Modern Monks

Autumn is just around the corner. Ushering in the time of year when the Monks start thinking of bigger beers that push the upper ends of the styles, warm the body and relax the soul.  With this in mind the Monks give you the Fall 2008 release of their Smoked Bock.  To help them celebrate this yearly ritual they have teamed up with Bread & Cup in the Hay Market as well as Branched Oak Farms in Lincoln to help make this a special event.

It all started with Branched Oak farms turning a few gallons of the Smoked Bock beer into a batch of seriously delicious Gouda cheese! 

Bread & Cup will be taking this fantastic cheese and turning it into a few offerings above and beyond their normal excellent menu.

Items made with the Smoked Bock Gouda cheese will include:

Cheese plate

Smoked Bock beer cheese soup

Pulled pork sandwich with Smoked Bock Gouda

Pizza with Smoked Bock Gouda

The festivities are slated to begin at 6:00 on Friday, September 12, 2008 at Bread & Cup located at the corner of 8th & S in Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket
440 N 8th St Suite 150   (402) 438-2255

More beery goodness in Omaha, hopefully this time it won’t get blown away. The Monks will have a keg of our Saison pouring at Sunfest, the Crescent Moon’s summer beer festival. Here is the skinny from the Moon:

July 12. Saturday. 3pm – 8pm. Crescent Moon/Beertopia Summer Beerfest!! This event is bigger and better than last year’s event. We are moving it outdoors and boasting 20 breweries with upwards of 100 different beers - not just seasonals.

Tickets will go on sale May 23rd. Advance tickets are $22. Tickets purchased the day of the fest are $27. Your ticket gets you a tasting glass, program and unlimited samples from 3pm-8pm. We will have food available for purchase from our outdoor grill station also.

WE WILL ONLY SELL 500 TICKETS!!!!! If you were one of the unfortunate ones that did not get a ticket to the “Extreme Beer Fest” I’m sure you know that you should not procrastinate on getting your tickets this time around. It would be sad to get shut out twice in a row.

Call 402-905-2603 for more information.

Click here for a map to 3578 Farnam Street, Omaha NE

Jim Englebart just sent us this PDF with some pics from the storm last Friday. You can see our own Brother David working to get things set back up. I hope you guys had time to grab some growlers before you had to head to shelter!

Thanks for all the work that went into this. Glad to hear that there were no injuries.

Omaha Summer Arts Festival PDF

Already pouring as this is typed, the newest release from the Modern Monks is now available at the Omaha Summer Arts Festival. The festival charges no admission, and features tons of art, music, food, and beer from all willing Nebraska breweries. Oddly, there is no mention of Nebraska craft beer on the festival’s website, but all the other info is there. Thanks to the Nebraska Craft Brewer’s Association for all their help in setting this up.

Various Monks will be on hand throughout the weekend helping pour beer and convert the masses. Our Saison is a dry-hopped beer with an earthy character. Stop by and spend some wooden nickels on a glass or two!