Huzzah!The Merry Messengers of Byggvir's would like to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Byggvir's Big Beer Cup Home Brew Competition this Wednesday, August 28th at Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis. The party starts at5:30 pm and ends at 8:30 pm. Winners announced at about 6:30 pm, so come early to enjoy the wonderful food and beer. At this time, we will also announce which beer Mike Hoops selected to be brewed at Town Hall next year. There will be door prizes given away and you can pick up your score sheets after the winners are announced. (Any score sheets or prizes not picked up will be sent out next week.)I would like to thank all our volunteers who braved the heat this past weekend at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival to help judge and run the contest. We would not have such a successful event without all your help! Also thank you to our fantastic sponsors that have provided the prizes we will be handing out. It is a honor to have so many businesses support the home brewing community!Town Hall Brewery: 1430 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Hope to see you there!~Gera Exire LaTourCo-Organizer, Byggvir's Big Beer Cup
~Wilbur Ince
Messenger of Byggvir And Byggvir Co-Organizers everywhere
Congrats to Eric and Wayne!
//Mike Behrendt
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> From: Primary Fermenters <pfbrewclub(a)gmail.com>
> Date: August 24, 2013, 7:46:06 PM CDT
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: 2013 State Fair Results
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> Competition Results have been posted.
> We hope to have all scoresheets mailed by Wednesday.
> Thanks for entering and congrats to all the winners!!
> Amanda & Tony Kutzke
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> http://www.pfbrewclub.com/News/2013mnstatefairhomebrewcompetitionresults
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> From: "Al Boyce" <alboyce(a)comcast.net>
> Date: August 22, 2013, 7:00:41 AM CDT
> To: <mba(a)thebarn.com>, <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>, <sphbc(a)googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [mnbrewers] FW: BJCP Written Proficience Exam - 9/8/2013 - Minneapolis
> Reply-To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com
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> I still have five seats left for the BJCP Written Proficiency Exam being held in Minneapolis on Sept 8. If you are interested, send me a check to reserve your seat.
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> Drop me a line if you have questions. Feel free to forward to any other BJCP’er that you think might be interested. I’d like to fill the exam up.
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> Thanks!
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> - Al
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> From: Al Boyce [mailto:alboyce@comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 1:35 PM
> To: sax7piper(a)gci.net
> Subject: BJCP Written Proficiency Exam - 9/8/2013 - Minneapolis
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> I am hosting a BJCP Written Proficiency Exam for the North Region of the BJCP on September 8, 2013 at 10am in Minneapolis, MN. To qualify to take the BJCP Written Proficiency Exam, you must have a score of at least 80% on the Tasting exam, and have accumulated at least 10 judging points.
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> The exam consists of two sections. The first section is 20 T/F questions, where each wrong answer results in a 0.5 point deduction from your overall exam score. The second section consists of five essay questions. Each of these questions is worth 20 points.
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> As you probably know, the BJCP judge advancement system has changed. Now the tasting portion of your score counts for 50% of your total score, where it used to only count for 30% of your written score. Based on this, with your current best Tasting score, you would need to score of 99 on the Written exam to advance to Master. You need 40 points for Master, half of which must be Judging Points.
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> You can find the study guide for the new exam at: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/BJCP_Study_Guide.pdf
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> Some people have found the BJCP Exam for Dummies useful in studying for this test also. The 2010 version is currently published on the BJCP website. This was published prior to the new exam. It can be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/BJCP_Study_Guide.pdf
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> If you’d like the 2012 version, let me know and I’ll email you a copy.
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> I only have 5 seats remaining for this exam, so it’s first come, first served. To reserve your seat for the exam, send a non-refundable check for $15 payable to me. I will let you know immediately if you are one of the 5. I will return any checks that come in after that.
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> Al Boyce, BJCP North Rep
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> 3208 Edgewood Ave S
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> If you have any questions, let me know! Email is best, but I answer my cell also!
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> Cheers!
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> Al Boyce, North Rep
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> From: Brett Glenna <brettglenna(a)gmail.com>
> Date: August 22, 2013, 9:18:11 AM CDT
> To: "mba(a)thebarn.com" <mba(a)thebarn.com>
> Subject: [mba] Fwd: MHBA VP email
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> Any interest?
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> From: <Xquez(a)aol.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:29 PM
> Subject: MHBA VP email
> To: brettglenna(a)gmail.com
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> I am a building owner looking for a person(s) who are ready to take the leap into having a real brewery and tap room. I have an ideal location. Do you think you can help? Do you have members who are this serious?
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> From: Michael Cote <cotemichael01(a)yahoo.com>
> Date: August 22, 2013, 1:17:35 PM CDT
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> Subject: [mnbrewers] Oktoberfest in the Country competition
> Reply-To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com
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> The window is now open for the "Oktoberfest in the Country" beer competition!
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> This is a small event with only 21 categories, which are all listed on the competition website.
> Please go to the "Homebrew Competition", "Entry Info" tab at our website: http://oktoberfestinthecountry.org/
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> Entries can be shipped or dropped off at Northern Brewer or Midwest Supplies between Wednesday, September 4th and Saturday, September 14th.
> Judging will be on Saturday, September 21st at the Country Inn and Suites in Woodbury.
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> We are also looking for Judges and stewards to help make this event a success.
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> All of the information for this event can be found on our website!
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> Hopefully, there are many of you who have some Oktoberfest Style homebrew ready to go!!!
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> Sincerely,
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> Michael Cote
> Competition Organizer
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> President - MHBA
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> Subject: Fw: Judges and Stewards needed for "Oktoberfest in the Country" Homebrew Competition
> Reply-To: Michael Cote <cotemichael01(a)yahoo.com>
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> Dear Judges and Stewards,
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> The Country Inn and Suites in Woodbury, MN asked for support for their first ever "Oktoberfest in the Country" event.
> Their request was to have a homebrew competition using traditionally German Oktoberfest styles.
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> I offered to help so I, and my good friend Andrew, put together a little competition.
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> Standard BJCP points will be awarded for the session you judge or steward and there will be a meal served.
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> Judging will take place on Saturday, September 14th, at the Country Inn and Suites in Woodbury, starting at 10:00 am.
> Announcements of the winners will be at the Oktoberfest celebration at the Country Inn and Suites on Saturday, September 28th!
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> To register, please visit our competition website at: http://competition.oktoberfestinthecountry.org/
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> For event location information, please visit our main site: http://oktoberfestinthecountry.org/
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> Here are the category choices for our event:
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> 1D Munich Helles 1E Dortmunder Export 2A German Pilsner (Pils)
> 2B Bohemian Pilsener 3A Vienna Lager 3B Oktoberfest/Marzen
> 4B Munich Dunkel 4C Schwarzbier 5A Maibock/Helles Bock
> 5B Traditional Bock 5C Doppelbock 5D Eisbock
> 6C Kolsch 7C Dusseldorf Altbier 15A Weizen/Weissbier
> 15B Dunkelweizen 15C Weizenbock 15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
> 16C Saison 17A Berliner Weisse 22A Classic Rauchbier
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> Thank you so much for your interest and support!
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> Sincerely,
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> Michael Cote
> Competition Organizer
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> President - MHBA
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> **Your email was obtained via the active judges list from the BJCP**
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Esteemed judges, stewards and beer aficionados,
The Nordeast Brewers Alliance is again hosting the Nordeast Big River Homebrew Competition in conjunction with the Nordest Big River Brew Fest. Last year we had a great time running our first BJCP competition and couldn't have done it without your help along the way. We had over 150 entries last year, and expect even more this year.
The competition is beer only, with the addition of the specialty categories American Wild Ale and 100% Brett. We hope to again bring out the funk and unleash the wild ales.
Standard BJCP judging points will be awarded based on sessions judged or stewarded, and we will be providing food and refreshments during the judging.
Registration for competition judging/stewarding is open Aug 21-Sep 28.at nordeasthbc.brewcompetition.com . Please sign up if you can volunteer.
All Judging will be done at the East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St NE, Minneapolis.
Judging sessions will be Oct 12 and 13, from 10-4:30, broken into AM and PM shifts.
BOS judging will be held Oct 13.
All winners will be announced at the Nordeast Big River Brew Fest on Saturday Oct 19.
I hope to have a great cast of judges and stewards just like last year. Your help makes or breaks the competition, so thanks in advance! Please pass this email along to anyone who might be interested in helping out.
Cheers,
Tyler Bye
Competition Organizer
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
**Your email was obtained via the active judges list from the BJCP**
Hey folks,
We are doing a pre-judging session at Tim's Jordan Brewery this Friday! Anyone interested in coming, contact me or post back here. We aim to start around 6:30 and will get some pizza ordered in.
-Eric
I have 4 passes to the MN Zoo free to whomever wants them . They expire Sept. 2nd 2013 so if you are going in the next 2 weeks this will save you almost $80. I have this out to many people so first in gets them.
Fridge is sold
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Dipak J. Shah <dshah2k(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Eric. I am assuming it is in good/perfect working condition. If
> it is, I am interested in purchasing it. However, I am heading out of town
> today and return Monday, August 26. Guess I'll need to check with you then
> to see if you still have it.
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> Regards,
> Dipak
> Tel: 612.562.8569
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/djshah
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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Erik Nelson <erikn68(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Here is a photo of the fridge
>> On Aug 13, 2013 5:17 PM, "Ben Ducklow" <benducklow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Erik, is it a little fridge or a full size one?
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>>> -Ben
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>>> Sent from my electronic thingamajig.
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>>> On Aug 13, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Erik Nelson <erikn68(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Everyone,
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>>> I have an older Fridge I am trying to get rid of for about 15. It is
>>> the size for a kegerator but I never use the fridge. I already have my
>>> beer fridges. We don't have space for it. I can take a photo of it later
>>> if interested.
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>>> Thanks
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>>> Erik Nelson
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