Lift Bridge Brewing Company is inviting members of the Minnesota Home Brewer’s Association to enter beers in their 4th annual 2017 Home Brew contest. One lucky winner will have his/her entry selected to be brewed at Lift Bridge and entered into the GABF PRO-AM contest in Denver this October 5th through 7th!

Here are the short details:

• Entries will need to be entered into the website and delivered to Lift Bridge Brewing Company between 5/6 and 6/2.
• The entries will be judged on 6/10. Gera Exire La Tour will be the Organizer of the competition, following BJCP guidelines.
• Any beers scoring 36 or higher on the BJCP scale of 50 will receive a ribbon.
• The Brewer’s Choice may or may not be the Best of Show winner.
• The winner is encouraged to join the Head Brewer in brewing the winning recipe at Lift Bridge.
• The winner’s beer will be released commercially and entered into this year’s GABF PRO-AM competition (space allowing). Lift Bridge will provide one “all session” entry pass to GABF, though the winning Brewer will be responsible for all travel expenses if they choose to attend.

Lift Bridge hopes you are as excited about this as they are!  Spread the word to the club! Please read through the contest rules, and feel free to contact Lift Bridge directly with any questions you may have! Please, direct inquiries to [email protected]. For more information, check out the Lift Bridge GABF Contest Rules 2017

Cheers and good luck,

Kindest regards,

Lift Bridge Brewing Company

Sorry for the multiple messages this week.

Homebrew Review this Saturday

Coming up on Saturday is another awesome club Homebrew event! This is our annual Homebrew Review. Northern Brewer is letting us use their social gathering space at their warehouse in Roseville. Come join us from 12PM to 3PM and bring your best homebrew for an awesome showdown and tasting session! As usual, we’ll have prizes for the best. This is open to anyone who is interested in coming. Remember to bring a tasting glass!

One item of interest, club member Dave Matson is conducting a triangle experiment and will be looking for some help. Not sure what that is, check out this article that describes the process from Experimental Brew.

Apparel order closing soon

There is one more week left to order your official MHBA apparel. If you are considering ordering, do it now as you have until April 5th to do so. After April 5th you may have to wait quite a while before we order again. The last time we had apparel available was quite a few years ago so don’t let this opportunity pass you by. We have mens and ladies styles of Tee’s, Long-sleeve Tees, Sweatshirts and Dickies Work shirts.

Saints tickets

Our annual pilgrimage to St. Paul to grill some brats, drink some homebrew and watch our beloved St. Paul Saints is coming up in May. Get your tickets to the MHBA St. Paul Saints game now. Tickets include a brat and bun at our tailgating party before the game!

Photo courtesy of Courtney Ives

There was some changing of the guard at the recent election meeting.  First and foremost, Gera Exire LaTour has stepped aside as treasurer; the club will definitely miss Gera on the board, and wishes to send a hearty “thank you” her way for her years of excellent bookkeeping!  Stepping in as club treasurer is Jon Hunter, and joining him on the board as new members-at-large are Alex Carlson and John Vircks.  We appreciate the new board members offering their time to the club, and also want to thank Paul Illa and Dan Dugan, who both stepped aside after two-year terms as members-at-large.

If you’ve seen the wonderful new club banner, you can thank Paul Illa the next time you see him, as it was mostly through his work (and Dave and Audrey Royer’s work on the logo) that we achieved that.

John Longballa was re-elected president, Matt Weide was re-elected vice-president, and Dave Royer was re-elected secretary.  Dave Matson and Chris Smith are half-way through two-year terms as members-at-large, and with no change in the presidency, Brett Glenna remains the president emeritus on the board.

It’s been a very long time since the Minnesota Home Brewers Association has offered apparel. With the new logo, it’s time once again!

We are offering t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, Dickies work shirts in both men’s and women’s cuts along with a hooded sweatshirt!

We may order a couple extra, but please don’t assume there will be any.

If you are interested in some club apparel, this is your chance! You can choose to have your apparel shipped directly to you, or if you want to save a couple bucks, you can pick it up at a club event.

We will be accepting orders until April 5th. At that point, all the orders will be printed and either shipped to you or we will pick them up from the printer and start bringing them to club events.

If you would like to have your apparel shipped to you, use the order form to have things shipped directly to you.

If you want to pick up your apparel, use the group pickup order form.

Questions? Send them to the club secretary.

Order Links

• Ship to you
• Pickup at Club Event

During the biggest homebrew party of the year at AHA HomebrewCon (aka Club Night), we want to showcase some of the finest homebrew beers, meads and cider from our club’s amazing members…this means YOU!

If you think you can create a brew that is ready for prime time and you would enjoy the honor of having your beer being tasted and appreciated by fellow homebrewers, NOW is the time to act. THE MHBA WANTS YOUR BREW!!! We will be conducting a “Taste-in” in early June (just before the conference) to make sure we don’t pour infected beer or some other “strange brew”.

By the way…kegs are the preferred container, as the beer can be self-served at our booth. However, we are thinking about some options the help those who don’t presently keg but want to brew for HomebrewCon.

If you can brew and help represent the MHBA, email Dave Matson, chair of the club’s HomeBrewCon activities so we can get the ball rolling.

Cheers!

Bowling and Homebrew

On March 26th it’s time to break out the strange shoes and funny shirts for a social event of bowling and homebrew! Check out the event page for all the details.

April Homebrew Review

Our April meeting brings us back to the Northern Brewer warehouse for our annual Homebrew Review! This is a great opportuniuty to share your homebrew with lots of other homebrewers and try their offerings!

Big brew day

On May 6th, we have been invited to Liftbridge Brewing for the American Homebrewers Association Annual Big Brew Day! This is an individual event hosted by liftbridge, complete with a wort giveaway. If you are interested, make sure to RSVP with liftbridge for the event!

Saints game

On May 18th we will have fun tailgating and watching baseball with the Saing Paul Saints! Get your tickets now before they sell out for our annual pilgrimage to visit the Saints. Before the game, we will be tailgating with homebrew, snacks and a brat for everyone that buys a ticket!

Homebrew con

June 15-17 brings the largest homebrew event in the country directly to the Twin Cities! Join thousands of other homebrewers learning, sharing and laughing. The club will have an awesome presence with several club members presenting on varous topics throughout the event. Registration is open now for this amazing event.

Three thousand brewers gather in Minneapolis for three days of feting our favorite hobby.  See the American Homebrewers Association site for details.