Announcements

Huzzah! The 10th Annual Byggvir’s Big Beer Cup is accepting entries through September 17th of your homebrewed Historic, English, and European beers, ciders, and meads. One of the Best of Show beers will be brewed by Mike Hoops at Town Hall and entered in ProAm for GABF. The Best of Show fruit or Spice/Herb/Veggie beers will be brewed by Tim Roets at Roets Jordan Brewery. Plus many other great prizes and custom wood medallions!

Experienced or newbie judges, we would love your help on October 1 & 2 at the MN Renaissance Festival. Less experienced judges will be paired with more experienced judges. You will have time to enjoy the Fest!

Registration for your entries and to volunteer at www.rennfestbeercup.com. Let the contest organizer, Gera Exire La Tour, know if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

Hey everyone. Eric Paredes, the Chief Manager at Modist Brewing has invited us to take a tour of their brewery on Thursday, August 11th starting at 6 pm. Paige Latham will be giving us the tour of their very unique brewing system. Midnord Empanada food truck will be there and they also have menus of other restaurants nearby. Eric would like to know approximately how many people will be joining us, so please RSVP at [email protected], so I can let him know. Their address is 505 N 3rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

It’s time to start thinking about brewing with an off-beat ingredient. Once again the Minnesota Home Brewers association is hosting an Iron Home Brewer Competition!

Best of Show: Scott Ode and Jim Bradburn for their Lime Pale Ale

Here are all the details:

• This will be a club only contest that will utilize a secret ingredient in the brewing process.
• Brewers will have from June 13th until September 10th to brew any beer that they feel will work in harmony and exemplify the secret ingredient.
• Brewers should bring at minimum 6 – 12 oz bottles or 1 – 64oz growler. We will have the club jockey box available for kegs as well.
• The secret ingredient will be unveiled June 13th on-line and at the “Sinning with the Saints” game.
• The secret ingredient will be provided for free to any member that pre-registers for the competition and arrives at the Saints game and wants to participate in the competition.
• The secret ingredient will be chosen at random from one of these 4 ingredients:

• Rye (Flaked)
• Brown Sugar
• Orange
• Coriander

There are two ways to win:

1. We will have a panel of 3 qualified judges to select the Iron Home Brewer. The winner will win an MHBA Iron Home Brewer trophy and a $50 gift certificate to Midwest Supplies.
2. We will also have a people’s choice award will win a $25 to Midwest Supplies.

If you plan on picking up the ingredient at the Saints game (we need to ensure we have enough), or have any questions about this event please e-mail Matt Weide at or register below.

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In case you missed the notes, there are a couple Pro-Am homebrew competitions that are coming up. Check out the North Loop and LiftBridge competitions for more information.

This Saturday is the Inbound/North Loop Big Brew Day. Swing out and join us for a fantastic day of brewing in Minnetonka.

Do you have what it takes to brew like a pro?

Enter your homebrew in the North Loop Brewer for the Day home brew competition. The grand prize is having your recipe brewed by North Loop and being entered in the GABF Pro-Am competition.

Registration and Drop off is through June 12, 2016. Judging is June 24 and 25 and winners will be announced June 25th. Our very own Chris Smith won this in 2015 with his amazing Hefeweizen!

For more information, or to sign up visit http://brewerfortheday.com/contest/