Come one, Come All To the All-Club Camp-Out!

Details

• Friday August 1st-Sunday August 3rd  – Arrive anytime after 1 p.m. Friday–a few folks are staying Sunday evening as well.
• Camp Nushka – just east of Cass Lake, MN in the beautiful Chippewa Forest, on the shores of Cass Lake (pdf link).
• Many spaces available for tents, some camper sites as well.
• Bring your own camping gear and food for the weekend – Saturday night meal provided, plus beer to share (kegs okay, we’ll have jockey boxes available). A chair for around the fire is a great idea.

• Cost is roughly $35 per adult (kids are free), depending on how many attend, cash or checks accepted; make payable to MHBA.
• This is a rustic site with no running water or electricity (drinking water will be available), so plan accordingly. What the camp might lack in modern amenities, it more than makes up for in beauty and charm.
• Families and well-behaved pets are welcome.
• Acoustic instruments are welcome; amplified music and firearms/fireworks are not.
• More wood than should be burned is included in the cost.
• There are two large pavilions in case of the ‘r’ word.

Events:
All-Club homebrew competition Saturday afternoon (bring representation for your club in the categories of Lagers, Ales, Belgians, Meads). See if your club can take the coveted trophy keg away from PHC/Tom and Nancy.

Saturday dinner cooked by MHBA: grilled salmon.
Fire Jenga (to those who are regulars to this event, no explanation needed, to new comers, you won’t want to miss this)
Bring Bocce ball or any other yard games you have
A large pontoon will be available Saturday and Sunday for lake cruising, right from the sandy shore of the campground.
There are many paved bicycle trails in the area. Let’s ride!
The lake is shallow and sandy at the site; perfect for swimming and/or inflatable lounge-chairing.

So we can make sure we have enough food, please e-mail your plan to attend to [email protected] by July 27. You can send questions to the same e-mail address.

Directions:
On Hwy 2, about 5 miles east of the town of Cass Lake, look for SR10, then turn North and go 4.2 miles.
Turn West on Cass Bluff Loop Road (2360), then go 1.2 miles.
Look for the sign (on the left) that says Camp Nushka (if the road starts veering to the right, you’ve gone too far).

John

Summer seems to finally be in full swing and it’s time to check in on the farm…the HOP farm!

Coming up on July 19 Mighty Axe Hops has invited us to visit their hop farm in Ham Lake to check out their operation.

Let’s make it a picnic…bring some chairs and some food and homebrew to share!

Check out the event page for the address and more details.

We are wrapping up our survey of members on the club logo. Have you voted on what logo concept you think best represents the Minnesota Home Brewers Association? If not, go vote now! We want your opinion on how to represent the club.

The 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!

We 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.