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Get ready for Mighty Axe Hops

July 9, 2014

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.

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Share your opinion on the club logo

July 8, 2014

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.

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MHBA Wins The 2014 Gambrinus Club Award

June 18, 2014

Congratulations to the entire Minnesota Home Brewers Association for winning the 2014 Gambrinus Club Award. 2014-gambrinus

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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Congratulations to 2014 NHC Winners

June 17, 2014

Congratulations to everyone who won at this year’s National Homebrew Competition!nhc-medal
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2014 Logo Contest Survey

June 10, 2014

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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Town Hall Brewery Cider Competition Winners

May 27, 2014

Congratulations to the Town Hall Brewery 1st Cider Competition winners!

Best of Show

First Place: Brett Glenna, 27A: Common Cider

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New Social Event at moto-i

May 12, 2014

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!

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A Look Back at the Homebrew Fest

April 29, 2014

On Saturday, April 26th, Midwest Supplies graciously opened their doors (and their parking lot) to the MHBA for our fifth-annual homebrew tasting event. The skies were mostly clear, the temperatures mostly temperate, and the beverages mostly delicious. Approximately forty tasters showed up, and they were treated to myriad beers, ciders, and meads, as well as club-provided sandwiches, and a burgeoning tub of baker’s yeast-infused yogurt (more on that later).

The people’s choice award for beer went to Nick Tillemans, for his eighteen-month old English barleywine, and the award for meads and ciders went to the event’s wonderful organizer, Gera Exire LaTour, for her sweet mead with star anise and juniper.

Thank you to Gera for organizing the event, and also to Jerry, who brought the yeast/yogurt combination. Along with the yeasty yogurt, Jerry provided a copy of an article by Jim Koch (of Sam Adams), who claims that ingesting about one teaspoon of baker’s yeast for each alcoholic beverage you are about to imbibe will lessen the impact of the alcohol on your body. The theory goes that the yeast will metabolize alcohol in your stomach before it gets into your blood stream. A few brave souls did try the yeast-infused yogurt (the yogurt simply makes it more palatable), but a more scientific process should be employed at a future event to determine the idea’s effectiveness!

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Logo Contest

April 28, 2014

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:
  • 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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Seminars at Big Brew Day/AHA Rally

April 23, 2014

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
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