Five NBA members placed in six categories of the 2012 State Fair competition today:
Continue reading 5 NBA members place at the 2012 MN State Fair homebrew competition
Just in case you missed it, or don’t remember everything, here’s what happened at last week’s meeting. If I missed anything that should be on the record, let me know. This meeting marks 2 years for the club! Continue reading August 16th Club Meeting Notes
Eight of the members of the Nordeast Brewers Barrel aging project came over to my place on Saturday and sampled the barrel and here are my thoughts on how it’s coming along. It tastes AMAZING and I couldn’t be happier with the direction it’s going. It feels really great to have so much time, consideration, and collaboration, all come together and turn into something amazing!
Tasting notes –
Appearance – completely still because it’s pulled from the barrel. Yellow color with a hint of brown that’s definitely a contribution of the oak.
Aroma -belgian esters, bready malt, tartness, and slight oak is evident.
Flavor – Starts out and hits you with a nice lactic tartness, the middle is slighty malty and the oak sneaks up on you after a few sips. It’s hard to pull it out, but the oak is definitely starting to come through. The finish is dry, yet it has an interesting sweetness that hits you at the very end of the sip. Gravity is at 1.002 so we feel that the sweetness is most likely coming from the sugars in the wood either from the oak itself, or from the Honeywine that previously was in the oak, or both. Mouth waters and brings you back for more!
Mouthfeel – Tart, thin – medium body
Overall – Damn…this is a fucking fantastic beer already! We are planning on letting it sit for another 3 months to get some additional brett characteristics going, and to let it become more intensely sour.
BOOMSHAKALAKA!
Next meeting is this Thursday, 7:00-9:00pm at the East Side Neighborhood Services 1700 2nd St NE Minneapolis.
Feel free to bring homebrew to share, as well as food – it’s potluck style. If you want your beers “judged” by the group, send an email to be added. 4-12 oz bottles is the standard amount for group judging. Continue reading August 16th Meeting Agenda
Registration opens on August 1st at NordeastHBC.brewcompetition.com !
Continue reading Big River Homebrew Competition registration less than 1 week away!
20 July 2012
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!
WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ALL CLUB MEMBERS TO
JOIN US TONIGHT AT THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES LOCATION IN NE MPLS!
This is going to be fucking EPIC!
NBA Single Hop Experiment
What: Tasting of 19 different hop varieties showcased with the same base beer recipe.
When: THIS THURSDAY July 19 7:00-10:00pm
Where: 1700 2nd St NE 55413 – East Side Neighborhood Services (There will be other things going on, so be sure to be respectful)
Parking: Lot right behind the building
Who: All club members, and any pro brewer/beer geek invited by the ExComm (ie. Indeed, Harriet, 612Brew, MNBeer.com, Dangerous Man, MN Beer Activist, Brewing TV, Four Firkins, NorthGate, maybe a couple others)
*To ensure we have enough supplies, this is not a +1 event. However, we will be selling memberships at the door.
*There will be a sign in sheet at the door. Please be sure to sign in and get a nametag. We want everyone to be social.
Single Hop Brewers: Continue reading Biggest Event in Club History Tonight! S.(single)H.(hop)E.(experiment) Tasting
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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Here’s what went down at the June BAMF meeting, held at Pracna.
Atttendance: Andrew N, Grant W, Nathan G, Tim S, Tyler B, Steve M, Matt P, Nick P
Meeting location
Due to recent events, for the time being we cannot have our all-club meetings at Pracna since we cannot serve homebrew there. But don’t fret! We have a substitute location! The East Side Neighborhood building is available for us to use, free of charge. This is also the location of the Single Hop Experiment in July. The location will provide with ample space and a kitchen. The downside is that we will not have a full selection of tap beers, so tastings may become part of the entire meeting. If someone knows of another bar location that would welcome us, we are not closing the door to that possibility.
Farmers Market Update:
Our first weekend went incredibly well, and we reached out and had seven new members join. Check out some pictures Dan took here [fixed link]. Over the next three weekends, we want to continue our recruitment efforts, so if anyone else wants to help out, let us know on the email threads.
June 30th BBQ update:
Grant will be sending out an email form to fill out so we can get a head count, as well as determine the entries for our <6% contest. Please be sure to respond ASAP! Grant will also be updating the blog with how we are judging the contest so there aren’t any questions.
The majority of food for this BBQ will be paid for by club funds. However, if you want to bring a dish to show off your cooking prowess, or just want to help out, please do.
Reminder for the event (4:00pm – ??), it is for members and family/significant others. If you want to bring a bunch of people, they will need to become members. Also, NO DOGS! There will be one there who is super friendly with people, but doesn’t like to share his territory.
SHE (Single Hop Experiment):
Due to the popularity this event should have, it is going to be for members only and the select pro brewers that have already been invited. If all members show up, we are looking at nearly 40 people as it is. If you know someone who really wants to come to the meeting, get them to sign up as a member and reap the rewards!
Due to the number of people who will want to try the many beers, plan on bringing at least 12-12oz. bottles or any 144oz equivalent. The last thing we want is to run out of samples. We will be planning on 2oz pours for samples.
Since we will not be at a restaurant and we will be consuming copious samples of amazing beer, we will need food. We decided to turn this event into a potluck dinner as well. This is the most effective way to feed the troops. A sign-up sheet will be available at the BBQ, and then on the Google Groups thread thereafter.
Big River Brewfest Homebrew Competition:
A committee meeting will be set up soon; we are still welcoming more members who want to help with this. Nick P is the committee chair, and there is way too much for one person to do. It looks like the judging will take place prior to the brewfest, and we will use the brewfest to announce the winners.
At this point, the website is under development, but start spreading the word to other homebrewers via forums, emails, whatever you have at your disposal!
Jockey Box:
As a future endeavor, the club will pursue a larger, 4+ tap jockey box to have for events and club use. The cost is probably around $300 for this creation, which may prohibit us from having one on hand for a while. Until then, if anyone wants to build one themselves and let the club use it…