Michael Agnew

“A Perfect Pint’s Beer Guide to the Heartland” Released and more

The Churn by Maja Ingeman05/27/2014

The Churn: Lake Harriet Liquor License? and More

The Churn by Maja Ingeman04/22/201304/24/2013

The Birth of The Better Beer Society

Brew by Elizabeth Millard12/15/201112/15/2011

The Churn by James Norton01/31/201101/30/2011

Harriet Brewing and Fulton Beer Steam Ahead and More Beer News

Harriet Brewing opened up its doors to the public this weekend in Longfellow, the Fulton Beer guys are ordering their brewery equipment (read our local brewing roundup featuring Harriet and our profile of Fulton), beer cicerone Michael Agnew has a couple intriguing Cooks of Crocus Hill beer classes coming up (including a beer and cheese […]

The Churn by James Norton08/09/201008/09/2010

Beer Meets Its Match(es)

Local beer expert Michael Agnew will be teaching two new beer pairing classes in October and November at The Chef’s Gallery in Stillwater. We’ve got a vested interest in this; my wife (photographer Becca Dilley) and I will be co-teaching “A Perfect Pair: Local Brew and Cheese,” based on knowledge we picked up while researching […]

The Churn by James Norton07/23/201007/22/2010

Foxy, Heroic Falafel and Morning Roundup

Foxy Falafel rides to the rescue of Swede Lake Farms (see first comment), DeRusha recaps his Chefs For Change dinner with JD Fratzke (we covered a CFC event in April), details on the upcoming Fair Food Fight event (which sounds great), and some interesting classes coming this fall taught by beer Cicerone Michael Agnew.

The Churn by James Norton11/17/200911/17/2009

November 17 Morning Roundup

Saffron announces its Spice Trail spice blends (our story is on its way), local beer maven Michael Agnew will be contributing to a new Ratebeer.com feature, announcing Big Goddamn Steak Night 2009 (yeah, but will it measure up to Febgiving 2010?), Dara and Katie both spotlight some restaurants for the home-cooked Thanksgiving-phobic, the Skyway’s Cafe […]

The Churn by James Norton10/14/200911/03/2009

October 15 Morning Roundup

“I could have smelled and looked at this beer all night. Unfortunately it got in my mouth,” writes beer maven Michael Agnew of Founders Harvest Ale 2009, a local happy pepper gains noteriety, Simple, Good, and Tasty writes up Pure Market Express (read our review here), reviews of Kona (“lots of obvious fusion-style trends, watered […]

Beer Springs Eternal: Maibocks and Bières de Garde

Seasonally Yours by Aaron Masterson05/20/200905/19/2009

The Churn by James Norton02/17/2009

All Hail the Beer God

Michael Agnew (of A Perfect Pint) recently became Minnesota’s first Certified Cicerone. In a nutshell, he’s an independently certified beer sommelier, a title obtained after a four-hour exam with a 250 question written section, a 12 beer tasting section, and a demonstration. Presumably the beer tasting section comes at the end of the test.