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another local club getting some good press

by Michael Behrendt

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/clubs/club-stories/sho w?title=jack-of-all-brews //Mike Behrendt

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Hoppy Halloween Reminder

by Chris Smith

Last call for a free ride to Fargo! Entries are still being accepted at Midwest Homebrew Supplies and Northern Brewer through the end of the day Friday 10/14. Our hearse driver will pick up your entries on Saturday and give then a nice gentle ride up 94 where they will be cared for ever so nicely, right up to the point where we rip their heads off. We have gathered some really great prizes this year for ALL 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in 29 categories and you do not want to miss the skulls! This year only, all first places are black with gold trim in honor of our Black Anniversary. Cheers, Tom ______________________________________________ Tom Roan Hoppy Halloween Competition Coordinator hoppy(a)hoppyhalloween.com http://www.hoppyhalloween.com// ________________________________ ”The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments.”

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Where the Wild Beers Are 2010 Mpls - This Sunday!

by Gera Exire La Tour

Like the sour and wild beers? Collaborative effort tasting event at Stub and Herbs. For every commercial 750 ml bottle you bring, you get 10 tasting tickets. More info about the event, list of appropriate beers, and registration at: http://www.wherethewildbeersare.com/ Sunday, October 17th from noon - 4 pm. Stub & Herbs 227 Oak St. Minneapolis, MN

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Fwd: Summit announces the release of Imperial Pumpkin Porter

by Al Boyce

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Emily Stofferahn <EStofferahn(a)always-thinking.com> To: Al Boyce <alboyce(a)comcast.net> Sent: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:17:01 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Summit announces the release of IPP Hi Al! I’ve got more great Summit news for you! With the approach of fall activities like pumpkin carving, bonfires, leaf piles, and holiday dinners, comes the release of Summit Brewing Company’s latest addition to the Unchained Series — Imperial Pumpkin Porter. I work with Carey Matthews, Marketing Coordinator for Summit, and I wanted to let you know about its October 25th release. Imperial Pumpkin Porter is Batch 05 in the Unchained Series, a “hands-off” brewmaster type of arrangement allowing Summit brewers the freedom to create their own beers. I’d be happy to send you a pitch about the process and motivation behind the Unchained Series or a high-resolution image of the Imperial Pumpkin Porter bottle if you’d like. I can be reached by the reply e-mail or the contact information below. Thanks for your consideration! Emily Stofferahn On behalf of Summit Brewing Company 612-547-5030 estofferahn(a)always-thinking.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summit Announces the Release of Imperial Pumpkin Porter Batch 05 of Unchained Series guarantees to be a holiday treat ST. PAUL, MN – (October 11, 2010) – Summit Brewing Company announces the release of their Imperial Pumpkin Porter, the fifth beer to be released in the limited-time-only Unchained Series. Created by brewer Nate Siats, the beer will be available in draught the week of October 25, and in bottles mid-November. “Nate has done a great job creating this beer infused with fall flavors,” said Mark Stutrud, CEO and Founder of Summit Brewing Company. “This beer makes you feel like you’re sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner.” Made with locally raised pumpkin mash, Sweet China cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ginger powder, and cloves, Siats’ brew is chocolaty with a slight bitter aftertaste. “My vision was that the beer would be perfect for a cool fall afternoon or holiday feast,” said Nate Siats. “I wanted to try something different for a pumpkin beer. Most are lighter ales; this is dark and full-bodied.” Kick-off parties for the release of Imperial Pumpkin Porter featuring brewer Nate Siats, plus pint specials and prize giveaways are happening all this month. · Wednesday, October 27: Stub & Herbs in Minneapolis at 5 p.m. · Thursday, October 28: Stella’s Fish Café in Minneapolis, 7-9 p.m. · Friday, October 29: The Happy Gnome in St. Paul, 4-6 p.m. · Friday, November 19: Patrick’s in St. Peter, 7-10 p.m. Cask-conditioned edition will be featured. Digital images of the Unchained Series are available on request. For more information about the brewery and Unchained kick-off events, please visit www.summitbrewing.com <http://www.summitbrewing.com> Summit Brewing Company Summit Brewing Company was founded in St. Paul, MN in 1986, and has stayed close to its roots, serving the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. It is currently available in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida. Summit now produces eleven varieties of premium craft beer, including six year-round, four seasonal beers, and the limited release Unchained Series. Since its inception, the brewery has been a consistent pioneer in the craft beer movement. ###

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by Joanna conscionable

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Beer Science

by Hatcher, Brian

Happy Friday! ~Brian THE GIST * A single type of beer contains at least 54 proteins from barley, yeast and corn, a new way of analyzing beer reveals. * The technique could help producers improve the head and other qualities of their products. <http://news.discovery.com/tech/zooms/beer-boost-with-microview.html> A common brand of German beer was found to contain 54 types of proteins, more than four times the amount found in any other beer, a finding brought to light with a technique normally used in the biomedical field. Besides giving insight into what makes beer what it is, the technique could help beer drinkers learn more about what they're buying. The findings could also help manufacturers detect contamination or make a foamier, clearer or otherwise better product. "This opens up a completely new horizon in beer analysis in general, and also in the analysis of any beverage," said lead author Pier Giorgio Righetti, of the The Polytechnic Institute of Milan. "We are now analyzing a lot of other beverages and finding a lot of surprising things that producers don't know are in their beverages." "This could be great for consumers to track which grains a producer has been using that they are maybe not declaring," he added. "It could also help brewers refine their products. Now that we know how many trace proteins there are, producers could eliminate proteins that give a bad taste to beer or enhance the amount of proteins that give a better perfume." Proteins are important in beer for two main reasons, said Charles Bamforth, a biochemist and professor of food science at the University of California, Davis. On the plus side, they provide a backbone of support for bubbles, which can then foam up without collapsing. On the other hand, proteins can fall out of the solution, producing a cloudiness or haze that people don't usually like. Several studies have tried to characterize the beer proteome -- the full set of proteins in beer that survive the malting and brewing process. A French study a few years ago turned up a total of six. A Japanese study earlier this year turned up 12. Righetti and colleagues used a different technique that allowed them to look at as much as a liter or more of beer at a time, instead of the 10 ml samples analyzed in previous studies. They collected a few samples from Italian-bottled Splügen beer. Then, they used something called a combinatorial peptide ligand library to scan each sample for a large list of possible proteins. In this technique, small beads bind to different types of small proteins, called peptides. The beads pull the most abundant peptides out of the solution, and they magnify the scarcest ones, allowing the researchers to take a closer look at proteins that occur in just trace amounts. Previous studies have instead separated proteins from each other on a gel, requiring the use of less beer at once and often missing rare proteins that were masked by more common ones. In total, the team reported in the Journal of Proteome Research, they found 17 barley proteins, 2 corn proteins, and 35 yeast proteins. Different types of beer would likely contain different proteins, Righetti said. The technique is very simple, he added, and could lead to better quality control. In a separate study, he and his colleagues found traces of several fungal pests in samples of red wine, some of which make wine taste bad. In the same way, beer could become contaminated by unwelcome yeast, and protein analyses could catch the bad batches. "My initial reaction was, 'Wow, this is interesting science,'" Bamforth said. "It's very interesting to know what proteins can be detected in beer. How easily this will be applied and how relevant it is, is a rather bigger question." Brewers already have practical tools for adjusting the amount of foam on their beers, Bamforth said. And he finds it hard to imagine that a craft brewer would install a sophisticated lab for protein analysis. Still, he admitted, the new study was both interesting and kind of fun. "It was only a matter of time before the word proteomics was put into beer," he said. "I prefer to talk about beeromics."

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FW: Celebrate Oktoberfest with Summit this weekend!

by Gera Exire La Tour

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:15:25 -0400 From: info(a)summitbrewing.com To: gera_latour(a)hotmail.com Subject: Celebrate Oktoberfest with Summit this weekend! Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Two ways to celebrate Oktoberfest with Summit this weekend! It's going to be a beautiful Autumn weekend and we have not one, but two ways to celebrate Fall with a Summit Oktoberfest in hand. Twin Cities Oktoberfest October 8, 4-11 pm October 9, 12-11 pm Head to the historic Progress Center at the Minnesota State Fair grounds for live German music and dancing, traditional foods, and a whole lot of stein raising. Get event schedule and free beer coupon with $5 admission. Groveland Tap Summit Oktoberfest October 9, 1-10 pm The annual Summit party at Groveland Tap is not to be missed! $10 admission gets you a souvenir mug, a free first beer, and great beer prices all day long. Add in live music and food and you have a party! Get directions. Summit Brewing Company 910 Montreal Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 UNSUBSCRIBE Phone: 651.265.7800 Fax: 651.265.7801 Forward email This email was sent to gera_latour(a)hotmail.com by info(a)summitbrewing.com. Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Summit Brewing Company | 910 Montreal Circle | St. Paul | MN | 55102

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Fwd: Summit's EPA wins silver medal at Great American Beer Festival

by Al Boyce

Other Midwest winners: Point, New Glarus, Titletown, Schells, Capital, and MIller (with HAMM'S!) Congrats to all! Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast - 43 Entries Gold: Point Horizon Wheat, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Category: 3 Fruit Beer - 75 Entries Bronze: Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI Category: 26 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 42 Entries Gold: Boathouse Pilsner, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI Category: 30 American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale - 42 Entries Gold: Hamm’s, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Category: 33 American-Style Amber Lager - 39 Entries Silver: Schell’s Oktoberfest, August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN Category: 43 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 29 Entries Silver: Summit Extra Pale Ale, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN Category: 62 German-Style Wheat Ale - 29 Entries Bronze: Capital Weizen Doppelbock, Capital Brewery Co., Inc., Middleton, WI Co----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Emily Stofferahn <EStofferahn(a)always-thinking.com> To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Sent: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:21:44 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Summit's EPA wins silver medal at Great American Beer Festival Hi Al, I work with Carey Matthews over at Summit and wanted to alert you about their recent silver medal win at Great American Beer Festival. Summit’s Extra Pale Ale (EPA) continues to be an award-winning local craft beer. Below is a news release celebrating the EPA’s silver medal win at the recent Great American Beer Festival this past month. This win follows on the heels of EPA’s gold medal award at the World Beer Cup this past April. Please let me know if you would like more information, or a high-resolution image of EPA. Thanks! Emily FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summit Brewing Company Wins Silver at 2010 Great American Beer Festival® ST. PAUL, MN (September 28, 2010) –Summit Brewing Company’s Extra Pale Ale was awarded the silver medal in the Classic English-Style Pale Ale category at this year’s Great American Beer Festival® in Denver, Colorado. The GABF is one of the world’s largest beer competitions, and its awards are some of the most sought-after in the industry. “This award is a high honor for our flagship ale,” said Mark Stutrud, CEO and Founder of Summit Brewing Company. “We’re very proud of our beers, and as we approach our 25th anniversary next year, our hard work continues to pay off.” A panel of 151 beer judges from 10 countries selected the 2010 Great American Beer Festival® competition winners, with 3,523 beers vying for medals. Judges awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in 79 different beer categories and 133 styles. Summit’s Extra Pale Ale previously won the bronze medal in Classic English-Style Pale Ale category in both 2007 and 2008. Summit’s silver medal at the 2010 GABF competition also follows a gold medal win in the Classic English-Style Pale Ale category at the 2010 World Beer Cup® in April. More information about the Great American Beer Festival® and its category winners can be found by visiting www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com <http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com> Summit Brewing Company Summit Brewing Company was founded in St. Paul, MN in 1986, and has stayed close to its roots, serving the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. It is currently available in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida. Summit now produces eleven varieties of premium craft beer, including six year-round, four seasonal beers, and the limited release Unchained Series. Since its inception, the brewery has been a consistent pioneer in the craft beer movement. For more information, visit www.summitbrewing.com <http://www.summitbrewing.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emily Stofferahn Intern, Social Media/PR estofferahn(a)always-thinking.com P: 612-547-5030 608 2nd Avenue, Suite 129 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 http://www.always-thinking.com/

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October Meeting Reminder

by Chris Smith

Hello Brewers! The next meeting for the MHBA will be held at member Sharon Shervey's house in Bloomington from noon-3:00 on Saturday, October 9th. In keeping with the season, the theme for the meeting is Oktoberfest, and it will be a Hot Dish pot-luck. You can bring either a hot-dish or a German inspired meal to share. As usual, bring any beer, mead or cider to share with fellow club members. Sharon's address is: 1901 Meadowview Rd., Bloomington Looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions, email me directly at csmitty42(a)yahoo.com. Prost! Chris Smith

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