Craft Drafts

Looking for Something Hoppy?
Indeed Day Tripper Pale Ale (Minneapolis) 5.4%abv 16oz $6 Citrusy and
spicy hop notes with a nice bitterness.
Steel Toe Size 7 IPA (St. Louis Park.) 7%abv 16oz $6 We have never had
to ask a brewery if we could sell their beer. Ever. We begged these guys.
Summit Extra Pale Ale (Saint Paul) 5.3%abv 16oz $6 The one that started
it all . . .round these parts anyway.
Summit Frostline Rye (Saint Paul) 5.8%abv 16oz $6 This “between
seasons” seasonal ale is bursting with the spicy goodness of malted rye
and floral, citrusy hops.
Surly Furious (Brooklyn Center) 6.2%abv 16oz $6 Local hop legend.
Lift Bridge Crosscut Pale Ale on Nitro (Stillwater) 5.5%abv 16oz $6
This pale ale has added grapefruit peel and is smoothed out with the Nitro.
Bent Paddle Bent Hop (Duluth) 6.2%abv 16oz $6 This Golden IPA is
fresh, zesty, spicy and citrusy. Represent Duluth.
Boulder Mojo on Nitro (CO) 7.2%abv 16oz $5 Their benchmark IPA
put on a nitro tap to cream it out and smooth the edges.
Bell’s Two Hearted (MI) 6%abv 16 oz $6 A floral IPA with a crisp finish
Founders Black Rye (MI) 7.5%abv 10oz $8 This dry hopped dark ale is
brewed with copious amounts of rye malt.
Founders Centennial IPA (MI) 7.2%abv 16oz $6 Complex and flavorful,
relish the immense citrus accents, achieved by the abundance of dry hopping.
Lagunitas Brown Shugga (CA) 9.9%abv 10oz $7 The aroma starts off
sweet with caramel and fruity hops. The flavor is of brown sugar, toasty malts
along with a spicy hit.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (CA) 5.6%abv 16oz $6 Classic pale ale from a
craft brewing pioneer.
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Hoppy Lager (CA) 7%abv 16oz $7 Part
of the beer camp series, this blonde lager has the benefit of being hopped up.
Tallgrass 8 Bit Pale Ale (KS) 5.2%abv 16oz $6 Just like those classic
video games we all grew up with, 8-Bit Pale Ale is spectacularly simple at first
glance yet remarkably fun and complex when you get into it.
Evil Twin Mosaic Single Hop Imperial India Pale Wheat
Lager (CT) 6%abv 10oz $9 Please use the full name when ordering.
Looking for Something Double Hoppy?
Fulton Insurrection (MN)
9%abv 10oz $8 Fulton is normally known for
brewing balanced, subtle beers. Not this time. Aggressive, sweet malt, with
big bold fruity hops.
Deschutes Hop Henge (OR) 8.75%abv 10oz $7 Showcases the
brewery’s experimental style and commitment to innovation, while gratifying
an unquenchable thirst for beautifully balanced hoppy beers. 95IBUs, too…
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid (CA) 8% 10oz $7 This imperial IPA is massively
dry-hopped, and wonderfully dank.
Alaskan Imperial Red (AK) 8.5%abv 16oz $6 This beer has more body
than an IPA, but still has a bitter orange peel taste. It’s somewhat sweet to
help mask the high alcohol content. Perfect for a winter day.
Two Brothers Revelry (IL) 9.5%abv 10oz $6 This imperial red has citrus
and pine on the nose with a complex toasty malt finish.
Clown Shoes Space Cake (MA) 9%abv 10oz $7 A big Imperial IPA.
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA (PA) 9% 10oz $8 A fantastic flavor
profile abounding with citrusy-grapefruit, piney, resiny notes.
Squatters Hop Rising (UT) 9% 10oz $7 With 72 IBUs and a nice malty
backbone this imperial IPA will leave you satisfies.
Bell’s Hopslam (MI) 10%abv 10oz $8 This is a beer that needs no
introduction. You’ll smell the hops coming from across the room.
Looking for Something Session-able?
Founders All Day IPA (MI)
4.7%abv 16oz $6 You can’t drink all day if
you don’t start in the morning. Try this mellow, low-alcohol IPA.
Ballast Point Even Keel (CA) 3.4%abv 16oz $7 This session ale is
herbaceous with additional citrus aromas of lemon and grapefruit.
New Belgium Slow Ride IPA (CO) 4.5%abv 16oz $6 A blend of eight
hop varieties, led by Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin, bring tropical scents of
melon, peach, lime and grapefruit for a vividly fruity aroma.
Looking for Something Malty?
Summit Union Mild 3x Ale
(Saint Paul) 7.2%abv 10oz $7 A delicious
blend of Victorian English and new American malts.
Surly Mild (MN) 4.2%abv 16oz $6 Mellow malty notes, almost imaginary
hops, and a subtle dry cocoa finish. We don’t often associate the terms
“Surly” and “Mild”, but in this case, it really works.
Surly Coffee Bender (MN) 5.1%abv 16oz $7 Bender with the addition of
cold-pressed coffee. The envy of every coffeehouse in town.
Bent Paddle Black Ale on Nitro (Duluth) 6%abv 16oz $6 A smooth,
chocolaty local brew that effortlessly bridges the islands of porter and stout.
Bent Paddle 14° ESB (Duluth) 5.6%abv 16oz $6 A classic English style
ale, brewed by our friends up in Duluth. Nice balance of toasted malt and
hops with a bit of pine and citrus from the Amarillo/Ahtanum dry hop. Yum.
Lucid Ora (Minnetonka) 6.5%abv 16oz $6 Looking for an amber with that
smooth, malty flavor that you love? Here it is.
Lift Bridge Chestnut Hill (Stillwater) 5.5%abv 16oz $6 Flavors and
aromas of roasted and crushed hazelnuts, walnuts, and almonds. Lightly
hopped to balance the smooth sweetness of the dark malts and nutty notes.
Tyranena Rocky’s Revenge (WI) 6%abv 16 oz. $6 In the deep waters
of Rock Lake lurks an ancient serpent named Rocky. His legend has inspired
this brown ale, partially aged in bourbon casks.
Rush River The Unforgiven Amber (WI) 5.8%abv 16oz $6 Simply a
good amber. Definitely easy to enjoy a couple.
Lagunitas Scare City 2: Rye Cocoa Porter (CA) 10.2% 10oz $8 Rye
malt, cocoa nibs, and everything good.
Bells Porter (MI) 5.6%abv 16oz $6 A dark ale for all occasions. A blend of
dark malt gives this beer flavors of coffee and chocolate with some smoky
roasted notes. Up Next  Bells Winter White
Alaskan Amber (AK) 5.3%abv 16oz $6 A wonderfully malty amber “alt”
beer with just enough hop backing to keep it nicely balanced.
Deschutes Black Butte Porter (OR) 5.2%abv 16oz $6 Secretly known
to be the best porter around.
Backpocket Kazaam (IA) 7.1%abv 10oz $7 Kazaam....why? Because
Shaq is 7'1"! Made with lots of wheat, chocolate, and Vienna malts. As far as
hops go, don't ask. It's a wheat wine.
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Looking for Something Sour and Funky?
New Belgium La Folie (CO) 6%abv 10oz $8 This beauty is aged in French
Oak barrels for a couple years before deemed ready. Taste sour apple notes,
a dry effervescence, and earthy undertones. A staff favorite.
White Birch Raspberry Berliner Weisse (NH) 5.5%abv 10oz $7 This
beer takes a classic German style but adds the lovely aroma and taste of
fresh raspberries.
Duchesse De Bourgogne (Belgium) 6.0%abv 10oz $10 Belgian topfermented reddish-brown ale, a blend of 8 and 18 months old beers following
the careful maturation in oak casks. Not to mention delicious.
(Belgium) 6.0%abv 10oz $10 Belgian top-fermented reddish-brown ale, a blend
of 8 and 18 months old beers following the careful maturation in oak casks.
Not to mention delicious.
Drink Craft
Featuring 77 craft drafts
2.10.2015
*all prices include tax
Looking for Something Lighter?
Fulton Lonely Blonde (Minneapolis) 4.8%abv 16oz $6
An American blonde
ale that’s perfect if you’re looking for something a little lighter.
Indeed Pale Lager (Minneapolis) 5.4%abv 16oz $6 Bright and crisp with
an assertive hop bitterness.
Looking for Something Fruity?
Sociable Cider Werks Freewheeler
(Minneapolis) 5.8%abv 16oz $7
This one is a tart, dry blend of the best apples the Midwest has to offer, with
a kick of hop at the end for some bitterness.
Loon Juice (Spring Valley) 16oz $6 No loons were harmed in the making of
this cider.
Sonoma The Pitchfork Pear (CA) 6.0%abv 16oz $7 It’s an apple
connoisseur’s pear cider, hand-crafted with organic apples and a measured
infusion of pear essence.
2 Towns Cot in the Act (OR) 10oz $6 Made with apricots which gives a
very sweet smelling nose, but tastes quite dry.
Lindeman’s Framboise (Belgium) 10oz $8 This raspberry Lambic has a
magnificent aroma with a delicate palate of raspberries and undertones of
fruity acidity. Enjoy its elegant clean and natural taste. Snoot, snoot, snoot…
Steel Toe Provider Blonde Ale (St. Louis Park) 5%abv 16oz $6 Do you
wish you were sitting on a warm patio right now? Drink this.
Tin Whiskers Wheatstone Bridge (St. Paul) 6.3%abv 16oz
$6. Crisp
and refreshing American style wheat beer with distinct flavors of honey and
chamomile tea.
Lift Bridge Farm Girl Saison (Stillwater) 6%abv 16oz $6 Brewed in the
Belgian Farmhouse tradition: dry malt finish, spicy, smooth.
Lucid Air (Minnetonka) 4.2%abv 16oz $5 Smooth, light, body is effervescent,
and it finishes clean and crisp.
Bent Paddle Venture Pils (Duluth) 5%abv 16oz $6 Brewed with water
from Lake Superior. Crisp with a mellow hop aromatic.
Third Street Rise to the Top Cream Ale (Cold Spring) 4.1%abv 16 oz
$6 Bready, yeasty malt character, with a mild sweetness. Mellow and smooth
Paulaner Pilsner (DEU) 4.9% 16oz $7 Classic German pilsner. Clean and
crisp.
Looking for Something with Depth?
Steel Toe Dissent (St. Louis Park) 7%abv 16oz $7 Roasty and toasty with
bittersweet espresso and hints of cocoa.
Fulton The Worthy Adversary
(Minneapolis) 10.1%abv 10oz $7 This
Imperial Stout is about drawing a line in the sand. It has a consistency similar
to 5W-30. Adventurous tattoo artists have used it in place of ink.
Third Street Cool Beans (Cold Spring) 9.1%abv 10oz $7 A robust Imperial
Coffee Porter brewed with coffee beans from Muggsy's Beans, a local roaster
in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout (MI) 7%abv 10oz $6
Brewed with malted barley and peat malt, this brew has notes of chocolate,
roasted barley, and a smoky finish.
Big Sky Ivan the Terrible (MT) 9.5%abv 10oz $8 This imperial stout out
of Missoula has notes of dried fruit and cocoa with a hint of bourbon.
Ballast Point Victory at Sea (CA) 10%abv 10oz $8 This imperial porter
is infused with whole vanilla beans and Caffe Clabria coffee beans which
gives roasted notes and caramel undertones.
Left Hand Milk Stout on Nitro (CO) 6.5%abv 16oz $7 Perhaps the finest
stout made in the lower 48. Rich, creamy, and smooth.
Green Flash Double Stout (CA) 8.8%abv 10oz $6 Everything you
could hope for from a double stout.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk (MI) 9%abv 10oz $9 Aged in oak for over
120 days, hints of bourbon flavor perfectly compliment roasted malts.
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Lagunitas Pils (CA) 6% 16oz $6 Brewed with loads of imported Saaz hops
and a bottom-fermenting yeast strain that leaves it a bit lighter with a lot of
smoothishness
Crazy Mountain Hitcher’s Ginger (CO) 5.5%abv 16oz $7 This brew
is sweet and spicy from the ginger with coriander, mint, and juniper.
Peace Tree Cornucopia (IA) 6.5% 10oz $6 Farmhouse style ale brewed
with Iowa Sweet Corn, apparently grown by a man named Joe.
Looking for Something Belgiany?
Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12 (CA) 9% 10oz $8 This Belgian style strong
dark ale is smooth and luscious with a nicely balanced spiciness.
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (Quebec) 9%abv 10oz $7 This triple style
golden ale is mildly yeasty with notes of fruit and spice and a smooth finish.
Chouffe N’ice (Belgium) 8%abv 10oz $12 An outstanding Belgium strong ale
with motes of plum, grape and caramel accompanied by a malty finish.
B.O.M. Triporteur from Hell
(Belgium) 6.66%abv 10oz $10 This Belgian
dark ale is brewed with hellish burned and roasted BOM malt giving a roasty coffee
character. B.O.M. stands for Belgian Original Maltbakery.
B.O.M. Triporteur from Heaven (Belgium) 6.2%abv 10oz $10 This
Belgian pale ale is somewhat opposite from the B.O.M. hell. It is lighter and has clean
citrus notes.
Prearis Saison (Belgium) 6%abv 10oz $10 This Belgian ale is classic
farmhouse style, drinkable with a little bite.
Looking for Something Non-Alcoholic?
Frostop Root Beer (OH)
0%abv 16oz $3 Making Root Beer since 1926.
Frothy, sweet, deliciousness.