Announcements
Congratulations to all those MHBA members who brought home medals from the recent Minnesota Mash-Out! Special accolades go to MHBA vice-president Matt Weide for winning Best of Show Mead, plus two other medals. Other members with award-winning beverages were Joel Ellingson, Al Boyce, Paul Dienhart, Dave Royer, Dave Matson (x2), Chris Smith (x4), Steve Piatz, Tim Cichon, and Sean Kampshoff (x3). Apologies to those member’s names we might have missed; it’s easier for us to spot your name on an awards list if you enter with the club name!
Check out the full list of winners on the Mashout website!
Read MoreBarrel Project 2017!
Depending on interest and finding a home for the barrel, the club will be purchasing a Kentucky bourbon barrel to be filled by members in good standing. The barrel will be arriving in about a month, so you will need to make an imperial stout in the very near future. Up to fifteen club members may participate, and each will provide 3-5 gallons of beer. There is a $50 gift card available to the person who is willing to host the barrel. If your beer tastes the least bit infected or off at the barrel-filling party, then your beer will not go in the barrel. Participants agree to share at least a small portion of the final results at club events. Please contact me at jlongballa “at” netzero.net if interested. The barrel is coming soon, so don’t delay!
Photo courtesy of Courtney Ives
You will receive your ticket in the lot just before the game, as we eat each other’s delectable potluck dishes and drink each other’s beverages. As mentioned, the club will be grilling copious sausages and providing eatware.
Last year’s game featured a walk-off home run by the Saints, and to the best of anyone’s recollection, the Saints have yet to lose while the club is in attendance, so come join us on a lovely spring evening for beer, buddies, and baseball!
Read MoreWe are coming up to a fairly active homebrew competition time again. Here’s some local or near by competitions you should consider entering and helping out with!
Minnesota Mashout
- Entries: NOW through January 13, or when space fills up
- Judging and Awards: January 27th and 28th, 2017. Check the website for details.
- Website: https://mashout.org/
Great Northern Brew Ha Ha
- Entries: January 6th through January 27th, or when space fills up
- Judging and Awards: February 9th, 10th and 11th. Check the website for details.
- Website: http://greatnorthernbrewhaha.brewcomp.com/
Winter Dabler Homebrew Competition
- Entries: February 4th at the Winter Dabbler event
- Awards: February 4th at the end of the event.
- Website: https://beerdabbler.com/pages/winter-dabbler-homebrew-contest
Thanks to everyone who came out to the 2016 Holiday Party! We had a great collection of food, beverages, and friends to go around.
The award for Best Beverage went to Paul Dienhart for his Raspberry Mead.
The award for Best Food Dish went to Tim Burman for his Holiday Caramels.
A special thanks out to Michael Valentiner and his band, the Squirrels at the Bird Feeder who provided spectacular ambiance for the evening.
Join us this Thursday, December 1st, 2017 for a MHBA social event at Wild Mind Artisan Ales. We will be Meeting from 6:30 pm until 8:30. We will have a tour of the facility including the wood cellar. This brewery is focused on local flora and wild ferments. This should be a wonderful opportunity to see a very unique brewery and sample unique beer.
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Thanks everyone for stopping by Barley John’s Brew Pub and joining us for Learn To Brew Day!
We had a fantastic group of experienced as well as new brewers join us. There was lots of brewing, sampling and sharing happening! 500 gallons of cider made its way to a ton of happy brewers. A big thanks goes out to Jason Dayton, Founder of Lionheart Cider who shared samples and gave a presentation on cider and their company!
Do you know someone who wants to learn how to brew their own beer? How about hanging out with other home brewers and beer enthusiasts? This Saturday is the Minnesota Home Brewers Association annual “Learn to Home Brew” event at Barley’s John’s in New Brighton from 10 am – 3 pm. There will be door prizes! Everyone is welcome! Come say hi, share some homebrew and have a great time!
Club members who purchased cider can stop by and pick up their order starting around 10am. Bring your sanitized plastic containers.
Jason Dayton, Founder of Lionheart Cider will be giving a presentation on the interesting history of his company.
As has been tradition, Barley John’s will have their fantastic egg bake for sale. Home brew is welcome and encouraged but we do encourage you to buy at pint or two to support our wonderful hosts.
Read MoreOnce again the Growler magazine has put a call out for your favorites. Go help the MHBA out by voting for us!
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We have two fantastic events coming up very soon and we wanted to make sure you had them on your radar.
First of all, next Tuesday, October 25th we will be meeting down in Eagan at Bald Man Brewing for a social event and tour. Join us at 6 with the tour right around 6:30pm.
After Bald Man, our next event is Saturday, October 5th with Learn To Brew Day and our annual cider pickup at Barley John’s Brew Pub in New Brighton! Learn To Brew Day starts off around 10am with brewing demos, people sharing samples and some awesome food from Barley John’s. If you are interested in the Cider buy, MHBA members can purchase cider now for pickup on the 5th.
Hope to see you at one or both of these upcoming events!
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