David Royer
This past Saturday the MHBA hosted it’s annual Chili Cookoff! We had an amazing collection of great chili present and amazingly, we have a new keeper of ‘Chief Chili Pepper’.
This year we gathered at Northeast Neighborhood Services in Minneapolis. They have a beautiful location and great staff that helped as needed.
We ended up with a great variety of chili to sample with tasty options in each of our 3 categories. In the end we had to award 2 honorable mentions as well as our main winners.
Without further delay, this year’s winners were…
Honorable Mention: Tim Burrman
Honorable Mention: Michael Gray
Best Chili Without Beans: Dan Dugan
Best Chili With Beans: Jon Nyberg
Best Other Chili: Gera Exire La Tour
People’s Choice, Best Chili Overall: Jon Nyberg
It’s time for one of our most popular events of the year! This Saturday the Minnesota Home Brewers Association will host out annual chili cookoff. Once again, the winner will get to walk away not only with bragging rights but with the coveted “Chief Chili Pepper” award!
- When: Saturday, March 21, 2015 AT 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Where: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413
Please note the location change from previous years!. We will not be at the CSPS hall as we have in the past.
There will be the much coveted Chief Chili Pepper award, voted by popular opinion. The categories of chili will be:
- Red Chili – meat, but NO beans
- Chili with Beans
- Open – green, vegetarian, white, whatever
Homebrew, mead and cider are welcome and especially those that go well with chili.
You should bring: Bring your chili ready-to-eat, in crockpots, along with extension cords, power strips, and serving utensils. A sample glass to sample your fellow members beverages.
The Club will provide: Bowls, spoons, and napkins will be provided. We will also have the club jockey box at this event.
Inviting both family and friends is highly encouraged! Particularly if you have someone in mind that is interested in homebrewing.
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A huge thank-you goes out to Kevin and all the staff at Boom Island for letting us crash their taproom and being fantastic hosts. Thank-you as well to everyone who came out and joined us. It was lots of fun meeting new people as well as seeing lots of familiar faces!
A quick reminder to everyone that even though our Social Event at Boom Island has passed, you can still get a great discount at the taproom when you show your MHBA membership card. You will get happy-hour pricing all the time!
One more reminder about the social event next week on Wednesday, March 11th. Stop out for a $3 pint and say hi to your fellow home brewers! Check out the calendar event page for all the details!
Thanks to everyone who came out to Rock Bottom Brewery this past Saturday for our annual business meeting. We took care of officer elections, had some good discussion on some important issues and had some great beer!
Your President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer all stayed the same as did two of the four at-large officers. We welcomed two new at-large officers in this year for a two-year term. They are Daniel Dugan and Paul Illa. Special thanks to Al Boyce and Gera Exire La Tour who’s at-large terms came to an end.
Ledt to Right: Dave Royer, Chris Smith, Daniel Dugan, John Longballa, Paul Illa, Gera Exire La Tour, Matt Weide, Brett Glenna
Just a few reminders this week.
Meeting this Saturday
Hopefully we will see everyone this Saturday at Rock Bottom Brewery in Minneapolis for our February meeting. We will be in the private room in the dining room. This is our annual business meeting which includes officer elections. Feel free to bring your homebrew to share as well.
Social Event at Boom Island
March 11th we will have a social event at Boom Island in Minneapolis. Come join us for a beverage ($3 pints for us!) and a fun time!
March Chili Cookoff
The March club meeting is coming up on the 21st. This is our annual Chili Cookoff. This is one meeting not to miss! Bring your best chili and compete for people’s choice awards and take home the coveted “Chief Chili Pepper” award! Note for long-time attendees, the location has changed from past years. Check the event page for all the details.
St Paul Saints Game
Finally, if you haven’t purchased tickets to June’s St. Paul Saints game, do so quick. We are not expecting to be able to buy additional tickets as the game approaches so if you are thinking of coming, buy now! This will be the Saints’ first year in their new Lowertown St Paul home and it is sure to be a fun time!
It’s time for a social event! Boom Island has invited us out to their taproom for a social event Wednesday, March 11. They are offering us $3 pints all night. Put it on your calendar and swing out to chat about Belgian beers, favorite beers or to brainstorm your latest homebrew recipe.
As this is a social event at a taproom that is open, we won’t be bringing outside beer to Boom Island. Come and try their beer and bring your questions, thoughts and discussion topics!
Check out the calendar event for more details, times and location information.
Read MoreWe have a brand new social event on the books. Come check out Burning Brothers Brewing in St Paul this upcoming May 21st. Burning Brothers is a gluten free brewery with a very interesting story. The event details are available on the club calendar event. As this is a Gluten Free environment, no outside food or beverages are allowed at the brewery.
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Midwest Supplies asked us to pass on the reminder that it’s time to think about pre-ordering hop rhizomes. If you have ever considered trying to grow your own hops, now may be a good time to try it out. They are fun and amazing plants to watch grow in the spring and summer and very fun to harvest and brew with at the end of the season!
Swing over to Midwest Supplies to pre-order rhizomes for $4.99 each, or head to our Facebook group if you have questions!
Read MoreThe MHBA Club Leadership is finalizing the 2015 calendar and we could use your input regarding the holiday party.
In 2015 the cost of using the CSPS Hall is increasing quite a bit. To hold the party there on the traditional Friday will cost $700 (the past few years it’s been $400), but the party could be held there on a Sunday afternoon for $400. Additionally, some members have expressed an interest in having the holiday party on a day other than a Friday.
Please respond to the following poll so that the club leadership has some input to guide the scheduling decision. The cost should not be a deciding factor, but if just as many people would attend on a Sunday as on a Friday, then we may as well save some money. Likewise, if no one would attend on a Sunday, then we’ll likely just pay the extra money and go with the preferred day of the week.
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