Free Beer Until The Vikings Opening Day In The New Stadium

They've had that up for a while. While I enjoy the brewery, won't be there enough to warrent it, but it's a great spot.

 

I like this place a lot as well, and wish I could make it down there more frequently.

 

I think The Four Firkins just smelled their next marketing gimmick...

 

Exactly, this can be a win win for the consumer and the company. If Firkins were to sell their product for prices where the customer could benefit over time, it'd no longer be free money.

If I still lived downtown, I could easily avg 4 beers a week at this place. Over 30 months, that'd be a great deal.

 

Interesting marketing ploy, have to give them props for that. What beers of their do you enjoy? We stopped in shortly after they opening & the two I tried were very average...though the pizza was fantastic, so I'll be happy to go back & give them another try just based on the food.

 

I wouldn't put DM and Dayblock in the same category. To me they offer gateway craft beer.

 

what's gateway craft beer?

 

Yeah, I don't think they are close to being on par with Dangerous Man at the moment. With that being said, I feel each new series of brews they put out seem to be better than the previous batch, so I'll give them some time to settle in...

 

What does 'free' mean to you?

 

closely resembling bud miller coors.

 

hmmmm
How does a coffee porter, ryebock and English pale ale resemble bud miller coors? - -

 

I didn't invent the relatively widely used term "gateway craft" i described it horribly. Beers for people who usually drink mainstream beers makes an easy transition to craft beer.

 

day block doesn't present the most challenging or sophisticated brews to this crowd, but it's definitely a step above gateway. gateway is goose island honkers, summit epa, maybe even leinie's...something. day block pushes it more than those for sure, but as stated above, it isn't going to challenge your buds like a dangerous man might

 

I really enjoyed what I had at dayblock when I was there, I find this far less ridiculous than the people that have been saying northbound is better than townhall.

 

I wouldn't disagree, but sometimes I don't want to be challenged. A couple of Day BLocks stuff is really solid, throw in a nice spot, good pizza (and bacon) and it's a fantastic night. I was at DM on Tuesday after hitting up 1029 and had the Chocolate Milk Stout which continues to just be awesome.