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We have a brand new social event on the books. Come check out Burning Brothers Brewing in St Paul this upcoming May 21st. Burning Brothers is a gluten free brewery with a very interesting story. The event details are available on the club calendar event. As this is a Gluten Free environment, no outside food or beverages are allowed at the brewery.
Read MoreThe MHBA Club Leadership is finalizing the 2015 calendar and we could use your input regarding the holiday party.
In 2015 the cost of using the CSPS Hall is increasing quite a bit. To hold the party there on the traditional Friday will cost $700 (the past few years it’s been $400), but the party could be held there on a Sunday afternoon for $400. Additionally, some members have expressed an interest in having the holiday party on a day other than a Friday.
Please respond to the following poll so that the club leadership has some input to guide the scheduling decision. The cost should not be a deciding factor, but if just as many people would attend on a Sunday as on a Friday, then we may as well save some money. Likewise, if no one would attend on a Sunday, then we’ll likely just pay the extra money and go with the preferred day of the week.
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Although the view out your window does not inspire you to ponder the sport of baseball, it’s actually been since late November that the club has been sitting on fifty tickets for the Saints’ Monday, June 8th game versus the Joplin Blasters. Why in the world would we purchase tickets to a baseball game that at the time of sale was seven months away?–because the Saint Paul Saints baseball club is beginning a new era this summer, in that they’re moving to their new home in Lowertown Saint Paul. Because of the higher level of interest in Saints baseball this coming summer, we bought tickets for our annual club outing the day that they became available.
Tickets will be $18 each, and include a reserved infield seat at the new stadium, plus some tailgating grub (to be determined). Tailgating details are not yet fleshed out, given that no one is yet certain just how tailgating will play out in the new situation. If there ends up being special group spots, we’ll get one. If not, we’ll improvise.
You’ll want to purchase your tickets with a credit card, using the link below. We probably cannot purchase extra tickets come April, so step forward now to give us an accurate head count, please.
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Congratulations to everyone who placed at the 2015 Great Northern Brew Ha Ha competition in Duluth this weekend! Find the complete results on the competition website. Thanks to everyone who entered and volunteered!
This year’s Minnesota Mashout (formerly Upper Mississippi Mashout) has come to a close with a fantastic showing from MHBA members! Congratulations to all 2015 Minnesota Mashout winners! A huge thanks goes out to the organizers, volunteers, stewards and judges for a fantastic competition.
The complete list of all winners is available at the Mashout Website.
There is a brand new benefit to being a member of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association! If you show your MHBA membership card at the Boom Island Boom Room (aka, taproom) you will get happy hour pricing all the time! Consider stopping by and saying hi next time you are in the area. A big thanks to Boom Island for extending us this discount. 
Thanks to everyone who came out January 8th to Casket Cinema for the screening of “For the Love of Beer”! We had a fantastic showing from the club and were able to introduce a number of Casket Cinema patrons to some great examples of homebrew.
The movie provided a great snapshot into the brewing industry, presented form a female perspective. It was very well produced, entertaining and informative. After the movie, the discussion with Gera, Tara, Rachel and Kathleen was likewise entertaining, fun and informative. Thanks ladies for sharing!
A special thanks goes out to Mark Wojahn and Wilbur Ince, co-founders of Casket Cinema for inviting and hosting us.
Read MoreThanks to everyone who came out to last month’s holiday party. We had a fantastic turn out with a great collection of food, beverages and people!
This year’s winners of the “Best Food” and “Best Beverage” awards went to Paul Illa and Tim Burman. Paul took best beverage with his triple IPA, brewed at Learn to Brew day at Barly John’s. Tim amazed us with “beer-amisu”, a beer version of tiramisu!
Thanks to everyone who made this past year’s party a huge success. Here is a collection of photos from the event.
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Join us Thursday, January 8, 2015 for the MHBA January Meeting. We will be at Casket Cinema for the screening of “For the Love of Beer“, a documentary about women in the craft brewing industry! Our very own Gera Exire La Tour and a collection of other women in the industry will be on hand for a discussion after the movie.
The MHBA meeting will start at 7:00 sharp with the pre-movie social taking over at 7:30pm. Bring your homebrew to share and come show your support for women in the brewing industry!
Find out more about the movie on Casket Cinema’s website or check out the event page for venue address and other information
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Once again the Minnesota Home Brewers Association has been voted “Best Homebrew Club” in The Growler’s “Kind-of-a-Big-Deal” 2014 Awards. This is our third year in a row winning this title. Thanks to all our members for making this club great! You can find us on page 3 of the announcement!
Congratulations to all the “Kind-of-a-Big-Deal” 2014 Award Winners!
