Next Meeting
March 10 (Saturday) Fruit & Spice beers
at Pete & Cindy Sanders.
Directions:
(from last year)The Sanders' live at 310 12th Lane SW, Oronoco. Directions:
take Hwy 52 North to Oronoco. Take a left immediately after you cross the
first bridge. Cross over the southbound lane and the road will wind up the
hill. Take this road until you get to the first paved non-driveway road.
Take a left and follow the road to the end of the long cul-de-sac. Cindy
says to not come before 4 pm. If you like, you can bring some (eatable)
food. The Sanders' phone number is 507-367-2421.
Topics to be discussed/voted on:
Pub Crawl-March 31st
Statewide campout plans - we are hosts this year!!
Calendar Of Events
Date Host Styles
03/10 Pete and Cindy Sanders Fruit and Spice Beers.
04/07 Nancy & Dave Lane IPAs
05/12 Leo Vitt Bocks & Lagers
06/09 Wayne Theuer Annual Club Campout(Meads)
07/14 ???
08/04 Pam & Gerry Miller & Bud & Pale Ale
09/08 Ken Vossen 40th B-day beers
10/13 James White Marzen & Octoberfest
11/10 Ron Elshaug Strong Belgians
12/08 Steve & Amy Determan Barleywine and Christmas
Date Event
07/14? Statewide Campout hosted by Timberworts
04/28? Brewery Tour in Cities/Pubcrawl
09/08? Brewery Tour at Mantorville Brewing
08/11 Great Taste of the Midwest
? Club Only Competition host?
AHA/BJCP Style Guidelines
http://www.hbd.org/ford/stylguid.html
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/slack/bjcp/
Other submitted pieces and bits
From Ron Elshaug:
fyi,
Susan Ruud wrote:
> Hi All, I am forwarding on some of the info from the MHBA page pertaining
to
> the All Club campout and Northern Brewers Competition.
> Susan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Moranz, Mike <MMoranz@CBBURNET.COM>
> To: MHBA (E-mail) <mba@thebarn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:15 PM
> Subject: MHBA Communications
>
> > Greetings from your President,
> > After a tough ballot battle and huge turnout for election night,
it
> appears
> > that I remain the President of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association.
As
> > long as there are no recounts I guess we'll get on with the schedule.
> > Cloudy Town Brewers
> > Our friends, the Cloudy Town Brewers, will be having a Homebrew
> Competition
> > at the End of March called March Mashness. Entries will be accepted
Feb
> 19
> > thru March 9. The BOS will be held on 3/24/01 at 2:00pm at Granite
City
> > Food & Brewery. More information is available on their website
at
> > <http://www.astound.net/heimbrauer> Click on the link that
says
> > competition. Or, you can call Erick at home at 320-230-9236
> > Erik Nelson
> > Cloudy Town Brewers
> > Competition Organizer
> >
> > AHA
> > After 22 years, the American Homebrewers Association is again
sponsoring
> The
> > National Homebrew Competition. Entries due April 4-13. They claim
this
> is
> > the largest homebrew competition in the universe. See your latest
copy of
> > Zymurgy or the AHA website for more information and entry details.
> >
> > Multi-Club
> > Mike Valentiner, one of our long time members, won the opportunity
to pick
> > the styles for this summers Inter-club campout and competition.
Rules
> will
> > be published soon but there's no reason you can't get brewing
now. Even
> if
> > you can't attend, another member can deliver your entries. Let's
hold on
> to
> > the Master of Malt Award for another year.
> > 1) Pale Ale (English, American, Belgian, and any others)
> > 2) Pilsner (Czech, German, American, and any others)
> > 3) Wheat Beer with at least 20% wheat (Wit, Weisen, and any others)
> >
> > Northern Brewer
> > A note from Chris Schiffer.
> > Yes, our contest dates are set. We will be having our main judging
on the
> > 4th and 5th of May (most on the 5th all day long at Sweeney's)
and the
> best
> > of show should be just like last years on the 6th of May. We will
be
> using
> > standard BJCP categories and then placing them into larger categories
so
> > that we will have 10-14 different categories. The exact grouping
has yet
> to
> > be determined and will be finalized once we know how many of what
type of
> > entries we have. Fees will be the same as last year, $8 for the
first,
> and
> > $6 for each additional. Fees cover the return of all scoresheets.
We
> do
> > not yet have a speaker lined up, but we will see what we can do.
> >
> >
> > By the way, how many counts of a recount count before a recount
really
> > counts?
> >
> > Mike Moranz, President
> > Minnesota Home Brewers Association
> >
> >
Here is an update
Susan Ruud wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Valentiner <mpv@yuck.net>
> To: Moranz, Mike <MMoranz@CBBURNET.COM>
> Cc: <mba@thebarn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: All Club Campout brews
>
> > 4 styles!? Ok, how about ...
> >
> > Pale Ale (English, American, Belgian) - BJCP Categories 4, 6,
7, 19a.
> > Pilsner (Czech, German, American) - BJCP Categories 1c, 2a, 2b.
> > Wheat Beer (Wit, Weisen, Weisse, and Weisenbock) - BJCP Category
17
> >
> > Barley Wine (English, American, Russian Imperial Stout) - BJCP
Category 12
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> > mpv@yuck.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Moranz, Mike" <MMoranz@CBBURNET.COM>
> > To: "Mike Valentiner (E-mail)" <valentin>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 3:29 PM
> > Subject: FW: All Club Campout brews
> >
> >
> > > Got another style in mind? We can still catch the newsletter.
Pick
> > > something a little different that you like to brew.
> > > Mike
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Susan Ruud [mailto:Susan_Ruud@ndsu.nodak.edu]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:20 PM
> > > > To: Moranz, Mike
> > > > Subject: Re: All Club Campout brews
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Mike,
> > > > Considering that Mike V. does very well with Saison
I can see his idea
> > > > there. :-). I do know that the campout competition started
> > > > (11 years ago)
> > > > with 4 styles and has remained that way all along. I
don't
> > > > suppose that
> > > > there is anything though that says it has to be 4 styles.
Thanks for
> > > > letting us know the three and we will start Brewing!!
> > > > (hopefully on the
> > > > Pilsner we already have something brewed)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Susan
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Moranz, Mike <MMoranz@CBBURNET.COM>
> > > > To: Susan Ruud <Susan_Ruud@ndsu.nodak.edu>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:24 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: All Club Campout brews
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Susan,
> > > > > We couldn't figure out how many styles. These 3
are pretty
> > > > wide open so I
> > > > > think they'll work. Originally, Mike just wanted
to have one style,
> > > > > Saisson. Go figure.
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Susan Ruud [mailto:Susan_Ruud@ndsu.nodak.edu]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:50 AM
> > > > > > To: Moranz, Mike
> > > > > > Subject: All Club Campout brews
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Mike,
> > > > > > I see that some of the styles are posted for
this summers
> > > > > > competition. Did
> > > > > > Mike V only select 3 or was one forgotten.
If I am not
> > > > mistaken there
> > > > > > should be a 4th style.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations on being the MhBA president
for another
> > > > > > year!! (Although if
> > > > > > the recounts take as long as FL you won't
actually be able to
> > > > > > take over from
> > > > > > yourself for several month still) :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Later,
> > > > > > Susan
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Multi-Club
> > > > > > > Mike Valentiner, one of our long time
members, won the
> > > > > > opportunity to pick
> > > > > > > the styles for this summers Inter-club
campout and
> > > > > > competition. Rules
> > > > > > will
> > > > > > > be published soon but there's no reason
you can't get
> > > > > > brewing now. Even
> > > > > > if
> > > > > > > you can't attend, another member can
deliver your entries.
> > > > > > Let's hold on
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > the Master of Malt Award for another
year.
> > > > > > > 1) Pale Ale (English, American, Belgian,
and any others)
> > > > > > > 2) Pilsner (Czech, German, American,
and any others)
> > > > > > > 3) Wheat Beer with at least 20% wheat
(Wit, Weisen, and
> > > > any others)
From Pam King:
Hey all,
Here is an interesting experiment in brewing.
PK
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/midas_beer000920.html
http://www.dogfish.com/midas.html
From Wayne Theuer:
Hi Ken,
Here's some beer tidbits for the newsletter.
Oktoberfest had about 6.9 million people visit this year and they drank
6.2 million liters of beer.
Samichlaus is back. Previously brewed by Hurliman, it is now brewed by Eggenberg.
Hopefully we will see it soon.
Beverage Tasting Institute Results: The Winners are,
Baltic Porter: Kozlak Porter
Bock: Creemore Springs ur Bock
Dark Lager: Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel & Original Burgenlandisch Dunkel
Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock (score of 98)
Dry Stout: Cadillac Mountain Stout
Eisbock: Bayrisch G'Forns Eisbock (Kulmbacher Reichelbrau)
Porter: King & Barnes Old Porter 1996 bottling
Flavored Stout: Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Imperial Stout: Moylan's Imperial Stout
Oatmeal Stout: Young's Oatmeal Stout
Vienna Marzen: Elliot Ness Vienna Style Lager
Weizen Bock: Pikantus
Beers to look for in MPLS:
Rochefort 8 & 10
Primator
Neuzeller
Belzebuth
Kozlak Porter
Wayne
Club Discounts with Membership card!
* Hawkeye's Custom Home Brew Shop (507) 583-7167 Wayne Theuer, Blooming
Prairie, Cost + 10%
* Brew & Grow Fridley 10% discount
* WindRiver Brewing Co. Eden Prairie 10% discount
* Northern Brewer St. Paul 10% discount
* Andy's Liquor Rochester 10% discount on all non-sale beer
* Tower Liquor Fairbault 10% discount
* Apollo Liquors (next to Best Buy) Rochester 10% discount
Club Information
The Minnesota TimberWorts Homebrew Club meets on the second Saturday of each month. Meetings are held at the homes of members or local pubs. Yearly dues are $10 per individual or $15 per couple, and are used to cover the expense of this newsletter and other costs. Anyone interested in information about the club can contact:
Pam King (President) (507) 288-0583 mailto:kingwarp@rconnect.com
Peter Sanders (Vice-President) (507) 367-2421 mailto:plsander@us.ibm.com
James White (Treasurer) (507) 281-5992 mailto:james_white@iname.com
Ken Vossen (Newsletter Editor) (507) 635-5362 mailto:vossen@means.net
Club's homepage is located at: