The NBA’s summer BBQ (or as Matt P. would prefer we accurately call it, a “grill out”) was a great success. Attendance was a nice mix of new and gently-used members. It was a perfect hot summer afternoon for tasting session beers. Much better than the 90+ degree and super humid day we had for this gathering last summer.

Pulling off the event in style was definitely a group effort. Matt did a great job coordinating supplies right down to the classy mini tasting glasses. Nate so graciously hosted and cooked for us at his place in Northeast, going above and beyond by simmering our juicy brats in beer for FIVE hours prior to the event and giving away his secret sauce recipe for his burgers. In case you missed it, it’s ranch dressing. A-mazing. On top of all that, we had 10 people submit entries for the low-gravity homebrew competition, the focal point of the event. Here were the entries we tasted in order (entry #2 is missing because Kevin didn’t get his act together, nor his beer over to Nate’s!): Continue reading Summer club BBQ and low-gravity homebrew competition a success! →

RSVP and ENTRY DEADLINE IS SUNDAY 6/24! I’ll disable the form that Sunday evening.

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Nordeast Brewers Alliance will be at the NE MPLS Farmers Market this Saturday from 9am-1pm demonstrating how to brew beer at home.   We’ll also have samples of some of the raw ingredients; grain, hops, yeast…etc!    Make sure to stop on by our booth and check out the process of cooking up the raw ingredient for making BEER!  We’ll be passing out flyers like the one below…possiblystickers, and have all kinds of cool stuff going on.    Those of you who want to pick up your grains forthe Single hop experiment, come on by our booth and we’ll measure and crush them on the spot!

Location: Intersection of University Ave NE & 7th Ave NE, right across from Emily’s Lebanese Deli!

Here are some great shots taken by club member Dan Snow on transfer day (4/28/12) where we moved 59 gallons of our base fermented beer (Belgian Blonde) into our barrel sit and sour for roughly the next year. This project is definitely an exercise in patience!

More pics… Continue reading Pictures from transfer day →

50 gallons!  As soon as we hit 60 gallons we can schedule a day to transfer.

1. Andrew Nesbitt – Picked Up, Brewed
2. Steve Scott – Paid, Picked Up (brewing ?)
3. Matt Price – Paid Picked Up, Brewed
4. Nathan – Paid, Picked Up, Brewed
5. Nick K – Paid Picked Up (brewing 4/11/12)
6. Nick P – Paid, Picked Up, Brewed
7. Grant – Paid, Picked Up, Brewed
8. Tyler – Paid Picked Up Brewed
9. Kevin – Paid Picked Up Brewed
10. Tim S. – paid, Picked Up (brewing ?)
11. Tom Burkys – paid, Picked Up, Brewed
12. Andy Heater – paid. Picked Up (brewing 4/10/12)
13. Justin George –paid, Picked Up, Brewed
14. Aaron Deboer – paid Picked Up Brewed

During our 1/21/12 meeting, we decided what the club needed was a few annual club-only competitions. We’re going to do a “lower gravity beer” competition in July [EDIT: COMPETITION AND BBQ ARE NOW SATURDAY JUNE 30th 2012] and a “high gravity beer” competition in December each year. Though we didn’t talk in detail about the December competition, we agreed up on the basic rules for the summer competition: Continue reading Summer BBQ and club-only competition: beers below 6% ABV →

Hey Nordeast Brewers,

We are set for our first Northeast Home Brew Club Summer BBQ!  It will be hosted by Adam Sjogren’s place in Nordeast.

Location:

2227 Monroe St NE

Here’s what we have so far.

• Meat on the grill will be provided by the club.
• Members will bring plenty of beer to share and go around!

Side dishes

• Guacamole – Nick P
• Undisclosed side dish -Steve S.
• Potato Salad -Matt P.

Desert

• Something – Tim S.
• New Glarus Belgian Red & Raspberry Tart and a Trinity Papy Legba – Nick P.

Fixins and Plates and such

• Grant

Friends and Family are encouraged to come have a good time.  There’s talk that Adam will be brewing something on his new equipment!   Should be a fun time for all!  Can’t wait to see everyone and meet the families of all of the Nordeast Brewers!

Cheers!

Nick