There will be signs pointing south off the main road
to the MHA campout.

The park lies about six miles southeast of Big Fork. 
FROM GOOGLE:
* North on 169 to Grand Rapids
* Left (west) on NE 4th St 
* Right (north) on NW 3rd Ave (Hwy 38)
* Right on Hwy 38 at 38/286 Junction
* Right on Scenic Hwy, just before BigFork, MN
The competition

will have to take place at the neighborhood tavern, in Effie, Saturday

from noon to two, followed by the traditional tasting from 2 to 5. 
...from Gera Exire LaTour (2005 Master of Malt winner)
2006 MASTER OF MALT

When:   Saturday, June 17, 2006 - Noon

Where:  Scenic State Park, near Bigfork, MN

The All-Minnesota (and North Dakota) Master of Malt Competition will be

held at the All-Club campout at Scenic State Park, near Bigfork, MN on

June 17.  Last year?s Mistress of Malt winner, Gera Exire LaTour has

declared that the styles for the competition will again be:

       Open Ales

       Open Lagers

       Open Belgians, and

       Open Meads

ANY container is allowed (bottles, kegs, growlers, 2-liter PET bottles,

etc.), but the brewer is responsible for having a vessel from which to

server (pitcher, etc.)  Each club must pick it?s champion to represent
the

club in each category, then the champions of each club will go against
the

other clubs champions.  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be chosen, then
in a

Best of Show amongst all first place beers in each category, judges will

select the Master of Malt for 2006, who will be presented with the Golden

Keg traveling trophy for the year.

In addition, there will be an OPEN CASK competition, not as a qualifier

for the Master of Malt.  The requirements are as follows:

* Must be served by gravity feed or by a beer engine (just put an

airlock on the ?in? with no CO2 and tip the keg on its side and let the

beer feed out via gravity.

* No carbonation by CO2 is allowed ? carbonated with yeast in the keg only.

* No bottle-conditioned beers will be considered ?Cask Conditioned.?

* Unlimited number of entries allowed per club.
Eddie Jeff Cahill of Rennaisance Festival fame will
provide music for 
the Effie event. We will taste the first 24 products
to appear, which we 
hope will include some of the judged beverages. Tasting
requires about 8 
twelve ounce bottles, or equivalent. 
We will have dinner ready at the Park afterward, which
will consist of

grilled or smoked turkey legs, beans, coleslaw, and cake. 

There is a hand pump at the group campsite and we are across the road on

our own lake, so you will not bother the "regular" campers. We
will be

bringing local firewood and or scrounging other local sources. Our DNR

members don't have reservations about our local firewood for the

campfires. We just need to be a little cautious about displaying beers,

tappers, kegs, etc. We will have a couple of screen tents to help us be

modest with our brews.  Some of the Boreal Brewers will be bringing

campfire wood and chainsaws to go scrounge more if
we need it. That's 
kind of a Jack PIne Savage ritual. Looking forward
to lots of time 
around the fire in the evening. Looking forward to
seeing you. 
     FROM THE DNR:
Scenic State Park Group Camp - Accommodates up to
100 people.
This is an open area with scattered fire rings and
picnic tables. It 
is located on Lake of the Isles. Tents, campers and
small trailers are 
permitted. These are rustic facilities that include
vault toilets, and 
hand pump for water. No showers available. 
     ...from Mike Moranz:
I did a little research and the group site is away
from the main campground,

all by ourselves for the most part, I believe drinking water is from a
hand

pump, we have our own lake, fishing pier, and we're about a mile? from
the

main park.

By the way, we will be kayaking the big fork river
Friday afternoon 
and probably again Sunday if anyone is interested.
CP