mba January 2018

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by Al Boyce

BJCP Judges – Joe Gerteis is hosting a BJCP Written exam on May 20 for those of you interested in moving up to National or higher. To take the exam, you need to have a tasting score of 80 or better, and have at least 10 experience points. You need to pre-pay the exam fee ($40) by April 20. Contact Joe if you are interested. See Joe’s email below. - Al From: Joe Gerteis <joe.gerteis(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:18 PM Subject: BJCP exams and training Hi all, There is an upcoming quarterly written exam date on May 20. *I've put in for a Twin Cities site.* Please let me know if you are interested in re-taking the written exam to potentially move up in rank. (And apologies for f'ing this up last round.) Upcoming (tasting) exams scheduled already in the region -- not sure, but there are usually at least a few open spots : * April 15, Minneapolis: contact Gera Exire La Tour * Sept 16, Minneapolis: contact Al Boyce * Dec 2, Fargo ND: Contact Tyler Mangin * Dec 16, Minneapolis: Contact Al Boyce Joe Gerteis

7 years, 10 months

FW: [Deadline] National Homebrew Competition Application Closes Jan. 30

by Al Boyce

Deadline to register as a contestant for the NHC is tomorrow! (Not to actually enter, just to register as a contestant. It’s a two-step process this year. No money required at this time.) - Al From: National Homebrew Competition [mailto:nhc@brewersassociation.org] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 8:00 AM To: alboyce(a)comcast.net Subject: [Deadline] National Homebrew Competition Application Closes Jan. 30 Competition Application Window closes midnight on January 30 for the 2018 National Homebrew Competition. <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Competition Application Window Open For The 2018 National Homebrew Competition! Al, The <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Competition Application Period is now open and closes on January 30, 2018 at midnight MST for the <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> 2018 National Homebrew Competition, which is held across 12 First Round judging centers in the United States. First round winners advance to the final round at <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> AHA Homebrew Con in Portland, OR. Final round winners will be announced at the <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> award ceremony on June 30. <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Apply now using your email address (the one this email was sent to) and your AHA member number: 000122964 Please take time to review the <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Rules & Regulations for entering the National Homebrew Competition. Reminders: * Application Window is open to AHA members only. * All applicants will be notified by February 15 with an alert indicating whether or not their entries have been accepted into the competition. Entrants will then have 72 hours from the date of notification to pay for their entries. * Applicants may edit their application up through January 30. * To maximize your chances of participating in the competition, select as many centers as possible when applying. We hope you will <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> join us in 2018 to celebrate the homebrewing community! Cheers, John Moorhead, Director National Homebrew Competition © <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> American Homebrewers Association, a division of the <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Brewers Association 1327 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302 303-447-0816 / <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> HomebrewersAssociation.org / <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> Permalink <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnU9Nzc2MzQxNjI2JmxpPTQ4NT…> Manage your email preferences or <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnU9Nzc2MzQxNjI2JmxpPTQ4NT…> unsubscribe. <http://Brewers.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NjM3MTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTc3NjM0MTYyNiZsaT…> <http://Brewers.informz.net/clk/red6d.aspx?mi=6637144&u=776341626&b=3396>

7 years, 10 months

FW: Great Northern Brew Ha Ha Competition Info - DEADLINE 1/29/18

by Al Boyce

You have FIVE MORE DAYS (until 1/29/18) to enter the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha! It's a great competition, with great swag! If you're coming to Mash-Out, you can bring your PAID, LABELED entries there and they will be hand-delivered for you. Think about volunteering too! Duluth is a fun town, the Northern Ale Stars are great brewers and friends, AND.. Hoops Brewing in Canal Park is open now! Please pass this along! - Al From: T SARNE [mailto:tsarne@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:41 PM To: John Longballa <jlongballa(a)netzero.net>; Al Boyce <alboyce(a)comcast.net>; Tom Roan <tjroan(a)yahoo.com>; Karl Gunderson <kgunders(a)msn.com>; Jerry Dusich <dusich(a)charter.net>; Mike Beuning <mikebeuning(a)hotmail.com>; Brett Glenn <brettglenna(a)gmail.com>; Chris Smith <csmitty42(a)yahoo.com>; Greg Van de Mark <gr3g.van(a)gmail.com>; Bruce Buerger <nhcjudgecoordinator(a)gmail.com>; Patrick Sundberg <patrick(a)jackpinebrewery.com> Subject: Great Northern Brew Ha Ha Competition Info Please cascade to your clubs: With the weather as cold as it's been, you can't help but think of the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha. This years event will be February 9-10 at the Holiday Inn Duluth (and a Thursday session if you happen to be in town). Use the link below for more information and to link to the database for registration and volunteer sign up. Registration begins Friday January 5, and per usual, you can drop your beers off at Mashout for a personal transport back to Duluth. Link for entering and volunteering: http://greatnorthernbrewhaha.brewcomp.com Since last year, there's been a couple of breweries opened, Hoops and Earth Rider, and LSB is under new ownership, so, the beer scene in Duluth is ever evolving and well worth the trip. Most important...make your hotel reservations, the earlier the better, but by January 14. It is hockey season in Duluth, so call early. That way we may be able to free up additional rooms if needed. http://www.northernalestars.net/events.html We'll see you at the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha.

7 years, 10 months

2018 AHA National Comp Registration Application

by Al Boyce

The registration application window opened today at 11 a.m. This is not actually registering and entering, but rather applying to be able to enter. >> - Must be an AHA member by 1/30, when this application window closes; >> >> - May apply to enter up to six entries (number only, no need to figure which categories yet); >> >> - AHA will notify those who are accepted and number of entries sometime after registration application window closes on 1/30 but by 2/14 in a series of staggered email messages (so you NEED TO SUBSCRIBE their emails and check your email; >> >> If accepted, there is a three-day window to actually enter ($14 per entry). >> >> We are a first round judging site, so no shipping to first round (if you enter in our region.) >> >> More: >> https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/ >> >> Even More: >> https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/homebrewassoc/wp-content/uploads/Nationa… >>

7 years, 10 months

FW: Summit Brewing Co. Introduces New Year-Round Beer: Summit Dakota Soul

by Al Boyce

From: Brendan Kennealy [mailto:BKennealy@summitbrewing.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:31 AM Subject: Summit Brewing Co. Introduces New Year-Round Beer: Summit Dakota Soul Brewery’s Founder Mark Stutrud Sources Barley From North Dakota Cousins Howdy again from Summit Brewing Co.! We jumped into your email inbox last week with news of the Summit IPA Collection — a variety box of fresh IPAs hitting retail late this month — and this week we’re here to drum up some hype for Summit Dakota Soul <http://www.summitbrewing.com/brews/dakota-soul/> , a classic Czech-style pils hitting shelves… oh, right about now. Featuring a lightly toasted body and pleasant bitterness from spicy and floral hops, Summit Dakota Soul offers notes of English biscuits, honey and graham cracker. Brewed with North Dakota barley raised by our founder’s cousins, it’s here to stay as part of our year-round lineup of traditional, gimmick-free craft beers. The full press release is pasted below and available online <http://www.summitbrewing.com/summit-brewing-co-introduces-new-year-round-be…> , and you can find images of Summit Dakota Soul here <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mbiq2uqklu2s6pd/AACVP1ZhPJhp-4jxerbwCsqUa?dl=0> , plus a little video from the 2017 North Dakota barley harvest. As always, thanks for your support! Cheers! Brendan Kennealy PR/Content Coordinator Summit Brewing Company 910 Montreal Circle St. Paul, MN 55102 651-265-7836 (office) 651-295-4510 (mobile) 651-265-7800 (front desk) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summit Brewing Co. Introduces New Year-Round Beer: Summit Dakota Soul Brewery’s Founder Mark Stutrud Sources Barley From North Dakota Cousins ST. PAUL, Minn. (January 10, 2018) – “Water is a beer’s foundation,” says Summit Brewing Company’s Founder and President Mark Stutrud. “Hop is like a spice. Yeast is the character. But barley — barley is the soul of beer.” Stutrud and the Summit Brewing team so believe in barley’s significance that they’ve developed a new year-round beer to celebrate it: Summit Dakota Soul <http://www.summitbrewing.com/brews/dakota-soul/> . Featuring a lightly toasted body and pleasant bitterness from spicy and floral hops, Summit Dakota Soul honors traditional Czech-style pilseners without forgetting where it’s from — Grain Country. “If we forget our grain,” says Stutrud, “we forsake our soul.” Crafted meticulously from farm to finish, Summit Dakota Soul features Moravian 37 barley, a heritage variety that imparts notes of English biscuits, honey and graham cracker in the final beer. What’s more, since 2010 it’s been grown exclusively by Mark Stutrud’s cousins near Rugby, North Dakota. “It’s kinda neat to send our barley to Summit,” says Jim Stutrud of Barton, North Dakota, who plants and harvests the barley on a family farm alongside his son, Todd, and grandson, Josh. “You gotta be proud of it. You raised it. It has a purpose.” Todd and Josh Stutrud agree, adding it’s a point of pride to know where the barley ends up. They like the beer, too, of course. “Bottom line,” says Mark Stutrud, “it makes the beer taste even better when you’ve got Stutrud barley.” Additional ingredients in the new pilsener include Loral hops, a new American variety with appealing floral, citrus and peppery qualities; Czech Saaz hops for floral and spice notes; and Carapils malt for a slightly elevated body and toasted note. At 4.8% ABV and 28 IBU, a long period of cold conditioning ensures a classical approach to the style and a crisp, balanced beer with refreshing drinkability and no gimmicks. Summit Dakota Soul will debut at the Summit Beer Hall Friday, January 12, 2018. In the weeks following, Summit Dakota Soul will join our year-round rotation on draft and in 12-packs of 12-oz. cans, as well as 6 and 12-packs of 12-oz. bottles. For images of Summit Dakota Soul and video of the North Dakota barley harvest, please click here <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mbiq2uqklu2s6pd/AACVP1ZhPJhp-4jxerbwCsqUa?dl=0> . And for more information about this and other beer releases, visit www.summitbrewing.com <http://www.summitbrewing.com/> . Summit Dakota Soul ABV: 4.8% IBU: 28 Color: Golden Yellow (5.5 L) Malts: Moravian 37, Carapils Hops: Saaz, Loral Yeast: Lager Serving Tips: Serve at 38–42º F in a pils glass alongside Havarti cheese, poultry, seafood, Asian food and/or grilled meat, depending on how hungry you’re feeling. Summit Brewing Company Founded in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1986, Summit Brewing Company has remained close to its roots, refreshing thirsty folks throughout the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Currently available in five states, Summit now produces seven year-round premium craft beers, seven occasionals, four seasonal brews, and the limited-release Unchained Series and Union Series. Since our inception, we’ve been a consistent pioneer in the craft beer movement. For everything Summit Brewing, visit summitbrewing.com.

7 years, 10 months

FW: Great Northern Brew Ha Ha Competition Info - Feb 9-10

by Al Boyce

The Great Northern Brew Ha Ha Competition is coming up Feb 9-10. This contest is a lot of fun, and it's host, the Northern Ale Stars, are a great bunch of fun people. Enter your beers, and consider volunteering to judge or steward! - Al From: T SARNE [mailto:tsarne@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:41 PM Subject: Great Northern Brew Ha Ha Competition Info With the weather as cold as it's been, you can't help but think of the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha. This years event will be February 9-10 at the Holiday Inn Duluth (and a Thursday session if you happen to be in town). Use the link below for more information and to link to the database for registration and volunteer sign up. Registration begins Friday January 5, and per usual, you can drop your beers off at Mashout for a personal transport back to Duluth. Since last year, there's been a couple of breweries opened, Hoops and Earth Rider, and LSB is under new ownership, so, the beer scene in Duluth is ever evolving and well worth the trip. Most important...make your hotel reservations, the earlier the better, but by January 14. It is hockey season in Duluth, so call early. That way we may be able to free up additional rooms if needed. http://www.northernalestars.net/events.html We'll see you at the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha.

7 years, 11 months

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