When the club web pages were transferred from my web site to the mnbrewers.com server, the MN Brewfest Recipes were lost in the hand off. A bunch of us have been bemoaning the loss ever since. After recently digging around in an old mail archive, I unearthed the original messages. Unfortunately, the HTML formatted versions I made are gone, but we have the recipes and I'm forwarding them to the list.
Perhaps, someone can organize them and format them and we can post them again on the club web site. If anyone starts this, broadcast to the rest of the list, so we don't have any duplicate effort. It'll also take some work figuring out what year each recipe came from, since it is not always clear in the message.
<geek> Maybe there is an XML grammer for homebrew recipes we can use to mark up the recipes. We can then use CSS for the display on the web site.</geek>
Enjoy.
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We brew slower... but we have more fun !!!
Rick Oftel wrote ----------------------------------------
>Hey folks, If you don't have enough on your plate for this week-end,
>here is some more stuff. Yep, that's right - more stuff.
>
>This Sunday, the St. Paul Homebrewers are brewing an obnoxiously large
>batch of Oatmeal stout. Why do I call it obnoxious? Well, you'll just
>have to go there and see for your self. They have this really large
>brew kettle that they fill almost to the brim. Personally I think it is
>a homebrewery on steroids but if I only had a larger kettle............
>So here is the rest of their announcement.
>
>Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!
>
>The St. Paul Homebrewers are doing a Big Brew session. The fun starts
>at 8:30 AM sharp and we should be done around 4. (NOTE: they brew much
>slower in St. Paul!) We're brewing an Oatmeal Stout, so bringing
>commercial examples of that style can have it's advantages. Also the
>San Fran / Tampa Bay game is on
>at 1.
>
>Other good things to bring for those that are showing up, stopping by or
>dropping in are:
> * homebrew (commercial beers are also fine)
> * snacks
> * a chair (Scott has some, but if it's busy...)
> * whatever else you can think of
>
>Directions to Scott's are as follows:
>1335 Bradley St.
>St. Paul MN
>
>No matter where you're coming from, this is the easiest way to get
>there.
>Take 94 to 35E North. Take the Maryland Avenue exit and go East
>(right).
>Go about 5 blocks to Burr (just at the base of a hill you'll be
>approaching). Go North (left). Go two block to Ivy and go East
>(right).
>Go one block to Bradley and go North (left). We're the second house on
>the
>left (a big barn-shaped house with a fence). The garage is around back.
>It's actually in the middle of the block between Burr and Bradley on Ivy
>to
>your left.
>
>
>
Has anyone found a decent "beer related" calendar that includes date
boxes with space for notes? Our homebrew stores don't stock them. I
received a really nice version from Whitelabs but need some space to jot
down notes.
Hi,
Due to the fact that 2/3 of the brewpub rotation no
longer exist (Sherlock's and Water Tower "Brewing"),
the next WestSide meeting will begin at WindRiver.
However, some homebrewer(s) have offered to
potentially allow for a short visit to their brewery.
So, the plan is to meet @ WindRiver and if things work
out we will go on a field trip. If such is the case, I
can leave directions at the store for any stragglers.
You can find a map to WindRiver at http://www.windriverbrew.com/image/map.gif
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Hey folks, If you don't have enough on your plate for this week-end,
here is some more stuff. Yep, that's right - more stuff.
This Sunday, the St. Paul Homebrewers are brewing an obnoxiously large
batch of Oatmeal stout. Why do I call it obnoxious? Well, you'll just
have to go there and see for your self. They have this really large
brew kettle that they fill almost to the brim. Personally I think it is
a homebrewery on steroids but if I only had a larger kettle............
So here is the rest of their announcement.
Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!
The St. Paul Homebrewers are doing a Big Brew session. The fun starts
at 8:30 AM sharp and we should be done around 4. (NOTE: they brew much
slower in St. Paul!) We're brewing an Oatmeal Stout, so bringing
commercial examples of that style can have it's advantages. Also the
San Fran / Tampa Bay game is on
at 1.
Other good things to bring for those that are showing up, stopping by or
dropping in are:
* homebrew (commercial beers are also fine)
* snacks
* a chair (Scott has some, but if it's busy...)
* whatever else you can think of
Directions to Scott's are as follows:
1335 Bradley St.
St. Paul MN
No matter where you're coming from, this is the easiest way to get
there.
Take 94 to 35E North. Take the Maryland Avenue exit and go East
(right).
Go about 5 blocks to Burr (just at the base of a hill you'll be
approaching). Go North (left). Go two block to Ivy and go East
(right).
Go one block to Bradley and go North (left). We're the second house on
the
left (a big barn-shaped house with a fence). The garage is around back.
It's actually in the middle of the block between Burr and Bradley on Ivy
to
your left.
Greetings!
The 1st competition towards 2003 High Plains Brewer of the Year is the KCBM
competition. Entries for the competition must be received between 01/15/03 -
02/08/03.
We will be hosting the MHBA packaging for this event at the January 11th
monthly meeting at Summit Brewing. We will help pack and ship the entries.
Here is what you need to bring:
* 3 bottles of each beer/cider/mead you wish to enter. The usual
requirements - 10-16 oz. brown or green crown capped bottles. Bottles must
be free of labels or other identifying marks and the bottlecaps plain or
blacked-out.
* A copy of the official bottle label (or reasonable facsimile)
wrapped around each bottle and held in place by a rubber band. No tape or
glue allowed.
* A completed recipe/entry form for each entry.
* $6 per each entry ($5 each for 7 or more entries from the same
brewer). Please make the checks payable to: Kansas City Bier Meisters.
You bring the entries, forms and fees and we'll help with the rest.
More information about the event can be found at:
http://www.kcbiermeisters.org/2003Competition/2003CompMailer.pdf
An online recipe/entry form can be found at:
http://www.kcbiermeisters.org/2003Competition/entry.pdf
See you at the January 11th meeting!
Jonathan
from the associated press today:
(Jan 9) -- As little as half an alcoholic drink a day can reduce the risk of
heart attacks, whether the beverage of choice is beer, red wine, white wine
or liquor, new research shows.
Scientists have known that drinking can prevent heart attacks, but the study
suggests that how often you imbibe is a lot more important than what or how
much.
Whether you drink with your meal or at some other time also appears
irrelevant.
``It was a surprise that - almost regardless of other factors associated with
drinking - frequency of use seemed to be what reduced the subsequent risk of
a heart attack,'' said Dr. Kenneth Mukamal of Harvard University Medical
School, who led the study.
Those who drank at least three days a week had about one-third fewer heart
attacks than did nondrinkers. And it made almost no difference whether the
drinking consisted of half a drink or four. Those who imbibed only once or
twice a week had only a 16 percent lower risk of a heart attack.
Some studies have indicated that alcohol raises the level of ``good''
cholesterol and also thins the blood, warding off the clots that cause heart
attacks. But alcohol breaks down fairly rapidly in the body and its effects
on red blood cells are short-lived, according to Mukamal.
Mukamal speculated that regular, moderate drinking is beneficial because it
helps keep the blood thinned.
``We think it may be much like people who take aspirin every day or every
other day. A little bit of alcohol on a regular basis helps keep the
platelets from becoming sticky and prevents heart attacks,'' he said.
He noted that other studies have found that people with a gene that keeps
alcohol longer in their system seem to benefit the most from moderate
drinking. ``That helps reinforce the notion that maintaining a low level of
exposure is the way to go,'' he said.
The study was published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
Mukamal and other doctors emphasized that the study applies only to moderate
drinkers. The dangers of heavy drinking are well-established and include
alcoholism, drunken driving, and damage to the liver and brain. Studies have
also found that women who have two or more drinks a day are 41 percent more
likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not drink.
``I don't think any doctor would advise a patient to start drinking to
prevent heart disease,'' said Dr. Gary Francis, director of the coronary
intensive care unit at the Cleveland Clinic.
``We all, both the media and physicians who see patients, need to be careful
that this isn't construed as a license to drink heavily. Certainly we don't
want to exchange one public health problem for another.''
Mukamal and every other doctor interviewed for comment emphasized that people
should talk to their physicians about drinking.
Doctors have long believed that red wine explains the so-called French
Paradox - the fact that the French have fewer heart attacks than Americans
even though their food is richer. But the new study adds to the evidence that
it is the alcohol itself, and not something found only in red wine, such as
red pigment, that is good for the heart.
Mukamal analyzed data from Harvard's long-term Health Professionals Follow-Up
Study, which involved 51,529 male health professionals - doctors, osteopaths,
dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and veterinarians. He looked at 38,077 of
them, eliminating people who had stopped drinking within the previous 10
years and those with histories of cancer and diseases of the heart or blood
vessels. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Lynn Smaha, a cardiologist in Sayre, Pa., and a past president of the
American Heart Association, said the study leaves some important questions
unanswered. Among them: whether it would apply to a wider group than health
professionals, who may take better care of themselves than the average
drinker.
Smaha also noted that the overall rate of heart attacks - 1,418 cases out of
38,000 people - was very low, for reasons that were not clear.
Cloudy Town Homebrewers are again sponsoring their March Mashness competition. If you are interested in helping them to judge, contact Darin Dorholt at itsusfolks(a)aol.com. It's a fun time, and a great competition! Let's give them a hand - especially all you BJCP students! It will be GREAT practice for the exam!
- Al
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From: Itsusfolks(a)aol.com
To: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:26 PM
Subject: Judging for March Mashness
Al,
The dates for the first round judging will be March 15 and 16th in St. Cloud. Probably the Ramada again, but not sure of the exact location. Who would you recommend I contact about judging? Eric has always done this, I am not exactly sure what to do. Is there a way we can contact a bunch of people from a club? I have the sheet from the BJCP, but I was hoping I could find a quicker way to contact. Sorry it took me so long to get this back to you, it has been a wild ride to finish out 2002 and start 2003.
Darin