A fairly amazing-sounding Better Beer Society brown bag series event at Butcher & the Boar, some revised menus at local restaurants, a local foodie’s epic Mother’s Day feast, tasting notes for Summit Pilsner and Steel Toe’s Provider, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and a new urban farm in Minneapolis.
The Duluth News Tribune reports that “more than 300 bars, liquor stores, resorts and restaurants across Minnesota may be running out of beer and booze in coming days because they have an expired state alcohol ‘buyer’s card’” that can’t be renewed during the state government shutdown; WCCO reports on how the shutdown is putting the screws to would-be startup brewer Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park. UPDATE: The Star Tribune weighs in. UPDATE #2: We might not be able to enjoy refreshing, high-drinkability MillerCoors products for much longer.
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Journal Sentinel report has MillerCoors saying the rumor is untrue.
http://www.jsonline.com/business/125484923.html
Ben, it looks to me that the thrust of the Journal Sentinel story is that MillerCoors is saying the rumor is untrue (a statement that they’ve got a profound financial interest in making), which puts it at odds with a state government spokesperson. At best, I’d say the situation is unclear, based on existing reports.