Huzzah! Welcome to the 8th Annual Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival!
Entries showcasing historic, English, and European styles are being accepted from Monday, August 18 through Sunday, September 7, 2014. You can drop your entries off at five Minnesota brew shops: Northern Brewer (Minneapolis & St. Paul), Midwest Supplies (St. Louis Park), Still H20 (Stillwater), and Brew & Grow (Blaine). $6/entry. Judges and stewards of all skill levels are encouraged to sign up to help out. Judging will be on-site at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21, 2014. Last year, we had over 250 entries, with pairs of hand-made drinking vessels, gift certificates, and other fantastic prizes from our sponsors given out. We at Byggvir's Big Beer Cup are very excited to announce that Mike Hoops from Minneapolis Town Hall has been generous enough to once again offer to brew the best beer of Byggvir's at Town Hall Brewery! Tim Roets from Sponsel's Minnesota Harvest Orchard Winery has agreed to brew one of the best meads/ciders!Check out our website for more information: http://www.rennfestbeercup.com/. Gera Exire LaTourByggvir's Big Beer Cup
P.S. Please forward this email to any people/clubs that may be interested.
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> From: Al Boyce [mailto:alboyce@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 4:05 PM
> To: jab(a)mail.thebarn.com
> Cc: twincities(a)pedalpub.com
> Subject: REPRESENT JAB IN THE STATE FAIR PARADE AUGUST 23!
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> REPRESENT JAB IN THE STATE FAIR PARADE AUGUST 23!
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> The Minnesota State Fair is once again sponsoring a float in the State Fair Parade aboard the PedalPub in honor of the State Fair Homebrew Competition on Saturday, August 23 - the day of the Best of Show and Awards Ceremony at the fairgrounds.
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> In recognition of the vibrant home brew club community in Minnesota, the PedalPub would like to invite Jack of All Brews to send two people to represent your club in the parade.
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> In addition to the PedalPub ride, these two people will also each get a free ticket to the fair to be used on the day of their choice.
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> The participants would need to be available from about 12:30pm - the parade starts at about 2pm and lasts for about an hour - until about 3pm. Please wear a club jersey or t-shirt, if you have one! Otherwise, wear a colorful beer shirt.
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> If you are interested in representing the Jack of All Brews in the State Fair Parade on August 23, send an email to:
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> twincities(a)pedalpub.com
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> Include:
> * Names of the two participants
> * Email addresses of two participants
> * Addresses, City, State Zip (so we may mail tickets)
> * Cell phone number for day-of-fair communications
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> We will reply with details of where to meet the PedalPub for the parade on that day.
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> Thanks for your participation!
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> - Al Boyce, PedalPub Twin Cities
> 952-703-9000
> http://twincities.pedalpub.com
> http://www.facebook.com/pedalpub
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For those who attended the meeting Friday and had the first of Eric's
troubleshooting tasting sessions, here's a set of descriptions and causes
from BJCP.
Well, okay, everyone else can see this as well.
Cheers!
//Mike Behrendt
Hey Folks,
August meeting is this Friday at my place (1966 Fountain Lane in Waconia.) Starting at the usual time of around 6:30. Open category mash paddle this month so bring some homebrews to share. For education this month we will taste 1-2 off flavors from our new Siebel taste kit that just arrived. I'll try to use these every few months so different people get a chance to try them out.
See you all soon!
--Eric
