Announcements
Hi Home Brewers! It’s time to check in on some fantastic upcoming events that you need to get on your calendar and catch up on some recent happenings
Upcoming Events
MHBA at Boom Days
Some club members will be giving a home brew demo at Boom Days on July 15 at Boom Island Brewing in Minneapolis. Club members Jon Hunter and Cory Monson will be doing a BIAB demo of a Patersbier. Come hang out, chat brewing and have some great beer, starting at 1pm!
August brings the All-Club Campout
Get your Chocolate on!
We have some awesome homebrewers in the club
- Sean Kampshoff took home Gold for a Barrel Aged Barleywine
- Kevin Meintsma took home Silver for a Cyser
- Nathan Steigman took home Bronze for a Traditional Mead
Several club members jumped on an opportunity to share some homebrew and raise money for a great cause. Josh, the founder of Good Company Brewing and organizer of Brew For Good brought together homebrewers and craft brew enthusiasts for a fun evening to raise money for charity! Thanks to all that participated!
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and joined us for our annual outing to Sin with the Saints!
A huge thanks goes out to Derek and the entire staff at Unamapped Brewing for letting us take over part of their patio for a Big Brew session! It was fun seeing everyone’s system and trying a bunch of homebrew!
What’s better than Big Brew Day with the Minnesota Home Brewers Association? How about two Big Brew Days!
Big Brew Day at Lift Bridge
Coming up this weekend on Saturday, May 5th we will be heading to Lift Bridge to join them for their annual Big Brew Day celebration. Whether you are there to brew, to share homebrew, to grab some Lift Bridge beer or just to hang out, swing by with the family and friends and say hi to the MN Home Brewers Association!
If you are planning on brewing at this event, please check out the details with Lift Bridge on the event page as they are the coordinators.
Big Brew Day at Unmapped
Next Saturday, May 12th we will be at Unmapped Brewing for an MHBA Exclusive Big Brew Day! Bring your Homebrew, Bring your brew rig, bring the friends and family and come out for some great homebrew, great Unmapped Beer and some awesome people!
If you are planning on Brewing at this event, please let us know via email or via the FaceBook event page so we can coordinate plans.
It’s that time. We are wrapping up selling tickets for our annual outing to CHS field to visit the St. Paul Saints! You don’t want to miss this event! What could be better than hanging out on a warm summer afternoon, enjoying some homebrew, a delicious brat, then heading in to watch a baseball game!
Purchase your tickets to the Saint Paul Saints game now.
If you don’t purchase your tickets this week, there will not be a ticket for you. No extra tickets will be available after this weekend.
Photo by Matt Weide
Photo by Matt Weide
A quick reminder about a few fantastic events heading your way.
Tomorrow we are heading to Allow Brewing for our annual Home Brew Review. Be one of the first dues-paid members and you will get a free Alloy Beer!
If you are participating in the judging the First Round of NHC this weekend at Summit Brewing, you may want to check out the video from BJCP Education Liaison Kristen England that club member Chip Walton posted about the new scoresheets we will be using this weekend.
There are a few tickets left for the Saints game, but we would like to get them all sold before the turn-back date! Go get your tickets now!
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Are you ready? Coming up on April 10th the MHBA is taking over Alloy Brewing in Coon Rapids for our annual Homebrew Review.
What’s the Homebrew Review? Think if it like a beer festival where you are the brewer! Bring your best beers, most interesting beers or what you are enjoying showing off right now and join us for a great night of homebrew at Alloy Brewing!
The first 50 dues-paid MHBA members get a free Alloy Beer!
This event is open to everyone! Bring the family and friends and get ready for a great time!
Check out the event page for the Homebrew Review for more details.
For those of you planning out to April, make sure you have our two Big Brew Days events on your calendar!
- May 5th we have Big Brew Day at Liftbridge, complete with a wort rally if you sign up early.
- May 12th we have Big Brew Day at Unmapped Brewing!
May 5th is the American Homebrewer Association’s annual Big Brew Day, an effort to get as many people around the world all brewing beer at the same time. We will be celebrating with Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater. This is a chance to join thousands of homebrewers around the country in celebration of homebrewing.
Currently a homebrewer? Sign up for one of the limited number of spots to brew onsite at Lift Bridge. In addition, Lift Bridge will be brewing up a big batch of unfermented wort available for homebrewers to take home for a small fee. This year they are brewing a Honey Lager, one of the two official Big Brew Day recipes. You do need to sign-up for either a reserved spot to brew with your equipment onsite or to reserve wort, space and quantities are limited. Sign up here.
Interested in knowing more about homebrewing? Come join us. See different homebrewer set-ups. Talk with everyone. Listen to some educational sessions.
Location and time details are on the club calendar for the event. More details from Liftbridge are here.
AHA’s suggested recipes are on their Big Brew page.
And if you can’t join us in Stillwater May 5th – or you do and realize how much fun this is – we’ll be celebrating a second time with Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka on May 12th. Join us for both!
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The MHBA had out annual business meeting this past Tuesday, March 6th at Summit Brewing. On top electing officers for the next year, there was a fantastic opportunity to experience twelve different beer off-flavors through the use of an off-flavor sensory evaluation kit the club purchased. Dave Matson and John Longballa spearheaded the tasting with people providing great information about each of the samples and how they occur. Finishing up the evening, club friend, homebrewer and Summit employee Amanda Kutzke gave a great tour of the Summit facility!
Other items of note, John Longballa showed off the brand new limited edition club logo pint glasses. If you are a dues-paid club member and didn’t get one at Summit, show up at an upcoming meeting and ask a club officer.
First round judging for the National Homebrew Competition is happening at Summit Brewing in early April on the 13th and 14th. If you are interested in helping out, there is more information available on the competition website.
It may seem like a long way off but it’s time to get your tickets to our annual Sinning with the Saints outing to CHS field in St Paul! The date is set for June 11th and it’s sure to be an awesome time!
Our next club meeting is on April 10th at Allow Brewing in Coon Rapids.
The new MHBA officers for the upcoming year are:
President: Dave Matson
Vice-President: Pat McNeely
Secretary: Dave Royer
Treasurer: Jon Hunter
At-Large for 2018 and 2019
– Cory Monson
– Josh Mahoney
Returning At-Large for 2017 and 2018
– Alex Carlson
– Brett Glenna (replaced John Vircks who stepped down)
President Emeritus
– John Longballa
