mba August 2003

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

by mark＠glewwe-castle.com

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! >

22 years, 3 months

Re: oak usage

by Steve Fletty

Well, I was sweeping some sawdust out of the garage yesterday and considered that.... > 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

State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

by Al Boyce

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! Here are the winners from the contest: The Minnesota Home Brewers Association presents: 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

oak usage

by Steve Fletty

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

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

by Crist, Jonathan

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

22 years, 3 months

new homebrew competition

by Steve Piatz

Forwarded message: > From mstrehlow(a)airrun.net Thu Aug 21 21:03:12 2003 > Message-ID: <3F4579AA.9010800(a)airrun.net> > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:02:18 -0500 > From: Mark & Marty Strehlow <mstrehlow(a)airrun.net> > Reply-To: mstrehlow(a)airrun.net > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Subject: Please pass this on to your club's members. > > > > > The Big Falls Home Brew Clubs' 1st Annual > "What's in your Basement? Home Brew Contest and Festival > > Sunday, September 14th, 2003 from 12 noon until 5 p.m. > At the Country Aire Banquet Hall F1312 Highway P, Stratford, WI (near Wausau). > > Exhibits by home brewers. > Contest judged by professional brewers. > > For more info, see bullfalls-homebrewers.org or call 715-241-6344. > > -- Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com Cray Inc. 651-605-9049 1340 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120

22 years, 3 months

RE: Local Brewers in Zymurgy

by Crist, Jonathan

Don't miss the conference photos in the middle of the issue. On the Curt and Cathy Stock are shown waiting for Ken Schrammn's autograph and down at the bottom in the backgraound is Kris England -----Original Message----- From: Dave Cox [mailto:north-shore-brewer@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:18 AM To: mba(a)thebarn.com Subject: Local Brewers in Zymurgy Congratulations to Paul Johnsen and all of the Beer Bus Tour participants for the article in the September issue of Zymurgy! It was a good article about a well planned and well executed mission. I am sure that it is the photo of the gang and those stylish bowling shirts that makes this a "Special Collector's Issue" as noted on the front cover. Dave

22 years, 3 months

Re: Hops info

by David H Berg

Great news, Mike. I think this shows that people can make a difference by voicing their opinion. Contrary to what has been communicated from the EP council, et al, I firmly believe this issue was being pushed under the carpet. Perhaps not by the council, but someone made a decision and made a phone call to Hops saying their request had been turned down. Thanks to everyone who wrote--see you all at the Autumn Brew Review! On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:56:54 -0500 Mike Behrendt <MBehrendt(a)mn.rr.com> writes: > Update: > > Last night the Eden Prairie City Council discussed this. There was > a good > sign prior to the meeting, as there was a Hops growler sitting on > the front > of the council dais. > > Bob from Hops gave two presentations and I spoke in favor as a > resident. The Police Chief answered a couple of questions, all for > the good. > > It was surprisingly positive. All of the council members spoke in > favor. They now need to draft an ordinance to allow growler sales > and then > turn it into law. No estimate on how long this will take. > > //Mike Behrendt > email - MBehrendt(a)mn.rr.com > > > > David Berg Head Brewer, Bandana Brewery President, Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

22 years, 3 months

Local Brewers in Zymurgy

by Dave Cox

Congratulations to Paul Johnsen and all of the Beer Bus Tour participants for the article in the September issue of Zymurgy! It was a good article about a well planned and well executed mission. I am sure that it is the photo of the gang and those stylish bowling shirts that makes this a "Special Collector's Issue" as noted on the front cover. Dave

22 years, 3 months

Hops info

by Mike Behrendt

Update: Last night the Eden Prairie City Council discussed this. There was a good sign prior to the meeting, as there was a Hops growler sitting on the front of the council dais. Bob from Hops gave two presentations and I spoke in favor as a resident. The Police Chief answered a couple of questions, all for the good. It was surprisingly positive. All of the council members spoke in favor. They now need to draft an ordinance to allow growler sales and then turn it into law. No estimate on how long this will take. //Mike Behrendt email - MBehrendt(a)mn.rr.com

22 years, 3 months

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