Announcements
Congratulations to the entire Minnesota Home Brewers Association for winning the 2014 Gambrinus Club Award. 
Named for King Gambrinus, the (unofficial) Patron Saint of Beer, this award is given to the club having the most Final Round points per the number of entries from the club in the National Homebrew Competition. Matt Weide, Brett Glenna, and Sean Kampshoff combined to earn the prize for their club, MHBA!
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Help us select a logo concept for the Minnesota Home Brewers Association. Below are the concepts submitted by members. We are looking for the best concept, NOT the best graphic design below. All the entries are subject to modification and if needed will be updated to polish them into an awesome design.
Please select your favorite logo concept from the options below. Click on an image to see a larger version.
Rules:
- You may only vote once.
- You must be a member of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association to vote
- Your name and email will be used only to confirm your membership status
- The final logo will be made graphically appropriate for use
- The logo may be modified by the club leadership prior to finalization
Sorry. The survey has ended
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A quick reminder that the June meeting is fast approaching.
Come join us on June 14th for our monthly meeting. Time will be from 12:00-3:00. This will be our 3rd annual meeting at Liftbridge and they have always been gracious hosts to our club. Homebrew, mead and cider is welcome and there will be a several judges on hand to provide feedback. Liftbridge will be providing a tour and will be an excellent opportunity to see their new growth and ask questions. This is a great event for new members to get to know others in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Read MoreA quick reminder that Thursday, May 22 we will be gathering at Midway Stadium in St Paul to share home brew, enjoy some grilled brats, chat with friends…oh yah…and for a baseball game!
There are still a couple tickets available if you don’t have yours yet. You can purchase tickets on the event calendar page if you haven’t done so yet.
Once again the club will be providing a brat for all ticket holders. Please bring something to share as well as some home brew to show off! The details for time and location are available on the club calendar.
See you there!
Read MoreThe Minnesota Home Brewers Association has been invited by the brewer, Matt Asay, to check out the sake brewing operation at moto-i! If you have ever been interested in checking out what is involved with sake brewing, here’s your chance! Matt will share details of sake brewing as well as share samples! You can find all the details on the club calendar Event Page!
Read MoreThe club is hosting a logo contest! We need an updated version of the logo that can be used in more places and on new schwag! Maybe you like the old logo? Maybe you have a fantastic idea for something new and unique. We need you to break out your crayons, digital stylus or anything in between and submit your design. Complete details, including information on how to submit, can be found on the logo contest announcement page.
Read MoreWe are looking to refresh and update the Minnesota Home Brewers Association’s logo!
Submission Guidelines
- The purpose of the contest is to design a logo for the Minnesota Home Brewers Association. The logo will be used online, in print, and on merchandise.
- Entry can be done in any media: electronic or created by hand.
- Flexibility is a key requirement: it needs to resize easily and to look good in black and white as well as color.
- Entry needs to be original and not in any way similar to existing logos or other copyrighted images.
- Entrant must have legal permission to use any components for the logo. Legally obtained or free clipart or stock images maybe used, but images from Google search may not.
- The logo must contain the words “Minnesota Home Brewers Association”.
- Paper entries must be on 8.5” x 11” and the logo must be at least 6” x 6”.
- Electronic entries can be any size or format.
Eligibility
- The contest is open only to individuals. It is not open to companies, educational institutions, organizations, etc. or to groups associated with such institutions.
- Entrant must be a current member of the MHBA.
- Entrants must be at least 21 years old.
- MHBA Board member may enter the contest, but he/she will be prohibited from the judging selection.
How to Enter
- Entries can be submitted by:
- Emailed to [email protected]
- On website at mnbrewers.com/logo-contest
- Mailed to MHBA Logo Contest c/o Gera Exire LaTour, 3757 Dupont Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55412
- The entry must include the name, age, postal address, phone number, and email address of the entrant.
- MHBA members can submit multiple entries.
- The deadline is midnight on May 23, 2014.
- There is no fee to enter the contest.
Prize
- The winning designer will receive a $200 gift card to plus a work shirt with the logo on it, to be ordered after the logo is approved.
- Accepting the prize constitutes permission for MHBA to make public and otherwise use winner’s name publicity purposes.
Judging and Selection of Winner
- Top logo design entries will be judged by a committee designated by the MHBA Board and put on the MHBA website and Facebook page for People’s Choice judging.
- The number of entries selected for People’s Choice judging will be determined by the final number of entries and is at the discretion of the judges.
- People’s Choice judging will be from May 24 through May 31, 2014.The winning logo design will be selected based on the number of the People’s Choice votes and by criteria determined the MHBA Board.
- MHBA reserves the right not to select a winner if, in its sole discretion, no suitable entries are received.
- The final design selected may be altered, if determined necessary by the MHBA Board.
- All entries will become the sole property of MHB and may be used in any manner the MHBA desires, including but not limited to displaying publicly.
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Lucid has announced a number of seminars taking place during Big Brew Day and the AHA Rally at Lucid Brewing. Here’s a run-down of what’s happening!
- 10am- Brett Glenna – Brewer Water Chemistry
- 11am- G Exire LaTour & Steve Piatz – Brewing for Competition & What the BJCP is All About
- 12pm-From Homebrewers Dreams to Pro Brewers Reality: Roundtable with owners of Lucid Brewing, Bad Weather Brewing Company, Badger Hill Brewing Company & more!
- 1pm- Charlie Rohwer, Eric Sannerud & Ben Boo – Growing Hops at Home
- 2pm- Steve Piatz Mead-Making For All Levels
- 3pm- Better Beer Society featuring Robin Shellman – Food Pairing & Cooking With Beer
We just solidified 2 new meetings for later this year.
In July, we will be visiting Mighty Axe Hops, Hop Farm in Ham Lake. Come join us in checking out the growing side of one of our favorite brewing ingredients!
In September Day Block Brewing has invited us to swing by and see their operation. Day Block is a new Brew Pub in Minneapolis.
Stay tuned for more details on both these events.
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