The Minnesota Home Brewers Association will choose their champion to
represent the club in the American Homebrewers Association National
Club-Only competition for EXTRACT BEERS at the Club Meeting this Saturday.
ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRING THEIR EXTRACT-BASED BEERS (ANY STYLE, at
least 50% extract) to participate in the selection.
This month's club "Style of the Month" is also Extract-based beers, so you
will also qualify for the club's Style of the Month award by bringing your
beer on Saturday. (Bring any other beers, meads or ciders you want to
share too, of course!)
Joel Stitzel will be conducting the tasting. If your extract beer is
selected, you will need to ship 2 more bottles of it to:
Culver City Home Brewing Supply
4358-1/2 Sepulveda Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230
Phone: (310) 472-5098
Email: Treasurer(a)PacificGravity.com
The meeting will be held at the backyard of Rick and Dawn Oftel, at 6400
Mildred Ave, Edina, MN 55439.
Exit Hwy 100 at 70th.
Go east under the Hwy 100 overpass
Go North on the East-Side hwy 100 service road
Go west on 66th St and cross hwy 100 (going west).
Take the first right on Josephine.
Drive two blocks to 64th and turn left.
Proceed 4 blocks to Miildred Avenue and park
You are there.
The AHA BIG BREW and STAINLESS BREWER competition will also be going on
that day. Bring your brewing stuff and be one of a dozen or so brewers
making beer in Rick's back yard! Rick will supply the water, you bring
everything else.
Also, bring stuff to grill and stuff to share for a barbecue! This is a
family-friendly event!
- Al
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At the moment, we have four teams set to go against each other in the Stainless Brewer Contest this Saturday, May 6th at Rick Oftel's. Please jump in now if you were still hoping to mount a challenge.
TEAMS DO NOT have to brew on Saturday!!! We have some teams that are, and others who are brewing later, and even some that aren't getting their kits for a week or so.
Teams may brew extract or all-grain. Batches are 5 gallons.
The only stipulations are that you may use ONLY the ingredients supplied, and that you must declare a style to me within three hours of receiving your kit. Water and yeast are up to the team. You may use as much of an ingredient as you see fit, but may not use anything that is not given to you. This is a "call-your-shot" contest, so after evaluating the ingredients, your team declares to me which BJCP style you are shooting for. This cannot change, regardless of what turns up in your carboy in a few weeks!
Entries will be judged at the State Fair competition, and one six-pack of 12-ounce bottles (or the equivalent amount) is the entry amount.
The entry fee is $20 (but may come down, depending on costs).
Here's what I have so far:
The Ornamental Hermits--Harvie Holmes and Pete Kolias (all-grain)
Strange Brew--Dan Prokosch and Gera Exire LaTour (all-grain)
Five For Fighting--five folks from the winter BJCP class (all-grain????--please verify)
Jon Messier and Cory Dallas--extract--name pending
It would be wonderful to have a few more teams competing, so let me know, please!
Thanks,
John
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Hello Surly Nation!
Guess what? Our open house is happening May 12-13! Details are available
further down, but first some other news. May starts Surly?s 4th month of
operation and things are flying at the brewery. You can now GET SURLY in
50
bars and restaurants in the Twin Cities! The newest additions to Surly
Nation since the last email are:
Highland Grill, Sweeney?s Saloon, New Hope Cinema Grill, Big Ten
Restaurant
in Hopkins, Joe?s Garage, Ike?s Food & Cocktails, Green Mill ? Uptown,
Grumpy?s Downtown and Campiello ? Eden Prarie. Check surlybrewing.com for
links to these establishments.
This Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30, Todd and Omar will be at Mackenzie in
downtown Minneapolis giving away free pint glasses and assorted Surly
swag.
On Thursday, we?ll be at the Arborfest Beer festival at Macalester
College.
A number of great breweries and brewpubs will be attending the event, and
tickets are still available. Admission is $40 and proceeds go to charity.
Find out more at www.ticketworks.com.
We?ve been busy at the brewery getting things ready for our upcoming open
house. Landscaping has been completed and the bar is moving along. Mark
your
calendars; this is the final update: The open house will be Friday, May 12
from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 from noon to 4. You can stop by
anytime during those hours, take a tour and, oh yeah, drink a few beers.
In addition, our newest beer, Cynic Ale, should be available! We?ll also
have a number of special beers that Todd is putting on cask. Underage
visitors are certainly welcome, but they obviously won?t be drinking.
We?ll
have loads of merch for sale, so bring your pickup or station wagon to
haul
away all your Surly stuff. No need for making reservations, just stop on
by.
See you here,
Omar
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April 30, 2006
Beer Spas: Yeast of Eden
By EVAN RAIL
THERE is something perversely satisfying about soaking in a tub of beer.
First there is the yeasty aroma of malt and hops, followed by a warm and
sticky sensation as the brown liquid envelopes your body. You think to
yourself: this must be every lad's dream. Whatever comes next will surely
have to involve a supermodel, an Aston Martin and a fat cigar.
But bathing in beer is much more than just a fantasy made real. During the
last decade, a pack of beer spas have opened in the hills and lowlands of
Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, promising health, wellness and the
chance to bathe in your favorite suds.
The Chodovar brewery in Chodova Plana, in the Czech Republic
(420-374-794-181; www.chodovar.cz) started offering beer spa therapies in
March using the brewery's celebrated dark lager. At the Kummeroer Hof in
Neuzelle, Germany (49-33-652-81-111; www.klosterbrauerei.com) customers
have been slipping into beer baths tapped from the nearby Klosterbrauerei
Neuzelle brewery since 1997. Spa prices start at about 42 euros ($52.50 at
$1.24 to the euro). But it is in neighboring Austria that the beer spa seems
to reach its alpine pinnacle.
One brewery, Starkenberg (43-5412-66201; www.bierschwimmbad.com) in
Tarrenz, even fills a swimming pool with barrels and barrels of its own
Pilsner. And just outside Salzburg, the Landhotel Moorhof in rustic
Franking, Austria (43-6277-8188; www.moorhof.com) offers what may be the
most complete beer treatment, from the spa to the dining table.
In the cellar, four couple-size wooden tubs are filled with a special brew.
The Moorhof also offers milk baths, but Hedwig Bauer, who owns the hotel
with her husband, Karl, believes that beer has certain advantages. "Beer is
very good for the skin, because of the vitamins and the yeast," Ms. Bauer
said. "It's cleansing and drying."
That may be true, but it's worth noting that the half-hour treatment, which
starts at 44 euros, is also mildly intoxicating. The Moorhof's therapeutic
brew is composed of a 2 percent-alcohol lager made for it by the local
Schnaitl brewery, fortified with brewer's yeast, malt and two scoops of
hops, all thrown into a barrel-shaped tub and topped with warm water.
Bubbles rise from the bottom, stirring the mix and causing a head to form -
much like a Jacuzzi or giant mug.
During the soak, a few pints of Schnaitl's beer are offered for imbibing,
suggesting that the relaxation is chemically rather than therapeutically
induced. After about 20 minutes, you're wrapped in a starched white sheet
and led to a four-poster bed piled with toasty alfalfa hay. The curtains are
drawn and you're left to have a mild sweat. Go ahead, just try to stay
awake.
When you finally come to, you're invited to take a cool dip in the indoor
swimming pool, provided, of course, you rinsed the green hops flakes from
your body; they stick just about everywhere.
If the whole thing sounds somewhat masculine, Ms. Bauer was surprised that
many of the beer bath's customers are women, a number of whom also splurge
on a brewski facial - a gooey mask made from ground hops, malt, honey and
cream cheese. The concoction tickles furiously when it slides down your
cheeks, and it smells remarkably like breakfast.
Couples are welcome. A beer-bath weekend for two at the Moorhof costs 198
euros a person, and includes two nights at the hotel, breakfast and two
four-course dinners. The menu recently featured a yeasty beer soup,
beer-battered broccoli and chicken schnitzel with sour beer gravy. Dessert
was beer crepes, which you can wash down with a choice of four local brews.
