MN Winterfest 2016

Also a BLM protest at Crashed Ice is being planned

 

What could go wrong?

 

While annoying, can't imagine they'll get much done with 140,000 spectators.

 

They will get press and that is all they care about with these types of protests, any press draws attention to their cause. I just wish they would stop going over the top to disrupt events or stop blocking freeway traffic.

Does Winterfest or Crashed Ice produce any good tap take overs in the area?

 

Why won't they post a tap list already! Come on breweries!

 

The program usually isn't released until about Wednesday afternoon if I remember correctly as many of the breweries are still deciding what they are going to serve. I'm willing to bet that Hammerheart Brewing will still have a blank page.

 

Hence I yelled at the breweries. Surly and Indeed have put up a list atleast

 

I know that the MN Craft Brewer's Guild was tweeting/retweeting a lot of them for the past couple of weeks or so (nothing huge)

https://twitter.com/mncraftbrew

Bent Paddle tweeted theirs a while back too:

https://twitter.com/bentpaddlebeer/status/695997815990816768

 

All breweries were required to submit beer lists over a month ago... Not our fault they haven't released the info yet, but I can tell you what Bent paddle will be pouring;
Venture pils
Hop forest DIPA
Barrel aged double shot double black
Badsdb w/ cherries and vanilla
And sparkling water from the big lake.

 

And chai black nitro and mosaic bent hop

 

St. Paul’s Winterfest: 5 beers to get excited about

The list highlighted in this article are:

• Kirby Pucker No. 5 from Eastlake Craft Brewery
• Master Bee Dopplebock from Great Waters Brewing
• Cranberry Shandy from Burning Brothers
• Red Desert IPA from Wabasha Brewing Company
• Tea-infused Honey Wheat from The Freehouse

Written by Pioneer Press foodie / journalist Jess Fleming. I don't know much about her writing, but in this article she does call a 5.2% ABV beer "boozy"... (although in fairness, the comparison was to cream soda...)

 

The writer also said that "big, barrel-aged beers that tend to dominate the fest." I will drink several BA beers but I'd hardly say that Winterfest is dominated by BA beers.

 

Those are 5 beers I don't have much desire to drink.

 

http://www.mncraftbrew.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/323499_friday_LR_FINAL.pdf
http://www.mncraftbrew.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/323499_saturday_LR_FINAL.pdf

 

Interesting to see that Town Hall has Czar Jack for Winterfest, but didn't for their Barrel Age Week?

 

From what I heard and was posted on here, they had to dump it this year. So either this is last year's or they didn't have to dump it all, but didn't have enough for barrel aged week.