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SPONSORS WELCOME Welcome to the 3rd Annual Mankato Craft Beer Expo, a celebration Platinum that is dedicated to craft breweries and their beer. With 40+ craft breweries represented, and is the biggest craft beer event in Southwest Minnesota. Explore and immerse yourself in each of the wonderful oferings from craft breweries here in Minnesota a well as across the nation. This talented and diverse selection of beers at the expo should be enjoyed responsibly. Please remember to pace yourself and drink plenty of water. We want this to be a fun and informative beer experience while also being safe. PLEASE DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. CABS ARE AVAILABLE! Use this program as a guide to all of the wonderful craft beer being ofered. Inside you’ll ind descriptions of breweries, a section for tasting notes, and a brewery map. Don’t forget to vote for the Peoples Choice Award for your favorite beer at the expo. A ballot can be found in the back of your program, please submit forms by 5:00 pm. Gold Also, don’t forget to stop by the Silent Auction table located near the entrance to the Expo. We partnered with the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota to help raise money to help them continue the amazing eforts they make to provide a special, educational opportunity to all children throughout Minnesota. Thanks goes out to all of the wonderful people that make this craft beer expo possible . All of the breweries and brewers, our volunteers, sponsors, Verizon Wireless Center, City of Mankato, Media our friends and families, and to all of you passionate beer lovers. Cheers to Better Beers! Juno Choi & Mark Opdahl Mankato Craft Beer Expo Organizers . EDUCATION SEMINARS Music Craft Beer taking over MainstreaM aMeriCa 3:45–4:15 Presented By ANDREW SCHMITT of Minnesota BeerCast Andrew Schmitt is the co-host of Minnesota Beercast, a podcast about everything THE craft beer and imbibing in Minnesota. He is also President of the MN Beer Activists as well as the Founder of the Community Hops, the irst community garden in the nation to focus solely on cultivating hops. With an abundance of knowledge and experience LAST REVEL in and around the craft beer scene of Minnesota, he is known for his open minded thought process and ability to review both sides of the coin before taking a stance on 2:00–3:30 related topics. Brewers Panel 5:00–5:30 JACE MARTI august sChells Brewing CoMPany SCHELLS A graduate in 2002 from New Ulm High School, he started working at Schell's in the summer working in the bottle house and washing kegs. In 2006, once graduated from HOBO BAND the University of Minnesota Duluth with a degree in Graphic design, he started doing the package design and advertising full time for the brewery. In 2010 he made the transition to brewing, and attended the Certiied Brewmaster Course at the VLB in 3:45–5:30 Berlin in 2011. After graduation, he interned for Wagner Bräu in Kemmern, Germany, and Trumer Brauerei in Obertrum, Austria. Since returning, he has been working closely with the lab and our brewmasters, focusing on quality improvements throughout the brewery. He is also an avid homebrewer in my free time. ADAM SCHILL 612Brew Adam started at Magic Hat Brewing Company as a cellarman and brewer for three years, After that it was back to MN to brew up in Cold Spring, before the expansion for about 18 months. Then a quick trip to Lake Mills, WI, to Tyranena Brewing Company, as a brewer for a year before inding his real home and 612Brew, where he has been Peoples Choice Award for just over two years now. Adam also completed the Diploma Course at the Siebel Institute in Chicago. BOBBY BLASEY Mankato Brewery Bobby graduated from American Brewers Guild in Salisbury, VT. He is someone who likes to brew traditional style beers, but also really enjoys having fun with a lot Please return ballot to of diferent styles. His passion for beer its in well with some of the new beers that Mankato Brewery has been working on. Bobby is also a bagpiper with the Brian Boru collection near Main Entrance Irish Pipe Band out of St. Paul, and periodically getting to travel all over the state. You might even see him at some beer festivals, LIKE THIS ONE!!! . Beer Tasting BOOTH 32 612Brew TasTing beer can be very rewarding. as you encounTer new sTyles or brands iT helps To know whaT To look for in a new beer as well as how To evaluaTe iT. MinneaPolis, Mn Take your Time and work Through The aspecTs of each beer, one by one. ☐ Bluecoat 1916 ☐ Six appearance: How does it look? Examine the appearance of the beer itself. Hold the ☐ Payback (FIRKIN) glass up to the light and examine the color, clarity, and head. Is it clear or cloudy? Note whether the head is dense or thin. The color of the head is also worth noting and can range from pure white on Pilsners to light or medium brown on some stouts and porters. aroma: Take your time with the aroma. Bring it to your nose and inhale. Try to take BOOTH Alaskan Brewing Co. several good snifs before you take your irst sip. If you're taking notes, stop to write 42 your impressions before the irst sip distracts you. What does it smell like? Does it smell Juneau, ak primarily of hops, malt, yeast, or something else? ☐ Amber Ale ☐ Big Mountain Pale Ale firsT sip: Note the initial sensation as the beer enters your mouth. Think about ☐ ☐ whether it is sweet, bitter, fruity, sour or something else. There can be quite a bit of Imperial Red White Ale diference between the irst taste and the inish. mouThfeel: This is the texture of the beer or how it physically feels in your mouth. Beer ranges from silky, dry stouts, to thick and chewy. Try to note the body, carbonation, warmth, creaminess, and astringency. BOOTH 53 Angry Orchard finish: Note the lingering lavors after you swallow the drink. Often it can be bitter from the hops or it can have a lingering malty sweetness. Stop before your next drink Boston, Ma and try to write down everything you just detected. Try to conirm it with your second ☐ ☐ drink or see if you need to rethink your conclusions. Crisp Cinnful ☐ sTyles: There is a lot of variation from one beer to the next with regards to style. Green Apple Some beers are brewed with style in mind and others are not. Styles can be used as a learning tool to look at historical brewing norms and to help understand where certain characteristics of beer come from. The Beer Judge Certiication Program Style Guidelines and the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines are two great sources of information to learn more about beer styles. BOOTH 33 August Schell Brewing Co. new ulM, Mn ☐ Chimney Sweep ☐ Bock Peoples Choice Award ☐ Pils ☐ Black Forest Cherry ☐ Shmaltz's Alt w/Vanilla Bean (Fass) OTHER SIDE BOOTH 20 Bad Weather Brewing Co. Minnetonka, Mn ☐ Windvane ☐ Omnious . BOOTH 6 Ballast Point Brewing Co. BOOTH 53 Boston Beer Company san diego, Ca Boston, Ma ☐ Sculpin IPA ☐ Big Eye ☐ Rebel IPA ☐ Cold Snap White Ale ☐ Calico ☐ Pale Ale ☐ Rebel Rouser ☐ Rebel Rider Session IPA BOOTH 25 Bank Brewing Company BOOTH 10 Boulevard Brewing Co. hendriCks, Mn kansas City, Mo ☐ ☐ Hop Bandit Hop Lab ☐ Single Wide IPA ☐ 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat ☐ Smoke Bomb ☐ Tank 7 ☐ Sixth Glass Quad ☐ Irish Ale BOOTH 54 Big Sky Brewing Company Missoula, Mt BOOTH 26 Brau Brothers Brewing Co. ☐ Moose Drool Brown Ale luCan, Mn ☐ Trout Slayer Wheat Ale ☐ White Cap ☐ Sheephead ☐ Powderhound Winter Ale ☐ Ringneck ☐ Moo Joos BOOTH 56 Big Wood Brewery white Bear lake, Mn BOOTH 15 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, ny ☐ Morning Wood ☐ Jack Savage ☐ ☐ ☐ Bark Bite ☐ Bad Axe Lager Blast BOOTH 21 Boom Island Brewing Co. BOOTH 49 Central Waters MinneaPolis, Mn aMherst, wi ☐ Thoprock IPA ☐ Hoodoo Dubbel ☐ Mudpuppy Porter ☐ Glacier Trail ☐ Brimstone Tripel ☐ Silvius Belgian Pale Ale ☐ Slainte Scotch Ale ☐ Bourbon Barrel Stout . BOOTH 44 Ciderboys BOOTH 48 Finch's Brewing Company stevens Point, wi ChiCago, il ☐ Cranberry Road ☐ First Press ☐ Facist Pig ☐ Hardcore Chimera ☐ Grand Mimosa ☐ Mad Bark ☐ Pale Ale ☐ Secret Stache Stout ☐ Strawberry Magic BOOTH 35 Finnegans BOOTH Deschutes Brewery 17 st Paul, Mn Bend, or ☐ Irish Amber ☐ Blonde Ale ☐ Hop Henge IPA ☐ Fresh Squeezed IPA ☐ Black Butte Porter ☐ Chainbreaker White IPA BOOTH 19 Fulton Beer BOOTH 45 Empyrean Brewing Co. MinneaPolis, Mn linColn, ne ☐ Ringer Pale Ale ☐ Sweet Child of Vine ☐ Burning Skye ☐ Third Stone Brown ☐ Lonely Blonde ☐ TBA BOOTH 43 Goose Island Beer Co. BOOTH Enki Brewing Company 36 ChiCago, il viCtoria, Mn ☐ 312 Wheat ☐ 312 Pale Ale ☐ Tailfeather IPA ☐ Victoria's Gold ☐ IPA ☐ Ten Hills Pale Ale ☐ Cacao Porter ☐ Warming Hat Brown Ale BOOTH 1 Fargo Brewing Company BOOTH 51 Grand Teton Brewing Co. fargo, nd viCtor, id ☐ Sodbuster Porter ☐ Stone's Throw Scotch Ale ☐ Sweetgrass APA ☐ Trout Hop Black IPA ☐ Wood Chipper IPA ☐ Specialty–TBA ☐ Bitch Creek ESB ☐ Howling Wolf Weisse . BOOTH 6 Green Flash Brewing Co. BOOTH 18 Lakefront Brewery san diego, Ca Milwaukee, wi ☐ Hop Head Red ☐ West Coast IPA ☐ Fixed Gear ☐ India Pale Ale (IPA) ☐ Double Stout ☐ Green Bullet ☐ India Black Ale ☐ Beer Line Barleywine Ale ☐ New Grist BOOTH 12 Hopothesis Beer Company BOOTH 4 Left Hand Brewing Co. ChiCago, il longMont, Co ☐ ☐ IPA Drafty Window ☐ Nitro Milk Stout ☐ Nitro Sawtooth Ale ☐ Fallin' Oats ☐ 400 Pound Monkey ☐ Wake up Dead BOOTH 24 Lift Bridge Brewing Co. BOOTH Indeed Brewing Company 28 stillwater, Mn MinneaPolis, Mn ☐ Hop Dish ☐ Farm Girl Saison ☐ Daytripper ☐ Midnight Ryder ☐ Chestnut Brown ☐ Crosscut Pale Ale ☐ Stir Crazy ☐ Be Cherry ☐ Biscotti BOOTH 14 Lucette Brewing Company BOOTH 55 Kinney Creek Brewery roChester, Mn MenoMonie, wi ☐ ☐ ☐ Lady Liberty ☐ Darca-Doo Ride Again Farmer's Daughter ☐ ☐ Strong Ale ☐ Black Ice BIPA Slowhand Stout ☐ Mystery Cask (stoP By and CheCk it out!) BOOTH 2 Lagunitas Brewing Co.

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