FW: Northern Ale Stars July e-Newsletter

Original Message: ----------------- From: Northern Ale Stars northernalestars(a)hotmail.com Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:14:35 -0500 Subject: July e-Newsletter 2005 Fermental Health Tour: The date and itinerary have been set for the revival of a Northern Ale Stars tradition. Beginning Friday, August 26th and continuing through Monday, August 29th the “2005 Fermental Health Tour”, a.k.a. the beer road trip wil return in grand fashion. The itinerary will be as follows: Aug. 26th – Leave Duluth/Superior and head East with the first stop at South Shore Brew Pub in Ashland WI for lunch. Then, load back up and head for Houghton MI for the night, where we will visit The Library Brew Pub, where Ale Stars member Bob Jackson is the brewer. We’ll also visit the new-ish Keweenaw Brewing while we’re there. Aug 27th – We travel to Marquette MI for a visit to Jasper Ridge Brewery and Brew pub and discover what life is like on the other side of Lake Superior. Aug 29th – We turn tail and head west to Hayward Wisconsin to spend the night and visit the two brew pubs located there. The Old Hayward Eatery and Brew Pub and the Angry Minnow (I love that name). Aug 30th – Head back to the Twin Ports, but I’m sure we’ll find stops to make along the way. All who are interested may participate in the entire trip, or you can join/leave the beer tour at any point. But we will need to know what nights you will be with us. We’d like to look into hotel discounts by reserving blocks of rooms ahead of time. You need to respond no later than Wednesday, July 13th. Hope to see you! Change of July meeting date: The July meeting of the Northern Ale Stars has been changed to July 30th at 2:00 PM-ish. Dave Swenson will be hosting the First Annual Bob Silvernale Memorial Bocce Tournament and BBQ. More details will follow soon, but be sure to reserve the date. Beer Collectors Trade Show: The 5th annual Beer Collectors Trade Show will be held in the parking lot next the Lake Superior Brewery, at 27th Ave. West and Superior Street in Duluth, on July 9th 2005 from 10am to 2pm. It is a Buy-Sell-Trade (out of your cars trunk or your back pocket) show so people can bring items with them. The event also includes a free raffle of beer collectibles and tours/tastings of award winning Lake Superior Brews. More information call Chris at (218) 349-6561. 2005 All-Club Campout: We have a group of Ale Stars who will be joining other homebrew clubs from around the area at the 2005 Minnesota All-Club Campout, to be held August 5-7, and invite all interested members and non-members to join us. This year’s spectacular extravaganza will be a new experience as it will be held in the great northern woods of Minnesota. Nestled in the grand Chippewa National Forest and on Cass Lake, Nushka Group Campground will provide us with two large group campsites (tents, campers, etc. OK), two picnic shelters to help curb potential weather, trails down to the lake, and basically oodles of space and ambiance to satisfy our needs. Plus, we will have the entire campground so there is no one to disturb and yet we are close enough to civilization, with the town of Cass Lake nearby, to make any last minute needs convenient. Cost will only be $10 per person for the whole weekend, so you can’t beat the price. Of course, there are the festivities to entice you further. The prestigious title of Master of Malt is up for grabs again at the traditional Saturday competition so fire up your brew-pots and see if you can knock off the defending champion. At last years competition Susan Ruud form The Prairie Homebrewing Companions took the title and has called the categories for this year to be open ale, lager, mead, and Belgian. An added plus to the competition will be a special category and award for best cask conditioned ale that is served, as the Brits would say, “from stillage”. Clubs can enter 1 beer per category with exception to the cask conditioned ales which are unlimited. Bring on your best. Saturday also happens to be AHA National Mead Day. Since it would not be right to neglect such a day with all those Mead makers in one place, a Mead brewing session has been planned and the site will be officially registered with the AHA. At least one batch of mead will be made and it would be great to have more so bring along your equipment and enjoy the opportunity. By the way, for those who are a little skeptical of this, mead has been made in the wild while camping in the past and has turned out great. If all this wasn’t enough, Saturday night brings a grand feast provided in full by the Prairie Homebrewing Companions. This group is also skilled in the culinary arts so expect an excellent meal to round out the great scenery, quality beers and meads, good friends, and good times. If all that, for only $10, cannot get you excited for this event then I am at a loss. Directions and a little more info is included below. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me at northernalestars(a)hotmail.com. I really hope to see you all there. When August 5-7. Campground will be available Friday at 2:00PM and checkout is 1:00PM on Sunday. Getting There - Nushka Group Campground General Take Us Highway 2 to CR 10, six miles east of Cass Lake. Follow CR 10 North until you see FR 2013 or see the sign that points you west. The campground is located about 1 mile down FR2013 on the left. Minneapolis/St. Paul/St. Cloud Head north on US Hwy 10 to the Little Falls area and take MN Hwy 371 North to Cass Lake. Then follow the general directions. Mankato Head north to US Hwy 10 (probably on US Hwy 169) and follow Minneapolis/St. Paul directions. Bemidji Go east on US Hwy 2 and see general. Duluth Go west on US Hwy 2 and see general. General Information http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/chippewa/ & http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/chippewa/camp/casslake.htm Big Lake Brewfest: The 3rd Annual Big Lake Brewfest is Saturday, September 17, 2005, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. The organizers are looking for volunteers who would be assigned a brewer or two to assist. That aside - you can enjoy the event. This is a great way to get to know the brewers and be a part of a fun event. If you are interested, reply back to northernalestars(a)hotmail.com . Cheers! -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .