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In case you missed the notes, there are a couple Pro-Am homebrew competitions that are coming up. Check out the North Loop and LiftBridge competitions for more information.
This Saturday is the Inbound/North Loop Big Brew Day. Swing out and join us for a fantastic day of brewing in Minnetonka.
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Enter your homebrew in the North Loop Brewer for the Day home brew competition. The grand prize is having your recipe brewed by North Loop and being entered in the GABF Pro-Am competition.
Registration and Drop off is through June 12, 2016. Judging is June 24 and 25 and winners will be announced June 25th. Our very own Chris Smith won this in 2015 with his amazing Hefeweizen!
For more information, or to sign up visit http://brewerfortheday.com/contest/
Lift Bridge Brewing Company is inviting members of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association to enter beers in their 3rd annual 2016 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 10/6-10/8!
Lift Bridge is excited to include the MHBA Homebrew Club! They are hoping up to 10 of the 50 total entries will come from MHBA members. The MHBA will be selecting entries for members on a first-come, first served basis. Entrants must be a dues-paid member of the MHBA.
Here are the short details:
- Entries will need to be entered into the website and delivered to Lift Bridge Brewing Company between (and not before or after) 5/7 and 6/11.
- Brewers will be allowed to enter two entries, but may only represent one club (even if they are members of more than one club). This also means that if a club submits 10 entries, they should come from at least 5 brewers.
- The entries will be judged on 6/18. 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 years 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.
If you have competition questions, feel free to contact the competition organizers with any questions you may have! Please direct inquiries to [email protected] or Gera at [email protected].
To enter, visit the MHBA Lift Bridge Competition Sign-up form
Read MoreBig Brew Day — Saturday, May 7th: 8AM – 5PM
Come out to North Loop BrewCo’s (the brewery formerly known as LUCID) Minnetonka facility on May 7th and bring your brewing gear! 6020 Culligan Way, Minnetonka, MN 55345
(From North Loop’s Facebook invitation) Each year we invite homebrewers from all over to take over our parking lot, use our hot water, and share a few brews with us. If you’d like to participate in the big brew, please email or direct facebook message us to be sure we get an appropriate head count. We will accommodate as many brewers as we can fit.
We’ll be here starting at 8AM. We provide hot and cold water to get you going. You provide equipment and ingredients.
Want to brew? — contact us on this Facebook event page (North Loop BrewCo).
(John Longballa here)–Please let North Loop know if you plan to attend. A food truck is in the works for the event. We will participate in the national toast at noon CST.
Also–as part of the Iron Brewer meeting in September, the club will be awarding prizes to the two best beers that adhere to the recipes suggested by the American Homebrewers Association for the 2016 Big Brew. The beers need not be made at the event, but will be judged according to the recipes.
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You know the drill by now. You ignore the dreary grey sky, the lack of anything green in the yard, the feeling that Apollo doesn’t love Minnesotans any longer, and you dream of a not-so-distant future day, sitting in the sun with all your homebrewer friends, grilling meat and drinking beer, awaiting a warm evening game of baseball.
What will assist you in your dreaming is buying some tickets to the club’s annual tailgating party at the Saints game, which this year will take place on Monday, June 13th. (sorry, AHA travelers!)
Tickets will be $18 each, and include a reserved infield seat at the new stadium and some freshly-grilled meat. Members typically bring all kinds of delightful foods and beverages to share at this family-friendly event. We’ll all gather in the DART parking lot, beginning at 4:00.
You’ll want to purchase your tickets with a credit card, using the link below. We probably cannot purchase extra tickets come May, so step forward now to give us an accurate head count, please.
Photo courtesy of Courtney Ives
Photo courtesy of Courtney Ives
Photo by Audrey Royer
It’s almost April and that can only mean one thing…it’s time for the best Homebrew Festival around! Come out to the beautiful Northern Brewer Warehouse on Saturday April 2 and join us for the 7th annual MHBA Homebrew Fest!
This has been a very popular event and last year we had over 70 different home brews to try. It is a great opportunity to share your beer, mead, or cider with your fellow members. There will be prizes for People’s Choice Best Beer and another for People’s Choice Best Mead/Cider. You can bring bottles, growlers, or kegs—any amount, but try to bring enough so you can share.
We will have the club Jockey Box for up to 5 kegs available. If you want a spot, contact Gera, the organizer.
This is also a great event to bring a friend who is contemplating getting involved in either homebrewing or joining the MHBA. Hope to see you there!
For event details, like address and time, check out the event listing in the calendar. Note the postcard incorrectly listed this on April 4th. The event is Saturday April 2nd.
April 2015 Homebrew Fest – Photo by Chris Smith
It’s that time of year again. Chief Chili Pepper is coming out of hiding and that means it must be time for the Annual Chili cookoff with the MHBA!
This Sunday we will host the annual event at the CSPS hall in St Paul in conjunction with the election of club officers and a special presentation by Wayne Marklowitz of RFDoering Hop Farm. Hops, chili and homebrew…what else do you need?
Here is the low-down on the event, what’s happening when and what you need to bring.
Schedule
Here is the approximate schedule. Don’t get upset when this changes a bit.
- 12:00 – Arrival and social hour.
- 1:00 – Potluck chili showdown.
- 2:00 – Presentation by Wayne Marklowitz of RFDoering Hop Farm.
- 2:30 – Election of club officers and treasurer’s report.
- 4:00 – Adjournment.
If you’ve wanted to get involved with the club in a leadership capacity, well, here’s your opportunity! We will be voting on president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, and two at-large board seats. Not everyone is wanting to continue his/her position, so please consider tossing your hat in the ring!
Chili Contest
Break out your best chili recipe, and if you win the people’s choice award, you can take home Chief Chili Pepper! There are three categories you may enter:
- Red Chili – meat, but NO beans
- Chili with Beans
- Open – green, vegetarian, white, whatever
Homebrew, mead, and cider are encouraged, especially those that go well with chili. If you bring at least a six-pack’s worth (or one growler, or one keg) of one style for group tasting, then you will receive credit for that style in the Brewers of Fame program.
What to Bring
YOU should bring your chili ready-to-eat, in crockpots, along with extension cords, power strips, and serving utensils. Bring a sample glass and some homebrew to share. Bring the family too!
The CLUB will provide bowls, spoons, and napkins.
Chief Chili Pepper is the traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the chili contest!
Congratulations to all the 2016 Brew Ha Ha Duluth Homebrew competition winners!
Below are all the MHBA winners from Brew Ha Ha. Did I miss you? Shoot us an email and I’ll update it and next time submit you entry with MHBA as the club name!
Read MoreCongratulations to all the 2016 Minnesota Mashout Winners!
Below are all the MHBA winners from Mashout. Did I miss you? Shoot us an email and I’ll update it and next time submit you entry with MHBA as the club name!
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On Monday, January 25th, twenty folks gathered in the basement of St. Francis Church School, a block north of Shamrock’s in Saint Paul. A joke was made that the high score for the evening had to be the next club president, and soon folks were intentionally rolling gutter balls! Current president Brett Glenna even managed a gutter ball on a lane with Bumper Buddies (Gutter Guards), as his ball rode over the inflatable gutter-filler all the way down the lane! The homebrew was flowing, and a relaxed atmosphere pervaded the event, given that we were the only people allowed on the lanes that evening.
