Homebrewers,
A few years ago, we adopted a stretch of Shady Oak Road between Minnetonka
Mills Road and Excelsior Boulevard. Last year some weather challenges
prompted us to do a quick schedule change and the participants included
yours truly and Mike Behrendt. I think I gained about 5 pounds with all of
those left over donuts and consumed enough coffee to remain awake for a few
days. Humor aside, I would like to clean up this stretch of road again this
fall since it is somewhat littered with those little things that folks seem
so willing to toss out their windows.
Here is the proposal. We meet again at the shopping center just north of
Mainstreet (Shady Oak and Oak Drive Lane) at 9:00 am October 17, 2009. I'll
have the morning coffee and donuts. Six volunteers would really be
appreciated. From there, we move north and south collecting and depositing
our bags of crap as we go. Remember, you can keep anything you find
valuable! Last year I found a great CD of absolutely horrible music. Yep,
target practice.
After the pickup, head over to the monthly "hotdish and homebrew" meeting
being held at Traditional Foods Minnesota from 12-3.
RSVP sincerely appreciated. Please mark your calendars.
Cheers!
Rick Oftel
October Meeting: Hotdish & Homebrew
Saturday, October 17th, Noon - 3 p.m.
Traditional Foods Minnesota Warehouse
302 W. 61st Street, Minneapolis (Richfield)
Autumn will soon be upon us and that means winter isn't far behind. What
better time than now to break out the recipes books and get reacquainted
with your favorite hotdish? And what could complement great hotdish like a
cold homebrewed beer? That's right. nothing! October's MHBA meeting is
called 'Hotdish & Homebrew,' and this time we're meeting at a new location -
in Minneapolis.
Think of this meeting as being similar to the annual chili cook-offs, but
instead of different chilis, we're pairing our beers with as many hotdishes
as possible. There will be categories with prizes given for each category as
well as a Peoples Choice award.
Categories and prizes will be announced in the October BOILER, via e-mail,
forum and Facebook as we get closer to the date. If you want to suggest a
category or other fun activity for the day, contact Chip Walton at email:
chipaway(a)hotmail.com or cell phone: 512-914-1834.
This meeting will be held at the warehouse of Traditional Foods Minnesota.
They are a private buying club for locally-grown, farm-fresh food and
operate a warehouse in south Minneapolis that literally brings the farm to
the city. Traditional Foods Minnesota does this by co-opting or leasing
space in their warehouse to sell products direct from the farmer to the
consumer. You can find fresh dairy, produce, pasture-based pork, grass fed
beef, bison, goat and lamb along with locally harvested wild rice and honey.
More information can be found at www.traditionalfoodsmn.com
<http://www.traditionalfoodsmn.com/> . Check out the web site for details
on membership and product availability. If you have any specific questions
contact Mark Eggan at tradchef(a)yahoo.com.
Traditional Foods Minnesota will supply the tables and access to
electricity. The beer, food, and serving utensils are up to us. Their
warehouse is located at 302 W. 61st Street, a block north of Highway
62/Crosstown between Nicollet and Lyndale Aves. Come through gate to the
back of the building. Phone: 612-861-0097
FYI
//Mike Behrendt
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From: Bud Huddleston [mailto:huddlbud@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:58 AM
To: Bud Huddleston
Cc: admin(a)finalgravitybrewing.com
Subject: SBC 2009 Organizing Committee
This is a notice for the 2nd Final Gravity Strong Beer Competition (SBC) to
be held on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 in Atlanta GA. Please share with
your club members. The SBC is an AHA / BJCP sanctioned competition in which
all entries must be in one of 23 BJCP categories that cross the line of 8%
ABV (sorry, no Meads this year). Thus, the name Strong Beer Competition!
See the website below for specific styles.
Awards will be given to the top three beers for each flight and Best of
Show, and prizes will be given to the top entry in each. BOS WINNER TO WIN
SKYMILES AND TICKETS TO PIZZA PORT STRONG ALE FEST IN CARLSBAD CA ON DEC 4TH
and 5TH, 2009!! Entries will be accepted between October 1st and October
17th, and are limited to 100 entries. You MUST receive database
confirmation and label print instructions from the Final Gravity website to
enter your beers.
Please go to <http://www.finalgravitybrewing.com/strong>
www.FinalGravityBrewing.com/strong for more details and to complete the
entry forms, or email admin(a)finalgravitybrewing.com with questions. We look
forward to receiving your strong beer entries!
Cheers!
David Hatker
SBC Registrar
david.hatker(a)gmail.com
CFHB invites you to a Beer Festival!
Friday, November 13th
Meet many of Florida's Brewers Friday 7:00-11:00P and enjoy THE
BEST BEER BREWED in Florida. Sample craft brewed beer and food will be
included with your advanced ticket purchase of $25.00 per person. Price
at the door $35.00 per person.
Go to our website: www.cfhb.org/sunshine and make arrangements
to attend at Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites across from Universal Orlando
at 5905 Kirkman Road, Orlando 32819.
Room rates are extremely reasonable for the area at $75 per
night for up to 4 people. Deluxe Guest Rooms are available at a
discounted rate of $115 for 1 Bedroom Suite and $165 for 2 Bedroom
Suite. All events except the pub-crawl take place at the Holiday Inn.
Stay where the action is. Make your room reservations early by calling
1-800-327-1364 and local Phone: (407) 351-3333. Rooms are blocked until
October 16th. Holiday Inn website is www.hiuniversal.com
*Mention the Sunshine Challenge to receive the room rate of
$75/night. Email: sunshine(a)cfhb.org if you have questions.
Beer fans, geeks, and bulk beer producers, I'm sure that someone in
cyberville is using the old style beer faucets but has been lured into
considering stainless steel shanks and valve forward faucets. Is the
cost of new hardware holding you back?
I'm looking to purchase six old style faucets and short nipple shanks.
Preferably they work or could be repaired. I'll pay good money (within
reason) for your old stuff to help you purchase and install that shiny
set of new devices. Long term storage and dispensing benefits from
valve forward faucets. Short term dispensing (e.g., jockey box) only
requires clean lines and valves.
Let me know what you've got and how much you want.
Sincerely,
Rick Oftel
Cell 952 356-6459
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FYI
//Mike Behrendt
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-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Ruud [mailto:susan.ruud@ndsu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:38 PM
To: susan.ruud(a)ndsu.edu
Subject: Hoppy Halloween Challenge
Hello Fellow Homebrewers, The Prairie Homebrewing Companions would like to
invite you to enter our competition, the Hoppy Halloween Challenge. Please
forward this invitation on to your fellow club members. If you are unable
to read the attached poster please find all of the information about our
competition on the following webpage:
http://prairiehomebrewers.org/hoppyhalloween.htm
We will be giving out prizes with each medal and have some very special
medals planned for this year as you can see on the poster.
Best of Luck with your entries,
Susan Ruud
Prairie Homebrewing Companions
Homebrewers,
A few years ago, we adopted a stretch of Shady Oak Road between
Minnetonka Mills Road and Excelsior Boulevard. Last year some weather
challenges prompted us to do a quick schedule change and the
participants included yours truly and Mike Behrendt. I think I gained
about 5 pounds with all of those left over donuts and consumed enough
coffee to remain awake for a few days. Humor aside, I would like to
clean up this stretch of road again this fall since it is somewhat
littered with those little things that folks seem so willing to toss out
their windows.
Here is the proposal. We meet again at the shopping center just north
of Mainstreet (Shady Oak and Oak Drive Lane) at 9:00 am October 17,
2009. I'll have the morning coffee and donuts. Six volunteers would
really be appreciated. From there, we move north and south collecting
and depositing our bags of crap as we go. Remember, you can keep
anything you find valuable! Last year I found a great CD of absolutely
horrible music. Yep, target practice.
After the pickup, you are free to stop over to my place for a beer or
two and it is highly likely I'll throw something (like Sterling Wings)
on the BBQ.
Please forward this message to the other message services the club uses
and add the date to the club calendar.
RSVP sincerely appreciated. Please mark your calendars.
Cheers!
Rick Oftel
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/donosborn/sets/72157622232846501/
There you go Paul. ;) I told him I'd get him the pics this way so the rest of you can ignore or feel free to check them out if you like.
Hats off to the MN Craft Brewer's Guild for another very fine event. I've never seen so many beers and had so little time! Food was good, music too, and there were more port-a-johns than one could ever need (which is a good thing). I didn't go on a tour or attend one of the other event options but it was nice to see the Review expanding in that way as well.
cheers,
Don
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