mba June 2007

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by Allison Koster

--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

18 years, 5 months

Hospitality chair needed

by Sean and Michelle Hewitt

Hello Everyone, I'm still looking for a volunteer for Hospitality chair, if anyone is interested, please email me at your convenience. If you have ANY questions or comments, please email me. I'd be more than happy to help. Please post on SPHBC and other TC homebrewing groups, too. Regards, Sean P. Hewitt Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition Organizer To sign up to help volunteer, judge, steward and register enteries: Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition website http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/

18 years, 5 months

START BREWING! Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition

by Sean and Michelle Hewitt

To all Minnesota Home Brewers, STATE FAIR ONLINE REGISTRATION STARTS JULY 18! Entries accepted at drop-off sites, Aug. 2 - 10, 2007 The registration/drop-off deadline for the MINNESOTA STATE FAIR HOMEBREW COMPETITION is Friday, August 10, 2007. This is a fun, local competition for MINNESOTA home brewers only. There are 20 medal categories this year, so 60 medals will be awarded, plus an awesome "Best of Show" large rosette. NEW this year!: $100- 1st place, $75- 2nd place, $50- 3rd place BOS gift certificates (Sponsored by Midwest Homebrewing) You may enter in any BJCP Beer, Mead or Cider category and you may enter one beer per BJCP sub-category. Start brewing... VOLUNTEER FOR THE CONTEST! The competition IS growing! The competition is also looking for volunteers to help judge or steward at the judging on Friday, August 18, 2006 AND Saturday, August 18, 2006. EVERYONE is welcome - they will pair novice judges with more experienced judges. If you're thinking that you'd like to find out what beer judging is all about or if you're thinking of taking the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) exam prep class this fall, come out and judge! You will get retro-credit for your judging once you take the BJCP test. If you're too shy to judge, you can "Steward", which involves helping the judges. BEST-OF-SHOW and AWARDS CEREMONY VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED! The Awards Ceremony and Best-of-Show judging will occur on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at the Creative Activities Building Annex, outside the Creative Activities Building while the State Fair. Come on by to see who won, or better yet, volunteer to help the contest and the beer clubs promote homebrewing! and... PEDALPUB is going to be in the Minnesota State Fair Parade on August 25, 2007. Come out and support Al and Eric. I've already have some media contacts for Minnesota State Fair, I'll eventually need volunteers (maybe to brew on-site, help out, assist, etc.) Please pass this along to your homebrew friends!! I've tried to pass this to other MN clubs if anyone belongs to another list(s) and doesn't see this post, please cross-post. Here are the clubs: Boreal Brewers, Buffalo Ridge Brewers, Cloudy Town Brewers, Cross River Alliance of Zymurgists, Grin and Brew It, Headwaters Homebrew Club, Men of our Wort, Minnesota Mashers, Minnesota Timberworts, Mobius Microbrewers, Northern Ale Stars, Northern Lagers, Northern Lights 'N Stouts, Rosemount Homebrewers Guild, Rum River Wort Hogs, South Metro Wort Mongers, St Paul Homebrewers Club, Three Rivers United Brewers, Up North Brewing Club and Yeasty Boy Homebrew Club To sign up to help volunteer, judge, steward: Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition website http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ If you have ANY questions or comments, please email me. I'd be more than happy to help. Regards, Sean P. Hewitt Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition Organizer

18 years, 5 months

June issue of THE BOILER is online!

by Al Boyce

The JUNE issue of THE BOILER, the newsletter of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association is online at: <http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2007/2007_06.pdf> http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2007/2007_06.pdf . Thanks again to editor Ryan Anderson, and everyone who contributed content. Download your copy today! - Al

18 years, 5 months

Siebel Institute Scholarship drawing DEADLINE TODAY!

by alboyce＠comcast.net

AHA Members - TODAY is the deadline to submit your entry in the drawing to win the Lallemand Siebel Institute scholarship. Gera won it last year, and she had a fun time! See below... - Al --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kathryn Porter [mailto:kathryn@brewersassociation.org] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: 6th Annual Lallemand Scholarship Deadline - TODAY AHA members - if you are planning to register for the 6th Annual Lallemand Scholarship to Siebel Institute's WBA Concise Course in Brewing Technology, the deadline is Tuesday, June 12, 2007. This two-week course (valued at $ 2,900) takes place at the Siebel Institute of Technology campus in Chicago; America's oldest and most recognized brewing school. The winner also receives $1,000 towards any expenses while in Chicago. Online entries must be submitted by June 12, 2007. Entries will also be accepted at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Denver, CO, June 21-23, 2007. (Only one entry per AHA Member is allowed; however, those who requested to participate in the contest while voting for the AHA Governing Committee will be allowed two entries.) To enter the Lallemand Scholarship Drawing: http://www.beertown.org/apps/scholarship/form.aspx The drawing for the Lallemand Scholarship will take place at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Denver, CO during the Grand Banquet on June 23, 2007. The winner must have a current AHA membership at the time of the drawing to be eligible. Renew your AHA memberships now: http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/membership.html For more information and the rules of this contest: http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/scholarship.html Good Luck! Kathryn _____________ Kathryn Porter AHA Membership Coordinator Brewers Association

18 years, 5 months

Web Page

by BootLager Beer Kits, Inc.

Our new website is up for your members' viewing www.BootLager.net. Thanks. Steven L. Bullington, President BootLager Beer Kits, Inc.

18 years, 5 months

Midwest Homebrewer of the Year Update

by Steve Fletty

We're halfway through the 2007 circuit. For the 6th time in 6 of 12 contests we've had a lead change. Results are here: http://www.sphbc.org/mwhboy/ So far 383 different brewers or teams have competed. Of those 383, 159 have earned medals. Next in the circuit is Schooner in September: http://www.theschooner.org/ I've been keeping the stats for the MHY circuit for about 2 years now. I'd like to hand this off to someone in January '08. Email me if you are interested in running this. -- Steve

18 years, 6 months

Bottles

by Betsy Kremser

If anyone wants cases of bottles without labels (and, I think, a case or two of Grolsch-style bottles), I will have many with me for the taking at the MhBA meeting at Summit on Saturday. Betsy

18 years, 6 months

Club Flyer

by Mike Behrendt

Could someone volunteer to update the club flyer and get it done by next Wednesday? I'd like to take some copies to Nationals in Denver. The latest version that I know of is attached. Along with the text, some of the pictures could benefit from more recent updates. If not, I'll take a copy of the current newsletter which should be published momentarily. thanks! -- //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx

18 years, 6 months

FW: [mnbrewers] June meeting?

by Chris Smith

Al sent this out about a week and a half ago: The June meeting for the MhBA has moved to Saturday, June 9th from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Summit Brewery. MhBA President Gera Exire LaTour is the meeting host. The technical topic will be: Filling Bottles From Kegs, given by Chris Smith. Everyone is invited to bring their Counter-Pressure Bottle Filler, or whatever other gizmo you have for bottle filling from kegs, so everyone else can see the myriad different methods. Style of the month is BJCP Style #1, Light Lagers - if you have one, bring it in to participate in the MhBA Style of the Month program. As always, any other homebrewed Beers, Meads, and Ciders you'd like to share and/or have evaluated by your fellow club members are welcome. A great big thanks to Mark Stutrud and Summit brewing for clearing his calendar to allow us to meet at Summit next month! - Al -----Original Message----- From: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of fzuz Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 2:53 PM To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] June meeting? Is there going to be a June meeting? __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS a.. Home beer brewing b.. Home brewing beer c.. Beer brewing kits d.. Beer brewing equipment e.. Beer brewing process Yahoo! Food Cooking tips? Whip up something tasty today! Yahoo! Travel Plan a Trip Create, Search, Share trip plans Yahoo! News Celebrity News Get the latest gossip/news . __,_._,___

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