FW: April NAS Meeting!!

- Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Northern Ale Stars northernalestars(a)hotmail.com Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:43:15 -0500 Hello Ale Stars! We’ve had a quite first part of 2005, but club treasurer Kandi Sturm is ready to make some noise. She and husband Rod will be hosts of the April Northern Ale Stars meeting on April 24 beginning at the usual 2:00 PM-ish time. Their address is 515 Rose St. in Duluth (218-525-4898). Bring some home brew and a snack to share with the group. Home Brew Competitions: It's APRIL 8th, and you know what THAT means?!?!... ENTRIES ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE AHA NATIONAL HOMEBREW COMPETITION!! Entries will be accepted from April 4-15, 2005, only one bottle per beer/mead entry. (3 bottles for cider.) Cost is $8 per entry for AHA members, $12 for non-AHA members. -------------------------- HOW TO ENTER: AHA NHC 05 Rules: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/nhc05_rules.pdf ENTRY FORM: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/nhc05_entry.pdf Fold and rubber band each entry form to each bottle Fold your check or money order with one of your entry forms. Checks should be made payable to: "AHA" Include your AHA membership number, if applicable, on the check All normal BJCP categories are eligible, PLUS "NEW BREWER" - for brewers who have never before entered the AHA NHC. -------------------------- BEER AND MEAD: 2004 BJCP Categories 1-26 (all except cider), plus Category 29: NEW BREWER (never before entered AHA Nationals)should be shipped to the NB Warehouse at: NHC 2005 Northern Brewer 1945 W County Rd C2 Roseville, MN 55113 -------------------------- CIDER: 2004 BJCP Categories 27-28, Ciders, will have preliminary and final judging done in Red Hook, NY, so three bottles will be required. Ship your Cider entries to: NHC 2005 Party Creations 345 Rokeby Rd Red Hook, NY 12571 DO NOT SHIP YOUR ENTRIES VIA THE US POSTAL SERVICE! -------------------------- SECOND ROUND: AHA CONFERENCE BALTIMORE,MD - JUNE 16-17, 2005 If your beer or mead qualifies for the second round judging, the AHA will mail you notice by May 20, 2005 with instructions on how, when and where to send entries for second round judging. RE-BREWING IS ALLOWED, so even if you only have one bottle left of that Special Beer, you can still enter it! -------------------------- WE NEED JUDGES: We are looking for Judges, Stewards and Volunteers for the Midwest Regional First Round to be held in Roseville on April 29-30. YOU NEED NOT BE BJCP CERTIFIED TO HELP! The Midwest Region is YOUR REGION! We need help from ALL AHA Midwest clubs to pull this off. Let's make this the BEST regional competition in the country! This is a sanctioned AHA/BJCP competition, and BJCP points will be awarded for judges, stewards and volunteers. For more information, go to: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/nhc . -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .