What more reason do you need for a beautiful spring drive just west of town.
Oh, maybe it would be the deluxe bloody marys with a bouquet of garnishments
that make a meal in itself! Very good food, prizes, and a great small town
bar atmosphere!
Lets help Gary out with his fundraising efforts.
Mike Moranz
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From: greenjeans992003 [mailto:garysinnen@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:48 AM
To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mnbrewers] OT MN hot luck dinner
It's that time again for the
5th Annual Minnesota Hot Luck Dinner
"Food With an Attitude"
12:00 noon April 10th 2005
West of the twin cities at
Floyd's Bar in Victoria MN
At the only stop light in Victoria
14 miles west of hwy 494 on hwy 5 (exit 11c)
Feel free to bring your favorite spicy dish to share
or try something new with a $5 donation for Sharing and Caring Hands.
There will be door prizes and products to sample.
Bring your appetite and a friend.
COME AND EAT
THE HEAT!!
EVERYONE WELCOME!!!!
Gary
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As Jon so thoughtfully and poignantly pointed out, the SPHBC will be enter
under our club, as will the PHC as theirs for the NHC competition. There
was never ment to be hurt feelings or put a rift between the two locals
clubs but apparently, as seen in Jon's versing, that has happened anyway.
There are a lot of people that belong to both clubs so this is aimed
mostly at them. For people that dont know, QUAFF is a San Diego based club
that has some EXTREMELY good brewers and has won home brew club of the
year. Let alone are they good brewers they are very good people and bend
over backwards when ever you ask them for help. When first I heard about
them and saw them last year at the NHC I thought they were a massive club
and just out entered people. So I emailed Jamil Zainasheff, the Point
Winner from last years NHC, and he forwarded my questions to their club
president. Here are his responses:
Hi Kris,
Jamil forwarded this message to me, as I am the President of Quaff. I
will try to answer your questions, but I do not have hard data to give
you.
1. Right now we have about 80 - 85 paid members. By year end we
typically have about 100. That's because we have about a 15% turnover
each year, as members drift off into different hobbies.
2. I would say that approx. 60% of our members enter competitions.
Basically, that means we have 40% of our membership are social members
only. Some don't even brew, they just love our parties.
3. Of the 60% who enter I would say that about 50% of these people win
medals consistently.
This may sound unreasonable, but the key to our success has been the
open sharing of information within the club. If I'm going to brew a
Pilsner, I go directly to the one or two members that consistently
outperform everyone else in lagers. They will in turn share any and all
information when asked. Other members are famous for other styles, etc.
The reason this attitude permeates the club is primarily due to one of
our former Presidents, Peter Zien. Peter single handedly developed a
"Team" concept in Quaff. No one cares which Quaff member wins, as long
as one of us wins. Everyone gets just as excited about someone else's
medal as they do about themselves. That's especially true when a new
member starts to win competitions. It really is quite a sight to see
when a new guy is met by 10 or 15 people after he wins his first medal.
I'll stop rambling, but if you have any other questions, just let me
know. If anyone from your club is ever in San Diego, please let us know
through quaff.org or directly to one us. We'd love to play host and
show you the better beer bars in town. Take care.
Harold Gulbransen
So you see, SPHBC has around 60 members and MHBA has many more than that.
The difference between our clubs and QUAFF is not members, per say, but
participation. In order to win anything our clubs need to have higher
participation. Individually, we all need to become better brewers. Learn
as much as we can and help each other learn more and most importantly
enter, enter enter.
Cheers
Kristen England
SPHBC President
BJCP Education Director
I just called Town Hall - it's scheduled for May 7. Unfortunately that's
the date of the AHA Big Brew, and the May MhBA Club Meeting at Rick Oftel's
house....
- Al
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Dear MhBA Member-
THE MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ASSOCIATION NEEDS YOUR HELP
TO WIN THE AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD!
Thanks to wins in the AHA Club-Only competition by MhBA members
Kris England and Rick Oftel, the MhBA is currently FIRST PLACE
with 16 points in the AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR COMPETITION!
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/club_winners.html
WE NEED YOU TO ENTER YOUR BEERS in the AHA National Homebrew
Competition for us to take home the trophy! We get the
following points for every winning beer in the first and second
round of the competition:
6 points - First Place
4 points - Second Place
2 points - Third Place
All normal BJCP categories are eligible, PLUS "NEW BREWER" -
for brewers who have never before entered the AHA NHC.
PLUS... NO POSTAGE THIS YEAR!! The competition will be held
HERE, so all you have to do is drop your beers off between
April 4-15 at Northern Brewer!
The MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ASSOCIATION and the SAINT PAUL
HOMEBREWERS CLUB is sponsoring the 2005 AHA National Homebrew
Competition's First Round for the Midwest Region! The
competition will be held in Saint Paul, Minnesota on
April 29th and 30th, 2005. The Midwest Region includes:
* North Dakota
* South Dakota
* Nebraska
* Kansas
* Oklahoma
* Minnesota
* Iowa
* Missouri
* Wiscosin
We anticipate in the neighborhood of 500 entries in this region.
AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR:
Winning entries from this competition accumulate to your club
in winning the prestigious AHA Homebrew Club of the Year Award!
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/club.html
HOW TO ENTER:
AHA NHC 05 Rules: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/nhc05_rules.pdf
Entries will be accepted from April 4-15, 2005, only one bottle
per beer/mead entry. (3 bottles for cider.) Cost is $8 per entry
for AHA members, $12 for non-AHA members.
Checks should be made payable to: "AHA"
Include your AHA membership number, if applicable, on the check
Entry Form: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/nhc05_entry.pdf
Fold and rubber band each entry form to each bottle
Fold your check or money order with one of your
entry forms.
DO NOT SHIP YOUR ENTRIES VIA THE US POSTAL SERVICE!
BEER AND MEAD:
2004 BJCP Categories 1-26 (all except cider), plus Category 29:
NEW BREWER (never before entered AHA Nationals) should be
shipped to:
NHC 2005
Northern Brewer
1945 W County Rd C2
Roseville, MN 55113
CIDER:
2004 BJCP Categories 27-28, Ciders, will have preliminary and final
judging done in Red Hook, NY, so three bottles will be required.
Ship your Cider entries to:
NHC 2005
Party Creations
345 Rokeby Rd
Red Hook, NY 12571
SECOND ROUND:
AHA CONFERENCE BALTIMORE,MD - JUNE 16-17, 2005
If your beer or mead qualifies for the second round judging,
the AHA will mail you notice by May 20, 2005 with instructions
on how, when and where to send entries for second round judging.
WE NEED JUDGES:
We are looking for BJCP Judges for the competition. This is
a sanctioned AHA/BJCP competition, and BJCP points will be
awarded for judges, stewards and volunteers. For more
information, go to: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/nhc .
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Greetings,
Did anyone get a complete copy of this announcement? My version had just "2" lines,
and no information.
Cheers,
Jim
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I had a pint on Saturday, and it's the BIGGEST Irish Red you'll ever have!
Also, for you hopheads, BarleyJohn's is serving RANDALLIZED IPA on
Wednesdays! (FYI - the "Randallizer" was invented by Dogfish Head brewery
to serve their beer "Wet Hopped". They pack a filter cartridge with FRESH
HOPS, then force their beer through the filter and tap out the top of it.)
Colin was there on Saturday, and gave me a sample from a growler that was
HALF Randallized and half regular, and it was like LIQUID hops! Mmm-good!
BJ's has the second annual version of "Rosie" on tap now too - their 18%
bourbon-barrel aged beer. Get it while the getting's good!
- Al
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03/14/2005 02:03 PM
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Subject
Anniversary Ale Release
New Seasonal: Anniversary Ale
Our Anniversary Ale was brewed to coincide with St. Patricks Day and, as
the name suggests, our 5th year Anniversary! In honor of St. Pats day we
brewed up a Strong Irish Red ale (8.5% abv) to help celebrate the double
occasion. The beer is on tap now at the pub, but the official "release"
party will be on March 19th. Come down and enjoy the Anniversary Ale for
$2.00 from 10p until close on Saturday night.
As always feel free to pass word of this list on. We are in the process of
developing the Pub List and if you know anyone that may be interested feel
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