Don't forget - the
Minnesota Home Brewers Association April meeting is TODAY, Sat, April 1, at the
CSPS Hall at 383 Michigan Ave in St. Paul, from noon - 3pm.
CRYSTAL MALT
EXTRAVAGANZA!
Mike
Behrendt is our meeting host, and will be present the CRYSTAL MALT
EXTRAVAGANZA! Come and smell, feel and taste nearly 46 different malts ranging from 1.4 Lovibond to 600 Lovibond. We'll
start with a few base malts, go through the range of Crystal/Caramel malts and
end with Chocolate/Black/Roasted.
We have malts from the US, UK, Germany and Belgium to
compare.
Some of the malts are from a small maltster in the UK
who still does floor malting and they're the only ones that also give tours.
Stop by Tuckers in Newton Abbot and thank Richard. They have a nice brewery
attached serving great beer and one of the best beer stores which includes some
US craft beer which was interesting.
Malt descriptions will be available and you are
encouraged to make your own notes. Bring a pencil and some homebrew
Don't forget - the Minnesota Home Brewers Association
April meeting is TODAY, Sat, April 1, at the CSPS Hall at 383
BRING YOUR
FIRST ROUND AHA NATIONALS ENTRIES!
Rick Oftel will be transporting our club's entries down to Iowa for
the qualifying round of the AHA Nationals FOR FREE! That's right - no
packaging or shipping necessary on your part. Only one bottle needed, we
will have entry forms and rubber bands there for you. Bring an extra
bottle or two if you want some club advice on the best category in which to
enter your beer(s). Bring your check made out to the AHA for your entry
fees - $8 per entry for AHA members,
$12 for non-AHA members.
EVERYONE SHOULD
PARTICIPATE? Why? Our club gets points towards "Homebrew Club of the
Year" for each 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awarded in the qualifying round (and in
the finals). All three ribbons are eligible to go on to compete in the
Finals in Orlando, Florida in June. If you only have one or two bottles
left of that "special beer", you will have time to re-brew it prior to the
finals should you win.
STYLE OF THE MONTH -
ENGLISH MILD
Style of the Month coordinator
Joel Stitzel will have certificates and "Beer Badges" on hand for those of you
who bring April's style of the month - English Mild Ale - to share with your
club members. See Steve Piatz' article on English Mild Ale in February's
issue of The Boiler for more info:
http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2006/2006_02.pdf
Read more info about
the STYLE OF THE MONTH club in the December 2005 issue of The
Boiler:
http://www.mnbrewers.com/newsletters/2005/2005_12.pdf
BRING YOUR HOMEBREW AND
YOUR QUESTIONS!
As always, bring whatever beers
you've been brewing to share with your club members and get some tips, and bring
whatever questions you have about brewing. That's what club meetings are
all about!
See you in St. Paul this
afternoon!
-
Al