May is a busy month for the club! Everyone is welcome to join NBA events and activities, so block your calendar and come socialize! We look forward to meeting you!

• May 2: Big Brew for National Homebrew Day at Aaron’s house
• May 2: Bike ride to Arcade Bay at Bad Weather Brewing in Saint Paul
• May 7: Taproom Takeover at Waldmann Brewing in Saint Paul
• May 16: Wort Rally at Unmapped Brewing with Two Track Malting and Brew For Good
• May 21: Monthly meeting with education about cleaning and sanitizing
• May 23: Club field trip to see a Minnesota United soccer match

Plus we are kicking off disc golf planning for maybe some casual games, a little friendly tournament, and undoubtedly stopping by a brewery afterward!

Everyone is welcome to join the club events, with or without membership. We are open to folks of all levels of fermentation experience. Stop by, say hello, try some great beverages, and hang out! This is an especially busy month, so a lot of opportunity to find us out and about!

Pressure fermentation is intended to suppress esters and create cleaner beer. When served blind, can you tell the difference for pressure vs. non-pressure samples in a triangle test? Next week, Thu Apr 16 7-9pm at ESNS, we will cover some club business, go through this experiment, and share some homebrews.

Everyone is welcome to join regardless of skill level. Learn some technical, sensory, and tasting terms and approaches.

Spring has sprung and the club has plenty going on this month.

• The #TaproomTakeover tomorrow is at Venn Brewing to drink tasty beverages from some of our friends. Stop by for a pint!
• The education topic in a couple weeks is the long-awaited return of a triangle test experiment to identify pressure vs. non-pressure fermented versions of the same beer. Everyone will be served three glasses where one is different. Can you tell the difference — and will it be the process you expect?
• As the weather allows, folks will get together for disc golf and group bike rides — and maybe bike rides to disc golf courses!
• At the end of the month will be another board game night, so get those dice ready!

Everyone is welcome to join club meetings and events any time. The club has brewers of all levels, including folks getting into their first batches, others with decades of experience, collaborations, experiments, and creative adventures! Stop by any time and meet up!

This month we look at water chemistry for the education topic. What kind of salts, acids, and other actions should you consider in your brewing water?

Everyone is welcome to join. Bring a couple tasting glasses — and homebrew if you have it — to join up with the club on Thursday, March 19 7-9pm at East Side Neighborhood Services in Northeast Minneapolis. This topic sounds daunting, but I bet everyone will pick up something to help brew day. Cheers!

This month we can hopefully get outside again — disc golf, bottle shares, and brewing on outdoor kits! A perfect time to set up some Maibock or brew something dark and rich for late winter sipping. Coming up in a few days is the Taproom Takeover at Falling Knife this time. In a couple weeks is the monthly meeting with water chemistry education.

Members of levels are welcome at any of the club events and meetings! Swing by before you commit and check it out. Membership grants access to the email list, Discord server, and barrel program — as well as the camaraderie of a bunch of brewing friends!

Mead, cider, beer, wine. Folks do it all! Cheers!

Bill from Two Track Malting is joining the meeting next week to talk about the products coming out of that North Dakota maltster. We also have four beers brewed without knowing the ingredients. Can you identify what makes the four beers different? Monthly meetings (and all events!) are open to anyone.

Swing by East Side Neighborhood Services around 7-9pm tonight to share some homebrews, talk about Two Track, and socialize. See you there!

In addition to our monthly Taproom Takeover (Thu Feb 5 7pm at Broken Clock) and monthly meeting (Thu Feb 19 7pm at ESNS), there are a bunch of club social events going on: Tuesday night indoor disc golf league at Modist, Wednesday night curling league at Sociable, an upcoming Bonspiel curling tournament at Forgotten Star, and a monthly game night with board and card games.

Anyone can join or spectate these social events, so check out the club this month!

Every month on the third Thursday we have an education or experiment topic. After talking about a little club business, recent and upcoming events, and some amazing homebrew that folks are sharing during the meeting, we turn focus onto a specific topic. For January, that is a SMaSH hop experiment to discuss and taste different batches that all focus on a Single Malt and Single Hop in a batch of beer. Do you think you can identify what folks are using?

Thursday, January 15 7:00-9:00 PM
East Side Neighborhood Services
Northeast Minneapolis

Everyone is welcome! Bring some tasting glasses (otherwise we have some extra) and meet up with the club. We look forward to having you!

If you cannot make it this month, check out the club calendar for other events!
https://www.nordeastbrewersalliance.org/club-calendar/

Happy New Year! 🥂

It is going to be another great year for the club:

• Taproom Takeover social hours to meet up and hang out for a bit every first Thursday
• an education or experiment topic every month at the meeting on the third Thursday
• social get-togethers and competitions like curling leagues, indoor winter and outdoor summer disc golf, and board game nights
• group brews and one-off bottle shares

If you are brewing beer, making mead, pressing cider, bottling wine, or concocting any sort of fermented beverage, come check out some NBA events and meetings to hang out. Everyone is welcome. Membership is not required, but grants access to the email list and Discord chat within the club.

There have been a handful of new members in the past few months and a lot of the long-time members have been venturing into new ideas. We are even talking about putting together some beer judging training toward the tasting exam and BJCP certification.

If you have any questions, reach out (email is best), otherwise just show up to one of the events on the club calendar — and bring some tasting glasses! Folks always have good new recipes to share.
https://www.nordeastbrewersalliance.org/club-calendar/

Cheers!

Every month at the club meeting we prioritize an education or experiment topic. These vary from “explore a style” to dig into the history and examples, brewing process or tips that a brewer wants to share, guest speakers from an equipment or ingredient company, or informal competitions for a style or process. We make this part of the meetings a priority because we are getting together both for the community and to learn about this hobby.

EDIT: The education topic will look at the history of some approaches to fermentation, including some fermenters and process — plus how modern homebrewers can leverage those ideas!

Next week (Thursday, December 18 7:00 PM @ East Side Neighborhood Services in Northeast Minneapolis) is our next meeting. Everyone is welcome to join and check it out before becoming a member. The topic for this month fell through, so at the time of this post, we are working on getting some new ideas put together.

See you there! 🍻