Author Archives: Catherine

March 24th, The Happy Gnome’s parking lot, a heated tent filled with beer…Firkin Fest returns. The Happy Gnome is planning on 60 plus firkins again with a wide variety of styles & flavors. Over 30 breweries will fill firkins for the festival!  Firkin “juice” is cask conditioned ale, meaning the carbonation in the beer comes [...]

Yes, it’s that time of the year where Surly Brewing visits The Happy Gnome.  Enjoy a lovely 5 course meal designed by executive chef Scott Brink paired with 5 different Surly beers (total of 6 beers served…we start you off with a meet & greet beer).  The dinner is $85 all inclusive, no refunds. We [...]

The Saint Paul Jaycees are heading to New Ulm for Bockfest, and you can ride along. Bockfest is an outdoor festival which celebrates Schells Brewery and their Special Fest bock beer. There is a fire, food, and many other beer-lovers. The Happy Gnome has partnered with the Saint Paul Jaycees to sell tickets and provide [...]

What?  A beer dinner on a Thursday?  Yes, even the Gnome sometimes changes our routines, and hopefully some new faces can make it since we normally have beer dinners on Tuesdays… So a wonderful 5 course meal with 6 courses of beer for $80 all inclusive.  6pm meet & greet, 7pm dinner served.

Celebrate the New Year with $1 Mimosas while the band plays.  Enjoy our lovely brunch menu from 10am-2pm, live music from 11am-2pm.  Regular Brunch Menu.

Nick & the Feelin’ Band will be upstairs, beer will be flowing, grab some friends.  See you there.

Come try a vertical of Alaskan Brewing’s Smoked Porter.  We will have bottles of vintages from ’02, ’04, ’08, and ’10, with draft of ’11.  The flight will be $15.  Available starting at 5:30pm.  We will also welcome Geoff and Marcy to The Happy Gnome, so come and enjoy some of their beer with them!

Come out and enjoy a rainy night with some live music and great beer.