mba July 2008

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RE: [mnbrewers] MHBA meeting - Flat Earth 7/26/08

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Yo - For the AHA COC MEAD Competition - bring THREE bottles. If your entry is not chosen to represent the MhBA in the Nationals, we can return TWO of the bottles two you at the next club meeting if you wish. - Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Gera Exire La Tour gera_latour(a)hotmail.com Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:28:55 +0000 To: mba(a)thebarn.com, mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com, brewer(a)flatearthbrewing.com, jeffncathie(a)earthlink.net Subject: [mnbrewers] MHBA meeting - Flat Earth 7/26/08 Hey everyone. Just a reminder that the next MHBA meeting is next Saturday, July 26th at Flat Earth Brewing Co. from 1 - 4 p.m. Flat Earth Brewing Company2035 Benson AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55116 Jeff Williamson has arranged for us to have a ROAST PIG! So bring friends and family and something potluck to share. Homebrewed beers, meads, and ciders are welcome. In fact, if you have a mead, bring THREE bottles and compete to be MHBA's entry for the AHA Club Only Competition. (We are lucky enough to be hosting the AHA COC locally, so sign up to help out! Visit the website for more details: www.mnbrewers.com) Jeff will provide a tour of the brewery and answer questions. Growlers of Flat Earth beer and swag will be available for purchase. Hope to see you there! -Gera (P.S. For those with outdated calendars, we will NOT be at Rush River on July 19th.) _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL _Refresh_messenger_video_072008 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web

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MHBA meeting - Flat Earth 7/26/08

by Gera Exire La Tour

Hey everyone. Just a reminder that the next MHBA meeting is next Saturday, July 26th at Flat Earth Brewing Co. from 1 - 4 p.m. Flat Earth Brewing Company2035 Benson AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55116 Jeff Williamson has arranged for us to have a ROAST PIG! So bring friends and family and something potluck to share. Homebrewed beers, meads, and ciders are welcome. In fact, if you have a mead, bring two bottles and compete to be MHBA's entry for the AHA Club Only Competition. (We are lucky enough to be hosting the AHA COC locally, so sign up to help out! Visit the website for more details: www.mnbrewers.com) Jeff will provide a tour of the brewery and answer questions. Growlers of Flat Earth beer and swag will be available for purchase. Hope to see you there! -Gera (P.S. For those with outdated calendars, we will NOT be at Rush River on July 19th.) _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_W…

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INAUGURAL BJCP MEAD EXAM and MEAD JUDGING CLASS - Aug 3, 2008

by alboyce＠comcast.net

THE FIRST EVER BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION EXAM CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 9am-Noon $30 for BJCP Judges, $50 for new examinees The Beer Judge Certification Program will be debuting their new certification "BJCP CERTIFIED MEAD JUDGE" in St.Paul, MN on Sunday, August 3 at 9am. The BJCP Mead Judge exam is a 2hr 45 minute exam consisting of a 2hr 8-question essay exam and a 45min 3-mead tasting section. Details about the exam can be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead/BJCP_Mead_Exam.pdf The test will be administered by Gordon Strong, BJCP President and Grandmaster V beer judge. This will be the FIRST BJCP Mead Exam given by the BJCP, and culminates a two-year development process. It is a Pass/Fail test, requiring a 60% grade to pass. Current BJCP judges who pass the exam will receive a "Mead Judge Endorsement" on their record. New judges will be considered a "BJCP Mead Judge" in the program. Both will receive a BJCP Certified Mead Judge pin upon passing. Study materials for the exam can be found on the BJCP website at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead.html This is the FIFTH event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. The exam is limited to the twelve examinees. Send your exam fee via PayPal to MHBA(a)BIGFOOT.COM to reserve your exam seat. * Go to: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money&nav=2.1.0 * Select SERVICE and click CONTINUE * Log in to PayPal * Do NOT click the first SEND MONEY icon! * At the bottom of the page, enter BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION TEST in the SUBJECT field * Enter your name, address, city, state, zip, CELL-phone and email in the MESSAGE field * Click SEND MONEY * Click VIEW TRANSACTION DETAILS if you wish ===================================== BJCP MEAD JUDGING CLASS Open to everyone interested in Mead Judging CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 1pm-3pm $20 per person (collected at the event) Following the Mead exam and after a break for lunch, BJCP President Gordon Strong and BJCP Continuing Education Director Kris England will present a Mead Judging seminar. Commercial and home-made meads will be open-tasted, followed by discussion on each mead. The topic will be Mead-JUDGING, as compared to Mead-MAKING, mead-judging vocabulary, common flaws, and troubleshooting will be covered. You NEED NOT be a BJCP judge to participate in this event! This is open to any and all who are interested in learning about mead tasting. Significant others are welcome and encouraged. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED! Register with me: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com Why have the class AFTER the test, you ask? 1) If you taste meads for two hours and THEN took the test, you'd be MESSED UP! 2) If you're not ready for the test at 9am, you won't be any MORE ready at 1pm! This is the SIXTH and FINAL event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. (Whew!) - Al -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web

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THE HAPPY GNOME MEAD DINNER - Thu, July 31, 6pm

by alboyce＠comcast.net

THE HAPPY GNOME MEAD-PAIRING DINNER! Thursday, July 31, 2008 6pm, $70 per person The Happy Gnome 498 Selby Ave St. Paul, MN 55102 651-287-2018 The kick-off for the Twin Cities NATIONAL MEAD WEEKEND will be the Mead Dinner at the Happy Gnome on Thursday, July 31 at 6pm. Happy Gnome Executive Chef Matthew Hinman will prepare and serve a six-course feast paired with SEVEN meads from White Winter Winery, featuring fish, wild game, and local seasonal fare. A "meet and greet" will start promptly at 6pm with a selected White Winter mead. * Ken Schramm, author of "The Compleat Meadmaker" will be on hand to talk about mead tasting. * Jon Hamilton, meadmaker at White Winter Winery of Iron River, Wisconsin will be present to talk about each of his meads. * Chef Matt hopefully can be coaxed to speak about his choices in creating the pairings. Cost of this unique, star-studded event is $70 per person. SPECIAL! This event is ONLY being publicized to the beer clubs for the next seven days! This event will NOT be publicized to the Happy Gnome's mailing list until next Thursday, July 24. BOOK YOUR RESERVATION NOW!!!! This is very likely to sell out before next Thursday. To reserve, call the Happy Gnome at 651-287-2018 Ask to reserve for "The Mead Dinner" on July 31. http://www.thehappygnome.com/ http://www.whitewinter.com/ ...more information about other events in the National Mead Weekend to follow.... - Al -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

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FW: [mnbrewers] new hop growers

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Original Message: ----------------- From: Daniel Justesen danjustesen(a)yahoo.com Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:06:46 -0000 To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] new hop growers I have a reporter looking to do a story on home brewers who have reacted to the hop shortages/prices by starting their own plantings this year. If you would be willing to talk to him, please contact me at Vine Park. Dan Justesen Vine Park Brewing Co. dan @ vinepark.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

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FW: Surly Beer tomorrow!

by Gera Exire La Tour

> To: gera_latour(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Surly Beer tomorrow!> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:38:19 -0700> From: zsparky(a)aol.com> > Surly News of the Day> > Come on down and check out the only Surly neon sign at a bar in America! > Brian Mackenzie was at our open house a few months back and saw the great > neon sign that my wife and in-laws had made us for Christmas in 2005. He > liked it so much, he made a Surly neon for his bar, MacKenzies Pub, to > celebrate we will be drinking some special beers on Wednesday, July 16th. We > will be tapping a keg of two, coffee bender and a cask! See you around 7:00. > > A couple dates have been set:> SurlyFest – September 6th. We will be having a party at the brewery to > kick-off our fall beer – SurlyFest. There will be beer, there will be food, > there will be bands. Tickets will go on sale at the brewery prior to the > event. > > D-Day – October 25th, we will be selling bottles of Darkness at the brewery. > Details to follow. > > See you drinking,> Omar> > > > To be removed from this specific mailing list, click here:> https://www.surlybrewing.com/mailinglists/mailinglists.php?p=subscr&mlst=se… > > > To be removed from all of our mailing lists, click here:> https://www.surlybrewing.com/mailinglists/mailinglists.php?p=mlist&rem=gera… > _________________________________________________________________ The i’m Talkaton. Can 30-days of conversation change the world? http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_ChangeWorld

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Second Call : MEAD JUDGES NEEDED for the AHA MEAD Club Only Competition 01 August 2008

by Crist, Jonathan

The MHBA is hosting the Mead Club Only Competition this year. The competition will be judged Friday 1 August 2008 at the CSPS hall starting at around 5:30 pm. Please help us select the best of the best from the AHA clubs around the country. If you are interested in judging, stewarding, or just helping, please respond to the organizer, Jonathan Crist, at: cristj(a)bsci.com. We still are in great need of judges, stewards and assistance with set/cleanup for the competition. Volunteers/judges selection will be confirmed by Saturday 26 July 2008. Cheers!

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6th Annual MSF Homebrew Beer, Mead and Cider Competition

by Sean and Michelle Hewitt

Attention Minnesota Brewers! St. Paul Homebrewers Club and Minnesota Homebrewers Association are happy to announce the 6th Annual Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Beer, Mead and Cider Competition.The First and Second round of judging will be on Friday, August 15th, 4pm to 10pm AND Saturday, August 16th, 9am to 6pm, on the State Fair grounds at the Creative Annex. On-line registration is from July 16th to August 8th. The entry fee is a very reasonable $5 and we only ask for 2 bottles per entry! You can drop off your entries at Midwest Homebrew, Northern Brewer and Still- H20. Mail-in entries can be sent to Midwest. Winners in categories will receive the State Fair medals. Thanks agian, this year, Midwest Homebrew Supplies generously sponsored BOS prizes: First Place prize: $100 gift certificate and BOS rosette, Second Place prize: $75 gift certificate, Third Place prize: $50 gift certificate. The Best of Show judging will be done during the Minnesota State Fair, on Saturday, August 23th from 11am to 2pm at the Education Building’s outdoor stage. The Pedalpub will be in the MSF Parade, too. Volunteers are always in short supply for the first round judging so even if you only make it for part of the event we still can use you. We’re looking for volunteers for Judge Coordinator, Steward Coordinator and Cellarmaster. Also, we will be needing volunteers for various media and BOS events. To volunteer to help, contact Contest Chair or directly sign-up online at http://mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ July 16 - Aug. 8, 2008 - Online RegistrationNOTE: Must be pre-registered by Aug. 8 to enter. Registrations after Aug. 8 will NOT be accepted! Checks will be returned, but beers submitted past registrations will not be returned. July 31 - Aug 8, 2008 - Entries accepted at drop-off sitesAugust 15, 2008, 6pm-10pm - First Round Judging at the Creative Activities Annex at the Minnesota State FairgroundsAugust 16, 2008, 9am-6pm - First Round Judging at the Creative Activities Annex at the Minnesota State FairgroundsNOTE: Preliminary judging not open to the general public. August 23, 2008, 11am-2pm - Best-Of-Show Judging and Awards Ceremony at the Education Building's outdoor stage, adjacent to the Creative Activities building at 1pm on Saturday, August 23, 2008. For more info, surf to: http://mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ See you before, during and after the State Fair! Sean P. Hewitt MSF Competition Organizer

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Now someone's thinking

by Hatcher, Brian

Heh heh heh... might have to get one... Thanks Brian R! --- Brian Hatcher Sr. Master Scheduler C.P.I.M. Email: brian_hatcher(a)Xiotech.com Office: 952 983 2466 Fax: 952 983 2488 Xiotech Corporation 6455 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 www.xiotech.com : www.xiotech.com/demo : Toll-Free 866 472 6764

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FW: News from The Four Firkins

by Al Boyce

_____ From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:26 PM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: News from The Four Firkins <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> header <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg?a=110216 3871059> The Four Firkins Newsletter More beer and more events! July 13th 2008 <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Fellow craft beer drinkers, This is the very first Four Firkins Newsletter! It's taken me a while to get around to this as things here at the Firkins are busier everyday. It's a great problem to have! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to be on the mailing list, we continue to get new Craft Beer Drinkers on board every minute. It's great to see you are as excited about this little beer store as I am. Sincerely, Jason Alvey New Beer on its way! Monk, Goat and new Beer! <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/4.jpg?a=110216 3871059> Every week new beer arrives down at the Firkins. Whether it's limited batch releases or simply crazy hard to find Belgian beer I am always harassing my distributors for new and different brews. Check out the website at: The Four <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FoEwPznnfOCiox35hDhhs2RY-Jl9J61D6dVtFUxT8mrso7Xy AAJFbFN6qao4KWb_XB9nrq4CGqUPo8YRoKTcPZAt1zHwY3t1i0-4wUBjaDDH1oC1oRcXMA==> Firkins Click on the "New Beer and Events" page to read about some of the latest arrivals. Upcoming Events. July 22nd, Tuesday : Unibroue Tasting. Mark from Unibroue will be at the Firkins at 6:00pm that evening to take us through some of these amazing beers from Quebec. He will also be bringing some very special beers from his own cellar as well as some that never made it to the U.S. Please be sure to be here at 6:00pm sharp if you intend to come along, the tasting will be held in a class format. July 30th, Wednesday: Bells Tasting. Jason from Bells will be here to hand out samples and tell us all just why this stuff is so bloody good! Starts at 6:00pm, no set format, come when you please! Beer Evangelist Classes Josh imparting his knowledge <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/5.jpg?a=110216 3871059> The first Beer Evangelist class was a huge success! The Firkins was packed with eager participants and I'm sure everyone who was there will agree Josh Pepper is a great instructor. His enthusiasm for the subject and his ability spread that passion is second to none. The second class is set for the 25th of this month, it is unfortunately already sold out. I will announce the date of the August class in the next newsletter as well as on the website. To the lucky 35 people who got in, I look forward to sharing some Saisons with you! Surly fridge! Surly fridge <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/6.jpg?a=110216 3871059> You people really, really love your Surly! In order to make sure I don't run out every week I had to go purchase a "Surly Storage Fridge" for out the back, even with it stuffed full I can barely keep the stuff in stock! Cheers! Some new Beers this week: Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale: This year it's an IPA ! Sierra Nevada <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FoEwPznnfOAkGxilEnIIcEDkCghOUYFzgPZrPqldm7C_Izpb 4L6XSFwhAxwDauVB7sQ15Je1K4U3yAiTdeRT8Sk1Zpj1r_Up3WB6RG6SoI6hMZr5ziM1LYTMD7HN p_iVrtvj_cnXXJdsftV-9Vw_QQ==> Anniversary Ale Rogue Brewers Ale 2008: This is a massively hopped up American Strong Ale. Limited release! Don't miss out... Saison d'Epeautre: A Belgian Saison brewed with Spelt. Saison <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FoEwPznnfODfu2L_X1Ue8-lUuya84SXojt-mgpR0TX139Ky1 TgYXELII_EvHWzLkdtgHHho59EhjlhoKN5AUA65881MjmB_ffP4jLA1Oa2Tbbuso0IO-VNadVdW4 39-TpGIwHBEqhpTqJwAtMJY7kryBt6-woBa89NSb_qJ82RQ=> d'Epeautre Gouden Carolus: Hopsinjoor - A hopped up Belgian Golden Ale. 50 IBU's. It's no hop bomb but it's pretty hopped up for a Belgian! We also just got a case of the "Classic" - A 8.5% Belgian Brown. Gouden <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FoEwPznnfODGFOlynJnt3T3cA5oyFsxzrT1gJiRl6oAacRAN tbk1OR-9LQeiC15IMZJ3ylg5w8JXmGMhv2-XaNJPYpmtmJkxCM9oXGIH59cA3zimIWZgVSAu4iMJ wYGyq4Zf6mCK_Zl9pLyUlbPDIJJ4E4bcMgNGV1ZtSFHtw34=> Carolus Rush River "Bubble Jack IPA" and the "Unforgiven Amber" are in the fridge! Rush River <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FoEwPznnfOCBiveIL5--qj_iKL5zMjVcgjmhW6t63qOWJT4U gfs_pZBf-k36FF4Cu29_DXs2lvxPs7XokuehDvcocvSC1QF10nexI4_uPN8Qxx0kfZ-C--om02vz Grdp8wWnPBsVq4A=> Brewing. These represent just a few of the latest arrivals. 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