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BAMF Meeting Notes 10 Feb 2013

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Attendance: Matt, Nick, Nate, Tyler

Yesterday four brave BAMFers braved the weather to unite at Pracna to discuss club details.  Read the notes below to see updates on the February meeting/barrel fill, as well as some of the upcoming club opportunities and plans.

Taproom takeover at Dangerous Man in Northeast! Just a fraction of our crew that showed up.
  •  Taproom Takeover – Dangerous Man
    • Friday February 8th marked the NBA’s first Taproom Takeover.  About 20 club members descended on Dangerous Man to imbibe and enjoy the destination taproom.  W e even had a raffle for an amazing prize.  Thanks to Dangerous Man for hosting us, and giving us a shoutout during the night.  We’ll be back soon!
    • Future Taproom Takeovers will include Indeed, Summit, 612Brew and a slew of other places.  Expect a “firm” schedule of all of them to be presented at the February meeting.  We plan on doing more raffles, maybe charging for tickets so we can afford to give away something cool. Continue reading BAMF Meeting Notes 10 Feb 2013 →

2012 celebration party recap and high gravity beer competition

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Passing of the torch… er… “gavel.”

Members of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance came together at North Loop Wine & Spirits last weekend to celebrate 2012, a year of exponential growth and great accomplishment for our Minneapolis brew club. 2012 President Andrew recapped his annual review, covering all the initiatives and activities the club pursued and facilitated last year. We then voted-in the 2013 Executive Committee (ExComm): Continue reading 2012 celebration party recap and high gravity beer competition →

December 20th meeting recap

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We had a great meeting to round out 2012! Phenomenal year for the club. Looking forward to the potluck and high-gravity competition at North Loop in January for all members (you can bring a +1). Here’s what we discussed at the meeting:

  • Discounts
    • Robbie D. has secured us a club 10% discount at Elevated Beer, Wine & Spirits in South Minneapolis
    • Dan will talk to Liquor Barrel in New Brighton for discount
    • St. Anthony Village (SAV)
  • Brewers shirts
  • On Tap WITH THE NEW CLUB-OWNED JOCKEY BOX: the offerings from Learn to Homebrew Day (Nov 3) – Thanks again to Northern Brewer!

Nov 15 Meeting Recap

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NB also taught the NBA about the Top Tier.

Roughly 20 in attendance. Notes:

  • Introductions
  • New Business
    • Movember admiration – hats off to all those supporting men’s health
    • BAMF Meeting Recap
    • NBA @ NB – Learn to Homebrew Day recap
      • On Nov 3, the NBA got to brew a bunch of beer at Northern Brewer, and teach our skills to other people.  It was a great time for everyone who could make it.
      • We will be sampling the beers at the December meeting.
    • Off Flavor tasting recap
  • Experiments Continue reading Nov 15 Meeting Recap →

October 18th club meeting recap

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Pictured above is a sample from our current barrel project that Nick brought to the 10/18 meeting for tasting

Here’s the recap of our 10/18/12 meeting:

  • Recap for new members/potential members: what you get by joining (% off at brew shops and 4Firkins), events etc…
  • Farmers Market – Aaron H. and Nate brewed a rye porter, used hops Grant grew
  • Big River Brewfest recap – 150 entries, earned around $350
    • Might be good to do a “what went good, what went bad”
      • Wrong = left one case of beer at Liquor store
      • Wrong = website database had a few entries missing
      • Right = website was only $20
      • Could signup for other stuff ahead of time
    • Nate has 6 cases cases of entries that didn’t make it to the competition, need to drink categories 1-3 soon. Party?
  • Future Barrel project – Aaron’s cellar
    • Cellar has the four 60 gal. barrels (Casey’s)
      • Cab
      • Cab
      • Zin
      • Merlot
    • Options – Flanders red, wee heavy, Russian imperial, barley wine, Belgian strong, saison, sour stout, lambic, sour porter
    • Grant will create form to vote. UPDATE: done
    • Club voted $200 is ok to use to build the barrel racks
  • Yeast experiment Continue reading October 18th club meeting recap →

Single Hop Experiment – Great Success!

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20 July 2012

Flight 1 of 4
First flight…go!

Last night was our 2nd Annual Single Hop Experiment and it was amazing.  We met at the East Side Neighborhood Services and about 30 members and guests were able to sample a plentitude of hoppy goodness.  Thanks to all the members who brought beer, to the pro brewers representing (612Brew, Harriet, and Northgate), and to the ESNS for the location! Continue reading Single Hop Experiment – Great Success! →