mba January 2015

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FW: 2015 Drunk Monk Challenge Call for Judges

by Gera Exire La Tour

> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:41:26 -0600 > From: dmc-judges(a)knaves.org > To: > Subject: 2015 Drunk Monk Challenge Call for Judges > > It's nearly that Drunk Monk time of year again! As always, we are > AHA/BJCP sanctioned, a qualifying event for the MCAB, and a leg of the > Midwest Homebrewer of the Year. > > We need your help to make our 17th year a success! > > The main beer judging sessions are: > > Saturday, March 14th, 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM > Two Brothers Roundhouse > 205 North Broadway > Aurora, IL 60505 > > Mead/cider (and probably a beer category or two depending on judge > availability) will be judged the prior evening (Friday the 13th) at 7:00 > PM, at the same location. > > There will also be a party for judges, stewards, and other volunteers on > Friday, concurrent with (and continuing after) the Friday evening > judging session. > > The DMC raffle and awards ceremony will be held following the Saturday > judging sessions. > > Judge/steward registration opens February 6th. Entry registration opens > February 20th. > > For more details, or to register, please go to our web site: > http://www.knaves.org/DMC/ > > If you have any questions, please feel free e-mail us at > dmc-judges(a)knaves.org (or just reply to this e-mail). > > We hope to see you there! > > -- The 2015 DMC Organizers

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FW: AHA NHC Application Window

by Gera Exire La Tour

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:34:28 +0000 From: info(a)brewersassociation.org Subject: AHA NHC Application Window To: gera_latour(a)hotmail.com AHA NHC Application Window National Homebrew Competition application period opens in a week To view this email in your browser click here. National Homebrew Competion Application Period Opens in a Week Window to Apply: February 2-8 Ready to test your mettle in the world's largest beer competition? The window to apply to compete in the 2015 National Homebrew Competition starts in a week. The application window runs February 2-8. The time or date applications are submitted has no influence on acceptance of entries into the competition. Though the competition has limited capacity and is more popular than ever, with a record 3,000 entrants last year, we expect that nearly everyone who wants to enter will be able to do so. To maximize your chances, be sure to select multiple judge centers when you apply. Please note: All applicants to register will get a confirmation of application; this initial confirmation is NOT a confirmation of actual entry into the National Homebrew Competition itself. All applicants will hear from us by February 17 with an alert indicating whether or not their entries have been accepted into the competition. We will notify you by email on February 2 when the application period opens with a link to apply. In the meantime, here is some general competition information. Cheers, Janis Gross AHA National Homebrew Competition Director 1327 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302 / ph: 303-447-0816 / Website You've subscribed to Brewers Association communications. For best delivery, please add this sender to your address book or safe sender list. Unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences. Powered by Informz

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Re: [mba] Bent Brewstillery Competition

by Gera Exire La Tour

Please let Jeff know if you are able to help him out with judging. Thanks! -g From: jmerriman(a)northernbrewer.com Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:58:37 -0600 Subject: Bent Brewstillery Competition To: gera_latour(a)hotmail.com Hi Gera, The Bent Brewstillery Basement Brew Project judging will take place this coming Wednesday night. I'm still looking for a few judges to help lighten the load a little. Would you be willing to send out an email to your contacts to see if anyone would be interested? We'll start at 7pm at the Minneapolis Northern Brewer location. Cheers, Jeff -- Jeff MerrimanRegional Retail Manager - Twin Cities (w) 612-843-4443(c) 773-818-0724

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by Dave Royer

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FW: Between the Bluffs Homebrew Competition

by Al Boyce

Great contest, and nearby! Great perks for judging too! - Al From: Mike Sutor [mailto:msutor@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:39 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Between the Bluffs Homebrew Competition I am sending you this email to reach out to area BJCP judges to see if you would be interested in helping us judge the competition. The competition will be held on 4/18 in La Crosse WI at the Root Note located @ 115 4th St S. We expect to start around 10 am. If you choice to help us we will provide each judge with 2 tickets to the Between the Bluffs Beer, Wine & Cheese Festival held on 4/25. We will also try and assist with lodging for a few judges if needed but can't guarantee how many we will be able to accommodate so if you need lodging please contact me early. Thanks Mike Sutor

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Fwd: Call for Judges – 2015 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha!

by Dave Royer

I'm going...who else is coming? Dave ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Northern Ale Stars <nashomebrewers(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:50 AM Subject: Call for Judges – 2015 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha! Registration is now open for the 2015 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha!, hosted by the Northern Ale Stars of Duluth & Superior. The 2015 Great Northern Brew Ha-Ha will be held February 6th & 7th in the charming port-side city of Duluth MN. All BJCP categories of Beer, Mead, and Cider are eligible for entry. You can register entries and to volunteer to judge or steward starting today at: http://www.northernalestars.org/greatnorthernbrewhaha.html This year’s event will be held at Tycoons Alehouse (www.tycoonsalehouse.com ) in downtown Duluth. For those people coming from out of town, the hospitality suite and hotel rooms will be at the Voyageur Lakewalk Inn, a short 2 block walk from the event. Room rates are $69/$79 during the Brew-Ha-Ha, a block of rooms has been saved under the name Terry Sarne. You can find hotel information for the Voyageur Lakewalk Inn at: http://northernalestars.org/greatnorthernbrewhaha.html or www.voyageurlakewalkinn.com The awards banquet will be held at Tycoons Alehouse starting at 6:00 pm on February 7th. You can register and pay for the banquet on the Brew-Ha-Ha! website. This year will not be banquet style as in years past, you will need to register for it prior to the event. No walk-ins for dinner will be allowed, but you can always come just for the awards ceremony. Thanks to our generous sponsors there will be a number of great prizes up for grabs in the volunteer raffle. You will receive one entry ticket for each session that you volunteer for so sign up early and often! As with past years, anyone volunteering for the Upper Mississippi Mash-out ( www.mashout.org ) January 23rd & 24th can drop-off their entries at the Mash-out and have their entries safely transported to Duluth for FREE!! Other FREE drop-off locations are all Northern Brewer retail locations (including Milwaukee), Midwest Homebrewing in St. Louis Park MN, and the Thirsty Pagan Brewing in Superior WI. For full details and contest rules, ramble on over to http://www.northernalestars.org/greatnorthernbrewhaha.html Cheers! Dan Slick Judging Coordinator Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha

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FW: 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition - Savannah, GA - Feb 7 - a call for Judges & Entries

by Al Boyce

Want to judge meads in Savannah, GA? - Al From: Stovall, Chris [mailto:stovall.c@thomasandhutton.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:43 AM To: Stovall, Chris Subject: 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition - Savannah, GA - Feb 7 - a call for Judges & Entries Hello Southeastern Judges & Mead Judges- Second call (appears the first is still lost in cyberspace) for Judges & Entries for the 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition When: . Competition Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015. 9:00 a.m. Judges/Stewards on site by 8:30 a.m. . Entry window: January 1, 2015 to January 27, 2015. Where: Captain Butler's Retreat, 115 Penrose Dr, Savannah, GA 31410 on Whitemarsh Island (fantastic venue on the marsh) Post-party and Oyster Roast/Low Country Boil begins ~ 2:30 p.m. (immediately after BOS meads are judged), ending time is up to you Why join us? We can use certified judges and mead aficionados for judging and stewarding. We have a number of local BJCP-certified mead judges, but always need help. For those wanting to learn more about mead judging, this is a great competition to attend. We'll try to pair you up with one of our experienced mead judges. Each volunteer will get an etched Domras wine tasting glass and look for some of our new SBL "crimp-less" bottle openers to be available as well. Drawings for a door prize or two will be in order. Bagels, etc. will be available before we start and snacks in between. Immediately following judging, we hold our epic post-party and oyster roast that is an event not to be missed, so if interested in helping to judge or steward, please sign up on the registration page and/or email me and come join us. We generally try to finish in one round though a few folks may have to do two small rounds (we strive for no more than 10-12 total meads per judge). BOS will coincide with the beginning of the after-party with results announced shortly thereafter. Michael Fairbrother, of Moonlight Meadery, will be joining us once again to showcase some meads as well as provide some expert evaluations, Why enter? You still have two weeks to enter. The cost is just $7 first entry and $6 each additional entry. Any size bottle is acceptable (meads will be served "blind" by our experienced stewards to allow for non-standard bottle shipments). We know your mead is a precious thing. You can send any number of bottles you want, but we do recommend a minimum of one 750ml, two of anything smaller, and two if carbonated to ensure a fresh bottle for the BOS round. Three are recommended for the "Other Fruit Mead" category due to a likely MiniBOS round. Ship early and we will get conditioned quickly so they are ready for competition day. Ribbons and lots of great mead-centric prizes from the Savannah Bee Company (can you say 100 lbs of regional honey!), commercial meadery products, and Savannah Homebrew Shop will be provided to winners. At this point we don't have plans for remote drop-off locations where our club members would pick up. If entries are registered and paid for and at proper condition, however, we can accept the entries the morning of the competition (or better yet on Friday) if someone is planning to come judge from an outside area. We'll leave that up to each club to arrange. Just let us know in advance about any special arrangements needed. For more information please visit the SBL website at http://www.savannahbrewers.com/domrascup.php . The direct link to Domras Cup on-line registration page is http://domras.homebrewcomp.com For lodging, there are no hotels on Whitemarsh Island, which is 6-9 minutes east of downtown Savannah. A cheaper option is the Baymont Inn 2 miles west of downtown. The area is industrial but the hotel is nice and clean, and $85. Here is some info from Trip Advisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60814-d563256-Reviews-Baymont_Inn_S uites_Savannah_West-Savannah_Georgia.html . There are nicer (and pricier) hotels downtown in the $150-200 range with easier access to downtown activities. More hotels on Trip Advisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/HACSearch?geo=60814 <http://www.tripadvisor.com/HACSearch?geo=60814&inDay=1&inMonth=02%2F2013&ou tDay=3&outMonth=02%2F2013&searchAll=false#02,1356966317053,map:-1,rad:S10mi, sponsors:ABEST_WESTERN,mc:S32.0934254135425|-81.12779751281736,mz:-13> &inDay=1&inMonth=02%2F2013&outDay=3&outMonth=02%2F2013&searchAll=false#02,13 56966317053,map:-1,rad:S10mi,sponsors:ABEST_WESTERN,mc:S32.0934254135425|-81 .12779751281736,mz:-13 We are only the second longest-running, not nearly the biggest or most prestigious, but we make a claim to be the funnest mead-only competition in the world! Come join us! Cheers, Chris Stovall stovallchris(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [mba] [sphbc] Fwd: Mashout 2015 sort!

by Steve Fletty

Don't forget the Mash-Out sort tomorrow. Even if you can only help for a short time it would be appreciated. We have 2000 bottles to unpack, label and sort. Spread the word! Bring your family and friends! On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Eric Anderson <gonolius(a)gmail.com> wrote: > UPDATED START TIME and with a map! > > Looks like they prefer us to start at 10am if possible, so we'll shift the > start time to 10am. > > Also, here's a google map link to the warehouse, as google maps doesn't > seem to like the address I posted: https://goo.gl/maps/7AUmt > > -Eric > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eric Anderson <gonolius(a)gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:02 PM > Subject: Mashout 2015 sort! > To: "sphbc(a)googlegroups.com" <sphbc(a)googlegroups.com> > > > Hey all, we've solidified some time for the Mashout bottle sort this > coming Sunday, the 11th, starting at 11am. > > PLEASE NOTE that the NB warehouse location has CHANGED!! > > Here's the new address: > > 1. Northern Brewer > 2221 Highway 36 West > Roseville, MN 55113 > > > If you plan on coming, even if it's only for a little bit, please let me > know (personally) so I can get a head count. And if you plan on coming, > and have any 24-pack cases and / or 6-pack holders, please bring them! We > can always use the extras. > > Cheers! > > -Eric > Mashout Cellarmaster > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SPHBC" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sphbc+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >

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MHBA meeting tonight--Brewers Hall of Fame

by John Longballa

Another reminder of the meeting tonight:http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/category/meetings/ We'll also have an opportunity to discuss the homebrew you bring (bring at least a six-pack or keg or two-liter bottle) for the Brewers Hall of Fame. You may always bring a lesser amount to share informally, but it just won't qualify for the Hall.http://www.mnbrewers.com/mhba-brewers-hall-fame/ We began this program at the November meeting, and here's what happened there . . . Quite a few folks gathered around a Barley John's picnic table, and four brewers took turns introducing their beers and passing them around. Before we passed each beer, the brewer gave the audience a description of the recipe and process. While the group sampled the beer, questions and comments were shared. Jon Hunter brought a California Common brewed with Northern Brewer hops that Jon's friend had grown.Heath Rhodes shared a Pliney clone. (don't try to say that ten times quickly, and don't confuse it with a pine cone)Max Brummel, who had JUST joined the club, passed around some of his very first homebrew, a dark mild.Chris Smith had us sample two of his creations; the first was a German Alt made with all Styrian Golding hops, and the second a wheat wine. Each brewer will receive credit for the category of beer shared. Dave Royer and I will soon have a special page on the site where you can see who has received credit for which styles. There is no minimum quality requirement--just a minimum QUANTITY requirement, and that's so that we have enough for everyone at the meeting to get a good-sized sample. I apologize that we didn't do Hall of Fame beer sharing at the Christmas meeting, but at 8:30 the hall was still so packed and there was still voting and things to be done. Bring your beer tonight instead, please! John

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Mankato Beer Expo looking for volunteers

by Gera Exire La Tour

The Mankato Beer Expo is right around the corner on Saturday, January 17th. They are looking for people to volunteer to help with the event. (Checking IDs/putting on wristbands/refilling water/cleaning up/getting ice, etc.) Volunteers usually work a few hours and have time to still enjoy the event. Please email Ilya if you are interested.-- The 3rd Annual Mankato Craft Beer Expo will take place January 17, 2015 from 2-6 p.m. The expo will showcase the offerings of craft breweries here in Minnesota, as well as all over the United States. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample beers from over 40 different craft breweries in a commemorative sampling glass.In addition to this, they can enjoy educational seminars throughout the day covering subjects such as Food Pairing, Homebrewing, and the History of Brewing in Minnesota. With brewery and distributor representatives on hand to answer questions, attendees will be able to have an enjoyable and educational experience learning about beer, its components and flavors. Live music, food, various beer related vendors will be available as well. Ilya SorokaVolunteer Coordinatorvolunteer(a)chopliverllc.com

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