Food trucks and local breweries - a match made in flavor heaven

The Beer Dabbler is always a hot ticket. They're gearing up for the next big bash during Twin Cities Pride this summer, June 22, in Loring Park.

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$30 tickets are half-price today at Daily Deal.

The 20th-annual City Pages Beer Festival returns to downtown Minneapolis near 10th and Hennepin on Saturday, June 2. The festival is your ticket to free, unlimited beer samples from dozens of brewers, including Lift Bridge, Finnegans, Goose Island, Lucid, Lucky Bucket, Northern, Sierra Nevada, and many more, plus live music, great food, and even free mechanical bull rides.

It's one of the longest-running and most popular events of its kind, and now, for a limited time, you can score a $30 general admission ticket for just $15 at Daily Deals.

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Fulton brewed fresh just across the street from Target Field.

In an unveiling this morning, the Minnesota Twins announced that this summer fans will be able to enjoy both Surly and Fulton by the pint at Target Field.

Surly will be available in Section 124, while Fulton will be poured at the Townball Tavern.

This is great news for beer and baseball aficionados; however, fans are already wondering how much a beloved craft beer will set them back in the price-gouging environs of a sports stadium.

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Old Chicago gets re-focused on beer

​The Old Chicago chain of beer and pizza joints is re-making itself, and they're starting in Eden Prairie. Last week the Eden Prairie location celebrated its grand reopening by giving away pizza for a year to the first 100 people who came into the restaurant. This location is the showcase for what's to be at Old Chicago nationally. There's a new menu, a new look, and a whole new focus on beer. More >>

Town Hall Brewery: fighting the good fight

​The Surly bill that passed last year, helped to substantially increase sales opportunities for Minnesota brewers by making it legal for them to sell pints of their beer in onsite taprooms, like the one recently opened at Fulton Brewery. But unfortunately, the law doesn't do anything to help brewpubs who are trying to get a third party to sell their product, which is precisely what Town Hall Brewery owner, Pete Rifakes, is looking to do, reports Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.More >>

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It's here! It's here!

​Just a couple months shy of the Surly Bill's one-year anniversary, Minneapolis's first taproom opens on Saturday, courtesy of the guys at Fulton Beer.

In January, the Minneapolis City Council approved the new taproom license, and the brewers at both Fulton and Harriet Brewing were first in line to apply. It appears that Fulton edged Harriet out by a hair to claim rights to "Minneapolis's first taproom."

"It is a cool claim," says co-founder Ryan Petz. "We were just shooting to get ours done before Twins season. We didn't really feel like we're in a race with them or anything."

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Summit releases new Unchained Series beer with a series of events starting tonight

It's been two and a half years since Summit Brewing Company released Kölsch, the first of its Unchained Series beers, in August 2009. Since then the succession of beers conceived, controlled, and coaxed into being by Summit's crew of brewers has produced some of the most adventurous beers to come out of the St. Paul brewery. Dunkel Weizen, a German-style dark wheat beer and the ninth beer in the series, debuts tonight at a Stout's Pub beer dinner in St. Paul and tomorrow at Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis. Additional release events are scheduled throughout the week.

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Growing demand demands more space for Minnesota's largest craft brewery

​With craft breweries like Boom Island Brewing, Fulton, Harriet Brewing, and Lucid popping up all over the metro area, Minnesota's largest craft brewer has no intention of getting lost in the shuffle. Summit has plans for a major expansion of its St. Paul brewery, slated to begin in late 2013 or early 2014, the Star Tribune reports.

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Bourbon barrel beer bash at Town Hall

If you like your beer with wood, then this week Minneapolis Town Hall Brewpub is the place for you. The first beer of the brewpub's 2012-Barrel Aged Beer Week will be tapped tonight at 6, kicking off a week-long celebration of big brews that have spent time in bourbon and whiskey barrels. A new beer will be released each day through Saturday and will be available on tap at the pub until it's gone.

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Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome March 24

Cask-conditioned beer enjoyed under a tent on an early spring afternoon; this can only be Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome. The annual celebration of British-style real ale returns to the St. Paul beer bar on March 24. Cask-conditioned beer is naturally carbonated by refermentation in the keg. The result is a brew with less fizz but richer flavor and creamier texture. Cask-conditioning also allows brewers to make unique versions of their regular beers by adding ingredients--hops, wood, fruit, nuts, flowers, and even mushrooms--directly into the keg.

While March 24 may seem like a long way off, tickets are already over 50 percent sold, so don't dawdle if you want to attend.

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