Merlins Rest Pub

Merlins Rest boasts Minnesota’s best selection of single-malt scotches (125+) and Irish whiskeys, and we’re adding to our collection all the time. Most recently we’ve pulled off a nice little coup and acquired a case of a beautiful golden dram: Kilbeggan Whiskey. It hails from the oldest continually-licensed distillery in the world.
Speaking of whiskey and scotch….
SINGLE-MALT [...]

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Our friend Abe Fagerstrom has undergone intensive chemotherapy multiple times in his young life. Currently, he is going through another course. On 11 September 2010, a special benefit will be held for him from 2:00 – 7:00 pm at the Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center in Saint Paul (near Fort Snelling).
A dessert bar, used [...]

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Walking out today, I spotted a shape flitting across the walk like a wild bug. But it was just a shadow, so I looked up and low and behold it was a Monarch butterfly. They are all a-flutter now as they prepare for their fantastic migration of 2,000 – 3,000 miles. (No, they aren’t going [...]

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On the first Thursday of every month, Merlins hosts a tasting of premium whiskeys and scotches. (Your next opportunity will be Thursday, September 2 at 7:30 pm.) And over the years, with our tastings and travels and talk with our patrons, we’ve developed not just the Cities’ most extensive stock but Minnesota’s!
We now have more than 125 [...]

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The Second Annual Monarch Festival at the Lake Nokomis Naturescape Gardens at Lake Nokomis and 50th Street in south Minneapolis (http://www.nokomiseast.org/association/etf/naturescape.html) celebrates the amazing 2,300-mile migration of Monarch Butterflies from Minnesota to Michoacán Mexico. The celebration will take place on 11 September 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Afterwards, the party comes to Merlins Rest, where plenty [...]

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