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First Draft Taproom & Kitchen
324 6Th Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55401
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Daily Specials, Desserts and Kids Menu - ask staff member for details
Small Plates
Minnesota Sushi
$7.00
pickles wrapped with ham & prosciutto, herbed cream cheese and bacon
Truffle Fries
$5.00
flat fries, white truffle parmesan seasoning
Deviled Eggs
$6.00
traditional
Handmade Pretzels
$8.00
tarragon mustard & creamy cheese sauce
Northwood Sliders
$9.00
walleye cakes mixed with bacon and wild rice, creamy hop slaw on Hawaiian buns
Mac & Cheese
$9.00
creamy beer cheese & parmesan
Shareable Boards
Backyard Grilled Steak
$17.00
blue cheese butter, bacon jam, signature First Draft balsamic glaze, Revol greens, grilled onion
Charcuteries & Cheese Board
$15.00
daily selection of cheese and cured meats
Light Beers
Honey Badger Autumn IPA - IPA - American 6.2% ABV 70 IBU Badger Hill Brewing, Company Shakopee, MN
Using three different hop varieties (Citra, Mosaic, Cascade) along with German malt and 25lbs of local honey Honey Badger Seasonal IPA will quickly become your favorite brew to enjoy at Pizza Luce. Honey? Yes, but you won't get an overt honey flavor because Honey Badger Autumn IPA don't give a care. A floral aroma, medium bodied, hoppy but with a balanced malt backbone and touch of graham cracker malt character- pair it with your favorite slice for a limited time treat.
Fresh Hop, Pale Ale - American 4.9% ABV 35 IBU Indeed Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Bright, resinous, and bursting with fresh blueberry and tropical fruit aromas, our Fresh Hop Ale is brewed with fresh Mosaic hops, harvested at their peak and shipped directly from Yakima, Washington, the epicenter of hop growing in the United States. These fresh hops deliver a uniquely robust flavor and aroma in this limited release ale.
+1 Golden Ale 5.1% ABV Surly Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Brewed in collaboration with First Avenue, the last great American rock club, we present +1 - a classic, easy-drinking Golden Ale, appropriate for whenever and wherever the music hits you.
Pivo Pils, Pilsner - Other 5.3% ABV 40 IBU Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
Everything we love about classic German Pilsner with a hoppy Bohemian twist. Pils is a bright straw colored lager beer with playful carbonation topped with beautiful white foam lace. Delicate lightly toasted malt flavors underscore noble German hop character. Hallertau-grown Magnum hops deliver the lupulin foundation while generous amounts of Spalter Select hops bring floral aromatic and spicy herbal notes. As a twist on the traditional Pils, we dry hop with German Saphir for a touch of bergamot zest and lemongrass. A refreshing, light-bodied and hop-driven Pils.
Blueberry Hefeweizen, Fruit Beer 4% ABV, 9 IBU Wasatch Brewery, Park City, UT
Juicy blueberry meets malted wheat, for a fun, light and balanced take on a fruited wheat hefeweizen.
Rosa Fresca, Lager - American Light 5% ABV, 10 IBU Indeed Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Mexico meets the Great Minnesota Get-Together for this marriage of Indeed's Mexican Honey Light with hibiscus and lime. Rosa Fresca's pink, rosy hue lures you in shifting into crisp notes of citrus and a delicate sweetness. This bright thirst quencher begs to be sipped on through those hot summer days. Find it only at Ball Park Cafe during the Minnesota State Fair!
Accumulation, IPA - White 6.2% ABV, 55 IBU New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
This winter, IBUs start accumulating like snow in Colorado with our new Accumulation White IPA . Brewing a white IPA was not only a way to salute the white beauty falling from the sky, but a direct revolt to the longstanding tradition of brewing dark beers for winter and winter seasonal beers. At least that's what our rebellious brewer Grady Hull likes to claim as he shovels in plenty of new hop varietals and a bit of wheat for a smooth mouthfeel. Stack up a few cases of Accumulation White IPA to keep your long nights glowing blizzard white.
Tomm' S, Lager - American 4.8% ABV Falling Knife Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Our take on a Classic American Lager, the kind of beer you pound while building a brewery
Size 4, IPA - Session / India Session Ale 4.5% ABV Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN
Session IPA
This Old Helles, Lager - Helles 4.8% ABV Modist Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Fermented in our Foeder and brewed w/ German Pilsner malt and Hallertau Mittelfruh hops. Soft, with notes of toasted cracker & pleasant honey sweetness.
Listening Through Static, Pale Ale - New England 5% ABV, 42 IBU Invictus Brewing, Blaine, MN
Our first hazy offering has a hazy orange hue with a thick white head. Aromas of fresh lime, lemon, orange zest and ripe melon lend way to a soft pillowy mouthfeel. All late kettle additions include Cashmere, Citra, and Mosaic hops.
Choice Pils, Pilsner - Other 5.6% ABV Castle Danger Brewery, Two Harbors, MN
Choice Pils is brewed in the tradition of classic German pilsners with our own dangerous twists. We use fine German malts and pure Lake Superior water for a great start, and finish with Saaz and Cascade hops for a floral, citrusy, and spicy zing. We chose to blend a classic European style with American craft brewing ingenuity. Here's to making good choices.
Malty Beers
Pretty Metal, Lager - Dark 4.5% ABV Modist Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
That's Pretty Metal, dude. Meditated on German Pilsner and roasted malts and then hopped with Saphir, this Dark Lager will calm your nerves so that you can collect souls in peace.
Christmas Ale, Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 7.5% ABV Bell's Brewery, Comstock, MI
This traditional Scotch Ale is rich and malty with notes of caramel and a warm finish. Certain to make any occasion festive, or at least a bit more bearable. Enjoy with the company of friends and family.
Dark Beers
Dosvidanya Rye Barrel (2019) Stout - Russian Imperial 12.5% ABV, 84 IBU Destihl Brewery, Normal, IL
Bite Size, Stout - Pastry 6.7% ABV Modist Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
A Pastry Stout you don't have to share! Brewed w/ pale, wheat, crystal, roasted chocolate malts, Ghana cacao nibs & Madagascar vanilla beans.
FSB 2019: Part 1 Stout - Pastry 13% ABV, 25 IBU Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN
S'mores-inspired imperial pastry stout with marshmallows, graham crackers, cacao nibs, vanilla, and honey
Dark Fatha (2019) Stout - American Imperial / Double 11.8% ABV, 45 IBU Bent Brewstillery, Roseville, MN
Lateralus - Snozzberry Pie, Stout - Imperial / Double 11% ABV Lupulin Brewing Company, Big Lake, MN
Imperial Stout infused with Blueberry, Blackberry, Graham Cracker and Vanilla.
Dark Prophet (2019) Belgian Strong Dark Ale 11.6% ABV Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO
This deep mahogany-colored dark strong ale has a wonderful aroma of vanilla, dark fruits, and spicy oak. With the addition of cacao nibs, the chocolatey flavor is complemented by fig, date, and oak undertones. The oak tannins balance the chocolate malt flavors and the beer finishes with a slight alcohol warmth. Notes of rich caramel and chocolate.
Privyet, Stout - Russian Imperial 11.4% ABV 80 IBU Destihl Brewery, Normal, IL
Privyet, which is Russian for ʻhiʼ or ʻheyʼ, is the base beer for our award-winning, bourbon barrel-aged Dosvidanya®. Even though this beer isnʼt aged in oak barrels, it greets you with a color as dark as night, a thick, tan head & predominant characters of dark chocolate and roasted malts with abundant fruity esters. Generous hop additions balance the maltiness of this beer, along with a mouthfeel that is rich, creamy, full and smooth. Ypa!
Brewhouse Coffee Stout (2019) Stout - Coffee 7.4% ABV 48 IBU Central Waters Brewing Company, Amherst, WI
Sour Beers
Hobo Baggins, Sour - Gose 5.8% ABV Oliphant Brewing, Somerset, WI
Where I Live, American Wild Ale 6% ABV New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
Available in 16oz cans and very limited draft. Where I Live is our return collab following TRVE's version, Where I Leave. For this special beer with our buds from Denver, we brewed a base using 100% Colorado-grown malt from Troubadour Maltings and fermented it with a Norwegian Kveik yeast. That beer was blended with our dark sour and foeder-aged with TRVE's house culture. Just before canning, the beer was finished with Colorado whole flower lavender. That's right. A Norwegian-inspired, mixed culture sour ale brewed with local malt and local lavender that's named after a song by a Flemish metal band. Enjoy.
25. Fruit City (Guava and Tangerine) Sour - Other 5.6% ABV Modist Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Smooth and fluffy wheat malt based beer with a touch of creamy milk sugar and a copious amount of guava & tangerine.
26. Rhuberry Provincial, Sour - Fruited 4.2% ABV Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO
Sour Ale Brewed with Strawberries and Rhubarb. Rhuberry Provincial combines freshly picked rhubarb with bright, juicy strawberries to create a tart, fruity, and sessionable sour ale. This beer is the pie-fect libation for any season. One sip and you'll be transported back in time to your grandma's porch swing while aromas of cooling pie waft around you in the warm breeze. Notes of ripe strawberries and tart rhubarb. Pairs well with cheek pinches.
Slang du Jour - Cherry Pie, Sour - Other 5% ABV Drekker Brewing Company, Fargo, ND
Cherry Pie Slang was brewed with hundreds of pounds of cherries, graham crackers, cinnamon, brown sugar, lactose, and vanilla beans for a flavor just like the real thing!
Ciders
Raspberry Freewheeler, Cider - Traditional 6.4% ABV Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis, MN
Voyage, Cider - Dry 6.9% ABV Number 12 (Twelve) Cider House, Minneapolis, MN
Champagne like, balanced
Hop-A-Wheelie, Cider - Traditional 6.7% ABV Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis, MN
Hop-A-Wheelie starts with the same freshly pressed Midwestern apple blend that forms the backbone of our Freewheeler Dry. Then to show off a bit we pile on a half pound per barrel of Cascade, Chinook, and Golding hops. The result is a bone-dry citrus bomb of grapefruit, orange peel and lemon grass that will leave your mouth watering.
Pear, Cider - Perry 5.3% ABV Wild State Cider, Duluth, MN
Sweetened with pear juice and perfect for a sweet-lover. Juicy, sweet, balanced.
Ginger Peach Cider, Cider - Traditional 6.9% ABV Vander Mill, Spring Lake, MI
Sweetened with pear juice and perfect for a sweet-lover. Juicy, sweet, balanced.
Ginger Peach Cider, Cider - Traditional 6.9% ABV Vander Mill, Spring Lake, MI
A refreshing balance of bright ginger bite and peach sweetness, neither of which will over power your face. Pair it with food, or crush it on its own, this cider is clean and crisp from start to finish.
Hoppy Beers
The Joy Fermentable, IPA - New England 6.2% ABV Falling Knife Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Sultana/Denali and Mosaic Hazy IPA
Tasty IPA, IPA - American 6.8% ABV, 70 IBU 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA
Made in collaboration with homebrewer, Mike "Tasty" McDole, Tasty IPA drinks easily but isn't necessarily easy drinking. The hop forward creation, spawned from test batches of Tasty's own homebrews, features Citra and Mosaic Lupulin Powder with Ekuanot hop pellets. It's a quenching IPA with a clean bitterness and a ton of hop aroma and flavor. It serves as a reminder to all homebrewers that dreams do come true, fantasies can become reality, and big burly beer dudes are a thing of beauty.
River of Expletives, IPA - New England 7% ABV, 60 IBU Just Plain Wrong Brewing, Shakopee, MN
New England IPA made with barley, Spelt, oats, wheat and crystal malts. Hops include Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado and Simcoe.
Nbd, IPA - Imperial / Double 10.5% ABV, 40 IBU Omni Brewing Co., Maple Grove, MN
Our Triple Dry Hopped Triple Oat Cream IPA featuring Rakau, Idaho Gem, and Motueka hops. This bougie, boozy creamsicle has a one of a kind mouthfeel. Intense aromas of vanilla, orange sorbet, and fruit loops. This beer is so soft and silky...like a down comforter for your mouth.
Splinter Cat, IPA - American 6.7% ABV, 63 IBU Big Axe Brewing Co. (Minnesota), Nisswa, MN
Medium body with a balanced malt presence from a high grade pale malt. slight sweetness to accommodate the expected IPA bitterness. Notes of citrus and pine finish it.
Mosaic Passion, IPA - Session / India Session Ale 4% ABV Saint Paul Brewing Company (Formerly Flat Earth) St. Paul, MN
Voodoo Ranger Hop Avenger IPA, IPA - American 7.7% ABV, 45 IBU New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
Experimental IPA from New Belgium. Pineapple and Chinook Hops
Hop the Fence, IPA - American 6.2% ABV, 68 IBU Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN
Collab with First Draft Taproom & Kitchen in Minneapolis
Traitor IPA, IPA - American 7% ABV, 70 IBU Badger Hill Brewing Company, Shakopee, MN
One person's traitor is another person's hero, and this IPA just might be yours. Part West Coast IPA, part not, Traitor rebels against style definitions. We let our hop lovin' wishes come true, with lots and lots and lots of Citra, Centennial, Cascade and Galaxy hops added throughout the brewing process, including dry-hopping, to give distinct hop flavor and waves of aroma. Oh, and we go a little Benedict Arnold by using US Pale Malt with British yeast to give Traitor a smooth, dry finish. Go ahead….Betray Your IPA.
Partying Past Burning Bridges, IPA - American 6.66% ABV, 60 IBU Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN
Let us introduce you to "Partying Past Burning Bridges", a collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewpub that celebrates connecting and collaborating in the name of gaining a new experience. This is a dip hopped IPA. Dip hopping is an innovative Japanese technique, new to both 3 Floyds and Fair State Co-op, that involves hopping the wort post heat exchange, but before the introduction of yeast.
100 Watt IPA, IPA - American 7.6% ABV Revelation Ale Works, Hallock, MN
Check out this all Centennial hopped West Coast IPA! It's perfectly balanced and complex with a ton of hops added in two dry hop additions.
Freak Parade, IPA - Imperial / Double 8.2% ABV, 70 IBU Drekker Brewing Company, Fargo, ND
We packed this beast with an absurd amount of Vic Secret, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops and the result is a juicy citrus, melon, and stone fruit burst of pure radness wrapped in a pillowy soft bundle of awesome.
Fad, IPA - Imperial / Double New England 8% ABV, 40 IBU Omni Brewing Co., Maple Grove, MN
This is our new and improved 2nd anniversary beer that is full of Citra, Mosaic, and Amarillo Hops. This one has an aroma that is hard to resist. This New England DIPA is not just a fad, it's Frickin' Awesome & Delicious!
Nitro Beers
Fluff (Nitro) Cider - Traditional 6.9% ABV Vander Mill, Spring Lake, MI
Fluff on nitro.
14° Esb (Nitro) Brown Ale - English 5.6% ABV, 32 IBU Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN
Our well rounded approach to the classic British Ale. There's middle of the road, and there's middle of the river. And if there's one thing that's important in the middle of the river – it's balance. Our ESB is incredibly well balanced with a slight toasted malt flavor, traditional British hop accents with just a hint of pine and citrus from the unexpected Amarillo / Ahtanum dry-hop. AWARDS: 2015 SILVER & 2014 BRONZE - Great American Beer Festival
Maze Monster, Stout - Milk / Sweet 5.9% ABV, 12 IBU Insight Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Chocolaty, smooth, and milky. This delicious Milk Stout is just what you need this time of year.
Hard Seltzer
Cherry Firework Hard Seltzer, Hard Seltzer 5% ABV Lift Bridge Brewing CO, Stillwater, MN
Created exclusively for The Ball Park Cafe at the Minnesota State Fair, Cherry Firework is crafted with all-natural Midwestern cherries. Finally! A light and refreshing gluten-free option that is still full of oohs and aahs!
On Deck
Ryeteous Vibes, Rye Beer 8% ABV, 40 IBU Dual Citizen Brewing Company, St Paul, MN
A silky mouthfeel with notes of hoppy dark fruit with over 25% rye added. Amber in color with a tan head.
Blood Orange Freewheeler, Cider - Other Fruit 6.4% ABV Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis, MN
French Toast Bastard, Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 11.1% ABV Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Backwoods Bastard gets the 4-star breakfast treatment. Our bourbon barrel-aged Scotch Ale is introduced to maple syrup, cinnamon, and sweet vanilla for a decadent brunch-inspired sipper. Breakfast for dinner, anyone?
Apricot Hefeweizen, Hefeweizen 4% ABV, 9 IBU Wasatch Brewery, Park City, UT
Wasatch Apricot Hefeweizen is all about a beautiful apricot nose, a tart crisp body and a smooth refreshing finish.
Key Lime Pie Kettle Sour, Sour - Fruited 6.2% ABV, 8 IBU Indeed Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Hard Wired Nitro, Porter - American 6% ABV, 33 IBU Left Hand Brewing Company, Longmont, CO
Innately predisposed to be smooth when Poured Hard, this nitro coffee porter builds a pillowy, toffee-sweet head. Coffee and flavors of caramelized sugar, cacao and hints of blueberry lead to a light, smoky finish.
Plumsoul, Sour - Fruited 6.4% ABV, 5 IBU Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis, MN
Tart ale aged on plums & apricots.
Does This Look Infected? IPA - Sour 7.2% ABV Abomination Brewing Company, North Haven, CT
Brewed with milk sugar, flaked oats and wheat, then kettle soured and fermented on top of a generous amount of Mangoes. Hopped and DDH with Azacca Hops. Notes of citrus, passionfruit, tart pineapple, tangerine and ripe mango.