mba November 2006

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by Mike Behrendt

I just stopped at 5 people in a city from the list because I got a cramp in my hand! Also, the list I used had over 300 people, so a lot of inactive people in there. I was just looking to see if the was a grouping other than Mpls and STP. Rick Oftel wrote: > There is the VFW but it is fairly full of smoke residue. There is also > the Legion hall but I think it may have similar odor notes. > > I will "sniff them out" in the next week or so and let you know. > > BTW, there are at least 2 members in Edina! > > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: mba-bounce(a)thebarn.com [mailto:mba-bounce@thebarn.com] On Behalf > Of Mike Behrendt > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:49 PM > To: mba(a)thebarn.com > Subject: mtg locations > > Avoiding too many trips through the Bloomington strip of 494 would be > nice for a lot of people. > > I looked at the membership list and the largest number of people are in: > > Mpls - 55 > StP - 43 > Eagan - 9 > Woodbury 8 > St Louis Park 8 > Plymouth 7 > Bloomington 7 > Maple Grove 7 > Minnetonka 6 > Eden Prairie 6 > Roseville 5 > Prior Lake 5 > Burnsville 5 > Lakeville 5 > Golden Valley 5 > > These are not all active people. > > Somewhere on the south side of Minneapolis, around Richfield may be good > > for many people. Anyone know a location? > > -- //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx

19 years

[Fwd: Re: mtg locations]

by Mike Behrendt

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: mtg locations Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 15:16:03 -0600 From: Marc Donnelly <mfdonnelly(a)gmail.com> To: Mike Behrendt <MGBrew(a)comcast.net> References: <4550F12A.1070602(a)comcast.net> I've seen a VFW near 66th and Penn across the street from Wood Lake Nature center. if that helps. Maybe Fort Snelling has something to offer. On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Mike Behrendt wrote: > Avoiding too many trips through the Bloomington strip of 494 would > be nice for a lot of people. > I looked at the membership list and the largest number of people > are in: > > Mpls - 55 > StP - 43 > Eagan - 9 > Woodbury 8 > St Louis Park 8 > Plymouth 7 > Bloomington 7 > Maple Grove 7 > Minnetonka 6 > Eden Prairie 6 > Roseville 5 > Prior Lake 5 > Burnsville 5 > Lakeville 5 > Golden Valley 5 > > These are not all active people. > > Somewhere on the south side of Minneapolis, around Richfield may be > good for many people. Anyone know a location? > > -- > //Mike Behrendt > MGBrew(a)comcast.net > > Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... > well, I have others. Groucho Marx > -- //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx

19 years

mtg locations

by Mike Behrendt

Avoiding too many trips through the Bloomington strip of 494 would be nice for a lot of people. I looked at the membership list and the largest number of people are in: Mpls - 55 StP - 43 Eagan - 9 Woodbury 8 St Louis Park 8 Plymouth 7 Bloomington 7 Maple Grove 7 Minnetonka 6 Eden Prairie 6 Roseville 5 Prior Lake 5 Burnsville 5 Lakeville 5 Golden Valley 5 These are not all active people. Somewhere on the south side of Minneapolis, around Richfield may be good for many people. Anyone know a location? -- //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx

19 years

stinky pants cider?

by Andrew R Ruggles (MhBA)

Just a quick question to the participants at the cider pressing yesterday... In light of the recent E Coli breakout in spinach, did anyone change the water in the tub of apples after the toddler (Arlo?) walked into it? I know his mom changed him, but I didn't hear word if he had stinky pants. Urine I'm not so worried about -- it's sterile. Stinky pants is another issue. Now I know the ground probably has a ton of deer feces on it, and for years we only grabbed windfalls, but human doo doo should be looked upon a little more carefully in non-pasteurized cider production. Andrew PS: Everyone be sure to enjoy your cider.

19 years

Cider pressing pics

by Chris Mikkelson

A little kid heavy, at: http://sunshine.mikk.net/gallery/appleorchard (including a movie of the squirting cider press :-) -- Chris Mikkelson | The genius of you Americans is that you never make chris(a)mikk.net | clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid | moves which make us wonder at the possibility that | there may be something to them we are missing. | -- Gamel Nasser

19 years

Club logo merchandise

by Mike Behrendt

You say you want a t-shirt ! You say you want a mug ! How about a nice bib for those long drinking sessions when you want to protect your shirt? How about a nice thong for that special occasion? Do we have a deal for you....................... Point your web browser to: MHBA Logo Merchandise - Cafepress.com/MHBA <http://www.cafepress.com/mhba> and order stuff!

19 years

Thanks + New meeting location

by John Longballa

Big thanks to Midwest Supplies, Northern Brewer, and Brew & Grow for their kind donations for Saturday's Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day! Bigger thanks to Barley John's for hosting the event! Biggest thanks to club members Greg Van DeMark, Brock Ray, and Chris Smith for volunteering to be demo brewers. Each brewed identical batches of British Bitter, with one variable-the timing of the extract addition. At the Christmas potluck you can taste if there's any difference between boiling the extract for 60 minutes, 30 minutes, or zero minutes. Thanks also are due to Earle Stewart for giving the technical talk about mashing techniques, and to Al Boyce for bringing all the all-grain and bottling equipment. Many other club members pitched in at various points to make things go very smoothly, so thank you to you, and also to all the attendees! Big thanks to Mark Glewwe and Andrew Ruggles for putting together the cider pressing event yesterday! Mark also kindly brought tons of cider to Teach Day for those who had purchased it in advance. Please put on your thinking caps, as it is time to find a new home for 3-4 club meetings each year. After a long and fruitful run at the CSPS Hall in Saint Paul, they have decided to reserve Saturdays for large evening events. It just doesn't make sense for them to get $85 from us for 12-3 on a Saturday when it then screws up their chances of booking an $800 Saturday evening event. They either have to pass on getting some real money for the day or ask us to change our meeting, and it just doesn't work either way. Soooo . . . start looking around your neighborhoods for meeting halls, community centers, VFW's, etc. that might be conducive to hosting club meetings. We typically meet from 12-3, one Saturday per month from Feb.-April. We would also perhaps use the same place for a Christmas potluck on the second Friday in December. We need space for about 50 people, and obviously, homebrew would be brought in and consumed. A kitchen wouldn't hurt, and bathrooms are a must. We could pay up to $100 per event, but probably not much more. Someplace in Saint Paul or Minneapolis would be ideal, but first-ring suburbs wouldn't be bad. We just don't want to go too far from the club's geographic center in any direction. The one thing would be that our reservation needs to be set in stone. If, when contacting these places (you didn't think that I was going to do all the leg work, now, did you?), they hedge in the least when being able to commit, then we're better off elsewhere. Once we set our dates, we need the space owner to honor that reservation, since we don't want to be scrambling for a new spot at the last minute should the owner decide to give the time to another group. So-please contact your various halls and meeting places and get back to me if a lead looks promising. Thanks much, John

19 years

FW: [mnbrewers] Vote tomorrow!

by aboyce＠mn.rr.com

Thanks Brock, for the reminder. Forwarding to the MBA list as well... Original Message: ----------------- From: Brock Ray mindfloss(a)yahoo.com Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:00:08 -0800 (PST) To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] Vote tomorrow! Hey all, Please remember to vote tomorrow, Tuesday, November 7. The only way to ensure that your candidates are elected and your views expressed is to show up at the polls and cast your ballot. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and by law your employer must give you time off from work to vote. To locate your polling place, a sample copy of your ballot, and candidate information, visit http://www.startribune.com/politics and click on the "myVote" link on the right hand side of the page. Brock --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

19 years

leatherman from Cider Press

by Andrew R Ruggles (MhBA)

I have someone's "Squirt P4 leatherman" from the cider press on Sunday. Please send me an email and I'll mail it out to you. Thanks. Andrew

19 years

Re: November BOILER is online / Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day Saturday at Barley John's

by Andrew R Ruggles (MhBA)

Al, Minor mistake in the URL for the boiler: http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2006/2006_11.pdf Andrew PS: See, I *do* read it! ----- Original Message ---- From: Al Boyce <aboyce(a)mn.rr.com> To: mba(a)thebarn.com; mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2006 7:17:52 PM Subject: November BOILER is online / Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day Saturday at Barley John's The November BOILER, the newsletter of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association, is online at: http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2006_11.pdf . Download your copy now! Also, a reminder - the November club meeting will be TEACH A FRIEND TO HOMEBREW DAY, at Barley John's, OUTSIDE, this Saturday from 10am-2pm. There will be brewing demos throughout the day, so bring a new brew friend. There will be drawings for kits and brewing supplies. Finally, if you ordered cider from Mark Glewwe, Saturday at the meeting is the pickup. Double-Finally - Mark will be doing a Cider Squeeze from 10am-4pm at the Webber Apple Orchard in Prior Lake on Sunday, Nov 5. See details in THE BOILER. - Al

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mba November 2006