Have you entered the Big River Homebrew Competition yet?  Here’s another reason to get you beers in.  Entrants now have a chance to be part of the 2015 Great American Beer Festival!  Spread the word!

For Immediate Release

The 3rd annual Big River Homebrew Competition is proud to announce NorthGate Brewing will be sponsoring the grand prize – a chance to have their beer brewed as for the GABF Pro-Am in 2015.

The Mini Best of Show winners will be will be evaluated by the NorthGate Brewing crew.  Their favorite, the Brewers’ Choice, will have the opportunity to collaborate with NorthGate Brewing to have their beer brewed and entered in the GABF Pro-Am competition, held October 2015.

Currently the Big River Homebrew Competition is at 50% capacity and registration is open until September 28th.  Full rules and registration are available at nordeasthbc.brewcompeition.com

Please direct any questions to nba.operations@gmail.com

The Big River Homebrew Competition is sponsored by the Nordeast Brewers Allliance and proceeds benefit the East Side Neighborhood Services.  Winners will be announced at the 4th annual Big River Brew Fest on October 18th.  Tickets are currently available for $25.

Rules:

-Entrant must be a registered AHA member at the time of the GABF entry deadline.

-Beer styles may be eliminated based upon NorthGates ability to brew (ie. no sours or funky stuff)

-Winning recipe will be modified to accommodate the professional system

General GABF Info:http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/pro-am-competition/

Full GABF Rules  http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/brewers/competition-information/#11

What are you doing June 21st?  Want to check out some local art and local beer while helping a good cause?  Posters & Pints is a combination art/beer fest, with the proceeds going to Art Buddies, a program of the non-profit Creatives for Causes.  $20 gets you a ticket and beer samples, beer-themed posters will be available for $30.  Go check it out at PostersandPints.com .

The NBA is proud to be a partner for this event.  We will be serving handcrafted sodas and educating folks about brewing.  Posters and Pints will be held at the Uppercut Boxing Gym in NE Minneapolis from 6-10pm on June 21st.   Tickets are on sale at PostersAndPints.com.  

Get up to date info from the FB event page or twitter: http://www.facebook.com/postersandpints
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It’s time for our usual third Thursday club meeting April 17th at East Side Neighborhood Services,  7:00-9:00pm.  (It’s 4 blocks north of Dangerous Man)

This month we return to our regular agenda and meeting format as we have completed the yeast experiment tastings. As always, this meeting is open to anyone who wants to come, members or not.  Feel free to bring homebrew to share and questions to ask!

The new club T-shirts have arrived and will be available for purchase!

Take a look at what’s on tap: Continue reading April 17th Club Meeting Agenda →

The club has the opportunity to purchase kegs by the pallet and are giving our members the opportunity to join in.

Kegs will be $53.25, they are pressure tested and will come with a new set of o-rings. We are requiring upfront payment, bring cash to the April meeting or you can pay via the Paypal button below(Payment via Paypal is $55 to cover Paypal fees).

Pallets hold 20 kegs, Sign up here to add yourself to the list. Sign up ends on April 17th.