Photos by Jeff Wheeler
If you still haven't checked out the Acadia Cafe on the West Bank, you're missing out. The beer bar/music venue made the move to Cedar-Riverside two years ago and will celebrate its anniversary with what it does best: great brews and local music.
The two-day party (Friday and Saturday) will bring together breweries and musicians for a smorgasbord of celebrating. Representatives from various breweries (Surly, Lift Bridge, Fulton, Flat Earth, Summit and more) will answer questions about their beers. They'll be followed up by performances from Twin Cities indie rock, folk and bluegrass bands. There will be specials on each brewery's beers during the discussion period (and the music that follows).
This should excite beer geeks: The bar will also be tapping a rare cask of Surly Darkness. Also, the bar is offering a special drawing for two lucky people to win free beer for a year at the bar(!).
Here's the schedule, directly from co-owner Juliana Bryarly:
Friday
7 p.m. – Flat Earth brewery, St. Paul
7:30 p.m. – Murzik (music)
9 p.m.(ish) – 45th Parallel, New Richmond, WI (offering samples of their new gin and vodka products)
9:30 p.m. - Imaginary Jack (music)
11 p.m.(ish) – Surly Brewery, Brooklyn Center (cask of 2009 Darkness)
11:30 p.m. – Sneaky Pete Bauer (music)
Midnightish – Loudray (music)
Saturday
2 p.m. – Brau Brothers Lucan (cask of Elisha's Olde Ale)
2:30p.m. – Resophonic Guitar Showcase Part I (music)
4 p.m. – Lift Bridge Brewery, Stillwater (cask of Crosscut 'Old Pine Box' – aged with spruce and pine)
4:30 p.m. – Resophonic Guitar Showcase Part II (music)
6 p.m. – Summit Brewery, St. Paul (cask of Extra Pale Ale)
6:30 p.m. – i like you (music)
8 p.m. – Rush River Brewery, Rush River, WI (firkin of Bubblejack IPA)
8:30 p.m. – Painted Saints (music)
10 p.m. – Fulton Brewery, Minneapolis (Sweet Child of Vine randallized with Sterling hops)
10:30 p.m. – The StereoFidelics (music)
Midnight – Nikki and the Ruemates (music)
More info: www.acadiacafe.com
