This addresses the errors I was seeing during testing:
read tcp 127.0.0.1:11211: connection reset by peer
read tcp 127.0.0.1:11211: i/o timeout
dial tcp 127.0.0.1:11211: can't assign requested address

The solution was found here:
https://paperairoplane.net/?p=556
http://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Transport