NOTE: DEPOSITS FOR THE BUS WILL BE TAKEN BY MIKE MORANZ AT THIS SATURDAY'S
CLUB MEETING.
Deposits are $150 per person, made out to the "MHBA".
We have a 47-passenger bus, so we still have LOTS of room! The more
people, the less it will cost. All our brother beer clubs are welcome!
(Timberworts, CloudyTowner's, PHC-ers, and St.Paul Brew Clubbers, did I
miss anyone??)
Conference Registration is online now at the AOB website (listed below.)
Hotel Registration is by phone (see below).
Here's a tentative agenda for the
MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ROAD TRIP 2003 and
2003 AHA NATIONAL CONFERENCE (25th Annual)
http://www.chibeer.org/aha03/http://www.aob.org/AHA/HBC/HBC_register.html
-----------------------ACTIVITIES:------------------------------
WEDNESDAY:
Wed, June 18: ROAD TRIP!!!
- Bus leaves from Minneapolis! (6am)
- **First Corny Keg is tapped (6:01am)**
- ** Brewery Creek Brewpub,Mineral Point, WI
(10:30am)** LUNCH/BEER BREAK!!
- Leave Mineral Point (11:30am)
- **Arrive New Glarus (12:30pm)**
- Leave New Glarus (1:30pm) NAPTIME!!!!
- Arrive in Chicago (4pm)
Wed, June 18 - Preconference Pub Crawl (5:30pm)
* Led by Roger Descher, Rock Bottom Chicago,
Goose Island, Piece Brewpubs, The Map Room, etc.
THURDSAY:
Thu, June 19 - Kickoff Luncheon (12-1:30pm)
Thu, June 19 - Registration, (1:30-5pm)
Thu, June 19 - AHA Nationals Second-Round Judging (1:30-5pm)
(Contact: Steve McKenna, 630-305-0554,
mckennst(a)earthlink.net)
Thu, June 19 - Seminars: Evaluating Beer (7-11pm, specific
sessions TBD)
Thu, June 19 - Club Night (7-11pm, Beer, Food, Booths)
(Contact: aha2003(a)chibeer.org if we want a booth)
FRIDAY:
Fri, June 20 - Judges' Breakfast (8-9am)
Fri, June 20 - Alewives on Wheels (for spouses: Culture,
Eating, Shopping, Beer!) (10am-4pm)
Fri, June 20 - AHA Nationals Second-Round Judging (9a-Noon)
(Contact: Steve McKenna, 630-305-0554,
mckennst(a)earthlink.net)
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: Homebrew / Probrew (12-1:30pm)
Fri, June 20 - AHA Members Lunch and Feedback Session (1:30-5pm)
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: Biere Belge/Bier Belghe (1:30-5pm)
* A Wild Tasting
* The Art of Belgian Beer
* The Rarest of the Rare: Exploring Belgium's
most Exotic Styles
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: British Ales and German Lagers (1:30-5pm)
* Masters Class in Cellarmanship
* The Purity of German Lager
Fri, June 20 - Grand Banquet (Time: TBD)
SATURDAY:
Sat, June 21 - Hyper/Techno/Geek Sessions - Advanced Brew Talks
Sat, June 21 - Boot Camp for Brewers w/ Charlie Papazian (1-6pm)
TOPICS:
* Barley, Malting and the Importance of Kilning
* The Varieties and Uses of Hops
* Basic Extract and Adjunct Brewing Procedures
* Sanitation
* Recipe Formulation
* Yeast Types and Their Uses
* Fermentation Technique
* Bottling, Kegging and "Real" Homebrew
* Common Faults, Their Causes, and Prevention
* Beer Evaluation and Appreciation
Sat, June 21 - Real Beer, Real Food (Walk- Around sampling,
tasting event Time: TBD)
PLUS:
Hospitality Suites
50-gallons of Bourbon-barrel Imperial Stout
Commemorative Mead
SUNDAY:
Sun, June 22 - ROAD TRIP, PART DEUX
- Leave Chicago (9am)
- **Arrive at Great Dane, Madison, WI (11:30am)
LUNCH/BEER BREAK!**
- Leave Great Dane (1:30pm)
- Arrive Minneapolis (6:30pm)
-----------------------COSTS------------------------------------
CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION: $195 ($235 for non-AHA members) - FULL REGISTRATION
$135 ($160 for non-AHA members) - GUEST PACKAGE
Includes Thurs. Keynote Lunch and Thu-Sat
night events
BUS RIDE: $150 per person (Based on 24 people minimum)
DEPOSIT DUE BY FEB. 1 - CHECKS TO "MHBA"
HOTEL: $396 ($99/night per room - 4 nights total - $396)
NOTE: FOR 2 PEOPLE - IT'S STILL JUST $99!!
FIND A ROOMMATE!
Holiday Inn Chicago - O'Hare International
http://www.chi-ohare.holiday-inn.com
5440 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL
A BLOCK OF 10 ROOMS TOGETHER HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR
BUS RIDERS - call 1-800-HOLIDAY; ask for hotel
code "CHIOK" and refer to the group code "MIN".
-----
$741 TOTAL (Approx) - plus food and beer
($543 if you share a room)
ATTENDEES: 21 so far... still plenty o' room!
Boyce, Al
Donnelly, Marc
Crist, Jonathan
Ellingson, Jim
Fletty, Joni
Fletty, Steve
Glewwe, Mark
Glewwe, ??
Gunderson, Karl
Hadden, Chris
Johnsen, Paul
Johnsen, ??
Kremser, Betsy
Laroque, Jim
Longballa, John
Moranz, Mike
Moranz, Sue
Piatz, Steve
Sines, Janis
Williams, Beth
Wolgram, Ron
---------------------------------------------------------------
Minnesota Coaches Inc 651-437-9648 Anne Scott
47 passengers
$2900.00 Rental and Driver
$ 396.00 Driver's overnight
$ 300.00 Tip
$ 150.00 damage deposit if beer is on the bus
--------
$ 3696.00
Initial cost estimate: $ 3696.00 (incl driver, driver's lodging, tip)
with 24 people: about $154 per person
30 people - $124
40 people - $ 93
47 people - $ 79
---------------------------------------------------------------
The AHA just announced the specifics for entering the AHA National Homebrew
Competition. All entries are due between April 9 and April 18, 2003.
All homebrewers are invited to enter!
Entries for Beer and mead for the Midwest region go to:
Bacchus and Barleycorn
6633 Nieman Road
Shawnee, KS 66203
Entries for CIDER ONLY go to:
Party Creations
345 Rokeby Road
Red Hook, NY 12571
DO NOT SEND BEER OR MEAD ENTRIES TO RED HOOK!
I believe Jonathan Crist is organizing a packaging party to send entries so
that we can send them en masse as a club. More info will be coming from
Jonathan on that.
JUDGING for the Midwest Region is May 2-3 - Same date as the Upper
Mississippi Mash-Out :-(
It will be held in Basehor, Kansas - see the website for more info.
JUDGING for the Great Lakes Region is the week before - April 25-27.
It will be held in Chicago.
See http://www.aob.org/AHA/NHC/index.htm for more details.
Dr. Mopolo Davies
Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation
Lagos, Nigeria.
Dear Sir,
President/CEO
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL;
I am Dr. Mopolo Davies, a top management staff in the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I
head a seven-mantender's board in charge of Contract
Awards and Payments Approvals.
I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction
that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a
foreign account. There were series of contracts
executed by a consortium Multinationals in the oil
industry in favor of NNPC among which were: The
Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and
Accessories to the Warri, Port arcourt and Kaduna
Refineries. Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to
the victims of the Niger/ Delta crisis .The construction
of Schools, Hospitals and Housing Units in the
Niger/Delta Region.
The original value of these contracts were deliberately
over invoiced in the sum of USD FOURTY ONE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (41.5M) which has now been approved
and is now ready to be transferred being that the Companies
that actually executed these contracts have been paid
and the projects officially commissioned. Consequently,
my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount to your account for subsequent disbursement,
since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or
operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous.In return, we have agreed to offer
you % of the transferred sum, while 10% shall be set
aside for incidental expenses (internal and external)
between the parties in the course of the transaction.
You will be mandated to remit the balance 70%to other
accounts in due course.
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions. Our conviction of
your transparent honesty and diligence. That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you! Will follow our instructions
to the letter. Provide the account required, and
competent to assist us on profitable investment areas in
your Country in an advisory capacity. Furthermore,
Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of
the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria
for the immediate transfer of the funds within 10 working
days subject to your satisfaction of the above stated
terms.
Our assurance is that your role is risk free. To accord
this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual
security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will
be officially and legally processed with your name of any
Company you may nominate as the Bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 26 years in the service of my country, I am averse
to having my image and career dented. This matter should
therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to
enable us included! This transfer in the first batch of
this second financial quarter payment.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my
fax number 234-1-7594686 only.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Mopolo Davies
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Susan,
We'll get this right yet! Try this:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phc-club/files/YeastXRef.pdf>
You'll need Acrobat Reader.
At 2:29 PM -0800 1/29/03, Susan Ruud wrote:
>Hi Mike, Does this read right on your machine then? On my computer it is
>all ran together - again, decipherable but not neat.
>
>Thanks,
>Susan
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Valentiner" <mpv(a)yuck.net>
>To: <mba(a)thebarn.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:10 PM
>Subject: Re: Yeast XRef Chart
>
>
>:
>: So, it works for some, not for others. I've posted it to the PHC Yahoo
>group. Try: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phc-club/files/YeastXRef.html>.
>: --
>: --
>: Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
>: mpv(a)yuck.net
>:
>:
>:
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Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
mpv(a)yuck.net
has anyone tried side by side recipes, or at least repeated the same recipe,
and compared Wyeast to White Labs?
Recently I started brewing recipes with White Labs yeast that I've repeated
several times before with Wyeast and I've noticed differences in how quickly
(or slowly) they ferment but I don't know if it is just my luck, system or
recipes.
1) starter solutions seem to take longer to step up. I like to step the
starter up a few times, pouring off the "beer", to gather lots of yeast.
With the same basic sterile wort solution and fresh yeast the White Labs
seems to take long to complete the cycle and drop out. Some varieties
(pilsner) don't drop well at all.
2) the initial fermentation (both starters and real recipes) seem to start
faster with White Labs which is a good thing. I often see good activity in
less than 6 hours.
3) fermentations seem to take much longer to complete As I repeat recipes
that I have made several times before with Wyeast I can see a significant
difference (days) in time to complete fermentation with the White Labs.
Aeration, yeast nutrient, recipe, starting gravity, temperature - all as
close to the same as I can control.
As I think back to the first few recipes I tried with White Labs I do
remember having to be very patient while waiting for the fermentation to
complete, but I didn't have anything with which to compare. Somewhat like
watching a kettle boil.
If anyone else has experience with switch between yeast brands on a recipe,
or other suggestions I'd appreciate the response. The faster start and the
slower finish is what really has be confused.
Since this is working out to be such a great basis for an experiment I think
I will try the next step. One of my next brews I will try a side by side
comparison. I will make starter solutions from each brand and split a batch
to really compare differences (including taste) from what should be the
same.
Thanks
Jonathan
Here's the latest update on the National Homebrew Conference in Chicago
(AKA "The MhBA Road Trip!")...
TRANSPORTATION:
I have confirmed our transportation - Minnesota Coaches Inc came in with
the lowest bid. It is a 47-passenger coach, so we still have plenty of
room! Deposits are due this Saturday in the amount of $150, made out to
the "MHBA". If we get at least $24 people, this should pretty close to
cover it. If we get more, we will refund the difference at the end of the
trip. If any of our friends from other homebrew clubs are reading this
(Leo, Susan, Cotton??) , could you
please forward this invitation on to your members? You can send your
deposits , made out as above, to me:
Al Boyce
3208 Edgewood Ave So
St.Louis Park, MN 55426
HOTEL - OUR BLOCK OF ROOMS:
We have reserved 10 rooms in a block (close to each other) at the Holiday
Inn-Chicago O'Hare in the name of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association.
To reserve one of these rooms, call 1-800-HOLIDAY; ask for hotel code
"CHIOK" and refer to the group code "MIN". It is $99 double occupancy - so
that means if you split the room with another person, it will only be
$49.50 per person.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Still no news on the cost of registration for the conference. Keep your
eye on the website listed below for details on that. Recollection was that
the previous year was $185.
AGENDA:
MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ROAD TRIP 2003 and
2003 AHA NATIONAL CONFERENCE (25th Annual)
http://www.chibeer.org/aha03/
ACTIVITIES:
WEDNESDAY:
Wed, June 18: ROAD TRIP!!!
- Bus leaves from Minneapolis! (6am)
- **First Corny Keg is tapped (6:01am)**
- ** Brewery Creek Brewpub,Mineral Point, WI
(10:30am)** LUNCH/BEER BREAK!!
- Leave Mineral Point (11:30am)
- **Arrive New Glarus (12:30pm)**
- Leave New Glarus (1:30pm) NAPTIME!!!!
- Arrive in Chicago (4pm)
Wed, June 18 - Preconference Pub Crawl (5:30pm)
* Led by Roger Descher, Rock Bottom Chicago, Goose Island,
Piece Brewpubs, The Map Room, etc.
THURDSAY:
Thu, June 19 - Kickoff Luncheon (12-1:30pm)
Thu, June 19 - Registration, (1:30-5pm)
Thu, June 19 - AHA Nationals Second-Round Judging (1:30-5pm)
(Contact: Steve McKenna, 630-305-0554,
mckennst(a)earthlink.net)
Thu, June 19 - Seminars: Evaluating Beer (7-11pm, specific sessions TBD)
Thu, June 19 - Club Night (7-11pm, Beer, Food, Booths)
(Contact: aha2003(a)chibeer.org if we want a booth)
FRIDAY:
Fri, June 20 - Judges' Breakfast (8-9am)
Fri, June 20 - Alewives on Wheels (for spouses: Culture, Eating,
Shopping, Beer!) (10am-4pm)
Fri, June 20 - AHA Nationals Second-Round Judging (9a-Noon)
(Contact: Steve McKenna, 630-305-0554,
mckennst(a)earthlink.net)
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: Homebrew / Probrew (12-1:30pm)
Fri, June 20 - AHA Members Lunch and Feedback Session (1:30-5pm)
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: Biere Belge/Bier Belghe (1:30-5pm)
* A Wild Tasting
* The Art of Belgian Beer
* The Rarest of the Rare: Exploring Belgium's most Exotic
Styles
Fri, June 20 - Seminars: British Ales and German Lagers (1:30-5pm)
* Masters Class in Cellarmanship
* The Purity of German Lager
Fri, June 20 - Grand Banquet (Time: TBD)
SATURDAY:
Sat, June 21 - Hyper/Techno/Geek Sessions - Advanced Brew Talks
Sat, June 21 - Boot Camp for Brewers w/ Charlie Papazian (1-6pm)
TOPICS:
* Barley, Malting and the Importance of Kilning
* The Varieties and Uses of Hops
* Basic Extract and Adjunct Brewing Procedures
* Sanitation
* Recipe Formulation
* Yeast Types and Their Uses
* Fermentation Technique
* Bottling, Kegging and "Real" Homebrew
* Common Faults, Their Causes, and Prevention
* Beer Evaluation and Appreciation
Sat, June 21 - Real Beer, Real Food (Walk- Around sampling, tasting
event)
(Time: TBD)
PLUS:
Hospitality Suites
50-gallons of Bourbon-barrel Imperial Stout
Commemorative Mead
SUNDAY:
Sun, June 22 - ROAD TRIP, PART DEUX
- Leave Chicago (9am)
- **Arrive at Great Dane, Madison, WI (11:30am)
LUNCH/BEER BREAK!**
- Leave Great Dane (1:30pm)
- Arrive Minneapolis (6:30pm)
ROSTER THUS FAR - let me know if this has changed....
Al Boyce
Beth Williams
Steve Piatz
Janis Sines
Chris Hadden
Jonathan Crist (and?)
Steve Fletty
Joni Fletty
Betsy Kremser
Jim Ellingson
Ron Wolgram
Jim Laroque
Marc Donnelly
John Longballa
Dawn Longballa
Leo Vitt
Karl Gunderson
Mike Moranz
Sue Moranz
Paul Johnsen
?? Johnsen
Mark Glewwe
?? Glewwe
----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 01/29/2003 10:03 AM -----
"Steve Hamburg"
<shamburg@shambu To:
rg.com> cc:
Subject: National Homebrew Conference 2003 Update
01/29/2003 09:13
AM
American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Conference Holiday Inn
Chicago-O'Hare International,
Thanks for your patience, everybody. We've now kicked this thing into high
gear.
Here's the latest news:
Block Programming Focuses Interest
This year, we're arranging the speakers' presentations into blocks dealing
with specific topics of interest. There are half-day units on Belgian
brewing, beer evaluation, German & English beers, and several others
including the Boot Camp (see below) and a Hyper-Techno-Ultra-Geek session.
Most times there are two different blocks going so you'll have a choice,
and you can go back and forth as you please. Go to
http://www.chibeer.org/aha03/schedule.html and check out the whole
schedule.
Charlie Papazian to Host Boot Camp for Brewers
This intensive training for the new or not-so-new brewer will take place on
the morning of Saturday, June 21. Sessions will be conducted by a number
of well-known brewing authors and authorities, hosted by America's favorite
homebrewer, Charlie Papazian. Stir that pot, maggots!
BC4B will be a four-hour intensive training session that will take you from
grain to glass with a series of short, but intensive sessions covering all
aspects of brewing, including demonstrations of extract and all-grain
brewing.
Here's a preliminary list of topics:
* Barley, malting, and the importance of kilning
* The varieties and uses of hops
* Basic extract + adjunct brewing procedure
* Sanitation
* Recipe formulation
* Yeast types and their use
* Fermentation technique
* Bottling, kegging and "real" homebrew
* Common faults, their causes, and prevention
* Beer evaluation and appreciation
Sessions will be conducted by a number of well-known brewing authors and
authorities. Charlie sez "Hop, two, three, four. Hop, two, three, four!
About the host:
Charlie Papazian is the founder of the AHA as well as the Institute for
Brewing Studies and The Association of Brewers. Charlie is also the author
of a number of homebrewing books, including the very popular The New
Complete Joy of Homebrewing. His wit and wisdom have contributed immensely
to the creation and appreciation of quality beer in this country and around
the world. His enthusiasm, humor, and knowledge should help make this
introductory course one of the best ever offered.
Prizes Offered for Club Night
Get all your pals together and show some team spirit at Thursday night's
Club Fest, a celebratory potluck of beer and food. Prizes will be offered
for the best booth, for the club with the best beer & food pairing, and for
the club that brings the most beer with them to the conference (competition
beers count triple), sponsored by the Chicago Beer Society. There is no
cost for a table for your club, except for an item or two to be donated for
the raffle. Contact Joe Formanek at jformanek(a)griffithlabs.com.
Hospitality Room already filled up!
Nearly 6 months prior to the conference, all slots for clubs to host the
Hospitality Room have already been taken. The best we can do is put your
club on a waiting list. Again, contact jformanek(a)griffithlabs.com.
AleWives on Wheels Offers Fun for the Non-Brewing Significant Other
Nothing to do but mope around by the pool? Not at our conference. This
escapade will whisk non-brewers away for a little lunch, a little shopping,
maybe a little culture during the middle of the day on Friday. Itinerary
will be based on interest and number of attendees. Send inquiries to
aha2003(a)chibeer.org.
Online Registration is Coming
The Association of Brewers' web site has been undergoing a recent
revamping, plus the organization has switched their Internet services
company. The latter has resulted in some temporary instability that has
slightly delayed our implementation of online registration for the
conference. When all technical problems have been corrected and a more
stable environment is restored, online registration will be available. We
will notify you via this mailing list as soon as online registration is
available. Thanks for your patience.
Stay tuned to future developments at our usual web location:
http://www.chibeer.org/aha03
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Hey All,
Welcome new email clubbers..
Nice work on the White Winter last Thursday! We went through a barrel of beer in just 1 hour (that is 2 kegs). You realize that you are responsible for the snow we are getting........
This Thursday 1/30 5-6pm, we will release the last keg of the 2002 Bourbon Barrel Aged Jester's Reserve Imperial Porter. Just $3 from 5-6 (normal price is $4.25). Hope to see you
Cheers,
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(Town Hall Brewery 1430 Washington Ave. S.)