mba April 2010

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by Michael Behrendt

Midwest is having a Grand Opening event on Saturday, May 8th at the new location - 5825 Excelsior Blvd. Free brats, hotdogs all day In-store specials and door prizes. //Mike Behrendt MGBehrendt(a)comcast.net 952-949-2268 home 651-334-0179 cell

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taps for Nationals

by Michael Behrendt

I just received some donated taps to use at our booth at Club Nite from Midwest. A BIG thank you to Dave and Peter and everyone at Midwest. We're lucky to have such a great store nearby. Please be good customers and thank them when you shop there. Their new location is wonderful - 5825 Excelsior Blvd in St Louis Park. It's west of Hwy 100 on the south side of Excelsior in the two story brick building across from SuperAmerica and Bunny's. //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net

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FW: Northern Brewer at Lakefront Brewery AHA Rally - May 16, 2010

by Michael Behrendt

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AHA Conference A La Cart registration

by Chris Smith

FYI ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Susan Ruud <susan.ruud(a)ndsu.edu> To: phc-club(a)yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 3:55:09 PM Subject: [phc-club] AHA Conference A La Cart registration From: Chris Williams [mailto:chris@brewersassoci ation.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: Homebrewers Conference A La Carte Registration Opens Up! Hello Homebrewers! A La Carte registration options have opened up for the Homebrewers Conference. While the Full Conference and Seminars have filled up, you now are able to register for Club Night, Pro-Brewers Night, or the Grand Banquet. Please go to www.ahaconference. org and choose "Registration" to get registered for these events, and do it quick as we're running out of space! Cheers, Chris Williams Brewers Association Events Registrar 303-447-0816 303-447-0816 williams@brewersass ociation. org Be sure to Check Out our New Website: www.craftbeer. com !!! __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: * New Members 2 * New Files 3 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. ________________________________ Welcome to Mom Connection! Share stories, news and more with moms like you. ________________________________ Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___

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kegs for AHA Conference

by Steve Piatz

A few weeks ago I sent an email asking for volunteers to provide kegs for the MHBA booth for Club Night and/or the MHBA session in the hospitality booth. So far I have not heard from many volunteers. Please let me know if you are able to provide a beverage (beer, mead, cider) for serving at the conference. We will also be able to handle some number of bottled beverages though kegs will be easier to handle. -- Steve

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Summit in the Tribune

by Hatcher, Brian

Summit article in the Trib Cheers! http://www.startribune.com/business/91066129.html?elr=KArksUUUycaEacyU On a recent tour of Summit Brewing Co., company President Mark Stutrud proudly showed off a shiny new keg-filling machine that churns out 60 percent more beer per hour than its predecessor. And down in the cellar, Stutrud pointed to the soon-to-be home of three giant new fermentation tanks, allowing Summit to expand production by 13 percent. It's all part of St. Paul-based Summit's biggest annual capital outlay since 2006, and symbolic of how the nation's craft beer industry has prospered during a recession that's flattened sales at the big mainstream U.S. brewers. Sales of craft beer rose 9.6 percent for the 52 weeks ending March 6, as measured by volume, according to market researcher Nielsen Co. During the same time, sales of domestic premium beer -- think Budweiser -- sank 6.1 percent, while volume in the nation's largest beer market, premium light -- think Bud Light -- fell 2 percent. Brewing industry experts say the recession has hit the mainstream beer drinker harder than the craft-brew consumer. Even though craft beer costs more than standard brews, the craft-beer drinker is generally more affluent. Also, craft brews fit a niche that's been hot -- recession or not -- in foodie circles: localization, be it locally produced beets, beef or beer. Most craft brewers still are intensely local. But perhaps most important, and a key to craft brewers' continued prosperity, is the evolution of the American beer drinker. "Consumers are really moving away from the mainstream," said Nick Lake, Nielsen's vice president for beverage alcohol. They're more educated than ever about beer, and increasingly into the variety -- hopped-up India pale ales, chocolatey stouts, fruity Belgian styles and so on -- offered by craft brewers, Lake said. Plus, many beer drinkers in their 20s and early 30s have been weaned not on pale mainstream lagers, but on the more complicated tastes of craft beer. "They've grown up in a diverse flavor environment," Lake said. They're beer drinkers like Chris Pangle, a 29-year-old grocery warehouse worker with aspirations to be a fiction writer. He grew up, so to speak, on craft beer in Oregon, one of the nation's top spots for microbrews. "Even in high school, there was Mirror Pond [an Oregon craft brew] at keg parties," Pangle said recently while nursing a Surly Furious at the CC Club in south Minneapolis. If he's stretched for cash, Pangle said he'll buy a cheaper non-malted alcoholic drink, rather than switch from craft beer to the standard stuff. "It's an acquired taste, and it's hard to go back." Stutrud said he's heard such stories from 20-somethings on brewery tours at Summit. "Craft beer has always been there, so it doesn't seem foreign and weird to them." A Minnesota focus That wasn't the case back in 1986 when Stutrud became Minnesota's craft-brew pioneer with the founding of Summit. Yet he carved out a niche, and Summit has steadily grown, ranking as the nation's 19th-largest craft brewer in 2009, according to Brewers Association data released last week. The company's flagship Extra Pale Ale -- the original Summit brew -- still accounts for about 65 percent of its roughly $17 million in annual sales. Its Horizon Red Ale, launched just a year ago, is its second most popular brew with 5 percent of sales. And Summit's four seasonal beers together comprise 16 percent of sales. With Summit's spring beer, Maibock, almost out of stock, the brewery's bottling line last week was humming with one of the first batches of Hefe Weizen, its summer offering. Thousands of bottles of the wheat beer rolled down the line, a din of clinking glass amid the fresh earthy smell of yeast. Most of that beer will be consumed by Minnesotans, particularly in the Twin Cities. Summit has focused primarily on Minnesota, and 89 percent of its sales are generated here, with far lesser amounts in the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Chicago. The recession didn't totally bypass Summit and some other craft brewers. In 2008, Summit's sales volume grew only 2 percent while the company had budgeted for 10 percent growth. Summit had to lay off one worker in 2008 -- the first time that had happened -- and cut its annual capital budget. But 2009 was much better, with sales growing 8 percent by volume and 12 percent in dollar terms, Stutrud said. Four new jobs have been created since mid-2009 -- it currently employs 50 -- and the company upped its 2010 capital budget to $1.4 million, double last year's. About $600,000 is funding two new stainless steel staples: the keg-filling machine and the three 9,000-gallon fermentation vessels. "A brewery is no place for a Norwegian with a stainless-steel fetish because you can really blow your bank account," Stutrud joked. Like Summit, New Ulm-based August Schell Brewing Co. saw a rebound in craft-beer sales in 2009 after a significant deceleration of growth the year before. Meanwhile, the upstart Brooklyn Center craft brewer Surly Brewing Co. has been growing at a furious pace. If only their big brewing brethren could say the same, or given their already large volumes, at least say things have been looking up. Last year, the nation's top-selling beer, Bud Light, experienced a 2.5 percent decline in shipments, its first annual decline ever, according to Beer Marketer's Insights, an industry publication. Meanwhile, Coors Light, the mainstream beer business's biggest success story in recent years, saw shipments rise only 0.7 percent in 2009, down from 3 percent annual increases the two previous years. In terms of sales volume, the big winner last year among the nation's nine largest beer suppliers was Boston Beer Co., maker of Sam Adams and the nation's largest craft brewer. Boston's shipments, while only a fraction of Anheuser-Busch's and MillerCoors', were nonetheless up 11.8 percent in 2009 compared with the year before. Said Beer Marketer's Insights publisher Benj Steinman, "The craft guys have an advantage in the way they are perceived [among consumers] that belies their size." Indeed, while Summit seems ubiquitous in Minnesota, the company has only about 2 percent of the state's total beer market, Stutrud said. His plans for much of Summit's growth hinge on bringing the brewer's Minnesota market share up to 4 percent or 5 percent over the next five to 10 years. Stutrud doesn't have a rocket-science approach to getting there. He says he'll keep focusing on making high-quality, full-flavored beers. And his sales team will keep working to bring that beer into more restaurants, bars and liquor stores. "We have to earn our business over time," Stutrud said. Mike Hughlett * 612-673-7003 Next page <http://www.startribune.com/business/91066129.html?page=2&c=y>

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Brewing TV

by Chip Walton

A new web-based "tv" show called Brewing TV focuses on the joys of homebrewing... from the smallest of the small... to the homebrewers who have gone pro. The website is live now, but our first episode doesn't drop until Friday, May 7th. We have some goodies up at the site to hold viewers over until then and will be adding more content up to the launch date. It's more of less based on people, places, and in and around the Upper Midwest as we get our feet wet, but we are planning trips across the country including a week in Portland next month. http://www.brewingtv.com/ Also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BrewingTV?ref=ts _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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Zymurgy article: NHC Preview / Survival Guide to Twin Cities

by Chip Walton

The article I wrote for Zymurgy about the NHC, pre-con events and Twin Cities beer scene in general is in the latest issue of Zymurgy (p. 38). Got mine in the mail yesterday. Pretty nice spread with some recipes for Kris, Steve and Steve. Rawk! Chip Walton _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28…

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FW: Midwest is Hiring

by Michael Behrendt

FYI //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: Peter Mack [mailto:peter.mack@midwestsupplies.com] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:48 PM To: MGBrew(a)comcast.net Subject: Midwest is Hiring Hello Michael, Any chance you'd be willing to forward on the following texts to the local Homebrewer Mailing lists for us? Cheers! Pete www.midwestsupplies.com ------------ Hello Homebrewers/Winemakers: Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies in St. Louis Park is hiring a Full-Time position. Job responsibility is 75% packing/shipping, with the remainder 25% including Customer Service over the phone, taking customers orders over the phone, and some light retail duties. We're looking for enthusiastic homebrewers and home winemakers with experience. Hours would fall mainly within the 9am to 7pm range Monday through Saturday. Open to Saturday to Wednesday shifts, Sunday to Thursday shifts, etc. We are also open to part-time work on the weekend, 1 or 2 weekends a month. Stop in to the store Monday through Thursday to apply (Ask for Dave): Our new locations is: Midwest Supplies 5825 Excelsior Blvd St. Louis Park , MN 55416 www.midwestsupplies.com <http://www.midwestsupplies.com> -- Peter Mack Midwest Supplies 5825 Excelsior Blvd St. Louis Park, MN 55416 http://www.midwestsupplies.com Phone: 888-449-2739 Fax: 952-925-9867

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LAST CALL!! BJCP Exam this Sunday, 9am - St.Louis Park Byerly's

by Al Boyce

First of all - JEREMY LAWSON - please contact me. I have your check, but not your email or phone. LAST CALL to take the BJCP exam this Sunday, April 18, 9am at the St.Louis Park Byerlys on Park Center Boulevard, off Hwy 100. Improve your score, go for a higher BJCP rank. Let me know by Friday. $30 for the full retake. - Al

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