Finding the right base malt can make all the difference in a beer. This month’s education topic is about comparing pilsner malts. Come have a taste and see what will work best in your upcoming batch!

Each meeting covers club business plus an education/experiment topic — plus we share homebrew of all varieties throughout the meeting. Bring something to share (and there is always enough if you do not have a batch ready!) and learn a thing or two about pilsner malts.
Thu Sep 17 7-9pm at East Side Neighborhood Services in Northeast Minneapolis
Cheers!

Rolling into another month of exciting events, we hope you can join the club for the Taproom Takeover social hour at Bang Brewing on the First Thursday, the monthly meeting with pilsner malt comparison education on the Third Thursday, the season finale of the disc golf league later in the month, the Oktoberfest bike ride on an upcoming weekend, or surely other social events!

Check out the club calendar and join us!

Next week we will crack into a topic to make a proper clone: yeast scavenging from commercial beers. Tim will explain which styles and brands to make a yeast starter.

Everyone is welcome! If the weather cooperates, we will be outside again.
Thursday, August 20 7-9pm, ESNS, Northeast Minneapolis

This month the club has some great events planned:

• Taproom Takeover social hour on the first Thursday, this time at Utepils in Minneapolis
• Summer Disc Golf Get-Togethers on Third Tuesday, this time at Hansen Park in New Brighton then beers at Rail Werks in Columbia Heights
• Monthly Meeting on Third Thursday, always at ESNS in Northeast Minneapolis
• Surely some bike rides and pick-up disc golf games — maybe even a game night!

Brewers of all skill levels and interests are welcome and encouraged to join. Swing by an event or meeting to say hello. Join the club if you want. There is always something new to learn!

Last weekend was the annual get-together with a Smoked Food and Low Gravity (≤5% ABV) intra-club informal competition along with potluck, garage sale/giveaway, and general revelry. We had a great time and a big thanks to Matt and TaKeyah for hosting!

Congratulations to Aaron as the Smoked Food Champion with his Smokey BBQ Beans! Congratulations to Ian, Parker, and Alex as the Low Gravity Champion with the Muckle Light Ale Scottish Heavy! Many great entries and these two came out on top!

American Lagers are known for having a few choices for the adjuncts used in the grain bill with rice and corn being quite common. The education topic at the meeting this month will discuss and compare these adjuncts with some blind triangle taste tests, too!

If the weather cooperates, we will be outside under the pavilion — otherwise we will pop inside to meet.
Thu Jul 16 7-9pm @ AAI/ESNS, 1700 NE 2nd St, Minneapolis
See you there!

This month in addition to Taproom Takeover at Pig Ate My Pizza and the monthly meeting with education about adjuncts in American Lager, we have the annual Summer Party! A Saturday afternoon with a low-gravity competition (brews of ≤5% ABV), smoked food competition, potluck food, bottle share, garage sale/giveaway, and general revelry!

Everyone is welcome to join up at any of the club events and meetings to say hello, see what we do, and ideally join up! Club membership adds the benefits of the club email group, Discord server, and access to club barrel-aging. Cheers!

Next week we will venture into a new topic for the club: brewing saké. A few members did the research, bought the right ingredients, and made some trial batches. Come learn about the process and what it takes!

If the weather is nice, we will meet outside at the pavilion behind the parking lot.
NE Mpls, ESNS, Thu Jun 18, 7-9pm

June is another busy month: #TaproomTakeover at Haggard Barrel, Tour De Lucé bike ride, disc golf at Highland Park (with beers at Venn Brewing afterward), Intro to Saké monthly education, two presentations at Homebrew Con in Asheville, game night, surely some group brews, more bike rides, and one-off events!

In mid-July we have the annual Summer Party coming up with Low Gravity competition (less than 5% ABV), Smoked Food competition, potluck food, bottle share, and Garage Sale (sell, give, trade, or barter).

Brewers of all levels and all specialties — beer, mead, wine, cider, kombucha, saké — are welcome to join club meetings, events, get-togethers, and shin-digs any time. Take a look at the calendar and come by. Ping the club email address with any questions or ideas.
Cheers!

Elbow grease. Alkaline cleaner. Acidic sanitizer.

When was the last time you took apart your ball valves and pumps to *properly* clean them
What are the appropriate tools to get your brewery back to a like-new shiny state?

The education topic this month will cover cleaning and sanitizing topics, so bring a (clean) tasting glass and some homebrew (if you have it; no worries if not) and pick up some cleaning tips.

Third Thursday.
Northeast Minneapolis.
East Side Neighborhood Services.
Thu May 21 7-9pm.

Everyone is welcome!