Hey Folks-
Just a little teaser for you to think about if you're on the fence
(besides the tour that is, I hope I can find all the keys I need and I
hope I don't get us all lost in the cellars...) By the way, bring your
cameras for the tour...you'll get to see a couple of the old Cyprus
fermentation tanks that were still in use not that long ago. Where else
in the US are you going to see that? But I digress...
I'm going be serving some Bier von dem Fass at the event. Let's call it
Kellerbier or Zwickel Bier, your choice...Unfiltered Pils from the Ruh
tank served gravity pour via my new super-nifty German Keg thingy do-dad.
I'll try to figure out how the heck it works before then, or maybe we'll
just roll with the punches. We'll have some Pils in a keg with some taps
and a hammer...our task will be to figure out how to get it out...
Cheers!
db
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:24:27 -0500 Allison Koster <kosteral(a)juno.com>
writes:
> --PLEASE FORWARD TO HOMEBREW CLUB MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY--
>
> Greetings! The 2007 Statewide Homebrew Campout, June 28 - July 1,
> is
> quickly approaching and I hope everyone is planning to attend!
>
> This year we will be at a private campground (the only group there,
> as
> far as I know) about a mile north of New Ulm--Oak Haven Campground,
>
> operated by Kevin & Kathy Finsted, sits on a hilltop approx. 0.3
> miles
> north of the intersection of US-14 and MN-15 (on MN-15).
>
> We have a group reservation, so there is no need for advance
> reservations--just show up. Cost is $18/site/night. There are
> asphalt
> pads and electric hook-up for RVs and campers (no water hook-up).
> There
> are plenty of shady spots for tents, as well. There is a large,
> open
> lawn near the shelter house & picnic tables, and two firepits (one
> near
> the shelter house, one in the shady area). There is an
> air-conditioned
> building with full kitchen & dining facilities, as well as showers
> and
> flush toilets. If you don't like to camp, there are plenty of
> hotels
> and B&Bs in New Ulm. If you are unable to commit for the entire
> weekend, it is perfectly acceptable to drive out for just a few
> hours
> (just make sure you have a sober person to drive home).
>
> There are a number of special events planned for the weekend:
> (Of course, if you want to just chill in your lawn chair
> and
> drink homebrew all weekend, that's fine, too.)
> - Friday evening 6:00pm outing to Morgan Creek Vineyards
> 8
> miles SE of New Ulm
> - Saturday morning 9:00am special all-access tour of Schell's
>
> Brewery, led by Dave Berg
> (due to other work committments for Dave, 9:00am
> was
> our only option--sorry!)
> - Saturday morning 10:00am judging for annual homebrew
> competition
> - Dave has offered Schell's old taproom for our use
> - Saturday late afternoon first annual Cook-Off
> competition!!! 4 teams will be cooking entrees involving Pork &
> Beer
> - Saturday evening 7:00pm group dinner, hosted by the
> Timberworts
> club cost: $5/person
> - Sunday morning 9:00am communal breakfast - one final
> feast
> for the road!
> Also, we are working on arranging a time for a road-trip over to
> Lucan,
> MN to check out Brau Brothers Brewing's new 15 bbl set-up; possible
>
> times being suggested to Dusty are Saturday afternoon or Sunday
> noon.
>
> For complete details (and photos) of all this and more, please check
> out
> the campout website:
> http://akoster.mysite.com
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing everybody at New Ulm in two weeks.
> This campout is gonna ROCK!
> Bring your friends.
> (And don't forget to bring homebrew!)
>
> Allison Koster, President
> Minnesota Timberworts
>
>
>
David Berg
Need honey?
_____
From: universal valuation services [mailto:universalval@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:40 PM
To: info(a)mnbrewers.com
Subject: Meade Day August 4th Honey available
Hi,
Could you tell me who to contact in your organization to let your members
know I have about 90 pounds of honey available for any of your members
wanting to make meade. The honey is in gallon jars, each holding about 12
pounds of honey. Please either call me or e-mail me if you think your
members would be interested.
Dick Marks
952-445-9100
universalval(a)earthlink.net
Thanks. Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Dick Marks
Member of Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association
If you'll be in town, Beth and I will be celebrating my FIFTIETH birthday next Tuesday, July 3rd starting around 7pm by sitting in the back yard burning logs and drinking beer if anyone wants to come over. We'll have some hot turkey sandwiches and some homebrew - feel free to bring something to share and anything else you'd like to bring (like, um, BEER! :-D). We have a few chairs, but bring one of your own if you want to be sure of a place to sit. Casual, no presents necessary.
3208 Edgewood Ave So
St. Louis Park
952-927-8968
- Al
MINNESOTA ALL CLUB CAMPOUT THIS WEEKEND!
Members of EVERY beer club in Minnesota (and one in North Dakota) have been invited to the annual ALL-CLUB CAMPOUT this weekend! Here are the details - hope everyone can make it! As those of you who have been there know, wherever the BEER campout is, it instantly becomes the BEST beer bar in the state!
The Minnesota Timberworts out of Rochester are sponsoring the campout this year, and Alison Koster, VP, has done a great job of organizing it and putting together a great website with all the details:
http://akoster.mysite.com/index.html
Here's the high points:
WHEN: Thurs, June 28- Sun, July 1, 2007
Come for the weekend, or come for the day!
WHERE: Oak Haven Campground, New Ulm MN (90 miles)
1/4 mile north of MN 14 on Hwy 15
COST: $18/site/night - no need for reservations
Asphalt pads and Electricity (no water) available for RVs
Showers, flush toilets, air-conditioned full kitchen available
DIRECTIONS:
* 169 South to St. Peter
* Right on Broadway (becomes Hwy 5)
* South on MN 15
EVENTS:
Fri, 6pm - Morgan Creek Vineyards tasting - $1. Appetizers and Brick Oven Pizza available
Sat, 9am - Schells Brewery "special" tour by Asst. Brewmaster Dave Berg
Sat, 10am - Master of Malt Competition at Schell's tap room
Sat, 7pm - "Iron Chef" Pork BBQ Dinner - $5 per person
Sun, 9am - Communal breakfast - everyone contributes something and see what comes of it!
TBA - Tour to "Brau Brothers Brewing" in Lucan (Possibly Sat or Sun afternoon)
------------------------------------------------
THE MASTER OF MALT COMPETITION
Each club is invited to submit ONE champion in each of the following categories:
* OPEN ALES
* OPEN LAGERS
* OPEN MEADS
* OPEN BELGIANS
Equivalent of 24 oz required (bottles, PET bottles, kegged and cask entrys are OK - club is responsible for transporting their entries to Schell's for judging)
The contest will be judged according to BJCP style guidelines - casual, no scoresheets
First, Second and Third will be awarded in each category
BOS will be chosen from round of First Place from each category
BOS will receive the MASTER OF MALT (travelling) TROPHY!
ALSO...
* OPEN CASK category - no limit to the number of entries per club, but all entries must be CASK beers - gravity fed, and not artificially carbonated.
Here are the homebrew clubs we're hoping to see there:
Boreal Brewers (Bemidji)
Brewers in Chaos (St. Paul)
Buffalo Ridge Brewers (Luverne)
Cloudy Town Brewers (St. Cloud)
Country Cannery Brewing (Moorhead)
Cross River Alliance of ZYmurgists (Eden Prairie)
Grin and Brew It (Willmar)
Jack Of All Brews (Waconia)
Men Of Our Wort (Mpls)
Minnesota Home Brewers Association (Twin Cities)
Minnesota Mashers (Burnsville)
Minnesota Timberworts (Rochester)
Mobius Microbrewers (Minnetonka)
Northern Ale Stars (Duluth)
Northern Lagers (Baxter)
Northern Lights 'N Stouts (Red Wing)
Prairie Homebrewing Companions (Fargo)
Rosemount Homebrewers Guild (Eden Prairie)
Rum River Wort Hogs (Anoka)
South Metro Wort Mongers (Apple Valley)
St. Paul Home Brewers Club (St. Paul) (2007 AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR!!!)
Three Rivers United Brewers (Hastings)
Up North Brewing Club (Champlin)
Yeasty Boy Homebrew Clubs (Eagan)
So bring your beers to share, your scrap wood (for "Fire Jenga"...), and camping stuff!
PLEASE PASS THIS INVITATION ON TO YOUR FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS!
For more info:
kosteral(a)juno.com - Allison Koster
wayneat53(a)msn.net - Wayne Theuer
Telephone Contact, for last minute questions:
(507) 645-6162
(507) 289-4611
(507) 951-3639
Thanks!
- Al
Unfortunately, Dan Justesen informed me that the 2007 Summer Sizzler scheduled for July 13-15 in Hinkley has been cancelled. Gera
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CONGRATULATIONS to the Saint Paul Home Brewers Club, who won honors as the AHA HOMEBREW CLUB OF THE YEAR at the AHA National Conference in Denver this weekend. Good job guys!
Also, congrats to Steve Fletty, who took honors as Meadmaker of the Year!
Good work!
- Al
Subject: Re: FW: Summit's new website!
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:29:14 +0000
"Mark Stutrud" <mstutrud(a)summitbrewing.com>
06/22/2007 03:48 PM To
cc
SubjectFW: Summit's new website!
Please explore our secondary website
Mark O. Stutrud
President and Founder
Summit Brewing Company
910 Montreal Circle
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
www.summitbrewing.com
t - 651.265.7811
f - 651.265.7801
SUMMIT BREWING COMPANY LAUNCHES WEBSITE FOR THE LESSER KNOWN SOCIAL GROUPS:
And If That Didnt Get Your Attention, Nordic Battle Reenactment May
ST. PAUL, Minn. (June 22, 2007) Summit Brewing introduces thesocialelement.com, a highly entertaining video-driven website that shows off the mad skills of the adventurous, outrageous, exciting, fun and obscure groups you thought may exist, but were afraid to ask.
Thesocialelement.com is a web-based community project focused on the kinds of outside-the-box activities seen on the streets of Saint Paul, Minneapolis and beyond. Theyre the activities that make you say, Say What? Its the double-tall bike makers and riders, nordic battle reenactment warriors, and the Lake Superior surfers who make thesocialelement.com what it is a community of groups that share the common bond of passion for activities one wouldnt ordinarily see or do. These are groups that are a force unto their own and are brought together at thesocialelement.com.
Watch for more content to come every week and follow the blog to know what is going on. Know of other group of interest or want to make your own beer movie? Pass it on to the social element.
http://www.thesocialelement.com
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Subject:Re: HOMEBREW CAMPOUT JUNE 28 - JULY 1!
Date:Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:46:53 -0700 (PDT)
Hey Folks-
Just a little teaser for you to think about if you're on the fence (besides the tour that is, I hope I can find all the keys I need and I hope I don't get us all lost in the cellars...) By the way, bring your cameras for the tour...you'll get to see a couple of the old Cyprus fermentation tanks that were still in use not that long ago. Where else in the US are you going to see that? But I digress...
I'm going be serving some Bier von dem Fass at the event. Let's call it Kellerbier or Zwickel Bier, your choice...Unfiltered Pils from the Ruh tank served gravity pour via my new super-nifty German Keg thingy do-dad. I'll try to figure out how the heck it works before then, or maybe we'll just roll with the punches. We'll have some Pils in a keg with some taps and a hammer...our task will be to figure out how to get it out...
Cheers!
db
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:24:27 -0500 Allison Koster <kosteral(a)juno.com> writes:
> --PLEASE FORWARD TO HOMEBREW CLUB MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY--
>
> Greetings! The 2007 Statewide Homebrew Campout, June 28 - July 1,
> is
> quickly approaching and I hope everyone is planning to attend!
>
> This year we will be at a private campground (the only group there,
> as
> far as I know) about a mile north of New Ulm--Oak Haven Campground,
>
> operated by Kevin & Kathy Finsted, sits on a hilltop approx. 0.3
> miles
> north of the intersection of US-14 and MN-15 (on MN-15).
>
> We have a group reservation, so there is no need for advance
> reservations--just show up. Cost is $18/site/night. There are
> asphalt
> pads and electric hook-up for RVs and campers (no water hook-up).
> There
> are plenty of shady spots for tents, as well. There is a large,
> open
> lawn near the shelter house & picnic tables, and two firepits (one
> near
> the shelter house, one in the shady area). There is an
> air-conditioned
> building with full kitchen & dining facilities, as well as showers
> and
> flush toilets. If you don't like to camp, there are plenty of
> hotels
> and B&Bs in New Ulm. If you are unable to commit for the entire
> weekend, it is perfectly acceptable to drive out for just a few
> hours
> (just make sure you have a sober person to drive home).
>
> There are a number of special events planned for the weekend:
> (Of course, if you want to just chill in your lawn chair
> and
> drink homebrew all weekend, that's fine, too.)
> - Friday evening 6:00pm outing to Morgan Creek Vineyards
> 8
> miles SE of New Ulm
> - Saturday morning 9:00am special all-access tour of Schell's
>
> Brewery, led by Dave Berg
> (due to other work committments for Dave, 9:00am
> was
> our only option--sorry!)
> - Saturday morning 10:00am judging for annual homebrew
> competition
> - Dave has offered Schell's old taproom for our use
> - Saturday late afternoon first annual Cook-Off
> competition!!! 4 teams will be cooking entrees involving Pork &
> Beer
> - Saturday evening 7:00pm group dinner, hosted by the
> Timberworts
> club cost: $5/person
> - Sunday morning 9:00am communal breakfast - one final
> feast
> for the road!
> Also, we are working on arranging a time for a road-trip over to
> Lucan,
> MN to check out Brau Brothers Brewing's new 15 bbl set-up; possible
>
> times being suggested to Dusty are Saturday afternoon or Sunday
> noon.
>
> For complete details (and photos) of all this and more, please check
> out
> the campout website:
> http://akoster.mysite.com
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing everybody at New Ulm in two weeks.
> This campout is gonna ROCK!
> Bring your friends.
> (And don't forget to bring homebrew!)
>
> Allison Koster, President
> Minnesota Timberworts
>
>
>
David Berg
