Minnesota ALL-CLUB Beer Campout this weekend!

MINNESOTA ALL CLUB CAMPOUT THIS WEEKEND! Members of EVERY beer club in Minnesota (and one in North Dakota) have been invited to the annual ALL-CLUB CAMPOUT this weekend! Here are the details - hope everyone can make it! As those of you who have been there know, wherever the BEER campout is, it instantly becomes the BEST beer bar in the state! The Minnesota Timberworts out of Rochester are sponsoring the campout this year, and Alison Koster, VP, has done a great job of organizing it and putting together a great website with all the details: http://akoster.mysite.com/index.html Here's the high points: WHEN: Thurs, June 28- Sun, July 1, 2007 Come for the weekend, or come for the day! WHERE: Oak Haven Campground, New Ulm MN (90 miles) 1/4 mile north of MN 14 on Hwy 15 COST: $18/site/night - no need for reservations Asphalt pads and Electricity (no water) available for RVs Showers, flush toilets, air-conditioned full kitchen available DIRECTIONS: * 169 South to St. Peter * Right on Broadway (becomes Hwy 5) * South on MN 15 EVENTS: Fri, 6pm - Morgan Creek Vineyards tasting - $1. Appetizers and Brick Oven Pizza available Sat, 9am - Schells Brewery "special" tour by Asst. Brewmaster Dave Berg Sat, 10am - Master of Malt Competition at Schell's tap room Sat, 7pm - "Iron Chef" Pork BBQ Dinner - $5 per person Sun, 9am - Communal breakfast - everyone contributes something and see what comes of it! TBA - Tour to "Brau Brothers Brewing" in Lucan (Possibly Sat or Sun afternoon) ------------------------------------------------ THE MASTER OF MALT COMPETITION Each club is invited to submit ONE champion in each of the following categories: * OPEN ALES * OPEN LAGERS * OPEN MEADS * OPEN BELGIANS Equivalent of 24 oz required (bottles, PET bottles, kegged and cask entrys are OK - club is responsible for transporting their entries to Schell's for judging) The contest will be judged according to BJCP style guidelines - casual, no scoresheets First, Second and Third will be awarded in each category BOS will be chosen from round of First Place from each category BOS will receive the MASTER OF MALT (travelling) TROPHY! ALSO... * OPEN CASK category - no limit to the number of entries per club, but all entries must be CASK beers - gravity fed, and not artificially carbonated. Here are the homebrew clubs we're hoping to see there: Boreal Brewers (Bemidji) Brewers in Chaos (St. Paul) Buffalo Ridge Brewers (Luverne) Cloudy Town Brewers (St. Cloud) Country Cannery Brewing (Moorhead) Cross River Alliance of ZYmurgists (Eden Prairie) Grin and Brew It (Willmar) Jack Of All Brews (Waconia) Men Of Our Wort (Mpls) Minnesota Home Brewers Association (Twin Cities) Minnesota Mashers (Burnsville) Minnesota Timberworts (Rochester) Mobius Microbrewers (Minnetonka) Northern Ale Stars (Duluth) Northern Lagers (Baxter) Northern Lights 'N Stouts (Red Wing) Prairie Homebrewing Companions (Fargo) Rosemount Homebrewers Guild (Eden Prairie) Rum River Wort Hogs (Anoka) South Metro Wort Mongers (Apple Valley) St. Paul Home Brewers Club (St. Paul) (2007 AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR!!!) Three Rivers United Brewers (Hastings) Up North Brewing Club (Champlin) Yeasty Boy Homebrew Clubs (Eagan) So bring your beers to share, your scrap wood (for "Fire Jenga"...), and camping stuff! PLEASE PASS THIS INVITATION ON TO YOUR FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS! For more info: kosteral(a)juno.com - Allison Koster wayneat53(a)msn.net - Wayne Theuer Telephone Contact, for last minute questions: (507) 645-6162 (507) 289-4611 (507) 951-3639 Thanks! - Al