Upcoming Events!
2016 Winter Party – January 21st 2017 @ noon – Location Announcement Soon
2016 High Gravity Beer Competition – Must be brewed in 2016 – Must be higher than 7% ABV.
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Category Archives: meeting recaps
September 2016 Recap and Upcoming Events
September 1st, we had a great gathering at Steel Toe Brewing Company. We had a fantastic turn out and closed down the tap room. As well, September this year we hosted the Big River Beer Homebrew Competition.
Big River Beer Homebrew Competition
On September 24th and 25th, we held our annual homebrew competition. Here are some of the highlights.
June 2016 Recap
Welcome to Summer! BBQs, session beers, and hopefully some days on the water.
The NBA kicked off June with a Taproom Takeover at Fulton on the 2nd. A Twins game was happening the same night, in the future we will move Fulton to a month not during the baseball season…
On the 16th we met at ESNS for our monthly meeting:
April 2016 Re-cap
April was a fun month at the NBA. Here is a run down of things that we did.
Social Science – Fermentation Informational Beer Fest @ Science Museum of Minnesota
A handful of members came out to represent the NBA at the Science Museum of Minnesota’s annual Social Science – Fermentation Informational. We hosted a booth on the science of Malt. We had an information poster and supplied malt and a mill to explain what malt is in the process of brewing, what it tastes like if one was incline to try it, and a mill to crush malt, because that is what brewers do!
Monthly Meeting Recap – April 21st @ East Side Neighborhood Services
March 2016 Re-cap
Spring is here! Which means brewing season is upon us, especially for those of us who brew outside! To get everyone fired up, here is what it coming up, and what we did in March.
Upcoming Events
- April 6th-comedy showcase@ Lake Monster 8pm
- NBA Taproom Takeover – April 7th 7PM @ Able Seedhouse and Brewery. Wear your NBA Gear!
- April 14th Science Museum of Minnesota – Social Science Fermentation Informational 4pm-10. We will be doing a presentation on Malt. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Tyler (tylerabye@gmail.com).
- AHA’s Big Brew Day! May 7th 10am @ Northern Brewer Minneapolis! Get all of the deals here.
March Meeting Notes – March 17th 7PM @ Midwest Supplies
February 2016 Re-cap
First and foremost, a huge thank you and shout-out to Northern Brewer Minneapolis! They hosted us for our February meeting and did a fantastic education discussion on packaging beer. It was awesome to get tips on kegging, bottle/keg carbonating and conditioning, and bottle filling to touch on a few.
2016 – Year of the Experiments. The Executive committee met to discuss the year, and we are moving forward in doing member driven, documented experiments. If you have an experiment that you would like to do, please reach out to the community for any support or brewing you might need. You can find the latest information on the 2016 Experiments page.
As well, in 2016 we are bringing the Taproom Take Over back! Every first Thursday of the month, we encourage all members to show up at a taproom to socialize and proudly display our NBA apparel. All events are going to be posted on the Club Calendar.
NBA Winter Party/High Gravity Comp/Officer Election
Thanks to everyone that came out to the Winter Party this last weekend, it was a great time.
We had three beers on tap, a Mild, Flanders Red from our barrel project, and an IPA made on our club system. The food members brought was plentiful and excellent, we showed again that great brewers can also make great food.
Nathan G. brought a bunch of specialty grain he picked up from Bauhaus that members were free to take. There was Light Crystal, Dark Crystal, Pale Rye, Chocolate Rye and Pale Chocolate. Most of it went home with members, which was awesome. Included in the grain from Bauhaus was a large amount of base grain, which we will use to make beer on the club system!
Congratulations to Carl Allen for winning the High Gravity Competition with an 11% Stout.
Congratulations Tyler Bye for winning the election to the Director of Finance position. Tyler has been a member since 2011 and previously held the Director of Ops position. Its great to have his knowledge, experience and dedication back in a leadership role in the club.
Be sure to re-new your membership. You can do so online here: Join or Re-new Today! or you can re-new in person at our next meeting, February 18th, 7pm at Northern Brewer Minneapolis. We will see you then!
April Recap
April NBA events bring exciting events to come!
Somethings make it really feel like we are back in the swing of things. April’s events happened to be that way (for me).
March Recap
March Meeting
This month the good folks at Midwest Supplies hosted our meeting, as EastSide Neighborhood Services has tax preparation services happening. We are really asking members to step up and host “brew with a member days” for new members or for friends of the club who might be interested in getting into home brewing. From the surveys taken at the February meeting, Minneapolis residents are interested in getting the water tested, and will be coordinated for those interested to pitch in and get water tested. Folks are interested in doing a swap meet, which we will combine with another event in the coming months.
September Recap
The NBA had another eventful month with the meeting, planning for the competition, the single hop brew day and more.