Spiegelau Glassware event presented by Barley's Angels (June 27)

The Nebraska chapter of Barley's Angels is hosting a Spiegelau Glassware event at Nebraska Brewing Co. in Papillion on Thursday, June 27th from 6-9pm. This event is open to the public but an advance ticket purchase is required to hold your seat and reserve a glassware set. There are very limited seats remaining at this time and this event will likely sell out so if you are interested, don't delay in reserving your ticket online at the below web link for the glassware set and presentation.


Details from their Facebook page:

The Barley's Angels of Nebraska are proud to bring the Riedel representative to Papillion to do a special Spiegelau Glass Class and Tasting!

Thursday June 27th
6pm @ Nebraska Brewing Company - Mezzanine

If you've been around us at all, you know that we're sticklers about drinking craft beer from a glass! Now we want everyone to see that it's not just A glass but that the right glass makes a world of difference.

Spiegelau, one of the finest and most historic glass producers in the world, has developed 4 different beer glasses that help expose characteristics of specific beer styles and we're not only going to show you the difference, but you'll be able to take all 4 glasses home!
*Tall Pilsner
*Lager
*Wheat Beer
*Beer Tulip

This set of 4 glasses normally retails for $47, but through Barley's Angels of Nebraska and our friends out at Johnson Brothers, you can get the class, tastings and all 4 glasses for only $20!!!!

Tickets available via Eventbrite
http://barleysangelsspiegelau.eventbrite.co.uk/

Jake's Friday- Lincoln: Double Lips Of Faith Tapping / Omaha: Saison Dupont Cuvée Dry Hopping

From Jake's Cigars & Spirits:

Friday (6/14) tapping parties for the Lincoln & Omaha Jake's


LINCOLN JAKE'S: We will be having a fantastic double tapping party with two new ones from New Belgium's Lips of Faith series.  A Brettanomyces fermented ale using plout fruit, and a great collaboration with Red Rock Brewing Company (Salt Lake City) where they used dandelion greens to bitter a Belgian-style ale.

Pluot- "Hook up a plum with an apricot and they’ll make you a pluot. This sweet hybrid fruit is as refreshing as it is strange, and it’s the perfect starting point for our new Lips of Faith beer. Pluot Ale pours a bright, light golden. The aroma is full of fruit tones and distinct esters from blending the funky brettanomyces and our house Belgian ale yeast. The flavor carries the same weight, adding a spicy, vinous subtlety to stand up against the malt backbone. To build a beer around this worldly fruit is purely Belgian in imagination. Pour some Pluot and enjoy!"

Paardebloem- "Using dandelion greens to bitter a Belgian-style ale blossomed from our brewers collaborating with Red Rock Brewing. These being our sixth interpretation together since 2008, expect a wonderfully complex ale fermented with wild Belgian yeast and blended with just a touch of wood-aged beer. Bitterness imparted from dandelion greens and grains of paradise will have you blowing wishes for sips."

5:00 pm Jake's Lincoln (14th & P St.)

OMAHA JAKE'S: We are very excited to be tapping a new (to the USA) version of Saison Dupont called Cuvée Dry Hopping 2013.  The original version has long been a favorite Saison and is a classic example of the style.  The addition of these Triskel hops sounds incredible!

Vanberg & DeWulf description: "Saison Dupont Cuvée Dry Hopping 2013 will be available this Spring, featuring the famous Triskel hop varietal from Alsace. Triskel is bred from the French Strissespalt and English Yeoman hops. Dupont’s master brewer, Oliver Dedeycker, describes it as “combining the aromatic notes, mainly floral, of Strisselspalt with the fruity character of Yeoman.”  The unusual name, Triskel, was apparently inspired by triskelion, the symbol of the Gauls, those beer drinking ancestors of the French, which represents the three elements: Earth, Air and Water."


5:00 Jake's Omaha (62nd & Maple)

Empyrean Watchman IPA With Rum And Raspberries Tapping At The Cask Tonight

The Cask Fermentations and Cocktails will be tapping and serving through the beer engine a special cask of Empyrean Brewing Co. Watchman IPA infused with Don Q Rum and Raspberries tonight (6/13)!  The cask will be tapped at 5pm, and there will be live music from 9pm to 12am.

Cask - Fermentations and Cocktails
728 Q Street (above the N-Zone).

Lucky Bucket Annual Beer-BQ Homebrew Contest (July 26th)

From Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.:

HOMEBREWERS!  We will be be holding our homebrew competition on Friday July 26th at our 4th Annual Beer-BQ. This is a great event that saw over 1000 people attendance last year.  Join us for a day of fun including a grill out, DJs, beer garden, and backyard games to play in our back parking lot. We will be holding our homebrew contest during the event again this year. Everyone that brings an entry will get free admission into the event. The competition is going to be best of, meaning everyone that attends will just pick their favorite beer from the choices in the competition. The beer with the most votes wins a 50 lb. sack of two row malted barley and a $50 gift certificate to our tasting room. To register for the competition, email chris [at] luckybucketbrewing.com with your name, the name of your beer, along with the style. We will provide sampling cups and ice, but you will need to bring any equipment necessary to serve your beer, and to keep it cold. Happy brewing!

Capital Humane Society Benefit at The Still

 

 

 

The Still in Lincoln, NE will be hosting a benefit for The Capital Humane Society on Thursday, June 20th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm as part of their All-American Beer sale, which runs from June 20th to July 7th, 2013. The event features several beers that are part of the sale, along with brats hot off the grill. A $10 tasting fee will be donated to The Capital Humane Society.

The Still
6820 South 70th Street
Lincoln, NE  68516
(402) 423-1875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Lincoln Brewers' Fest & Beer Hunter The Movie Showing - June 29th

From Lincoln Brewers' Fest:

Come celebrate craft beer at The Bourbon on June 29th with the Lincoln Brewers' Fest, hosted by your local breweries.  We will be honoring Michael Jackson with a showing of Beer Hunter The Movie, a documentary chronicling his life.  As a special treat everyone will receive a Belgian style tulip glass which you can fill with two complementary beers.  Since movies are long and throats get parched, we will have beer breaks in between the showing.  Afterwords there will be a free tasting of some unique beers crafted by each brewery.  The doors open at 1pm and the movie starts at 2pm.  Reserve your ticket by visiting one of the participating breweries or The Bourbon Theater.  You may also visit  bourbontheatre.com to reserve your tickets.  Prices are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the event.

The Bourbon Theatre
1415 O Street
Lincoln, NE

Jake's Friday- Lincoln: GI 25th Anny & The Illinois IIPA / Omaha: CIB Krieky Dieky & Orange Scorpion

From Jake's Cigars & Spirits:


Friday (6/7) tapping parties for the Lincoln & Omaha Jake's

LINCOLN JAKE'S: It's a double tapping celebration with Goose Island!  We will be tapping a keg of their 25th Anniversary Extra Special Bitter, as well as a very special keg of The Illinois Imperial IPA.  The Illinois is an updated version of their original Imperial IPA.  This new version is loaded with new varieties of hops never used in the original!

5:00 pm Jake's Lincoln (14th & P St.)

OMAHA JAKE'S: CIB Brewery is in the house for a double tapping.  We will be getting into a keg of Krieky Dieky sour ale with cherries, as well as Orange Scorpion "Made with The World’s Hottest Chile “Trinidad Scorpion” not to mention Ghost Chilies from Volcano Peppers. This Chile Beer  Isn’t melt your face hot but Don’t get it in your eyes! We were looking for good flavor and Spicy at the bottom of the glass.".

5:00 Jake's Omaha (62nd & Maple)