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FW: Hoppy Halloween Challenge - FREE DELIVERY THIS SUN!

by alboyce＠comcast.net

I'm resending with FREE DELIVERY in the header so everyone gets the message! Original Message: ----------------- From: Susan Ruud susan.ruud(a)ndsu.edu Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:09:24 -0500 To: sphbc(a)sphbc.org, mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com, sphbc(a)googlegroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] Hoppy Halloween Challenge Hi, Just wanted to remind anyone who wished to save on shipping that I will be picking up entries for the Hoppy Halloween Challenge at Al Boyce's on Sunday about 4pm to bring back to Fargo. Contact Al at alboyce(a)comcast.net and directions to his house are here: http://tinyurl.com/c3r5f Entries are being accepted for the Hoppy Halloween Challenge from now until October 10th. All BJCP categories are accepted plus our own theme category for Halloween. Details can be found at http://www.prairiehomebrewers.org/hoppyhalloween.htm Prizes will be awarded for all first, 2nd and 3rd place winners. There is a separate Best of Show for Beer and for Mead and Cider. Judging will occur the week of October 19th thru the 25th with the majority of the judging on the 24th and 25th. There is an awards banquet on Oct. 25th with speaker Doug Hoverson - Author of "Land of Amber Waters" Please watch our website for further information. Cheers, Susan Ruud Competition Organizer -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail

17 years, 2 months

Ancient Yeast Reborn in Modern Beer

by Hatcher, Brian

In case the screen print does not come across: Cheers! ~Brian Ancient Yeast Reborn in Modern Beer Eric Bland, Discovery News Sept. 23, 2008 -- Trapped inside a Lebanese weevil covered in ancient Burmese amber <http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/11/amber-feather-dino.html> , a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast has lain dormant for up to 45 million years. A decade ago Raul Cano, now a scientist at the California Polytechnic State University, drilled a tiny hole into the amber and extracted more than 2,000 different kinds of microscopic creatures. Activating the ancient yeast, Cano now brews barrels (not bottles) of pale ale and German wheat beer through the Fossil Fuels Brewing Company. "You can always buy brewing yeast, and your product will be based on the brewmaster's recipes," said Cano. "Our yeast has a double angle: We have yeast no one else has and our own beer recipes." The beer has received good reviews at the Russian River Beer Festival and from other reviewers. The Oakland Tribune beer critic, William Brand, says the beer has "a wierd spiciness at the finish," and The Washington Post said the beer was "smooth and spicy." Part of that taste comes from the yeast's unique metabolism. "The ancient yeast is restricted to a narrow band of carbohydrates, unlike more modern yeasts, which can consume just about any kind of sugar," said Cano. Related Content: --- 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 ________________________________ Eric Bland's blog: Interior Design <http://blogs.discovery.com/news_interior_design/> Discovery Tech <http://dsc.discovery.com/technology/index.html> Step Into the Future: Visit Next World <http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/next-world/next-world.html> ________________________________ Eventually the yeast will likely evolve the ability to eat other sugars, which could change the taste of the beer. Cano plans to keep a batch of the original yeast to keep the beer true to form. If this has a ring of deju-vu, it could be because Cano's amber-drilling technique is the same one popularized in the movie Jurassic Park, where scientists extracted ancient dinosaur DNA <http://science.howstuffworks.com/dna.htm> from the bellies of blood-sucking insects trapped in fossilized tree sap. Cano's original goal was to find ancient microscopic creatures that might have some kind of medical value, particularly pharmaceutical drugs. While that particular avenue of research didn't yield significant results, the larger question of how microscopic creatures survived for millions of years could help scientists understand certain diseases, said Charles Greenblatt, a scientist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem who studies ancient bacteria. "We've got cases of guys who contracted [tuberculosis] during World War II and lived with it for 60, 70 years," said Greenblatt. "Then suddenly they get another disease, the TB wakes up from its dormancy and kills them." Inducing dormancy could be a new way to fight disease and infection, said Greenblatt. Instead of outright killing infectious creatures, doctors could instead put them to sleep. The infection would still be present in the patient's body, but it wouldn't hurt the patient. Neither Cano nor Greenblatt can say what the upper limit for hibernating yeast or bacteria is; it could be hundreds of million years. But while other scientists work on that, Cano plans to spend his time tossing back a few cold ones <http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/beer.htm> , and hoping others will too. "We think that people will drink one beer out of curiosity," said Cano. "But if the beer doesn't taste good no one will drink a second."

17 years, 2 months

FW: Announcing LAND OF THE MUDDY WATERS Homebrew Competition Nov 15th!!

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Original Message: ----------------- From: Jason Gabriel alphaacid99(a)yahoo.com Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:55:02 -0700 (PDT) To: alphaacid99(a)yahoo.com Subject: Announcing LAND OF THE MUDDY WATERS Homebrew Competition Nov 15th!! Dear Fellow Homebrewers, (Administrators, please forward this to your club list) Announcing the 14th annual Land of the Muddy Waters homebrew competition. Complete details can be found at www.mugz.org/lotmw This AHA/BJCP-sanctioned contest is organized by MUGZ (Mississippi Unquenchable Grail Zymurgists). LOTMW2008 is one of the last qualifying events for Midwest Brewer of the Year. We are in need of judges for LOTMW2008 to be held on November 15th, 2007. This years competition will again be held at Blue Cat Brew Pub, in historic downtown Rock Island, IL. As in the past, we will be hedonistically judging a special category called the Land of the Muddy Waters category, as well as having a label contest. Refer to our website for complete details. www.mugz.org/lotmw We anticipate the need to have enough judges to cover close to 200 entries. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided at 8am the morning of the competition as well as lunch between sessions at the Blue Cat. Judges with walk-in entries must pre-register them before the entry deadline as stated on the website. Please have walk-in entries there no later than 8am. Judging will begin at 9:00 am and we expect to wrap up for the awards ceremony and festivities between 4pm and 5pm. For more information, visit www.mugz.org/lotmw If you plan on judging please take the time to register as a judge on our website so I can begin to build a tentative headcount for the Lunch menu. Key Dates: Oct 20th - Nov. 7th. entries accepted Nov. 15th Competition day Thanks, Jason Gabriel LOTMW2007 Competition Organizer alphaacid99(a)yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web

17 years, 2 months

FW: Hoppy Halloween Challenge

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Original Message: ----------------- From: Susan Ruud susan.ruud(a)ndsu.edu Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:34:13 -0500 To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com, sphbc(a)googlegroups.com Subject: [mnbrewers] Hoppy Halloween Challenge Hi Everyone, Hoppy Halloween is fast approaching. We would like to offer you free shipping on early entries this year. The entry dates are from September 25th thru Oct. 10th. For any entries that are ready to ship by 4pm on the 28th of September I am willing to pick these up in the Minneapolis area. Al Boyce has volunteered to collect these for me at his home. His e-mail is alboyce(a)comcast.net and directions to his house are here: http://tinyurl.com/c3r5f We have lots of great prizes this year and hope you can all make it up to help judge and attend our Grand Banquet on Oct. 25th. Further details should be coming soon. Hope to see you all at Autumn Brew Review, Cheers, Susan -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting

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FW: Two year old Barley-wine anyone?

by Al Boyce

_____ From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:40 PM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: Two year old Barley-wine anyone? <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> header <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg?a=110224 8913615> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Two Year Old Barley-Wine? Little Korkny Ale 09/20/08 Norrebro Bryghus - Little Korkny Ale 2006 Barely Wine 12% ABV Little Korkny Ale is brewed with US hops and European malts to give complex notes of plums, dried fruits, spice and caramel. We received one case of the 2006 vintage, it's not cheap but the reviews are all very good. I can't wait to try it! Korkny <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/22.jpg?a=11022 48913615> Isle of Skye - Black Cuillin Scottish Ale Brewed with Heather Honey. A distinctive dark ale brewed with roast barley and rolled roast Scottish oatmeal, giving an almost stout-like bitterness, smoothed through the addition of pure Scottish heather honey. 4.5% ABV Black <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/23.gif?a=11022 48913615> Demolen - London Style Porter 1914 recipe Original 1914 recipe London Style Porter. 5.8% ABV . We have bottles number 453, 449,461,469 in stock. porter <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/24.jpg?a=11022 48913615> Drie Fonteinen - Oude Kriek Traditional Cherry Lambic Made with whole ripe Cherries, entirely spontaneously fermented with wild yeasts. A rare, completely natural , traditional Lambic beer, with no added sugars, syrups, artificial colours or flavours. Perhaps the best sour cherry beer in the world. Positively loaded with real cherries! Kriek <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/25.jpg?a=11022 48913615> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102140918849> Join Our Mailing List! Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102140918849&ea=alboyce%40comc ast.net&a=1102248913615> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MdMLjMwOlH7tiQXbLOVSXLk1TIlfXbIuZ&p=un> Safe Unsubscribe This email was sent to alboyce(a)comcast.net by alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com. Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MdMLjMwOlH7tiQXbLOVSXLk1TIlfXbIuZ&p=oo> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MdMLjMwOlH7tiQXbLOVSXLk1TIlfXbIuZ&p=un> T | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp> . Email Marketing <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> by <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> The Four Firkins | 8009 Minnetonka Blvd | St Louis Park | MN | 55426 <http://rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1102248913615.0.1102140918849.483&ts=S0363&o=http:/ /ui.constantcontact.com/images1/s.gif>

17 years, 2 months

RE: Un-opened 1953 Guinness bottle

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Let's drink it - then we can tell him what it's worth. :-D - Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Eric Biermann eric.biermann(a)gmail.com Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:02:06 -0500 To: mba(a)thebarn.com, mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com, sphbc(a)googlegroups.com Subject: [sphbc] Un-opened 1953 Guinness bottle I have a collegue who has an un-opend bottle of 1953 Export Guinness. Does anyone know someone who would be able to value it for them? Thanks! EdB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Saint Paul Homebrewers Club discussion list. To post to this group, send email to sphbc(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sphbc-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sphbc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

17 years, 2 months

Un-opened 1953 Guinness bottle

by Eric Biermann

I have a collegue who has an un-opend bottle of 1953 Export Guinness. Does anyone know someone who would be able to value it for them? Thanks! EdB

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Autumn Brew Review

by Mike Moranz

Anyone got one spare ticket they would like to sell? Thanks, Mike Moranz

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RE: Beer Evangelist Class #4

by Al Boyce

_____ From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:52 PM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: Beer Evangelist Class #4 <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> header <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg?a=110224 3125963> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Beer Evangelist Class # Four Session Beers! 09/16/08 Beer Evangelist Class # Four Session Beers - Thursday September 25th 8:00pm Josh Pepper will be hosting the next Beer Evangelist class here at the Four Firkins on Thursday September the 25th. We will be "Studying" session beers, low alcohol, high taste, the perfect social lubricant! Class costs $15. You will receive a coupon for $15 to spend that night. If you are already attending the IPA Bitter Brawl earlier that week please don't sign up for this class, we have to be fair and let everybody have a chance! ( Over 200 people tried to sign up to the IPA class!) There are only 35 spots. Email Alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com with Beer Evangelist in the Subject line to sign up. Pay on the night. See you there! Oh, and by the way, SURLYFEST IS IN !!!!! <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102140918849> Join Our Mailing List! Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102140918849&ea=alboyce%40comc ast.net&a=1102243125963> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MxvOlrAEJOTTmOkEVLO_E38IUFGYznSTd&p=un> Safe Unsubscribe This email was sent to alboyce(a)comcast.net by alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com. Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MxvOlrAEJOTTmOkEVLO_E38IUFGYznSTd&p=oo> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001LBos8BrBhyquGWVn84RSt2xRl9vEC 51MxvOlrAEJOTTmOkEVLO_E38IUFGYznSTd&p=un> T | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp> . Email Marketing <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> by <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_News_209> The Four Firkins | 8009 Minnetonka Blvd | St Louis Park | MN | 55426 <http://rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1102243125963.0.1102140918849.483&ts=S0363&o=http:/ /ui.constantcontact.com/images1/s.gif>

17 years, 2 months

FW: Another IPA and a new Coffee beer.

by Al Boyce

News from the Firkins... _____ From: The Four Firkins [mailto:alvey@thefourfirkins.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of The Four Firkins Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:10 PM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: Another IPA and a new Coffee beer. <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> header <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/3.jpg?a=110223 9772173> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Another IPA, another Coffee beer, and even more! How do we do it? Every week! New at the Firkins this week? The beers listed below are just a few of the more exciting ones to arrive on Friday. We often get up to ten cases of new beer every week, and it doesn't sit around gathering dust. This is beer fresh from the brewery and moves very quickly. We now have the brand new MNBEER pint glasses in stock too. Drink out of one of these and show your mates how dedicated you are to the Minnesotan Craft Beer industry. Never seen the MNBEER website? It's the best resource in town for local up to the minute beer info. Check it out! MNBEER <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TUp1NVSc-M6WTyTv3_iqNfYMvDxh7qw8F500uRb4tt6zcdfd Ox8hjPHtQN6c5DczG3uxZ3s_CU-x3N_BA7jNdZ2XS5FbqcBfNkrPeDfVrtc=> Website. Along with these new beers listed below we managed to get one more case of the Peche Mortel if you missed out last week come get one now! Peche <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TUp1NVSc-M49Dzvk-1tGZSM5rs8Gn1a6Ij7WbJrlqBGecAwW neFg5MbRp3Sih5qOgo5M9VXqV4-Xi91MNRSrgL9072QPP4d3Vp7C18GQVBsLUHpjZWmjcvx6G7fs vTNvSZLcIB2-WvaKUQqdhww7ZptEPDiJxxS58xI0Gyu8PtA=> Mortel See you all on Monday night for the Brau <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TUp1NVSc-M7A1gHuiJChV4S9Id0qbq3Q_mwNbybIBhI-hYLM _QZXyPmayJ9t2NpSNI2cTIEHMdAvji-jrtbvppENCpKgV1Cmk_SrRX8TlooUxH2OeBCaxE4T65Zg GCQp> BrothersTasting! 6:00pm till 8:00pm Cheers! Alvey Mikkeller Black Hole, Stateside IPA and Big-Worse Barley Wine. We received three cases of Mikkeller beer, two of which we've never had in the store before. Mikkeller - Black Hole 13% ABV Coffee Stout: An imperial stout brewed with: water, malt, roasted barley, flaked oats, dark cassanade, honey, hops, coffee, vanilla and ale yeast. Finally! Black Hole is what Mikkeller is all about. Daring, vulgar and extreme. Mikkeller - Stateside IPA - 7% ABV A love of American microbrews is the inspiration behind this IPA, brewed with generous amounts of aromatic, American hops, which provide the significant freshness and bitterness with lots of citrus notes. Mikkeller - Big, Worse Barley Wine Ale. 12% ABV Big Worse is the long awaited big brother of the small test brew Big Bad Barley Wine. The idea behind Big Worse is still to make a simple yet heavy barley wine - just like it's smaller brother. But this time both the alcohol and bitterness has been pumped up! Big Worse is both thick and sweet and is the perfect beer for desserts. Enjoy it now or keep it for many years. Best stored dark and at cellar temperature. All three of these beers are on the shelves right now! Moylan's Imperial Stout. We received another shipment of Moylans beer. One case of the Imperial Stout and one case of the regular IPA. Moylans <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TUp1NVSc-M7ltrLcpC-Uw6Ie8-XtQsdjGQbOJIqfWXGgP3ML 2FfwlcYdz3VTf7ChiexOEHyKS0C9I0IE747MyCqrbNTuVW3t0vQ-6u-52aC1Xhphzsi16Qmaw0U5 7epoIHG1Q9oGU_PI5S5mmToE6w==> Brewing Moylans Impy Stout. <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102140918849/img/18.jpg?a=11022 39772173> Bogedal Beer brewed with no modern technology from Denmark. OK beer geeks, he's something you don't see every day. Bøgedal is an atypical brewery in that it is Scandinavian's only All gravity. The beer runs from cask to cask by help of pulleys and level differentiation. without the use of pumps, and the herb is cooked over an open fire. Every batch is different and they don't brew to style. We have 127 and 125 here: a type of Pale Ale and a dark ale that is brewed with orange peel. 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