David Royer
Thanks to everyone who joined us for this past year’s holiday party! We had a great time sharing homebrew and food! Congratulations to Cory Monson, whose Imperial Stout won the People’s Choice beverage award, and to Mike and Sue Moranz, whose garlic mashed potatoes made with beer won the People’s Choice food award. Josh Mahoney‘s Black Currant and Honey Cider won the prize for best cider made from this year’s cider purchase, so our collective club hat is off to him as well! All those wonderful folks took home some lovely prizes.
Happy New Year! Now is a GREAT time to check to see when your membership is expiring. 🙂 As always, you may extend your membership quickly, easily, and safely on the club website, mnbrewers.com
It’s time for the amnual MHBA Holiday Party! Bring your Homebrew, Bring some food to share and bring the friends and family! This is open to anyone and everyone interested.
Starting at Noon, arrive, socialize, enjoy live music! There will be PURPLE TV on-premise and turned on (hint, hint–that’s all we can say about that!
1:00 = Potluck begins, music and purple stuff continues. Families are welcome!
2:00 = PRIZES!! Prizes for the best cider made from this year’s cider purchase; door prizes; Pin the Homebrew in the Snowperson’s Hand prizes; People’s Choice prizes for best potluck item and best beverage. Bring labeled bottles of your best stuff for a bottle swap.
3:00 = Keep socializing
4:00 = Clean up
The days are getting colder and nights longer and that can only mean one thing…it’s time to ferment some cider!
Once again the MHBA is having its annual cider buy. For only $5 per gallon, you can get some of the best, freshest, tastiest apple cider available.
If you have never made hard cider, it’s not hard. Check out our getting started guide. If you have the equipment for brewing beer, you likely have what you need for cider.
Cider is available in 5-gallon quantities and runs $25 for 5 gallons. The slight cost increase this year covers increased cider costs, credit card processing fees and reimbursing gas for the volunteers hauling the cider to the pickup.
- Once again, the cider purchase is limited to current club members to start with.
- You are responsible for bringing your own plastic buckets to bring the cider home in. Please DO NOT BRING GLASS.
- Cider must be picked up on Saturday, November 4th between 11am and 3pm at the Learn to Brew event at Barley Johns Brewpub.
- If you are new to cider making, take a look at our getting started making cider article from a few years ago.
If you have any questions, please contact Dave Matson.
Reserve your cider now!
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It’s time again for our annual cider purchase at November’s Learn to Homebrew Event.
For those who haven’t experienced this in the past, the club is purchasing 500 gallons of fresh pressed, unpasteurized apple cider from a local orchard. They do this special for us and you can’t get this cider at the orchard. This cider is amazing and has helped numerous club members produce some amazing cider.
Cider is available in 5-gallon quantities and runs $25 for 5 gallons. The slight cost increase this year covers increased cider costs, credit card processing fees and reimbursing gas for the volunteers hauling the cider to the pickup.
- Once again, the cider purchase is limited to current club members to start with.
- You are responsible for bringing your own plastic buckets to bring the cider home in. Please DO NOT BRING GLASS.
- Cider must be picked up on Saturday, November 4th between 11am and 3pm at the Learn to Brew event at Barley Johns Brewpub.
- If you are new to cider making, take a look at our getting started making cider article from a few years ago.
If you have any questions, please contact Dave Matson.
Reserve your cider now!
2013 MHBA Cider Buy
Thanks to everyone who brought our their beer showcasing honey as an ingredient for our annual Iron Home Brewer competition at Midwest Supplies! We had an amazing collection of beverages to sample and it was fun trying everything!
Congratulations to this year’s people’s choice winner, Reggie Greene, who took home a Midwest Supplies Gift Certificate. Dave Matson was our runner-up for Iron Home Brewer this year. He also took home a Midwest Supplies Gift Certificate. This year’s overall Iron Home Brewer, taking home the coveted golden airlock was Jon Hunter! Congratulations everyone!
You have been waiting for it all summer. It’s time to bring your entries and your taste buds out this Sunday for our annual Iron Home Brewer Competition at Midwest Supplies!
Don’t have an entry with Honey, no problem. Bring yourself, bring your friends and family, bring some homebrew if you have it but either way, stop out and help us determine who will walk away with the coveted Iron Home Brewer Trophy!
2015 Best of Show: Scott Ode and Jim Bradburn for their Lime Pale Ale
Coming up on August 9th, the Minnesota Home Brewers Association has been invited to visit the brand new brewery Unmapped Brewing, in Minnetonka. Club member and BJCP Judge Derek Allmendinger is the head brewer. He will give us a tour and share his perspective on the professional brewing experience.
Bring your friends and family and come out and enjoy some of Derek’s beers, hang out and catch up with fellow club members and brag about how awesome your entry to the Iron Home Brewer Competition will be in September!
The event page has all the details but here’s the short version:
When: Wednesday, August 9th from 6:00pm until 9:00ish.
Where: Unmapped Brewing, Minnetonka, MN
A huge thanks goes out to Tim Johnson and all of Badger Hill for hosting us earlier in July for our social event! It was fun checking out the latest creations on tap!
A quick reminder that this Wednesday, July 12 we will be heading South of the river to visit our friends at Badger Hill Brewing. Stop out, try some Badger Hill beer, bring your brewing questions for club members and get a peek behind the glass with a tour!
We will be showing up around 6pm with a tour around 7pm or slightly thereafter.
Our president John recently shared the details about the upcoming All Club Campout happening in August! This is a super fun event that you should seriously consider attending.
Find all the details on the recent post from John! If you are interested, make sure to RSVP with him.
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