June MHBA Meeting: Rahr Malting Tour and Barbecue at Luskey's June 6th, 2009 - 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. The June meeting consists of two parts: a tour of Rahr Malting Company and a barbecue and pot luck at Dave and Sue Luskey's house. Rahr Malting is one of the few malting companies left in Minnesota. Its Shakopee facility is the largest single-site malt producer in the world, producing 370,000 metric tons each year. Rahr started operations in Shakopee in 1936 with malt house #1, and then later built four more malt houses. Malt house #5 is the most recent addition, built in 1991 with the latest and most efficient German technology capable of producing 12,000 bushels every 16-20 hours. We will meet at malt house #5 between 10:40-10:50 for the tour, which departs at 11:00 am. Bring a beer or two to give to the Rahr employees if you wish; they are greatly appreciated. Please label the bottle with the style of beer and the brewer's name. After the tour, a five to ten minute drive from Rahr Malting will take us to Dave and Sue Luskey's house, where the club meeting will resume after the tour at approximately 12:30 or 1:00 pm. Dave will be firing up the smoker and grill and giving brewery tours. Please bring something to share. Both the grill and smoker will be available for anybody to use. If you have any questions you can contact Dave at 952-496-2770 or at <mailto:sdluskey.2@netzero.net> sdluskey.2(a)netzero.net If you are planning on attending please email me and let me know so we can get a head count for the tour. <mailto:Csmitty42@yahoo.com> Csmitty42(a)yahoo.com Directions to Rahr Malting: 800 West First Ave. Shakopee, MN 55379 Go south on 169 towards Shakopee. Exit on 101 south Shakopee exit. Stay on 101 (you will pass Valley Fair) all the way into Shakopee. 101 turns into 1st Ave. as you enter the city limits. Rahr is on the west end of town on the left hand side. Malt house #5 is at the west end of the facility, second entrance on the left. Take highway 212 west. Exit onto 101 south and cross the MN River. Take a right on Co. Road 69, which is also 1st Ave. Rahr will be on the left hand side. Malt house #5 is at the west end of the facility, second entrance on the left. Directions to Dave and Sue Luskey's home - 150 West 170th Street , Shakopee , MN 55379 If you can't make it to the Rahr Tour, come over to Dave and Sues at 1:00 pm. Take 169 south towards Shakopee. Take the Co. Road 15/Marystown Road exit. On the exit ramp, take a left heading south on 15. Turn left on 170th Street West (Co. Road 70). Dave and Sue's house is the first house on the left.