Don't forget - the Minnesota Home Brewers Association April meeting is
TODAY, Sat, April 1, at the CSPS Hall at 383 Michigan Ave in St. Paul, from
noon - 3pm.
CRYSTAL MALT EXTRAVAGANZA!
Mike Behrendt is our meeting host, and will be present the CRYSTAL MALT
EXTRAVAGANZA! Come and smell, feel and taste nearly 46 different malts
ranging from 1.4 Lovibond to 600 Lovibond. We'll start with a few base
malts, go through the range of Crystal/Caramel malts and end with
Chocolate/Black/Roasted.
We have malts from the US, UK, Germany and Belgium to compare.
Some of the malts are from a small maltster in the UK who still does floor
malting and they're the only ones that also give tours. Stop by Tuckers in
Newton Abbot and thank Richard. They have a nice brewery attached serving
great beer and one of the best beer stores which includes some US craft beer
which was interesting.
Malt descriptions will be available and you are encouraged to make your own
notes. Bring a pencil and some homebrew
Don't forget - the Minnesota Home Brewers Association April meeting is
TODAY, Sat, April 1, at the CSPS Hall at 383
BRING YOUR FIRST ROUND AHA NATIONALS ENTRIES!
Rick Oftel will be transporting our club's entries down to Iowa for the
qualifying round of the AHA Nationals FOR FREE! That's right - no packaging
or shipping necessary on your part. Only one bottle needed, we will have
entry forms and rubber bands there for you. Bring an extra bottle or two if
you want some club advice on the best category in which to enter your
beer(s). Bring your check made out to the AHA for your entry fees - $8 per
entry for AHA members, $12 for non-AHA members.
EVERYONE SHOULD PARTICIPATE? Why? Our club gets points towards "Homebrew
Club of the Year" for each 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awarded in the qualifying
round (and in the finals). All three ribbons are eligible to go on to
compete in the Finals in Orlando, Florida in June. If you only have one or
two bottles left of that "special beer", you will have time to re-brew it
prior to the finals should you win.
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STYLE OF THE MONTH - ENGLISH MILD
Style of the Month coordinator Joel Stitzel will have certificates and "Beer
Badges" on hand for those of you who bring April's style of the month -
English Mild Ale - to share with your club members. See Steve Piatz'
article on English Mild Ale in February's issue of The Boiler for more info:
http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2006/2006_02.pdf
Read more info about the STYLE OF THE MONTH club in the December 2005 issue
of The Boiler:
http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2005/2005_12.pdf
BRING YOUR HOMEBREW AND YOUR QUESTIONS!
As always, bring whatever beers you've been brewing to share with your club
members and get some tips, and bring whatever questions you have about
brewing. That's what club meetings are all about!
See you in St. Paul this afternoon!
- Al
