CONGRATULATIONS TO RICK OFTEL of the Minnesota Home Brewer's Association, whose Irish Red Ale just took Third Place NATIONALLY in the Jan 2005 AHA Club Competition!!! http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/club_winners.html Rick's win adds four points to our Club total for Homebrew Club of the Year competition, together with the 12 points for Kris England's earlier Smoked Beer win this year, brings our total to 16 - putting the MhBA in FIRST PLACE!!! Unfortunately QUAFF (The Quality Ale And Fermentation Fraternity) of California took first, so they're right behind us with 12 points. QUAFF has taken the Club-Only trophy for the last four straight years. We have vowed to bring the trophy home to Minnesota! HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BRING THE AHA CLUB-ONLY TROPHY TO MINNESOTA: 1) Brew and enter the next Club-Only competition: CATEGORY 17 - SOUR BEERS. http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/schedule.html We will hold the club run-off for these at BJCP Class on Feb. 22, at JEff Halvorsen's house, at 6pm. These styles include: 17A. Berliner Weisse 17.B. Flanders Red Ale 17C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin 17.D. Straight Unblended Lambic 17.E. Gueuze 17.F. Fruit Lambic --------------------------------- 2) Brew and enter the AHA National Homebrew Competition First Round! All 28 styles of Beer, Mead and Cider PLUS "NEW ENTRANT" (Never before entered the AHA NHC). http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc Entry Deadline: April 15, 2005 - Drop off at Northern Brewer! This year's first-round AHA National will be HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS! This means NO SHIPPING COSTS for those of you in the Twin Cities area! Have your beers judged against the best in the Upper Midwest! EVERY FIRST PLACE in the first round gets the club 6 more points, EVERY SECOND PLACE gets the club 4 more points, and EVERY THIRD PLACE gets the club 2 more points! Contact John Longballa for more information about entering the AHA Nationals: "John Longballa" <jlongb(a)ties2.net> --------------------------------- 3) Brew and enter the following Club-Only competition: EXTRACT BEERS (Any style, but Extract must make up 50% or more of the fermentables.) http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/schedule.html We will hold the club run-off for these at my house on April 12, at 7pm. --------------------------------- Congratulations again to Rick! Let's keep up the pressure on QUAFF! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==============================================================================