Well, it looks like it will be cool, but not raining or snowing.
See you at Webber's Orchard on Saturday 10am - 3pm
Engineer, Gentleman, & Brewer,
Mark D. Glewwe
http://www.glewwe-castle.com/mark/
Looks like another brewer has "other" priorities.
-----Original Message-----
From: mtfrank0524 [mailto:mtfrank0524@attbi.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:08 PM
To: info(a)mnbrewers.com
Subject: Homebrewers Close-out Garage Sale
Please forward this along to club members:
Homebrewing Equipment Sale:
Bring any current catalog from any supplier. If I have it and you can find it in the catalog, it's half the catalog price. On all other items, we deal. Items I have include: a party pig (unopened), a grain mill w/ss rollers (new, unused), 22oz bottles, champagne bottles, 2.5, 5,6,7 gallon carboys, 5 gal ss brew pot, books galore, malt syrups, dried malt, hops, bottle capper, industrial thermostat, rubber floor mats, etc.
When: Starting 8:30am, Saturday, October 19.
Where: 1065 Lake Beach Drive, Shoreview, MN
651 483-3264
Mike, Thanks for sharing your recipe (again). I know what you mention
about the spices is correct.
One question comes to mind. Is a saison a sub-category of a wit or are
they synonymous? They both seem so similar with grist bill, hop
schedule, use candi sugar, coriander, and orange.
Oh and by the way, "the checks in the mail."
Rick
We are set to finish the AHA COC Belgian Strongs tomorrow, Sun starting at noon. We could use 1 or 2 more judges if you have nothing planned. If you can make it, send me an e-mail with your phone # and I'll get back to you tonight.
Location:
Steve Piatz
3631 Woodland Trail
Eagan
Dir: 35E to Diffley or Yankee Doodle, Head east to Lexington, South if you took YankyDoo, North if you took Diffley, you'll run into Wescott, head east about a mile or so, turn on to Woodland Trail off of Wescott Rd.
Mike Moranz, President
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Rick O. writes:
>One question comes to mind. Is a saison a sub-category of a wit or are
>they synonymous? They both seem so similar with grist bill, hop
>schedule, use candi sugar, coriander, and orange.
I was re-reading Zymurgy May/June 2002 on Belgian farmhouse ales
and noticed the 2001 AHA silver medal for Belgian and French Ale
was a Wit using White Labs 750. This is our favorite Saison yeast.
Like I said in an other post, make a wit for a Saison yeast starter.
BTW, if anyone wants to read the article on farmhouse ales (and wits),
stop by with a few bottles of Saison and I can point out the finer
details ;-).
rick
This is a call for judges to finish up the AHA COC Belgian strongs. Let me know if you can help out and I'll get things scheduled. We still need judges for one flight, then the 2nd round winners.
Mike Moranz, President
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Hi, For anyone coming up to Fargo for the Hoppy Halloween and would like to
help judge on that Friday night. Please let Ray Sanders know and what
categories you can judge.
Thanks,
Susan
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Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: RE: [phc-club] 2002 Hoppy Halloween Challenge
: PHC and beyond:
:
: Attached is my preemptive judging schedule. Please generously look at
dates
: that would work well for you to judge or host a judging session. If you
: would suggest times and dates and get them back to me it would be a great
: help. If you know of others that would join you at the same time, please
: mention that as well.
:
: -Ray
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Great American Beer Festival® Beer Evaluation Event Tests Perceptions
Boulder, Colo. • 10.04.2002 - Today beer connoisseurs and media got their
first ever glimpse of what makes American beer worthy of Great American Beer
Festival (GABF) medals at downtown DenverÂ’s Marriott City Center.
This was the first time in 20 years that a GABF two-part media event
challenged perceptions about craft beer with beer evaluation and beer, wine
and food pairings.
“Now that the festival has come of age by turning 21, we felt the time was
right to demystify the judging process and show why beer judges, brewers and
enthusiasts regard this competition as the best annual beer competition and
festival,” Gatza said. “The Great American Beer Festival is clearly
superior to any other competition because of the quality of judging and
diversity of products the public can sample, and this media event shows why
the GABF shares this elite pedestal.”
What makes a beer worthy of a gold, silver and bronze medal? The festivalÂ’s
Judge Manager Chris Swersey took beer connoisseurs and media through an
American India Pale Ale evaluation with six world-class professional judges.
“Evaluating beer happens on many levels,” Swersey said. “On a professional
level, beer evaluation is a form of peer review. The results are public, so
consumers can learn what beers meet a high level of quality and what beers
exemplify certain styles as interpreted by the judges. When industry
professionals acknowledge the excellence in products from around the market,
the consumer can be sure that those products are the finest available.”
Do beer characters enhance or compliment food flavors as wine characters do?
Yes. During the second part of the media event, Garrett Oliver,
internationally recognized beer, wine and food expert, showed how beer lifts
spices and captures the powerful or subtle flavor in food – often times more
than wine does.
The first food pairing was a Shelburne Cheddar, a vegetarian, hard cheese
without the rind made with milk of Brown Swiss cows. The wine was Chateau du
Grand Vernay, a mild, fruit, driven, lighter bodied red, and the beer was
Anderson Valley Hop OttinÂ’ India Pale Ale with a citrus aroma and an intense
hoppy bite.
The second pairing was a Chocolate Delight, a flourless bittersweet
chocolate mousse paired with a Clocktower Australian Tawny Port, mellow
fruity port with a soft finish, and a Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, rich
cocoa flavor, velvety dark texture, medium bodied.
“The complexity of beer flavors covers a far broader range than any other
beverage,” Gatza said. “There is the perfect beer to go with any food. To
date, the wine industry has successfully created an association of wine and
food. However, many wines are limited by the relatively short range of
flavor in any wine and the acidity of most wines. When the beer industry
encourages people to match the appropriate beers with foods, the public will
see how excellently they go together. Everyone knows that beer goes great
with pizza and spicy foods, but when someone tries a smoked porter with a
great steak, for example, that person will know that beer is the perfect
compliment.”
Breweries that market their medal-winning beers give consumers a high
quality tasting experience – one they’ll carry to the dinner table.
“The constantly evolving nature of the beer marketplace means that products
continually improve,” Swersey said. “It's a dynamic environment, and for
those that have followed the beer industry on a taste and flavor level over
the last 15 years, it's never been better. Once a consumer figures out that
they like ‘IPA's’, or ‘stouts’, or ‘pilseners’, or all the beers from a
given brewery with a certain brewery signature, then they can start pairing
beer with the types of foods they like.”
For more information, contact the Association of Brewers at +1.303.447.0816
or visit www.beertown.org.
# # #
The Great American Beer Festival has been held every year since 1982 and is
presented by the Association of Brewers, a not-for-profit educational and
trade organization founded in 1978 that is devoted to making quality brewing
and beer information available to anyone. The Association of Brewers also
hosts the bi-annual World Beer Cup and is based in Boulder, Colo., U.S.A.
Cindy Jones
Sales and Marketing Director
Association of Brewers
303.447.0816 x 144
cindy(a)aob.org
The Great American Beer Festival
October 3-5, 2002 Colorado Convention Center
Visit www.beertown.org for details!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21st Great American Beer Festival® a huge success!
Boulder, Colo. • 10.08.2002- The Association of Brewers celebrated Saturday
night as “Last Call” was heard throughout the Colorado Convention Center.
The announcement signaled the close of the 21st Great American Beer Festival
(GABF) in Denver, Colo.
“After 21 years of giving the public the best American beer under one roof,
thereÂ’s always one thing that stays the same -- the dedication and hard work
from the Association of Brewers staff, volunteers, brewers, judges and
industry supporters,” said Nancy Johnson, director of the Great American
Beer Festival. “I feel honored to work and sip beer with people that
understand how to make the American beer industry an American beer family.
Cheers to everyone’s support.”
The hard work paid off with an estimated 21,000 in attendance during this
three-day festival, an increase over last year.
[Great American Beer Festival statistics are below.]
“As the founder of the Great American Beer Festival, I've been to every one
of the festivals,” said Charlie Papazian, president of the Association of
Brewers. “This 21st festival was unique in that it was the smoothest, best
organized festival I have ever seen.”
“We worked with a number of different media partners this year and really
worked hard to get the word out about the festival,” comments Cindy Jones,
Sales and Marketing Director for the Association of Brewers.
Promotional efforts this year included television commercials on AT&T
Broadband, billboards in the Denver metro area and bus sign on the 16th
Street Mall Shuttle.
Saturday afternoonÂ’s Connoisseur session began with the awards ceremony for
one of this countryÂ’s most prestigious beer competitions. The audience was
filled with anxious brewers watching as Judge Manager Chris Swersey
announced this yearÂ’s Great American Beer Festival medal winners.
“Who says drinking beer for a living doesn’t pay off,” said Kevin McNerney,
Brewmaster of Sweetwater Brewing Co., Atlanta, Georgia, and Small Brewing
Company Brewmaster of the Year. “This has been 11 years of hard work
developing our brewery. To get positive feedback for our hard work and
dedication is elating.”
This yearÂ’s entries came from 393 breweries with a total of 1,820 beers
being judged in 58 categories. Winners can be found on the festival web
site. To view a copy visit http://www.beertown.org/GABF/02winners.htm.
“I feel flattered and honored,” said Kurt Widmer, Brewmaster of Widmer
Brothers Brewing, Portland, Ore., and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of
the Year. “And at the same time I recognize this (award) as a tribute to all
people here that work hard to make great beers.”
“I feel absolutely overwhelmed,” said Jason Courtney, Brewmaster of Hub City
Brewing, Lubbock, Texas, and Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year. “I had
pretty good confidence that we would win a medal but this is beyond my
expectations. I can’t wait until next year.”
GABF 2002 Stats:
· 301 Breweries on the floor
· Over 1,300 Beers on the floor
· 393 Breweries participated in the competition
· 1,820 beers judged in the competition
· 58 Categories were judged
· 91 Judges
· Avg. # beers entered in each category being judged: 31
· American Style India Pale Ale Category had the highest # of entries: 94
· 172 Medals awarded
· Attendance ~ 21,000 Up from 2001
· 2,439 volunteers· 24,390 volunteer hours
· Small Brewing Company of the Year: Sweet Water Brewing Company-Atlanta,
Georgia
· Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Kevin McNerney - Sweet Water
Brewing Company-Atlanta, Georgia
· Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year: Widmer Brothers Brewing - Portland,
Oregon
· Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: Kurt Widmer - Widmer
Brothers Brewing - Portland, Oregon
· Large Brewing Company of the Year: Anheuser-Busch, Inc.-St. Louis,
Missouri
· Large Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year: George Reisch-
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.-St. Louis, Missouri
· Small Brewpub of the Year: Hub City Brewing – Lubbock, Texas
· Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Jason Courtney - Hub City Brewing –
Lubbock, Texas
· Large Brewpub of the Year: BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, Portland, Oregon
· Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year: Dan Pedersen - BJ’s Restaurant &
Brewery, Portland, Oregon
Sponsors of the 2002 Great American Beer Festival includes: Anheuser-Busch.
Inc, Westword, The Mountain 99.5 FM, Pabst Brewing Company, Colorado
Lottery, AT&T Broadband, PeteÂ’s Brewing Company, MicroStar Keg Management,
L.L.C., Beer Institute, Pepsi, Vail Resorts, Boston Beer, Briess Malting
Co., Great Western Malting, Yakima Chief and beertown.org.
The Great American Beer Festival has been held every year since 1982 and is
presented by the Association of Brewers, a not-for-profit educational and
trade organization founded in 1978 that is devoted to making quality brewing
and beer information available to anyone. The Association of Brewers also
hosts the bi-annual World Beer Cup and is based in Boulder, Colo., U.S.A.
# # #
Cindy Jones
Sales and Marketing Director
Association of Brewers
303.447.0816 x 144
cindy(a)aob.org
The Great American Beer Festival
October 3-5, 2002 Colorado Convention Center
Visit www.beertown.org for details!
