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This Saturday at 10am, join the MHBA at 9 Mile Brewing in Bloomington for a tour of the facility & brewery, and to ask any burning questions you have for this newer brewery!
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Read MoreIt’s been a couple of years due to Covid restrictions, but IT’S BACK!
Brew For Good is a Beer/Mead/Cider sampling festival.
It will be on September 18th, from noon to 4pm at Forgotten Star Brewery in Fridley.
It raises funds through free will offering to support a local non-profit partner:
East Side Neighborhood Services.
For more information, please check out https://linktr.ee/brewforgood
The way this festival works:
MHBA and Primary Fermenters each get a “booth” (table) in the event space at the brewery We bring OUR beer/mead/cider to serve to members of the public in attendance at the festival. It’s a great way to raise money for a good cause and to showcase your talent and your beer/mead/cider to friends/family/public. Many people in both clubs have done this in the past, and it’s a BLAST!
Let the club leadership know you are participating so we get a solid idea of our capacity, and then get busy, finish your beverages, and sign up with your “brew” information here: https://goodcompanybrewing.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ea219b2d804e2dd729f6d4417&id=bcd0e6cc2b&e=9889974183
Please let us know on Facebook, or via email (use the form on the website: https://mnbrewers.com/about-us/contact-us/) to let us know what you are bringing!
Read MoreALL-CLUB CAMPOUT is just under 3 weeks away!
August 4th – 7th
At camp Nushka on Cass lake, between Bemidji and Lake Winibigoshish
This is it! The All Club Campout starts Thursday, and goes through Sunday. This is one of the great events of the summer and we hope to see you there.
In case you didn’t catch that, it’s at camp Nushka. This is a change of location due to tornadoes that damaged the original campground chosen for our weekend campout.
Come for one night, two nights, or three! Open to any homebrewer and their family. Loosely-structured weekend of sharing beer around the fire. We have rented the two pavilions and the entire 26-acre campground, located in a remote area right on the shore of Cass Lake.
Saturday’s festivities include a fun club vs. club homebrew competition and a Sour Hour (bring your homebrew and open up your cellar – these are the people that you want to share with!), complete with trumpet fanfare. The MHBA will provide the Saturday evening feast.
Tents and small campers welcome. Well-behaved dogs and acoustic instruments also welcome (no radios or amplified music, please). You must let John Longballa know you’re attending. The cost depends a bit on the meal, but should be around $30/adult; kids are free.
Water is available onsite, with pit toilets that Jim Longvaala has volunteered to clean.
This outing is not to be missed!
You must let John know you are attending via email: jlongballa “AT” netzero.net
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=camp+nushka+cass+lake&ia=web&iaxm=maps
Read MoreALL-CLUB CAMPOUT is just under 3 weeks away!
August 4th – 7th
At camp Nushka on Cass lake, between Bemidji and Lake Winibigoshish
In case you didn’t catch that, it’s at camp Nushka. This is a change of location due to tornadoes that damaged the original campground chosen for our weekend campout.
Come for one night, two nights, or three! Open to any homebrewer and their family. Loosely-structured weekend of sharing beer around the fire. We have rented the two pavilions and the entire 26-acre campground, located in a remote area right on the shore of Cass Lake.
Saturday’s festivities include a fun club vs. club homebrew competition and a Sour Hour (bring your homebrew and open up your cellar – these are the people that you want to share with!), complete with trumpet fanfare. The MHBA will provide the Saturday evening feast.
Tents and small campers welcome. Well-behaved dogs and acoustic instruments also welcome (no radios or amplified music, please). You must let John Longballa know you’re attending. The cost depends a bit on the meal, but should be around $30/adult; kids are free.
Water is available onsite, with pit toilets that Jim Longvaala has volunteered to clean.
This outing is not to be missed!
You must let John know you are attending via email: jlongballa “AT” netzero.net
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=camp+nushka+cass+lake&ia=web&iaxm=maps
Read MoreThey are looking for case boxes to hold your entries and get them distributed for judging.
If you have some, or would be willing to get a few 24 bottle case boxes from your local liquor store, please contact Patrick Curme with a text message at 612.889.9199 so he can arrange for a pickup. They need 30-40 boxes so anything you can do will help!
Read MoreAll Club Campout!
August 4 – 7
Old Wadena Park located between Brainerd and Wadena
13491 Old Wadena Cir, Staples, MN 56479
- Come for one night, two nights, or three!
- Open to any homebrewer and their family. Loosely-structured weekend of sharing beer and mead around the fire. We have rented the entire campground and pavilion.
- Saturday’s festivities include a fun club vs. club homebrew competition (bring at least 2 bottles of anything you want to enter) and a Sour Hour, complete with trumpet fanfare.
- The MHBA will provide the Saturday evening feast.
- Bring food for all other meals during your stay, along with whatever preparation gear you need. Pull those special bottles out of your stash – THESE are the PEOPLE you save them for – it’s your opportunity to share!
- Tents and small campers welcome. Well-behaved dogs and acoustic instruments also welcome (no radios or amplified music, please). You must let John Longballa know you’re attending. The cost depends a bit on the meal, but should be around $30/adult; kids are free.
Facebook event page is located here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/4948590041924395/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22group_featured_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
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News Flash!
You can purchase your very own MHBA T-shirts, sweatshirts and more, using the link below! No minimum order.
Get yours now!
https://mhba.myspreadshop.com/all
Read MoreBIG BREW DAY 2022
Here’s the skinny on the Brew for those of you that signed up and paid for wort. Make your final adjustments to your plans, and we’ll see you on Saturday.
When exactly?
9 am to (potentially) 9 pm.
Bring a sanitized NON GLASS fermenter with at least 5 gallon capacity.
Check in with Kevin Meintsma for wort runs from 1 pm to 3 pm, pick up runs from 4 pm to 5 pm.
Where is this?
THE LAB – Powered by BevSource
767 N. Eustis Street, STE 115
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-313-6888
Brewing On Premises:
- Brewers can start setting up at 9 am.
- Bring hoses, distributors, all other equipment, tables, towels, etc. that you need to brew.
- Bring a chair – there may not be enough to go around from The Lab.
- Bring food, homebrewed beer/cider/mead/wine to share.
- Food truck WILL be available.
- Beer will be available from The Lab taproom.
Wheat Beer Wort:
- OG-12 °P
- ABV- 5% (somewhat dependent on yeast)
- Color- 4SRM
- IBU- 13
- 34% 2-Row Base
- 57%- White Wheat Malt
- 7% Torrified Wheat
- Hops per gallon
- .21g Cascade 6.8α @ Beg Boil
- .41g Willamette 3.5α @ 30min
- .41g Cascade @ 30 min
- .63g Willamette @10min
- .63g Cascade @ 10min
- 1.04g Cascade @ WP
- Boil 60min