Free Oktoberfest Drafts and Morning Roundup

Heavy Table contributor and local beer blogger Aaron Masterson profiles Surly in Vita.mn, the Hot Dish talks to World Championship Booya Cookoff founder Walt Books, Mayor Rybak celebrates (and assists with) the re-opening of Blackbird, get a free Oktoberfest Draft with the purchase of a pizza at Pizza Nea (Thursdays only, until the end of October), and Lift Bridge is hiring a brewmaster.