mba August 2003

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by gdhipple

This is awesome! Congratulations to all the winners and kudos to those that organized the event. Maybe even some of my crap could get a State Fair ribbon (just dreaming...) >2003 Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Contest >WINNER'S REPORT > >BEST OF SHOW - Unnamed Tripel, Steve Piatz > >Porters and Stouts >1 - Como Crude, Curt and Kathy Stock >2 - Subliminal Stout, Matthew Fennacy >3 - Style Stout III, Michael Rose > >Light Ales and Wheat Beers >1 - Heavenly Hefe, Curt and Kathy Stock >2 - Weizenheimer, Al Boyce >3 - Decoction Experiment Alt, Christopher Mikkelson > >Belgian and French Ales >1 - Frozen Tundra Wit, Steve Fletty >2 - Saison #1, Sean Hewitt >3 - Unnamed Black Currant Lambic, Steve Piatz > >Pale Ales >1 - One More And I Gotta Get Going, Curt and Kathy Stock >2 - NITRo, Al Boyce >3 - In The Hopper, Gary Westman > >Mead >1 - Banana Strawberry Mead, Ryan Teegarden >2 - Orange Blossom Special 2, Al Boyce >3 - Raspberry Ginger Ambrosia, Christopher Hadden > >Strong Belgian Ales >1 - Unnamed Tripel, Steve Piatz >2 - Alsmodeus Golden Ale 2, Al Boyce >3 - Thunder Dubbel, Thomas Eibner > >Light Lagers >1 - Grandmas Stash, Curt and Kathy Stock >2 - Grandpas Stash, Steve Fletty >3 - Baseball CAP, Al Boyce > >English and Scottish Ales >1 - Unnamed Export 80, Jonathan Crist >2 - Stage Mothers English Ale, David Mickelson >3 - Kilty McFlettys Export 80, Steve Fletty > >Strong Ales >1 - Unnamed Barleywine, Steve Piatz >2 - Super Strong Old Ale, Jason Kalenborn >3 - Shedevil Double D Imperial Stout, Curt and Kathy Stock > >Eclectic Beers >1 - Small Potatoes Ale, Al Boyce >2 - Rasberry Fun, Jason Kalenborn >3 - Boiler Makers Mark, Curt and Kathy Stock > >Dark European Lagers >1 - Defacator Dopplebock, Mike Ward, Mike Dawson >2 - Liberator Lager, Bob and Judy Stanislaw >3 - In Between the Bocks, Curt and Kathy Stock > >Cider >1 - Dickens Cider, Al Boyce >2 - Tart Cherry Cider, Mark Glewwe >3 - Bad Batch Cider, Mitch Vars > > >Total Entries: 85 >Porters and Stouts - 11 Entries >Light Ales and Wheat Beers - 12 Entries >Belgian and French Ales - 6 Entries >Pale Ales - 7 Entries >Mead - 4 Entries >Strong Belgian Ales - 3 Entries >Light Lagers - 5 Entries >English and Scottish Ales - 9 Entries >Strong Ales - 9 Entries >Eclectic Beers - 9 Entries >Dark European Lagers - 5 Entries >Cider - 5 Entries > >Results and recipes are online at: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair > >

22 years, 3 months

Re: REMINDER: NEXT CONTEST in the High Plains Brewer of the YEAR is River City Roundup - ship date will be 8/26/2003

by allan.boyce＠usbank.com

Hmm... the embedded file did not make it through. Here's the 10 brewers from the MHBA in the running for High Plains Brewer of the Year... Place Name Points 6 Steve Piatz 25 10 Al Boyce 19 12 Bob Cromer 14 29 Ronald Lockhart 6 35 John Kennedy 5 35 Mike Moranz 5 35 Kris England 5 58 Alfred Krug 3 76 Rick Oftel 2 82 Jason Kalenborn 1 ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 08/25/2003 01:08 PM ----- allan.boyce@usba nk.com To: mba(a)thebarn.com Sent by: cc: mba-bounce@theba Subject: Re: REMINDER: NEXT CONTEST in the High Plains Brewer of the YEAR is River City rn.com Roundup - ship date will be 8/26/2003 08/25/2003 10:15 AM With 2 contests left to go, The Minnesota Home Brewers Association has 10 brewers in the running for the High Plains Brewer of the Year trophy. Let's enter some beers, boys! We have River City Roundup, then Hoppy Halloween left to wrest the trophy from Curt Stock and Susan Ruud, in first and second place, respectively.... - Al (Embedded image moved to file: pic14962.pcx) "Crist, Jonathan" To: "'mba(a)thebarn.com'" <mba(a)thebarn.com> <cristj(a)bsci.com cc: > Subject: REMINDER: NEXT CONTEST in the High Plains Brewer of the YEAR is River City Sent by: Roundup - ship date will be 8/26/2003 mba-bounce@theba rn.com 08/22/2003 12:04 PM REMINDER: Entries for the next High Plainers Brewer of the year contest (River City Roundup) must be received between 8/25/2003 and 9/6/2003. I would like to ship club entries by Tuesday August 26th to ensure they don't sit in a truck over a weekend. If entries are not available until later in the week I could make the ship date Tuesday September 2nd, but that pushes delivery close to the deadline. Entry details: 1) 2 bottles per entry. 2) $5 per entry for 1-3 entries, $4 per entry over 4. 3) No labels, markings or bottle decorations other than OFFICIAL ENTRY LABEL or entry will be refused. Rules, entry form and bottle labels are available on their website: http://www.rivercityroundup.org/dcf/beer/welcome.html PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE BOTTLES TO SHIP SO WE CAN ARRANGE DROPOFF OR PICKUP -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/octet-stream -- File: pic14962.pcx

22 years, 3 months

Fall BJCP Class Update

by allan.boyce＠usbank.com

----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 08/25/2003 11:35 AM ----- "Kris England" <englandkris@hot To: sphbc(a)sphbc.org, mnbrewers(a)yahoo.com, thebarn(a)mba.com mail.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: [SPHBC Public] Fall BJCP Class Update Sphbc-bounces@sp hbc.org 08/25/2003 08:49 AM Please respond to "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" Its seems from the lack of response that people are confused about the class. The cost for the class, $30 if you have taken the test before and $50 if this is your first time, goes directly to pay for your test in December. None of this money goes to the club it all goes towards your test. I have only 5 or 6 people signed up for sure right now. In short, the class is on Tuesday evenings (6pm) and starts September 2nd and goes 13 weeks with the test on December 6th. I have attached a copy of the tentative schedule. Let me know if there are any questions, Kris Best Regards, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Kristen England PhD Candidate Univ of Minnesota Department of Pharmacology Medical School 6-120 Jackson Hall 321 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 (See attached file: Schedule.pdf) _______________________________________________ Sphbc mailing list Sphbc(a)sphbc.org http://truthbrew.com/mailman/listinfo/sphbc_sphbc.org -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/pdf -- File: Schedule.pdf

22 years, 3 months

Re: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

by Rick Oftel

Congratulations to all of the folks that participated, entered, judged, and commented and special congratulations to Jim LaRocque for putting this event on the map. I had initially hoped to help with this event but my time consuming family reunion has taken top priority for afternoons and week-ends. Here is a pitch for a future club event - counterflow filling. The whys (obvious if you want metals and can't enter kegs), the whens (when do you bottle vs enter in contest), and the hows (what style of goodies, technique, pressure, hose length, cleaning, temp, etc). Thanks again and congratulations. Rick Oftel MHBA

22 years, 3 months

RE: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

by Curt Stock

May want to check with the River City Roundup people. I think they have a label contest. See if they have any insight guidelines. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Piatz [mailto:piatz@cray.com] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:54 AM To: mba(a)thebarn.com Subject: Re: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib! A good job by the organizers. An interesting addition to a competition like this might be a label competition. Since in the BJCP portion of beer judging we want anonymous bottles the labels could be submitted as a separate thing (like the Brew Your Own label competition). We could even do larger than bottle sized so the labels are visible in the display case. We would have to come up with a few guidelines on how to judge labels, even more subjective than beer judging. mark(a)glewwe-castle.com writes: > > Congratulations to all! I am hoping it will become an annual event. > Need to work on the display of the beers inside the building. Kind of > dull. Take a look at the display for wines in the Ag-Hort building. > Awards, Labels, names, etc. improve the attention grabing aspect. > Maybe pour some of the beer into a clear glass for viewing (them brown > long-neck bottles are kind of dull). Also, if it is MN only - maybe > alter the rules slightly to add points for esthetics - labels, > bottles, etc. - maybe some of the characteristic of the Christmas > "competitition". > > Cheers, > Mark > > > The Minnesota Home Brewer's Association's participation in the > Minnesota > State Fair Homebrew competition got front page write up > (with photos!) in > this Sunday's Metro/State section! It's also > online at: > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/611/4058573.html > > > > The Fair has asked us if we want to make it an annual event! > > > > > -- Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com Cray Inc. 651-605-9049 1340 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120

22 years, 3 months

Re: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

by Steve Piatz

A good job by the organizers. An interesting addition to a competition like this might be a label competition. Since in the BJCP portion of beer judging we want anonymous bottles the labels could be submitted as a separate thing (like the Brew Your Own label competition). We could even do larger than bottle sized so the labels are visible in the display case. We would have to come up with a few guidelines on how to judge labels, even more subjective than beer judging. mark(a)glewwe-castle.com writes: > > Congratulations to all! I am hoping it will become an annual event. > Need to work on the display of the beers inside the building. Kind of dull. > Take a look at the display for wines in the Ag-Hort building. Awards, Labels, names, etc. improve the attention grabing aspect. Maybe pour some of the beer into a clear glass for viewing (them brown long-neck bottles are kind of dull). Also, if it is MN only - maybe alter the rules slightly to add points for esthetics - labels, bottles, etc. - maybe some of the characteristic of the Christmas "competitition". > > Cheers, > Mark > > > The Minnesota Home Brewer's Association's participation in the Minnesota > > State Fair Homebrew competition got front page write up (with photos!) in > > this Sunday's Metro/State section! It's also online at: > > > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/611/4058573.html > > > > The Fair has asked us if we want to make it an annual event! > > > > > -- Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com Cray Inc. 651-605-9049 1340 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120

22 years, 3 months

Re: REMINDER: NEXT CONTEST in the High Plains Brewer of the YEAR is River City Roundup - ship date will be 8/26/2003

by allan.boyce＠usbank.com

With 2 contests left to go, The Minnesota Home Brewers Association has 10 brewers in the running for the High Plains Brewer of the Year trophy. Let's enter some beers, boys! We have River City Roundup, then Hoppy Halloween left to wrest the trophy from Curt Stock and Susan Ruud, in first and second place, respectively.... - Al (Embedded image moved to file: pic14962.pcx) "Crist, Jonathan" To: "'mba(a)thebarn.com'" <mba(a)thebarn.com> <cristj(a)bsci.com cc: > Subject: REMINDER: NEXT CONTEST in the High Plains Brewer of the YEAR is River City Sent by: Roundup - ship date will be 8/26/2003 mba-bounce@theba rn.com 08/22/2003 12:04 PM REMINDER: Entries for the next High Plainers Brewer of the year contest (River City Roundup) must be received between 8/25/2003 and 9/6/2003. I would like to ship club entries by Tuesday August 26th to ensure they don't sit in a truck over a weekend. If entries are not available until later in the week I could make the ship date Tuesday September 2nd, but that pushes delivery close to the deadline. Entry details: 1) 2 bottles per entry. 2) $5 per entry for 1-3 entries, $4 per entry over 4. 3) No labels, markings or bottle decorations other than OFFICIAL ENTRY LABEL or entry will be refused. Rules, entry form and bottle labels are available on their website: http://www.rivercityroundup.org/dcf/beer/welcome.html PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE BOTTLES TO SHIP SO WE CAN ARRANGE DROPOFF OR PICKUP -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/octet-stream -- File: pic14962.pcx

22 years, 3 months

RE: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

by Crist, Jonathan

that was pretty close to the same comments my wife had Sunday looking at the display. - she was underwhelmed by the display: The bottles weren't labeled. There were no ribbons No signage to speak of at all. Just bottles with a few category signs. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Piatz [mailto:piatz@cray.com] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:54 AM To: mba(a)thebarn.com Subject: Re: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib! A good job by the organizers. An interesting addition to a competition like this might be a label competition. Since in the BJCP portion of beer judging we want anonymous bottles the labels could be submitted as a separate thing (like the Brew Your Own label competition). We could even do larger than bottle sized so the labels are visible in the display case. We would have to come up with a few guidelines on how to judge labels, even more subjective than beer judging. mark(a)glewwe-castle.com writes: > > Congratulations to all! I am hoping it will become an annual event. > Need to work on the display of the beers inside the building. Kind of dull. > Take a look at the display for wines in the Ag-Hort building. Awards, Labels, names, etc. improve the attention grabing aspect. Maybe pour some of the beer into a clear glass for viewing (them brown long-neck bottles are kind of dull). Also, if it is MN only - maybe alter the rules slightly to add points for esthetics - labels, bottles, etc. - maybe some of the characteristic of the Christmas "competitition". > > Cheers, > Mark > > > The Minnesota Home Brewer's Association's participation in the Minnesota > > State Fair Homebrew competition got front page write up (with photos!) in > > this Sunday's Metro/State section! It's also online at: > > > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/611/4058573.html > > > > The Fair has asked us if we want to make it an annual event! > > > > > -- Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com Cray Inc. 651-605-9049 1340 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120

22 years, 3 months

Curb yourself

by Zemo

Hmmm... Can't decide if I should invest in a Hanoi brewpub or portapotties. They probably picked up the dirty habit from the French. 8^)> Z "In France they piss on Main Street" Joni Mitchell, "Free Man In Paris" -------------------------------------------------------- >From Reuters: Drawback of a Beer Drinking Culture HANOI - Vietnam's capital city is cracking down on people who urinate in public and will fine offenders up to $3. Inspectors will prowl the streets of Hanoi to nab people in the act, Nguyen Hai, of the Hanoi culture department, was quoted on Friday as saying. But even before the campaign, Hai is conceding the widely practiced act will be hard to control. "Truly speaking we would not be able to settle 100 percent of the violations," Hai said in the Justice Ministry's newspaper Phap Luat (Law). A beer drinking culture and lack of public toilet facilities make the sight of men urinating along highways and even downtown a common sight in Vietnam's cities. Vietnam is seeking to spruce up its image prior to hosting the South East Asian (SEA) Games in December.

22 years, 3 months

Re: oak usage

by Rick Oftel

Why don't you just cut up some old shipping pallets! They have much more character Rick >>> "Steve Fletty" <fletty(a)UMN.EDU> 08/22/03 03:27PM >>> I'm planning on oaking a blueberry mead. I see Northern Brewer has 4 oz of oak chips for $1.25. How much should I use and for how long?

22 years, 3 months

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