Entries are still being accepted for Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! The beer, mead, and cider categories were selected to be reminiscent of the "historic" charter of the Renn Fest, including special categories for historic-hopped and historic-nonhopped beers. Entries are $5 each, two bottles required, and are being accepted through August 24th. Entries are open to brewers in all states.We are still looking for people to help with judging and stewards over the Labor Day weekend (September 1st-3rd) at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival grounds. On the day(s) you sign up to volunteer, you will get free entry into the Festival with plenty of time to enjoy the events. All judging skill levels are welcome. This is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned event. Costumes encouraged. T-shirts will be provided.More information about the contest, entries forms, and judge/steward sign up are at: www.rennfestbeercup.com.Hope to see you soon!Gera L. Exire LaTour, OrganizerByggvir's Big Beer Cup, Minnesota Renaissance Festival
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Clean up crew,
As we get closer to the grand kickoff, we have an unanswered question
from Hennepin County regarding our road sign. Which choice do you
prefer? There are two lines with 20 characters.
Example A:
MN Homebrewers
Association
-or-
Example B:
Minnesota Home
Brewers Association
Rick Oftel
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From: cfhb.org [mailto:oscar@web01.ahp.ftl.affinity.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: COMPETITION NEWS!
Here's competition news from the SAAZ club in Melbourne, Florida:
Commander SAAZ Interplanetary
Homebrew Blastoff
September 22, 2007
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The Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy are now accepting
entries for the 13th Annual Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff.
The Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff is an A.H.A. Sanctioned
homebrewed beer and mead competition sponsored by the Spacecoast Associates
for the Advancement of Zymurgy (SAAZ). Beers will be judged in accordance
with 2004 BJCP style guidelines. There are two Best of Show (BOS) awards,
one for beers and one for meads and ciders. We have the coolest BOS trophy
in the known universe. You can check it out on Commander SAAZ page of our
website (http://www.saaz.org) Medals and prizes are awarded for individual
category winners. The 2007 Rules and Minutiae are available on our website:
www.saaz.org
Back by popular demand is the Commander SAAZ Rocket Fuel Award! The rules
for the Rocket Fuel category are pretty simple. The beer must be based on a
BJCP beer/mead/cider category; however, the sky's no limit as far as alcohol
content. A minimum of 10% ABV is required to get the Commander's engines
running though. So dust off that Imperial Brown Ale, or that Strong Dark
Belgian Sextuple you have stashed away and see if it can help the Commander
get farther, faster!
The competition will be held on Saturday, September 22 with two prejudging
weekends on September 8-9 and September 15-16. Entry cutoff is Thursday,
September 6. If anyone is interested in judging either the pre-judging or at
the actual final day of competition, please contact Glenn Exline:
<mailto:Prez@Saaz.org> Prez(a)Saaz.org
Cheers,
Dani Exline
SAAZ
P.S.
Hotel Information:
The correct code is "BCS" (Brevard Club SAAZ). If anyone has made a
reservation and been told they didn't know anything about the code, please
call back with the code "BCS"!! If you haven't made your reservations yet,
CALL NOW. The rate is only good until August 31st! The Holiday Inn number is
321-783-2271.
For other events and competitions, check out Central Florida Homebrewers'
calendar at <http://www.cfhb.org> www.cfhb.org
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From: Desiree Knott [mailto:desiree@highgravitybrew.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: 2112 FOAM Cup 2007 Homebrew Competition
You are receiving this email because you entered FOAM Cup last year and we
would love to see your entries again this year!
FOAM Cup 2007
Homebrew Competition
The Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
Invite You to Enter!
Rules, Forms, and all Information at the FOAM web site www.alemakers.com
Accepting all BJCP Categories of Beer and Mead
Entries Accepted September 10-22, 2007 by our sponsor:
High Gravity Homebrew and Winemaking Shop
7164 S. Memorial in Tulsa - (918) 461-2605
FOAM Cup Judging - September 28 and 29 at
Hope Unitarian Church
8432 S. Sheridan Road in Tulsa
More Certified Judges than Ever Before!
Sanctioned by the American Homebrewers Association and
Beer Judge Certification Program
Medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place in Every Category
Prizes for BOS Beer and Mead, Best Extract and All-grain Beer, Best New
Brewer
$7 per entry OR $6 When You Register On-line at alemakers.com (Available
August 15)
Questions? Want to Judge or Steward at the Competition?
Please contact Dave Knott at dave(a)highgravitybrew.com
FOAM Cup Prizes
The following companies have generously donated prizes to this year's FOAM
Cup
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Award
Prize Donated by
Best of Show Beer $100.00 Gift Certificate High Gravity
Best of Show Mead TBD TBD
Best All Grain Beer
50lb bag of grain Cargill
Best Extract Beer
Brewer's Best Ivan's Belgian Tripel L. D. Carlson
New Brewer Award
Brewer's Best Russian Imperial Stout L. D. Carlson
Okie Cup
Beer Tasting at McNellie's McNellie's Public House
Best Beer Name
High Gravity T-shirt. High Gravity
Good morning campers!
In the next few weeks, Shady Oak Road will be fitted with new signage
proclaiming a 2 mile stretch of road being cleaned by a highly organized
local club better know as "Minnesota Homebrewers Association." Due to
font limitations, the sign split "Home Brewers" but I think your
friends will get the message.
Now for the highly organized part.
We have 10 volunteers for cleanup operations and the roadway is a mess.
In addition to the cleanup crew, we need other folks willing to support
the crew primarily with a beer-food event at the end of the day.
After everyone stops chuckling, the real trick of this event is to
gather enough warm bodies on a particular day to walk along the roadside
and get the job done. So the challenge is setting the first date and
gathering the bodies.
What does the collective feel like? Early afternoon during the week or
week-end? We could split it up in sections but the county would
appreciate it if we did it in one shot. Once we fill up the bags, we
give them a call and they arrange for bag collection!
So if you are just sitting around with nothing to do or are completely
out of homebrew, add your name to the list, suggest a date, and get
involved. I have a good supply of bright vests (required), garbage
bags. There will be a short "safety program/meeting" before we start.
I think we would be best to split up the group in pairs but we could
also work together in mass.
So there you go. The sign goes up next week so get ready to "PICK UP
SOME CRAP."
Don't be shy; simply reply!
Rick Oftel
Past President MHBA
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LAST DAY, MINNESOTA STATE FAIR DROP-OFF ENDS TODAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 !
GET THOSE ENTRIES TO THE DROP-OFF SITES.
Drop-off or Ship Entries to:
Midwest Supplies
3440 Beltline Blvd
St.Louis Park, MN 55416
Drop-off only:
Northern Brewer
1150 Grand Avenue
St.Paul, MN 55105
DO NOT mail them to The Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair will not accept any beer entries.
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 rosettes. NEW this year!: $100- 1st place, $75- 2nd place, $50- 3rd place BOS gift certificates (Sponsored by Midwest Homebrewing. Thanks, Midwest!) You may enter in any BJCP Beer, Mead or Cider category and you may enter one beer per BJCP sub-category.
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 17, 2007 AND Saturday, August 18, 2007. EVERYONE is welcome - we 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 and steward! 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.
To sign up to help volunteer, judge, steward:
Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition website
http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/
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 Saturday, August 25, 2007. Come out and support Minnesota homebrewing.
KSTP-TV, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS will be filming the first round judging and the awards ceremony. They are also interested in interviewing some brewers. KTSP would like a (very short) beermaking demo at their site on the Fairgrounds for 6 o'clock newscast. If anyone is interested, please inquiry. (I think we could re-use the wort from the earlier demo.)
Please pass this along to our 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, Blue Ox Brewers Society, Buffalo Ridge Brewers, Brewers In Chaos, Cloudy Town Brewers, Cross River Alliance of Zymurgists, Grin and Brew It, Headwaters Homebrew Club, Jack Of All Brews, 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
2007 Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition Organizer
A trivial message but important to folks driving along Shady Oak Road
between Excelsior and Minnetonka and also important to our homebrew
club.
In the near future, our homebrew club will have the opportunity to
assist our community with liter control. In our honor, Hennepin County
will erect a sign of thanks. Obviously, they wanted to know what to
paint.
The sign votes were cast. Although it was not unanimous, a very strong
majority of the respondents requested version "B" is in addition to the
clean up message, the sign will include the following:
Minnesota Home
Brewers Association
Thanks for all of your verbal support and thank you in advance for the
physical support for this program. To further encourage your
participation, MHBA will offer free beer and good food following each
pickup event. We don't want anyone going away thirsty or hungry.
In addition to all of the clean up volunteers who signed up
electronically and at Granite City, we will need some beverage and food
coordinators. It isn't too technical but you need to be comfortable
with a BBQ or have access to good beer. Don't be shy, give it a try.
Additional details forthcoming.
Sincerely,
Rick Oftel
MHBA
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I like "B" also.
- Al
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From: Ben Brausen <BenBrausen(a)aol.com>
> B!
>
> -Ben
>
> On Aug 9, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Rick Oftel wrote:
>
> > Clean up crew,
> >
> > As we get closer to the grand kickoff, we have an unanswered question
> > from Hennepin County regarding our road sign. Which choice do you
> > prefer? There are two lines with 20 characters.
> >
> > Example A:
> > MN Homebrewers
> > Association
> >
> > -or-
> > Example B:
> > Minnesota Home
> > Brewers Association
> >
> > Rick Oftel
> >
> > This electronic message including any attachments ("Message") may
> > contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt
> > from disclosure under trade secret and other applicable law. If you
> > are not the intended recipient, notify the sender immediately,
> > permanently delete all copies of this Message, and be aware that
> > examination, use, dissemination, duplication or disclosure of this
> > Message is strictly prohibited.
> >
>
>
