The Twin Cities most acclaimed brewpub continues to rack up awards. TheTown Hall Brewery came away a big winner at last week's Great American Beer Festival in Colorado.

Town Hall won a gold medal in the Scottish-Style Ale category for its Hope & King Scotch Ale. It also won two silver medals for Eye of the Storm Honey Ale (Specialty Honey Beer category) and LSD (Herb and Spice Beer category).

There were almost 4,000 beers (from 526 breweries) vying for medals.

In other Town Hall news, the brewpub is hosting its "Fresh/Wet Hop Week" starting Monday. The bar will begin pouring its limited edition Fresh Hop 100 beer at around 11 a.m. that day. The beer was brewed using Chinook hops grown by Van Horn Farms in the Yakima Valley. It was brewed in the kettle using hops right off the vine. A Town Hall press release said "this is a rare practice as most brewers do not put wet hops in the kettle, most use pellets in the kettle or in some cases extracts." Pints of Fresh Hop 100 will be $6. In addition to its own beer, Town Hall will feature wet beers from other brewers, including Surly Wet, Founders Harvest, Deschutes Fresh Hop Mirror Pond Heirloom Cascade and Two Brothers Heavy Handed Centennial. All are available in a sampler, too.

Details: Town Hall, 1430 Washington Av.. S., Mpls. 612-339-8696. www.townhallbrewery.com.

(Photo by Tom Wallace)