mba June 2008

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by alboyce＠comcast.net

The Minnesota Home Brewers Association is sponsoring the annual ALL-CLUB BEER CAMPOUT this weekend at the Minneapolis Southwest KOA in Jordan, MN, just 17.9 miles south of 494 on 169. It's CLOSE, so let's have a good showing from our club! Even if you don't want to camp, come out for the day (be sure to have a Designated sober driver for the ride home!!!) ALL-CLUB BEER CAMPOUT! Friday, June 6-Sunday, June 8, 2008 Minneapolis Southwest KOA 3315 West 166th Street, Jordan, MN 55352 http://www.koa.com/where/mn/23112/ John and Kimberly Hornibrook (952) 492-6440 $15/night per tent Saturday dinner is $5. Our Executive Chef - Rick Oftel - promises a gourmet meal! BYO everything else >From 494: Go South on Hwy 169 - 17.9 miles Turn left on 166th St West (Between mile markers #102 and #103) That's IT! Some info from organizer Mike Behrendt: Please bring some firewood. There is some available at the KOA, but it will save us some money. For anyone who gets there before me site 93 will be the sample distribution center please bring any kegs there Ill have a jockey box and CO2 site 92 will be the central camp fire location site 86 is reserved for the Executive Chef Rick Oftel site 113 will be my location Tours of Surly are available Friday evening, June 6th from 6pm to 8pm. Register directly on Surly's web site: http://www.surlybrewing.com/tours.php We have the use of a building until 7pm Friday and Saturday. We can also use the patio outside the pool, yes, they have an indoor pool! So, bring your bathing suit. They have an indoor pool, miniature golf, a playground for any juveniles in the group (you know who you are) and a small store for supplies. Rick is planning a gourmet meal! Be sure to sign up with an email to me so we plan for enough food. Reduced cost for kids is $1. If you have workshop cutoffs of small pieces of wood, please bring some for FireJenga. Small pieces only, please. If you have an award plaque from last year's competition, please bring it unless you know you will win again. Current schedule: Friday Rahr tour 2pm Surly tour 6pm-8pm Saturday Winery tour 1pm-3pm Dinner 6pm FireJenga 9pm Inter-club competition TBD Sunday cleanup and depart Rain or shine! See y'all there! -Al -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

17 years, 6 months

camping tonight - Thursday, June 5th

by Michael Behrendt

It's just starting to get nasty in Eden Prairie and it's not going to be much better in Jordan tonight. There are a few people who I know were thinking of camping tonight. I'd advise against it for Thursday night. I'm staying home tonight but will be at the KOA in the morning after breakfast. Pray for sunny weather Friday and Saturday! See ya'll there! //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net

17 years, 6 months

RE: [mnbrewers] Fitgerâs Brewhouse offers beer delivery

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Cool! Do they deliver to St. Louis Park?? - Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Steve Daiken duvelhop(a)yahoo.com Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:10:19 -0700 (PDT) To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] Fitgerâs Brewhouse offers beer delivery Fitgerâs Brewhouse offers beer delivery Patrick Garmoe Duluth News Tribune Published Thursday, June 05, 2008 Fitgerâs Brewhouse made a dream come true for generations of beer drinkers: a way to make the beer come to them. The brew pub is the first in Minnesota to begin delivering growlers â half-gallon sealed jugs of freshly made beer â to homes. Ideally, it plans to make daily and weekly routes through the city. Growlers to go filled with Lighthouse Golden beer chill in a refrigerator at the Fitgerâs Brewhouse Beer Store in the Fitgerâs Brewery Complex. [Amanda Odeski / News Tribune] RELATED CONTENT Thirsty yet? Patrick Garmoe Archive âJust exactly like the milkman. Heâll drop it off and take your empties away,â said Dave Hoops, brewmaster at Fitgerâs Brewhouse. The growlers are $14 each, or $11 for a replacement. An introductory rate of $1 is being charged per delivery â regardless of how many growlers are purchased. âWith todayâs gas prices, that wonât stick around forever,â Hoops promised. You can order growlers online or by phone. Identification will be required upon delivery. The growlers also are available at a new store just beneath the pub and restaurant. After quietly launching the service a month ago, the company already has sped up delivery of the beer, because brewers found most people didnât think to order it in advance. âThey want it now,â Hoops said. So now it guarantees delivery of the growlers within 24 hours of an order, though immediate delivery is possible when a driver is available. The service grew out of a need to provide a place to fill and sell growlers separately from the bar area in the restaurant. âWe decided to try it out, if for no other reason to push the boundaries,â said Tim Nelson, co-owner of Fitgerâs Brewhouse. Itâs just the latest step in the steady growth of the beer-making operation. Ten years ago, the pub made about 200 barrels of beer annually. That figure has grown steadily to 2,500 barrels last year, Hoops said. In tandem with the delivery service, the company opened a 900-square-foot store directly beneath the restaurant in the Fitgerâs building. The beer store sells growlers, growler cozies, packs for carrying the growlers, pint glasses, Fitgerâs Brewhouse T-shirts, hats, bike jerseys and other products. The expansion added one full-time position and three part-time positions, Nelson said. Bob DuVernois, president of the Minnesota Craft Brewerâs Guild and head brewer at Great Waters Brewing Company in St. Paul, said Duluth is ahead of most pubs in delivering the growlers. âNo oneâs really thought to pursue that,â he said. âTheyâre the first ones.â But DuVernois anticipates other brewers will follow Fitgerâs lead. With Fitgerâs essentially owning the market here, DuVernois expects the delivery option will pay off. But donât overlook the most obvious reason for potential success, DuVernois said. âThey make really good beer.â -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail

17 years, 6 months

Camp-out Favor

by Gera Exire La Tour

Hey everyone. Is there anyone close to North Minneapolis that is going to the Inter-club campout this weekend? Rick, our chef for the Saturday dinner, could really use my trusty burner. Problem: not sure how I am getting to the site, so would like to send the burner with someone a head of time. Can you help out? Drop me a line. Thanks. Gera _________________________________________________________________ Now you can invite friends from Facebook and other groups to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. Add now. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_AddNow_Now

17 years, 6 months

FW: Upcoming events at The Four Firkins

by Gera Exire La Tour

If you haven't been to this new shop, you should check it out! Really fun selection---Joel and I saw at least 6-8 things that we hadn't tried before (which is a record). Will definitely be a recommended spot for the BJCP class to purchase stuff from. Oh, and Jason is a really nice guy. -Gera From: alvey(a)thefourfirkins.comTo: alvsalvey(a)gmail.comSubject: Upcoming events at The Four FirkinsDate: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:29:00 -0400Craft Beer drinkers and friends!There is a lot going on over this next month at the Firkins.Inaddition to all the tasting events listed below I wanted to let youknow that every Saturday night I open four or five random beers for youto sample - always very interesting and tasty!Thursday June 5th.You're not going to believe this but I'm opening a couple of bottles of Wine, yes, I said Wine! I ambeginning to stock a very small eclectic line of wines so if you'd liketo try some come on down at about 6pm this Thursday.Saturday June 7thNew Belgium Tasting (Brewers of Fat Tire).Jackfrom New Belgium Brewing is going to take us through the entire line upof Minnesotan available beers, including a few seasonals that you maynever have tried before!Saturday the 14th - The Four Firkins Grand Opening! Surly is brining a Firkin of Bitter Brewer.Flat Earth is bringing a Firkin or Keg of something as yet undecided...Schells brewery will be pouring samples of their beer.The Pedal Pub ( www.pedalpub.com ) will be doing laps of the parking lot.How much fun and excitement can you handle in one evening?Sampling kicks off at 6pm!Friday June 20thThe first "Beer Evangelist" class with Josh Pepper. India Pale Ales.Joshis a certified BJCP beer judge and teaches classes for Surdyks as wellas Cooks of Crocus Hill, he will be teaching our class at 8pm on thatevening. Sign up by emailing me at alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com . Limited numbers so be quick. The class costs $5 however you will receive a $5 coupon to spend at the store that night.You will also get a free shirt that says " Four Firkins BeerEvangelist" that you can wear at your next beer event to show peopleyou know a thing or two about your beer! Hope to see you at the Firkins soon.Cheers! _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy 5 GB of free, password-protected online storage. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh…

17 years, 6 months

Maybe it's just homebrewers . . .

by John Longballa

. . . who enjoy hearing about homebrewing? Who would've thunk it? http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/beer_production_threatened_by

17 years, 6 months

Best Beer in the Twin Cities

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Vote for the "Best Beer" in the Twin Cities.... http://citysbest.aol.com/twin-cities/best-nightlife/beer/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

17 years, 6 months

Music and brewfest in western Wisconsin

by Neil Schlegel

Sorry about the short notice, but I just found out about a blues and beer fest happening in New Richmond, WI on Saturday June 7th from 1-4 pm. New Richmond is about 15 minutes east of Stillwater. http://willowriverbluesfest.com/ $12 in advance, $20 at the gate. Music has no cover charge so that price would include the music. According to the site 6 breweries will have staff there and another 13 breweries will have their beer represented for sampling but I guess won't be there in person. This is the first year they've done this so I can't really speak for how it works or well run it will be. Neil

17 years, 6 months

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