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by mike hoops

Pubcrawlers and brunch fans alike, This Sat. (4/20) we will be opening early (10am) for a special brunch. All the good stuff will be served (Eggs,sausage,potatoes,biscuits and gravy, blueberry pancakes,jalapeno corn muffins). The real good news is that we are offering this brunch for just $5.00 a plate. If you like a bloody mary once in a while, we've got you covered....just $3.50 Come in early, get your glass and t-shirt have a bite to eat before the pubcrawl. Or if you are not taking part in the special Saturday pubcawl, come on in from 10-11:30 for a great brunch Cheers, Mike _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

23 years, 7 months

GTMW tickets

by LJ Vitt

From: Great_Taste(a)yahoogroups.com To: Great_Taste(a)yahoogroups.com Date: 17 Apr 2002 06:15:39 -0000 Subject: [Great_Taste] Reminder - Tickets go on sale for the Great Taste o... Reply-to: Great_Taste-owner(a)yahoogroups.com We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Tickets go on sale for the Great Taste of the Midwest Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2002 Time: All Day Tickets for the Great Taste of the Midwest<sm> go on sale May 1, and not a day sooner. Be sure to order early and often, but not before May 1. Send check payable to MHTG and self-addressed stamped envelope to: Great Taste! MHTG Post Office Box 1365 Madison, Wisconsin 53701-1365 Allow 3 weeks for order processing and delivery More informtion at http://hbd.org/mhtg This list is for announcements only, not for member posts. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Great_Taste-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

23 years, 7 months

[Great_Taste] Reminder - Tickets go on sale for the Great Taste o...

by Great_Taste＠yahoogroups.com

------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/K.NolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Tickets go on sale for the Great Taste of the Midwest Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2002 Time: All Day Tickets for the Great Taste of the Midwest<sm> go on sale May 1, and not a day sooner. Be sure to order early and often, but not before May 1. Send check payable to MHTG and self-addressed stamped envelope to: Great Taste! MHTG Post Office Box 1365 Madison, Wisconsin 53701-1365 Allow 3 weeks for order processing and delivery More informtion at http://hbd.org/mhtg This list is for announcements only, not for member posts. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Great_Taste-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

23 years, 7 months

Calling ALL Midwestern beer judges!

by Roger Deschner

I was by Rock Bottom Chicago yesterday evening, and Pete Crowley's cooler is in serious danger of completely filling up with boxes containing National Homebrew Competition entries. You can't even get to the two tanks in back - they are surrounded by boxes. Pete says most of them are heavy - meaning they contain lots of entries and not very much packing material. I've never seen so many boxes - they just keep going on and on to the back of the cooler; an ocean of homebrew. We have our work cut out for us. We may be about to have even more than the record 813 entries we had in 1997, when I was Site Director. We'll know when we unpack this coming Saturday morning. Even if you can only judge one or two of the sessions Friday Evening 4/26 Saturday Morning 4/27 Saturday Afternoon 4/27 Sunday Morning 4/28 (might still be avoided with enough Sat. judges) we need you. More is better, of course, but even one session is good. Many of us will be there for all of the sessions. Our goal is to avoid judging sessions on Sunday evening, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... ... ... (but we'll do that if that's what it takes.) You will be judging in a bright, comfortable room, and you'll be fed very, very well. It is literally up one escalator and two flights of stairs from the Red Line "L" stop at Grand. Email Joe Preiser mailto:jpreiser@attbi.com to register to judge; be sure to tell him any styles you have entries in. Those who register earliest are more likely to get their first choices of styles to judge, so do it now! Roger Deschner rogerd(a)uic.edu =============== You can accomplish just about anything, ================ ================== given an adequate supply of beer. ===================

23 years, 7 months

FW: more on "dumbing-down" of Belgian beer

by SPARROW, JEFFREY C. [IT/1825]

Some additional articles narrated by the head of Camra-Brussels primarily due to the Camra-UK backlash against Tim Webb's recent article on the same topic. Some interesting thoughts and facts on some famous beers. Enjoy. ~jcs ********************* A propos of the recent debate on Chimay, it's interesting to read some more opinions by respected beer writers on the current state of Belgian beers. Edward Behr, author and publisher of the excellent "Art of Eating" quarterly magazine (details: http://www.ArtofEating.com) writing in the Spring 2001 edition following his visit to Belgium when we met and spoke extensively, found that De Koninck is now all sterile-filtered, whereas ten years ago the bottles were pasteurized but the beer in the kegs was not, so a cafe was the place to drink it. In a blind tasting he found a sterile-filtered bottled version and a fresh keg to be identical, with no "middle palate" and little after-taste. Behr writes: "No doubt mainstream Belgian brewers fear competition within the country and in a more global economy. Compared with the past, they have made their beers simpler, sweeter, fruitier and less bitter. The more insipid ones have just a shadow of the aromatic Belgian taste, but in a caricature of old flavors, certain other beers are pumped up with obliterative coriander. As a symbol of these changes, Belgian beer-lovers sometimes invoke the name of Interbrew. The conglomerate owns 58 brands (......) including the biggest Belgian seller Jupiler (light lager), Stella Artois (bland ale), Leffe (bland like Stella Artois), Hoegaarden (once a highly-regarded wheat beer), Belle Vue (the largest lambic brewer)...." In his research for the article, Behr asked Michael Jackson for his views on whether there had been a "dumbing down" of Belgian beers, citing as examples De Koninck and the "all but fabled Trappist ale" from Orval. Jackson replied: "I don't think you can necessarily generalise. There's a slight dumbing down in the instance of the beers you mentioned." Behr says Jackson spoke of "minor adjustments much as I regret them. Orval is still one of the world's greatest beers" and went on to compare it with Chartres Cathedral, and "knocking a chapel two off the corner of it. It's still a great cathedral". Jackson conceded that Chimay "has lost some of its character" but pointed out that many Belgian breweries are subject to the same pressures as other businesses. The article is (c) Edward Behr 2001. (I find that such brewers as Cantillon, Fantôme, Abbaye des Rocs and Chouffe - all of which have to export the bulk of their beers to survive - have managed somehow to avoid these "pressures" and still seem to brew the same quality beers I first encountered when I moved to Belgium in 1990.) ***************** During his visit Edward Behr met Yvan De Baets, a Belgian home-brewer and beer writer. Yvan has 1500 bottles at home, including some rare specimens from the 1950s and 1960s, including Orval. He becomes almost apoplectic with rage (for such a nice man) when talking about Orval, "just another beer and a shadow of its old self". He was recently interviewed by Maria Tarantino, of "The Bulletin", the Brussels expats' weekly magazine; she writes:- "For De Baets, a good beer has to measure up to demanding criteria. It must be made without preservatives or artificial flavourings: his six personal favourites** are all special beers that ferment naturally a second time in the bottle. 'A second fermentation makes the beer taste more interesting, and these beers improve over time', he explains. "He writes off other brewing methods as being too industrial. 'These beers are dead because pasteurisation has impoverished their taste and filtering has eliminated the healthy dregs. Beers that used to take several months for the different yeasts to bring out the right flavour can now be produced in a week'." ** The six beers (and the Brussels bars where they were consumed):- * Cantillon gueuze, Le Zageman * Westvleteren 6°, Bier Circus * Cantillon kriek, Makin' Whoopee, Schaerbeek * Moinette Blonde, Au Stoemelings * Quintine Blonde, Brasserie Verschueren * Darbyste, Moeder Lambic Parts of the above in quotations (c) The Bulletin/Ackroyd Publications 2002

23 years, 7 months

Re: Calling ALL Midwestern beer judges!

by SPARROW, JEFFREY C. [IT/1825]

We are fortunate that there is no event scheduled in our room at Rock Bottom on Saturday night. Please indicate to Joe your preference/willingness to judge a 3rd flight on Saturday, if necessary, to perhaps avoid Sunday. Also, be sure you do/already have indicated the sessions you can judge or we may incorrectly assume you will be present for all. Judging will commence at 7 p.m. on Friday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. ~jcs -----Original Message----- From: Roger Deschner [mailto:rogerd@UIC.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:28 AM To: CBS-HB(a)LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Calling ALL Midwestern beer judges! Even if you can only judge one or two of the sessions Friday Evening 4/26 Saturday Morning 4/27 Saturday Afternoon 4/27 Sunday Morning 4/28 (might still be avoided with enough Sat. judges)

23 years, 7 months

Minneapolis Town Hall beer release

by mike hoops

Beer Fans, This Thursday 4/18 from 5-6pm we will be having a beer release. For just $.50 per pint you can enjoy our newest seasonal "Cabin Fever". Come on down, sit on the now open patio and enjoy this German Style Ale and celebrate the end of winter...........I hope. Cheers _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

23 years, 7 months

PubCrawl Ticket

by Ryan Sinn

I have a sad announcement to make: One of the people in my pubcrawl crew just notified me today of a scheduling conflict on April 20th. He will be unable to attend the event and would like to sell off his ticket. He is giving up this great opportunity to drink beer to be a coach at the special olympic being held that day. I thought I'd throw that in for sympathy. If anybody is interested in his ticket, please email or call me ASAP. Thanks, Ryan -- ------------------------------------------ Ryan Sinn Wizard Technologies Web and Networking Solutions ------------------------------------------ office : 763.783.5721 e-mail : ryan(a)wizardtechnologies.net url : http://wizardtechnologies.net/ ------------------------------------------

23 years, 7 months

Events

by Moranz, Mike

Greetings, Mark your calendars. The 82nd annual Interclub campout will be held Aug 2,3,4, 2002 at Collinwood County Park in Cokato MN. The host for this year will be Minnesota Home Brewers Association. The competition host will be the Prairie Homebrewing Companions. Any club is welcome and must attend to enter the competition. The Styles for the Competition are as follows: Open Pils (BJCP 1a, 2a and 2b) Open Belgian (BJCP Styles 18, 19 & 20 all sub-styles) Porter (BJCP Style 15) Session Beers (Any beer with 1.040 or less Original Gravity) One entry per style per club. The Best of Show winner will receive the coveted "Master of Malt" award once again. Please pass this info on and get brewing for the campout. Next item: May 4, National Homebrew day and AHA Big Brew. The MHBA will be at Northern Brewer from 12-5. We need a few volunteers to help coordinate equipment, supplies, and of course, Beer. Let me know if you wish to help out. Mike Moranz, President Minnesota Home Brewers Association

23 years, 7 months

NHC Unpacking (and begging for judges)

by SPARROW, JEFFREY C. [IT/1825]

It's that time of the year again to unpack the AHA National Homebrew Competition entries. And folks, it looks like we've got a load this year. Anyone with some time to burn is welcome. Time: 9:30AM Date: Saturday, April 20 Place: Rock Bottom Chicago 1 W. Grand Ave. (corner of State & Grand) The Red Line stops right outside the door If you are a BJCP judge and haven't already signed up, please do! Like I said, it looks like a ton of entries. Contact Joe mailto:joe@chibeer.org or (630) 759-4569. jeff

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