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:
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!
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!
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.