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Just a reminder about our upcoming meeting this Saturday!
Our November meeting celebrates AHA’s Learn to Homebrew Day. Once again, Barley John’s Brew Pub has invited us to hang out on their patio while club members provide demonstrations on how to brew both extract and all-grain beers. The meeting is from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, November 2nd. Home brew is welcome and remember that Barley John’s offers great beer and wonderful food, including a delish egg bake that they are making just for us again this year. (more…)
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On October 12, the Minnesota Home Brewers Association was invited for a private tour by Surly Brewer, Derek Allmendinger. Derek is a member of the club and homebrewer turned pro! Derek started his career in professional brewing at Schell’s in New Ulm before coming back to the Twin Cities and joining Surly Brewing.
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Please vote for us!
The 2013 “Kind of a big Deal!” voting is happening right now! Show your support for your favorite Homebrew Club, as well as all your other favorites by voting for us. All you have to do is follow the link below and vote for the Minnesota Homebrewer’s Association under Best Homebrew Club:
http://growlermag.com/vote/
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On September 4th, Summit Brewing Company opened their doors to us and generously provided a fantastic tour of the entire facility. From the malt storage, to brewing and on to fermentation, Summit has a fantastic setup and it was fun to see their setup.
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This years National Homebrewers Conference was held in Philadelphia on June 27th – 29th. MHBA was lucky enough to take home 4 medals. There was a total entry of 7,757 entries this year, with 894 advancing to second round. An apology goes out to Matt Weide for not being mentioned in our previous newsletter as a First Round winner. Congrats to all for representing MHBA.
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