on hand from 7:00-10:00 PM to chat.  We hope to see you there and look forward to sharing a beer with you.

Lift Bridge Beer lineup:
• Farm Girl Saison™ - On Draft
• Lift Bridge Pale Ale™ - On Draft
• Biscotti™ - On Draft
• Lift Bridge Double-hopped Pale Ale - On Cask

When: Wednesday, January 28th, 2009.  7:00-10:00 PM.
Where: Stub & Herb’s, 227 Oak St SE, Minneapolis, MN
Tickets: Free admission, $3.50 for Lift Bridge and Flath Earth Beers. 

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In today’s Star Tribune, Hai Truong of Ngon’s Vietnamese Bistro shows off a glass of Lift Bridge Pale Ale™.  The article titled, Looking for beer in all the wrong places by TOM HORGEN is in the variety page.  It talks about some of the places you might not expect to find great beer, providing 10 examples.

Photo credit: David Joles, Star Tribune

Update: You can find a condensed article titled Strange Brew Spots on Vita.mn

In November, we met with Michael Agnew at Stub and Herb’s for lunch and a couple pints and to talk about Lift Bridge Brewery.  Michael took the information and wrote a brewery profile on his web-site A Perfect Pint.  Check out the profile.

Michael Agnew is a Certified Cicerone and the founder of A Perfect Pint which provides information, education and tasting events to consumers and companies.

We are pleased to announce that yesterday we delivered our first kegs of our second seasonal called Biscotti™.  Right now the following places have kegs:

• Stub & Herbs 
• The Blue Door Pub
• The Muddy Pig
• The Happy Gnome
• The Mad Capper
• Ngon’s Vietnamese Bistro

Expect to see them added to the rotation soon.  Click here for all tap locations.  Below is a description of the Biscotti™.

Biscotti™ – Unique Belgian Style Ale

7% ABV – We drew inspiration from Steve’s Grandmother’s holiday biscotti recipe to create this one of a kind brew.  By utilizing an array of malts, oats, wheat, pure local honey, light European hops and delicately spicing with Grains of Paradise, Madagascar vanilla beans, whole star anise, all brought together with traditional Belgian yeast, the result is a cloudy, deep copper colored, complex experience.  This delight to the senses should be served in a 12 ounce footed glass and allowed to warm to 50 degrees to fully gather the malt and spice spectrum. 

Enjoy!

The Lift Bridge Brewery was featured as one of the Twin Cites’ Best Cheap Eats and Drinks of 2008 by City Pages. 

From the article:

4. Lift Bridge Harvestor beer

The Stillwater-based team at Lift Bridge Brewery is doing some exceedingly cool things with their business, concentrating on making beers that hit the sweet spot in appealing to beer snobs and newbies alike. Harvestor, made from locally harvested hops, is a pleasant shock: It’s hard to believe something so hoppy can also be so smooth and mellow.

This is the second article on us this year.  It is quite an honor.

The Lift Bridge Brewery was featured in January 2009 issue of the Twin Cities Metro Magazine.  We were listed in the Metro 5.

From the article:

There’s something brewing in Stillwater. Continuing the trend of homebrewing enthusiasts taking their hobbies commercial—see Surly, Flat Earth, et al—we now have Lift Bridge to add to our tabs. Their Farm Girl Saison is summery and drinkable, reminiscent of our favorite non-Minnesota beer (and the pride of Wisconsin), Spotted Cow. The other signature brew, Lift Bridge Pale Ale, is a great local alternative for anyone with a taste for Sierra Nevada. Available at several local pubs; we get ours at the Blue Door in St. Paul and Stub and Herb’s in Minneapolis.

We are pleased and honored to be featured in the Metro 5.