mba September 2005

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The drive for five to keep the trip alive

by John Longballa

Thanks to the new interest in the bus trip this weekend, we are now at 25 people confirmed! Get out there please and beat the bushes for five more people. 30 makes the trip extrememly viable. I'm not going to call it one way or the other just yet, but every person closer to 30 gets us all a bit more excited. Those who have signed up--what's your limit for the cost of the bus? It will be around $50 each if we get to 30. With only 25, we're looking at closer to $60 per person. Please let me know if that's going to make a difference for you, and let me know what your limit is. If the bus is $70, are you out? The reason for most of the fluctuation is because of fuel prices. Thanks much, and let's find at least five more beer lovers this week! John

20 years, 2 months

FW: Fall Celebration Time

by aboyce＠mn.rr.com

FYI - from the Northern Ale Stars in Duluth, several fun beer events coming up! - Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Northern Ale Stars northernalestars(a)hotmail.com Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:04:36 -0500 Subject: Fall Celebration Time Happy Fall Ale Stars! Well, it's close enough for me. And with the changing of the leaves also brings the annual celebration of the harvest...Oktoberfest!! Yes it's time to gather on the great lawn of Der Hoag Estate for fun, laughter and merriment. As is tradition, the Annual Northern Ale Stars Oktoberfest will be hosted by Don and Jo Hoag on Saturday September 24th, at their rambling estate located at 5426 Bear Trap Rd, in Saginaw (218-729-6302). The festivities will commence at the 2:00 PM-ish hour and run until the last piece of firewood has been extinguished. Be sure to wear your bocce shoes as numerous great tournaments have been known to take place at the event. Also bring some homebrew or, if your totally out because every last drop you had was consumed at the Hop Harvest this past weekend, bring along some good commercial harvest celebration beer. Das Great Fires of Weber will also also be lit in honor of the season, so bring along some flesh to grill, as well as a side dish to share. Hestons Fall Beer Weekend! This year's Fall Beer Weekend will be held October 20th to October 23rd. If you haven't called and reserved space for yourself yet, there's still time. Greg and the boyz are in Alaska at the moment, so I'm sure Barb would be happy to hear from you (218-388-2243) or e-mail info(a)hestons.com. The theme for the group meal on Saturday will be "Anything, as long as it's made with beer (except beans)". If you'll be up Thursday night for the traditional Pub Night, Barb says the food theme will be "anything easy". That's my favorite kind of food! Big Lake Brewfest Don't forget the Big Lake Brewfest is this Saturday at UWS's Wessman Arena from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We could always use a few more volunteers, so e-mail me back if you'd like to help. Cheers! -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

20 years, 2 months

It's already week 3 of the Fall BJCP CLASS - this week is Meads and malting

by Crist, Jonathan

The Fall BJCP class meets every Tuesday at 6:30 We are already up to week 3 of 14. The subject this week is Malt, including the malting process The style this week is Mead. If you would like to attend or have an interesting mead to share please RSVP to Sean Hewitt (this weeks host)@ morelia1(a)prodigy.net Or to Gera Exire La Tour @ gera_latour(a)hotmail.com Space is limited. THANKS! Jonathan Crist MHBA President

20 years, 2 months

interesting headline

by Steve Piatz

I saw a headline that caught my eye in a e-newsletter this morning. It seemed brewing related in a technical announcement. Oracle to by Sieble Wow a major software company is buying a brewing school? Well not quite, its a different Siebel but it was enough to get me to click the link. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=446236-12470031&brand=zdnet&ds=5&fs=0 -- Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com Cray Inc. 651-605-9049 1340 Mendota Heights Road cell: 651-428-1417 Mendota Heights, MN 55120

20 years, 2 months

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20 years, 2 months

Beer Good Bus Tour II, take II

by jlongb

Sorry about the empty message that happened moments ago. That was just to get your attention and to build anticipation! The bus is gassed and waiting . . . The comfy hotel rooms are clean and booked . . . The 9(?!) Wisconsin brewpubs are notified, and they await us, tap handles firmly in hand . . . All that's left is for you to get on board the Beer Good Bus Tour II! The tentative itinerary looks like this: 6:00 AM, Saturday, October 8th, leave Saint Paul on a luxury bus complete with bathrooms. 6:01 Commence with people's choice competition for the second-ever rolling beer competition. 9:00 Visit brand new Marshfield brewpub 10:00 View road-trip film on bus: American Beer 12:30-3:00 eat lunch at Hinterland Brewpub in Green Bay (Titletown Brewpub is ACROSS the STREET!!) 3:30 enjoy Legends Brewpub in De Pere 5:30 enjoy Rowland's Brewpub in Chilon 6:30 thumb noses at Briess Malting, who will not allow us to stop for a tour 7:00 dinner at Stone Cellar Brewpub in Appleton ??? crash hard at the Super 8 in Oshkosh Sunday, October 9th All day--avoid crazy Packer fans 11:00 lunch/breakfast at Fox River Brewpub in Oshkosh 3:00 tour Sand Creek microbrewery in Black River Falls 5:00 dinner at Northwoods Brewpub in Eau Claire 7:00 tumble out of bus in Saint Paul The cost of the bus is around $50 per person, and if we get more than 30 people, the cost goes down. The Super 8 is non-smoking rooms with two double beds for $66 (price should drop when I get ahold of the right manager!) per room. Other costs--depends on how much sampling you do at nine(?!?) different establishments! You don't want to miss this trip! We'll be talking about it for years. To book, please e-mail me at jlongb(a)ties2.net, or call me at 651.292.9693 to reserve your spot. Please send me a non-refundable (unless the whole trip is cancelled) deposit of $50 per person (payable to John Longballa) so that I know who's really going. Many spouses are coming along, so assure your non-brewing others that they will have non-dorks to talk to! Priority will be given to those who have responded to previous messages (assuming I get their money quickly), but there should be plenty of room for all! Thanks for you interest in this trip, and please e-mail or call me with any questions. See you on the bus! John

20 years, 2 months

survey of area homebrew club membership dues

by Bob Paolino

Last night I was doing a quick survey of membership dues for homebrew clubs in the region and came up with the following. If you're in a club that's not listed, please take a moment to send the relevant information to me (directly, don't clutter the list). Thanks! (and if the information I found on your club's website is no longer accurate, let me know about that, too). * Kenosha Bidal Society $40 * Saint Louis Brews $25 (plus $3 per meeting fee if you don't bring any beer to share) * Chicago Beer Society $25 individual / $40 couple * Beer Barons of Milwaukee $10/year plus $5 meeting fee to cover the cost of the beer for that month's style tasting * Green Bay Rackers $20 * Society of Oshkosh Brewers $20 * Club Wort $20 * Homebrewers of Peoria $18 * Brewers on the Bluff $20 individual / $30 couple (membership year starts in August, partial year memberships starting April-July are $10) * BUZZ $15 * Minnesota Homebrewers Association $15 * Cloudy Town Homebrewers (Saint Cloud) $15 * Sheboygan Sin City Suddzers $12 * Urban Knaves of Grain $12, prorated $1 monthly if you join after January * Kansas City Bier Meisters $10 * Appleton Libation Enthusaists $10 * Saint Paul Homebrewers $6 * Stateline Brewing Society (Beloit) no dues, but contribute at least $1 toward the tip for the staff who will be cleaning up the tasting table * Mount Horeb Beer Appreciation Society no dues * Forest City Brewers (couldn't find membership price on website other than that it is established by and can be changed by a 2/3 vote of the members. Couples membership is an additional 50% over the individual membership) Now go have a beer, Bob Paolino "Are Canadians just Americans who carry hockey sticks instead of guns, or is there more to it than that?" --"This Canadian Existence" Wisconsin Public Radio ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail: / \ Friends don't send friends HTML-bloated messages! A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top-posting frowned upon?

20 years, 2 months

becoming member

by Brad E.

Hey I am very interested in becoming a member of your club. I Have been studying all grain brewing with a craft brewer from kodiak Alaska, but I do not have the confidence to brew on my own. I Graduated from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school and I really take traditional beer seriously. I just need to learn as much as I can, and believe one on one experience with real beer enthusiasts is a good way to learn. I wanted to attend your meeting on the 15th, in St Paul or at least get some more info sent to me . thanks a bunch brad

20 years, 3 months

How to save money on gas....

by j.voosen＠comcast.net

I wish I could take credit for this but it is compliments of the Carolina Brewmasters out of Charlotte, NC: http://www.carolinabrewmasters.com/ Jim Voosen Pretty simple if you think about it... 1) Buy brewing ingredients at a local homebrew shop. 2) Brew delicious homebrew. 3) Keg or bottle delicious homebrew. 4) After getting home from hard day of work, have a homebrew. 5) Have another... and perhaps one more. 6) Become legally impaired, and thus unable to operate a vehicle safely. 7) Leave car in garage for the evening, foregoing trips to dry cleaners, convenience stores and restaurants - all places where you would just spend more money anyway. Cut gas expense by 50%. 8) Funnel savings into making more delicious homebrew, offsetting the cost of increased brewing volume. 9) Law of supply and demand kicks in: Lower demand for gas = Lower prices. 10) Save money... save gas... save the world! Just goes to show you... if only the world had more homebrewers, we might not be in this mess...

20 years, 3 months

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