I want to take a moment to thank everyone who entered and who volunteered the 8th Annual Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. We had almost 300 entries entered by over 100 different brewers. There were over 70 volunteers who made this contest happen. Congratulations to all those who won medals! I hope to see you next year!
-Gera Exire LaTour, Contest Organizer
P.S. The website will show the winner list later today and we will be sending out emails to all those who entered. I will be mailing out score sheets (and hopefully medals and prizes) over the next couple of weeks.
Best of Show Beers
1st
Place
Kevin Meintsma
11A - Mild
2nd Place
Casey Mussman
05C - Doppelbock
Best of Show Mead/Ciders
1st
Place
Brett Glenna
27A - Common Cider
Historic
1st Place
Jeffrey Burmeister
00A - Historic (Non-Hopped)
2nd Place
Ben Adair
00B - Historic (Hopped)
3rd Place
Eric Wentling
00B - Historic (Hopped)
Honorable Mention
Aaron Bach
00A - Historic (Non-Hopped)
Category 5 - Bock
1st Place
Casey Mussman
05C - Doppelbock
2nd Place
Eric Wentling
05B - Traditional Bock
3rd Place
Joshua Mathews
05C - Doppelbock
Category
6 & 7 – Light & Amber Hybrid
1st Place
Richard Brower
07A - Northern German Altbier
2nd Place
Chris Magnussen
06C - Kölsch
3rd Place
Colby Reineke
06C - Kölsch
Category 8 - English Bitters
1st Place
Jon Amos
08B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter
2nd Place
Ben Pearson
08C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
3rd Place
James Ludlow
08A - Standard/Ordinary Bitter
Category 9 - Scottish and Irish
1st Place
Eli Schauer
09E - Strong Scotch Ale
2nd Place
Brady Stewart and Brian Rau
09C - Scottish Export 80/-
3rd Place
Shane Korthals
09E - Strong Scotch Ale
Honorable Mention
Wayne Doucette
09C - Scottish Export 80/-
Category 11 - English Browns
1st Place
Kevin Meintsma
11A - Mild
2nd Place
Stephen Cook
11A - Mild
3rd Place
Josh Mathews
11B - Southern English Brown
Category 12 - Porters
1st Place
Sean Kampshoff
12C - Baltic Porter
2nd Place
Stephen Cook
12A - Brown Porter
3rd Place
Randy Asher
12C - Baltic Porter
Category 13 - Stouts
1st Place
Sean Kampshoff
13F - Russian Imperial Stout
2nd Place
Ron Fitch
13F - Russian Imperial Stout
3rd Place
Garrett Caldwell
13F - Russian Imperial Stout
Honorable Mention
Kurt Smelser
13D - Foreign Extra Stout
Category
15 - German Wheat and Rye
1st Place
Paul Dienhart
15C - Weizenbock
2nd Place
Kurt Smelser
15D - Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
3rd Place
Brett Glenna
15A - Weizen/Weissbier
Honorable Mention
Topher Marohl
15B - Dunkelweizen
Category
16 - Belgian and French Ale
1st Place
William Richartz
16E - Belgian Specialty Ale
2nd Place
Christian Breitbarth
16A - Witbier
3rd Place
Kurt Smelser
16E - Belgian Specialty Ale
Honorable Mention
Dave Royer
16C - Saison
Category 17 - Sour Ale
1st Place
Jeffrey Burmeister
17B - Flanders Red Ale
2nd Place
Sean Kampshoff
17A - Berliner Weisse
3rd Place
William Richartz
17E - Gueuze
Category 18 - Belgian Strong
1st Place
Sean Kampshoff
18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd Place
Tammy Cummines, Derek Baldus
18C - Belgian Tripel
3rd Place
Rick Martin
18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Category 19 - Strong Ale
1st Place
Eric Meinz
19B - English Barleywine
2nd Place
Sean Kampshoff
19B - English Barleywine
3rd Place
Garrett Caldwell
19B - English Barleywine
Category 20 - Fruit Beers
1st Place
Jim Hartmann
20A - Fruit Beer
2nd Place
Chris Magnussen
20A - Fruit Beer
3rd Place
Eric Wentling
20A - Fruit Beer
Honorable Mention
Josh Landy
20A - Fruit Beer
Category
21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
1st Place
Pat McNeely
21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd Place
Scot Schaar
21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd Place
Harvie Holmes
21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Honorable Mention
Colby Reineke
21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Category
22 - Wood Aged and Smoked
1st Place
Andy Martinson
22B - Other Smoked Beer
2nd Place
Pat McNeely
22C - Wood-Aged Beer
3rd Place
Stephen Cook
22C - Wood-Aged Beer
Category 23 - Specialty
1st Place
Dan Holbrook
23A - Specialty Beer
2nd Place
Topher Marohl
23A - Specialty Beer
3rd Place
Sarah Hartung
23A - Specialty Beer
Category 24 - Traditional Meads
1st Place
Eric Wentling
24C - Sweet Mead
2nd Place
Scot Schaar
24B - Semi-sweet Mead
3rd Place
Garrett Caldwell
24C - Sweet Mead
Category
25 - Melomel - Fruit Mead
1st Place
Scot Schaar
25B - Pyment (Grape Melomel)
2nd Place
Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely
25A - Cyser (Apple Melomel)
3rd Place
Eric Wentling
25C - Other Fruit Melomel
Category 26 - Other Meads
1st Place
Eri Wentling
26C - Open Category Mead
2nd Place
Garrett Caldwell
26C - Open Category Mead
3rd Place
Tyler Sieh
26C - Open Category Mead
Honorable Mention
Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely
26A - Metheglin
Category 27 - Standard Ciders
1st Place
Brett Glenna
27A - Common Cider
2nd Place
Royce Lerwick Daryl Lerwick
27A - Common Cider
3rd Place
Josh Mahoney
27A - Common Cider
Category 28 - Specialty Ciders
1st Place
Brett Glenna
28A - New England Cider
2nd Place
Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely
28B - Fruit Cider
3rd Place
Richard Blaylock
28D - Other Specialty Cider/Perry
Anyone want to judge SPOOKY BREW in Chicago?
- Al
From: Brian Eichhorn [mailto:bheichhornjr@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:08 PM
To: Brian Eichhorn; Peter
Subject: Spooky Brew - Judges needed!
Hello everyone! Spooky Brew is returning and we need some judging help. As such, I want to send this out to get on everyone's calendars and let them know that Spooky Brew is scheduled for Saturday October 25th. We have secured Goose Island's Wrigleyville Brewpub as our judging venue and we're expecting upwards of 400 entries. Let me know if you have any questions, registration for judges is open now and will be open for entries beginning 9/29! Cheers!
Brian Eichhorn, Judge Director
http:// <http://spooky.chibeer.org/> spooky.chibeer.org/
I have a few openings for the Beer Judging Certification Program exam prep class that is starting next Thursday, September 25th. This is a very hands-on 12 week class that for those who want to become home brew beer judges and help at contests. You have to be a current MHBA member to take the class. Please email me privately for more information. crankycat(a)gmail.com. -Gera
Anyone interested in a fresh Rye Whiskey barrel?
- Al
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:16 AM
To: sphbc
Subject: [sphbc] Rye Whiskey Barrels
Mississippi River Distilling Company will have some 15 gallon rye whiskey barrels available for purchase soon. We will be harvesting the barrels within the next couple of months. The cost of the barrels is $125. If there is enough "northern" interest, I can arrange a road trip to bring them up.
If interested, contact me at scot(a)mrdistilling.com
One T
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Read below for an opportunity at getting some fresh hops. These won't last
long, so move fast if you're interested!
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From: Jesse Ward <jesse-ward(a)hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:09 AM
Subject: Fresh Cascades, and Willamettes.
To: brettglenna(a)gmail.com
Good Morning Brett Glenna,
My name is Jesse John Ward and I would like to ask if any of your club
members would be interested in some free hops. I've got cascade and
willamette plants in their fourth year. The hops are up on the bines and
I've got eight 17' x 3/8" ropes that are about ready for harvest. I'm in a
nursing program right now and just don't have the time to harvest them
myself.
I would be very happy to donate these hops to anyone that would like to
have them. I'm located in Corcoran just west of Maple Grove. If anyone is
willing to make the drive out I'll gladly cut the ropes down and give them
over.
Sincerely,
Jesse John Ward
(763)-568-4668
jesse-ward(a)hotmail.com
Dear fellow brewers, please pass this message along to your clubs and any
other brewers who might be interested.
The Nordeast Brewers Alliance <http://NordeastBrewersAlliance.org> is proud
to be hosting the 3rd annual Big River Homebrew Competition. Capped at
225 entries and AHA/BJCP certified, this competition is for beer only, no
meads or ciders. In addition to all BJCP categories, we also have two
additional style categories: 100% Brett and American Wild Ale. If there
are sour or funky beers out there, this is the competition for them!
Registration <http://nordeasthbc.brewcompetition.com> is open until Sep
28th, entries are due at drop off locations the 28th as well.
$8 per entry. A portion of our proceeds will again be going to the East
Side Neighborhood Services <http://esns.org>, a non-profit neighborhood
assistance group in NE MPLS. Last year we were able to donate $375 and are
hoping to increase that amount this year.
Judging will be Oct 11/12 at ESNS. We are welcoming volunteers for judges
and stewards.
We will be announcing winners on Oct 18th at the Big River Brew Fest
<http://www.esns.org/event-1728508>, and will have score sheets available
for pickup at the fest as well. By the way, tickets for this amazing fest
are only $25!
Register at nordeasthbc.brewcompetition.com to submit entries or sign up as
a volunteer.
Cheers!
-Tyler
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fb <https://www.facebook.com/NordeastBrewersAlliance> @NordeastBrewers
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I am just forwarding this in case someone is interested. I don't know anything about the position. -g
Bemidji Brewing Now
Hiring
Brewery Assistant
Posted: August 30, 2014
Application Deadline: September 14, 2014
To apply, please email resume and cover letter to megan(a)bemidjibeer.com
http://bemidjibeer.com/now-hiring-brewery-assistant
About the Position:
Bemidji Brewing is a taproom-focused micro-brewery located in the great
northwoods of Minnesota with a current yearly production of 450 bbl. As Bemidji
Brewing increases production it is looking to add a full-time member to its
team. The Brewery Assistant position focuses on assisting the Head Brewer in all
production tasks, as well as a responsibility to complete general non-production
tasks. The ideal candidate has extensive homebrewing experience, a passion for
craft beer culture and desire to learn and grow in the brewing industry. Any
formal brewing education is a plus! Additionally, a candidate must possess
great communication skills, be detail and safety oriented, be readily able to
thoroughly tackle cleaning tasks, is able to adapt and quickly adjust to
changing schedules and seasonal demands, and is able to meet certain physical
demands including routine heavy lifting and spending most of one’s shift on
his/her feet. Compensation will be dependent on experience.
Responsibilities:
The Brewery Assistant position will assist the Head Brewer in production
tasks which include, but are not limited to:
Wort Production
CIP/preparation of vessels
Keg cleaning and filling
Growler filling
QC/QA/Fermentation monitoring
Other responsibilities will include:
General cleaning of equipment, brewing space, and tools
Completing routine maintenance tasks
Assist in inventory management
Enthusiastically represent Bemidji Brewing at various
events
Physical Requirements:
Candidates must be able to lift and carry 60lbs regularly, and move and
team-lift 170lbs frequently. Must be able to stand, walk, lift, and bend for the
majority of one’s shift.
Opportunities and Perks:
Ground-level industry experience and participation at industry
events
Educational opportunities
Paid vacation
Health Care Stipend
Beer Allotment
Tom
Hill
Head
Brewer
Bemidji Brewing
Co.
tom(a)bemidjibeer.com
Huzzah! The deadline for the 8th Annual Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival is quickly approaching! We are accepting entries through Sunday, September 7th! Entries showcasing historic, English, and European styles. You can drop your entries off at five Minnesota brew shops: Northern Brewer (Minneapolis & St. Paul), Midwest Supplies (St. Louis Park), Still H20 (Stillwater), and Brew & Grow (Blaine). $6/entry. Please check with the shops for their closing times. Judges and stewards of all skill levels are encouraged to sign up to help out. Judging will be on-site at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21, 2014. Last year, we had over 250 entries, with pairs of hand-made drinking vessels, gift certificates, and other fantastic prizes from our sponsors given out. We at Byggvir's Big Beer Cup are very excited to announce that Mike Hoops from Minneapolis Town Hall has been generous enough to once again offer to brew the best beer of Byggvir's at Town Hall Brewery! Tim Roets from Sponsel's Minnesota Harvest Orchard Winery has agreed to brew one of the best meads/ciders! Check out our website for more information: http://www.rennfestbeercup.com/. Gera Exire LaTourOrganizer, Byggvir's Big Beer Cup P.S. Please forward this email to any people/clubs that may be interested.
