Category Archives: beer

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Holzinger Lodge - Winona, Mn

It has been way to long since I last rode my mountain bike in Winona and my legs and lungs can attest to that.  On Saturday Laura, Slim, and I drove down to Winona to meet up with eleven other riders, including Pete Ryan.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and those of us who went to school down in Winona, including Josh Leonard, had a blast showing off what used to be our local trails.

After hitting up the trails we all ventured downtown Winona for an All American Burger and a few pitchers of beer at Bub’s before heading our separate ways.

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Black Eyed Snakes - Duluth, Mn

On Friday my brother mentioned to me that the Black Eyed Snakes were playing a show in Duluth that night and he suggested, half jokingly, that I should come up to see it.  So, thinking it was to last minute to just drive to Duluth I mentioned it to Greg and Laura anway and well they said let’s go.  So we did.

Show started at eleven p.m, we got to bed around 4:30 a.m, and were in the car by 7:30 a.m heading back to the cities.  Not only that but I managed to get in a burrito and three really good beers at Burrito Union before heading to Pizza Luce for the show.

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Barkeep! Another beer please.

The Boys are Back in Town

The Beers

The beers from our trip that made it all the way back to Saint Paul. Let the drinking commence!

Artcrank - The opening!

Saturday night five hundred cyclist and art enthusiasts crowded into the small One on One art gallery for the first Artcrank Poster Show. The night was a huge success with everyone I talked to having a great time. Beer was drank, food was consumed, and most importantly the posters were seen and lot’s of them were purchased!

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Artcrank Poster Show

A poster party for bike people

Opening Night Reception: Saturday, April 7 - 7:00 PM
Food by: Chow Girls
Beer by: Rush River Brewing Co.
Music by: Keston Westdal
Show runs through Saturday, April 28

Details: http://www.artcrankpostershow.com

Stop by and view work by myself and a handful of other local artists.

Drinking Alone

Abstract Extract

It has been far to long since I brewed a batch of home brew so I decided to remedy that this week by brewing not one but two batches.  Last night I pulled out all my brewing gear, cleaned, and sanitized it and brewed up an extra pale ale extract kit.  Tomorrow night I’m heading over to Andy’s to to brew a 10 gallon batch of Cream Ale with him and Tom.

Ahh the smell of boiling hops! Yum!

Stupor Bowl

Think I have enough hops for our Super Bowl party?

1 keg of Surly Furious

2 sixers of Bell’s Hopslam

Not to mention the keg of Double IPA homebrew I have on tap already.  Don’t worry for those of you who would rather have something that can be put down by the bucket I also have a keg of Summit Grand Pilsner on tap as well.