The education next week is the process for making mead. Mark will show off his process, which will lead up to another education topic this summer about tasting these batches.
Brewers of all levels are welcome to come, mead-makers, beer-focused, or any other fermented beverage connoisseur.
Next week: Thu Mar 21, 7-9pm, East Side Neighborhood Services (probably lower level again)
March is a busy month for the NBA! Come join us!
The events keep rolling with grew brews, more barrels, wort rallies, and so much more as the weather gets warmer.
Brewers of all levels are welcome to join any and all events, so check out the calendar and stop by! Reach out if you have any questions. Cheers! 🍻
The education topic this month is the intersection of “Beer, Alcohol, and Health”. Next week we will get together at our normal meeting location, East Side Neighborhood Services (lower level this month!), to talk about recent club events, share some homebrews, and dig into this education topic.
Brewers of all levels are welcome to join. Bring some homebrew (if you have it). Bring some tasting glasses (or we have a couple plastic cups). Bring your beer and brewing topics.
This month we have a #taproomtakeover with our friends at HeadFlyer and an education topic about beer, alcohol, and health. Come meet up with the club and see what we have going on! Soon we will have some barrel transfers for lambic and flanders style beers from club barrels, an informal competition for a pro-am with our HeadFlyer friends, and plenty of other shenanigans!
Brewers of all levels are welcome to join any of our events and meetings! Bring some tasting glasses to sample other homebrew — and bring your own if you have it!
Cheers! 🍻
Yesterday was the Winter Party hosted by Perrin! It was great to see old friends, make new friends, and share beers and chilis.
The perennial informal High Gravity beer competition (>8% ABV, brewed in 2023). After a run-off election due to a tie, Jason B won with his Double Decoction, Four-Hour Boil, American Barleywine. All of the entries were great!
For the second time, we included a chili cook-off with the party, which was a great success with seven distinct and amazing entries. After another run-off election to break a three-way tie, Aaron D won with his Classic Chili #1.
The annual officer elections also wrap up during the party. Congratulations to Aaron D on being re-elected to another term as President. Congratulations to Adrian S on being elected to join the Executive Leadership Committee as the new Director of Operations!
Here’s to another great year for the club with big events, brew days, experiments, education topics, and barrel transfers throughout the year. Cheers! 🍻
Next week at the monthly meeting is an experiment comparing different specialty grains in a stout recipe to see how they compare. Bring your tasting glasses and we will learn together what might make a positive improvement on our existing recipe collection.
Brewers of all levels are welcome to join any of the NBA meetings and events! Stop by to learn a little, taste some homebrews, and talk about our favorite fermented hobby. Reach out with any questions, otherwise feel free to just stop by. Cheers!
Happy New Year! 🎉
The NBA has big plans for 2024, so we are starting out big with a #TaproomTakeover at Falling Knife on Thu Jan 4 7-9pm, our annual Winter Party hosted by Perrin & Jules on Sat Jan 13 12-4pm, and the monthly meeting with a stout specialty grain experiment on Thu Jan 18 7-9pm at our home base of East Side Neighborhood Services in Northeast Minneapolis.
Did Santa bring you some new brewing equipment? Are you looking to improve your knowledge of beer and brewing? Now is a great time to join the club and chat with brewing-minded folks about this creative craft. Stop by any of the events or reach out to us to check it out. Brewers of all levels are welcome and everyone is encouraged to meet up — although the household membership dues are only $20 per year.
Cheers! 🍻
The monthly education topic next week will be more in the beer judging series, this time breaking into small groups to compare score sheets. Mystery beers will be provided so we can compare our notes and contrast the sensory notes that we pick up.
Come by East Side Neighborhood Services in Northeast Minneapolis on Thursday, December 21 7-9pm to partake! Cheers!
Thanks to all who participated in the Nordeast Brewers Alliance Homebrew Competition.
There were 199 entries judged.
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Acheson | Inspired By New Glarus | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Troy Fenner | Princess Jasmine | 2A: International Pale Lager | Motley Brue |
| 3rd | Roy Ventullo | Your Dad’s Singel (Patersbier) | 26A: Belgian Single | CRAZE [IA] |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tyler Bye | Sauternes “Lambic” | 23D: Lambic | Nordeast Brewers Alliance |
| 2nd | Todd Cogswell | Berliner | 23A: Berliner Weisse | Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle |
| 3rd | Dominick Dufner | Calvaire | 23B: Flanders Red Ale | STLBrewhogs |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Scheil | Old Surveyor’s Marzen | 6A: Märzen | CRAZE |
| 2nd | Dave Matson | Where’s My Goat? | 6C: Dunkels Bock | Minnesota Home Brewers Association |
| 3rd | Chad Medford MHP | Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires | 6B: Rauchbier | Red Earth Brewers |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timothy Wicklund MHP | Time To Dort It Up | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Keepers of Craft |
| 2nd | Michael Mann Co-Brewer: Larry And Susan Kearney | Der Hund Kai | 5D: German Pils | Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE) |
| 3rd | Brandon Edwards | Czech’d Out | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Keepers of Craft |
| HM | Dan Acheson MHP | Kiwi Juice ’23 | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Angry Wet Hen | 11C: Strong Bitter | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Dominick Dufner | You Bitter? Yup, Bit Him Too. | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | STLBrewhogs |
| 3rd | Nick Stevens | Butcher’s Hook | 11B: Best Bitter |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Old Walking Stick | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Lawrence Bolton | Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ) |
| 3rd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Jeff’s Not Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | Red Earth Brewers |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ross Stuart | Dunkelweiss | 10B: Dunkels Weissbier | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Caleb Lee | Bachelor Party | 1D: American Wheat Beer | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Joseph Belevender MHP | Beer | 24A: Witbier | Pontiac Brewing Tribe |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ross Stuart | Ella Blonde | 18A: Blonde Ale | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Nicholas Benoit | Cali Common | 19B: California Common | |
| 3rd | Matt Hunsworth | Red Wolf Astronaut | 19A: American Amber Ale | Brewers Anonymous |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew White MHP | Nite Lite | 1A: American Light Lager | Seven City Brewers |
| 2nd | Wayne Doucette | Lynn’s Lager | 1B: American Lager | River City Brewers [MN] |
| 3rd | Alex Williams Co-Brewer: Patrick Williams | Play The Hits | 1C: Cream Ale | Big Easy Homebrewers |
| HM | Joseph Belevender MHP | Lager | 1A: American Light Lager | Pontiac Brewing Tribe |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeremy Beer | Imperial Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout | Rum River Wort Hogs |
| 2nd | Zach Auxier | Imperial Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout | Nordeast Brewers Alliance |
| 3rd | Michael Rensing MHP | Vinz Clortho | 20A: American Porter | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Adrian Swanson | Idaho Sabro | 21C: Hazy IPA | Nordeast Brewers Alliance |
| 2nd | Gerad Miller MHP | Hazy Haze | 21C: Hazy IPA | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
| 3rd | Patrick Moore | Citizens Untied IPA | 21A: American IPA |
We have a busy month with the #homebrewcompetition judging, a visit next week to Arbeiter Brewing for Taproom Takeover social hour, and more in the beer judging series at the monthly meeting later in the month.
Brewers of all levels are encouraged to meet up at any of the club events to say hello, share some homebrews, and talk about beer and brewing. See you there!