Archive: Month: January 2015

It’s that time again. Food on Fridays (FoF) welcomes a new addition to our lineup with the arrival of the French Meadow Bakery & Cafe. According to Minneapolis based food & wine writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, “French Meadow has led, articulated, and demonstrated everything right and good about food in America in the last several decades: championing organics before there really was such a thing; promoting sustainable agriculture; making and serving slow foods; and generally providing a tasty little oasis of thoughtful and healthy living since the dawn of time. Or 1985, more specifically.”

Tonight’s all gluten-free menu includes:

• Black Bean Chili & Organic Brown Rice with all the fixings (i.e., Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream, Green Onions, etc.) It can also be made vegan should you so choose.
• Roasted Rosemary Potato Pizza with Sour Cream, Rosemary Potatoes, Extra Sharp White Cheddar, Chives

Meanwhile, our brewer’s choice tapping for tonight brings us the return of Thom’s English Mild. Subtle, crisp bitterness on the front finishes with a touch of biscuit and nuts on the back. This session style comes in at a low 3.0% ABV and is intended to be a lightly-flavored, easy to drink and malt-accented gluten-free beer.

This weekend’s tap selection:

• Pyro American Pale Ale
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Fused Cranberry
• Fused Orange Blossom Honey
• Thom’s English Mild (Brewer’s Choice)

Cheers!

New Year, New States

Working on our plan for world domination!

Well the holidays are over and our resolutions have begun. We are watching the beer scene continuously explode and keeping up with smiles on our faces. Recipes are being created, tested and scaled and we are actively working towards releasing our next style in cans.

This January, we shipped our first cases of Pyro off to the great states of Iowa and Nebraska. As always, if you know someone who has been wanting some Burning Brothers in these areas, or if you ARE that someone, now is the time to speak out. Let us know where you’d like to see our beer, or better yet, let your retailer know that you want it at their store.

Other states are in the hopper as we navigate the distribution and regulatory environments. As they get added, we’ll keep you all in the loop as to what, where, when and how.

More Taproom Opportunities

The beer industry slows down over the holidays as people turn more to wine and spirits for their family gatherings. This change of pace has afforded us the opportunity to spend some quality time with our pilot brewing system. We have a variety of new styles in the works which we will be test driving in the taproom, including an English Mild, a Black Pepper Porter, an Oatmeal Chocolate Stout, a Dry Stout, an Imperial Porter and a variety of other things.

We have extended our taproom hours to provide more options for you to come in and sample some gluten-free goodness. New taproom hours are as follows:

• Thursdays 4-9pm (Growlers until 8pm) Happy Hour specials all night
• Fridays 4-10pm (Food on Fridays)
• Saturdays 2-10pm
• Sundays 2-8pm (No growler sales) Sunday Funday discounts for gaming

In addition, we continue to partner with our local culinary experts by offering Food on Fridays (FoF), gluten-free of course. From tacos to brats to stews and everything in between, it’s an awesome way to start the weekend off right. Selection varies from week to week, so check the website to see what is on the docket.

• January 30th, French Meadow Bakery & Cafe
• February 6th, Moondog Fancy Meats
• February 13th, Tollefson’s Family Pork Farm
• February 20th, Rusty Taco
• February 27th, Chowgirls Killer Catering

Sunday (Funday) is when we encourage everyone to spend some time amongst friends. We’ve acquired a small stockpile of tabletop games and are encouraging people to stop in, have a pint (or two) and reconnect over a game. Happy Hour pricing is in effect for anyone playing a game on Sundays.

Lastly, a reminder that brewhouse tours happen on the first Saturday of each month at 4pm. First come, first served. Limit of 20.

As always, if you have specific questions, drop us a note via Email, Facebook, Pony Express, Twitter or Google+.

Cheers,
Burning Brothers

Food on Fridays (FoF)
/fo͞od ôn frīdāz/
phrase, often delicious
- Burning Brothers has Food on Fridays!

It’s Friday and we once again are hosting Chef T-Bone from Tollefson Family Pork Farm. They offer all-natural meat products exclusively through Twin Cities farmers markets as well as their food truck and chef’s table. Tonight, T-Bone’s all gluten-free menu includes:

• Housemade salsa with chips
• “Adult” Creamy/Spicy Mac n’ Cheese
• Wrap Du Jur with smoked sausage or sauteed veggie
• Cottage bacon a la carte

Brewer’s choice bring us Dane’s Fresh Hopped IPA. Warm and smooth alcohol notes combine with earthy/citrusy hop characteristics to deliver a slightly intense yet moderately strong imperial pale ale.  (IBU: 52 ~ ABV: 7.6%)

This weekend’s tap selection:

• Pyro American Pale Ale
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Fused Cranberry
• Fused Orange Blossom Honey
• Dane’s Fresh Hopped IPA (Brewer’s Choice)

Cheers!

Tonight for Food on Fridays (FoF), Rusty Taco is back from 6-8pm to temp you with their usual variety of mouth-watering taco(ee) goodness. All gluten-free of course!

Brewer’s choice brings us a new adventure with Andrew’s Belgian Saison. This farmhouse ale is served unfiltered and features a sweet malt taste coupled with hints of dry toast and spiced banana. Typically brewed at the end of the cool season, it is meant to be a quenching and refreshing start to warmer weather. (5.6% ABV ~ 27 IBU)

This weekend’s tap selection:

• Pyro American Pale Ale
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Fused Cranberry
• Fused Orange Blossom Honey
• Andrew’s Belgian Saison (Brewer’s Choice)

Cheers!

On January 9th, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. Yeah, you read that right, 2007. Time flies and all that….. Also, for the football fans out there, it was on January 9th, 1962 that the NFL prohibited the grabbing of face masks. Good thing we got that under control. 😛

But I digress… you probably want to talk about beer… and food… and the fact that it’s Friday…

Food on Fridays (FoF) welcomes back Chowgirls Killer Catering who offer a broad range of American comfort food including vegetarian and spicy ethnic selections. Tonight’s all gluten-free menu includes:

• Winter Squash and Sausage: Chunks of butternut, skewered and grilled with Italian sausage with a touch of fried sage and maple butter
• Tofu Squares: Cornmeal crusted fried tofu topped with a dollop of house-made sriracha
• Beef Stew: Thousand Hills grass-fed beef brisket, slow cooked and chock-full of potatoes, carrots, peas and love
• Veggie Stew: Slow cooked hearty winter vegetables in a butter-herb base, made with love

On the beer side, we continue the brewer’s choice offering with our Thom’s English Mild. Subtle, crisp bitterness on the front finishes with a touch of biscuit and nuts on the back. This session style comes in at a low 3.0% ABV and is intended to be a lightly-flavored, easy to drink and malt-accented gluten-free beer.

This weekend’s tap selection:

• Pyro American Pale Ale
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Fused Cranberry
• Fused Orange Blossom Honey
• Thom’s English Mild (Brewer’s Choice)

Cheers!

Welcome to 2015 everyone! You have made it through the holiday blitz and are just about ready to get back to some sense of normalcy. But before you do, how about we get together and throw back a pint or two to celebrate.

Food on Fridays (FoF) continues tonight with the arrival of Moondog Fancy Meats. Choose from a variety of dogs and bratwursts (pork, beef and bison to name a few) served German-style and piled high with all the (un)usual toppings.

A New Year also means a new beer! Warm your winter chills with Tina’s Spiced Ale. Sweet yet spicy, this beer offers hints of orange and cinnamon combined with a bold ginger taste followed by a crisp and dry finish. IBU: 39 ~ ABV: 5.6%

This weekend’s tap selection:

• Pyro American Pale Ale
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Fused Cranberry
• Fused Orange Blossom Honey
• Tina’s Spiced Ale (Brewer’s Choice)

Cheers!