I was contacted by Peter, a local grower who is looking to expand into hops production. He is planning for a small acreage next season with the intention of selling direct to local homebrewers here in the Twin Cities area. To that end, He’s put together a web-based marketing survey directed towards homebrewers to get [...]

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Mike Hoops from Town Hall Brewery will be answering brewing questions live on www.kaxe.org Sat am from 10-noon in celebration of National Homebrew Day. Tune in on the radio 91.7FM Grand Rapids, 105.3 Bemidji, 89.9 Brainerd.

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Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies in St. Louis Park is hiring a Full-Time position. Job responsibility is 75% packing/shipping, with the remainder 25% including Customer Service over the phone, taking customers orders over the phone, and some light retail duties. We’re looking for enthusiastic homebrewers and home winemakers with experience. Hours would fall mainly within [...]

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[ May 1, 2009; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Mark your calendars! Arborfest will take place on Friday May 1st from 5:30-9pm at Kagin Commons on the Macalaster College Campus. Family Tree Clinic’s 9th annual Arborfest is an evening featuring the best hand-crafted beer to sample from top local breweries and brew pubs, a raucous bagpipe festival opener, live DJ, tasty eats, a brewery [...]

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So… we’ve been slacking on the six-pack interviews… a great idea, but just not executed… so… with regards to Minnesota beer-related movers and shakers, who would you like to see interviewed?

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Due to the entry window falling over New Years weekend and requests from some people from out of town, the deadline for the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out has been extended to Wednesday 1/14.
Please visit http://mashout.org for more contest details.
Judges and stewards are still needed.

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There is only a week until registration opens for the 2009 Upper Mississippi Mash-out.  Here a preliminary schedule of events and a few of the rule changes this year.

There is no limit on the number of meads you can enter in the individual categories as long as they are different.
There is no limit on the [...]

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[ November 1, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] LEARN TO HOMEBREW- FOR FREE!

Barley John’s Brewpub

Come celebrate National TEACH-A-FRIEND-TO-HOMEBREW DAY with the Minnesota Homebrewers Association.

This rain-or-shine open-house-style event will feature free hands-on brewing demonstrations, fabulous door prizes (courtesy of Northern Brewer, Midwest Supplies, and Brew & Grow-walk away with everything you need for your first batch!), a chance to ask questions of seasoned homebrewers, [...]

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The second annual Byggvir’s Big Beer Cup beer competition will take place over over Labor Day. Brewers - you’ve got until August 23rd to enter your beers. Get to it!

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Beer judges… you’re needed!
This year’s MN State Fair Competition had an overwhelming number of entries and as such, they really need more judges for this weekend! If you can help, please sign up here NOW!

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Great story in today’s Strib about local hop growing efforts, with tons of insight by Minnesota homebrewers. Thanks to Don for bringing this to my attention.
Brewers hop to it.
The grow-your-own movement now extends to hops, as a worldwide shortage has prompted home brewers to add a new crop to their gardens.
By Bill Ward 
The Willamette vine made it; [...]

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If you’re a K-12 teacher and have thought about giving brewing a try get on over to Vine Park. During the month of August Vine Park is offering a 20% discount for all beers and wines brewed. Remember to play nice and don’t abuse this offer by asking them to apply this to [...]

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[ July 16, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] I ran into this on the Northern Brewer forum and thought it might be fun for some of you thinking about getting into homebrewing:
The masses have clamored, and we’ve answered the call. Northern Brewer has partnered with St. Paul’s Cooks of Crocus Hill to offer a full demonstration of brewing basics. [...]

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[ July 19, 2008; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] My friend Erin forwarded this to me, and it looks pretty cool.
The Eco Impact of Beer
Twin Cities Green
2405 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls
How green is your beer? Come to this workshop and compare the eco-footprints of larger beer companies, microbreweries and home-brewing. Expert brewers will also demonstrate how to brew your own beer. 

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Minnesota once again cleaned up at the National Homebrewers Contest. St. Paul Homebrewers Club picked up Club of the Year, Steve Piatz won Meadmaker of the Year, and the many other homebrewers from Minnesota took home awards. Check the full list here.
Congrats!

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