Entries Categorized as 'homebrew'

Mead Day at Northern Brewer

Date August 4, 2010

[ August 7, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Stop by Northern Brewer on Saturday between 11am and 4pm for Mead Day festivities, including meadmaking demos (straight mead and melomel), honey tasting, mead sharing, bees from Ames Farm, mead kit discounts and more!

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Homebrewing, Conference in PiPress

Date June 19, 2010

Really nice story in today’s Pioneer Press on homebrewing and the National Homebrewers Conference–front page no less!

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Brewing TV Episode 6: Summit Brewing Co.

Date June 16, 2010

Brewing TV – Episode 6: Summit Brewing Co. / Topless Hefe (revisited) from Brewing TV on Vimeo.

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Newport, OR comes to St. Paul

Date June 14, 2010

[ June 15, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Lots of stuff is happening this week in conjunction with the National Homebrewers Conference in town this week. Here’s one more, in case you missed it.
Taste of Newport at the Happy Gnome | St. Paul, MN
June 15, 2010 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Join Rogue Ales Brewmaster, John “more hops” Maier, at The Happy Gnome for a [...]

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Brewing TV Goes Live

Date April 18, 2010

Locally-produced Brewing TV has launched their site and goes live with their first episode on May 7th.
“Brewing TV: a new webshow made for, by, and about homebrewers. We’re not teaching you how to brew, we’re reminding you why you brew.”

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AHA Governing Committee Election

Date April 7, 2010

Congrats to the new elected members of the American Homebrewers Association Governing Committee. A special nod to St. Paul’s Jake Keeler, the latest Minnesotan to join the committee. Cheers!

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MHBA Homebrew Fest (April Meeting)

Date April 7, 2010

Thanks Chip!

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Northern Brewer Videos from Chip

Date March 23, 2010

Our good old buddy/pal/nice guy Chip made some videos for Northern Brewer. Check ‘em out.
Racking Beer with Auto-Siphon (Chip makes a cameo at 1:19)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abk6hNNGeAg
Cleaning a Carboy with PBW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Lwj-Pdl_U
Using Easy Clean on Glass Carboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh6zrS-Dl5c
Cold Water Bath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fju9Or1GU

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Northern Brewer/Mississippi Market Homebrew Class

Date February 11, 2010

We received a quick note about a homebrew course that Mississippi Market and Northern Brewer are putting on… sounds like a good time for anyone looking to get into homebrewing. Read on…
Mississippi Market Co-Op in St. Paul is teaming up with Northern Brewer to offer inexpensive brewing classes at Mississippi Market’s brand new kitchen classroom [...]

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Caveat Emptor – Strib Whistleblower Story

Date February 2, 2010

There was a Strib Whistleblower story yesterday focusing on a local online home-brewing equipment retailer.  Don’t worry, it’s not your favorite home-brew supply store.  Check it out.

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National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis

Date December 9, 2009

Thanks for the reminder Dave!
The 32nd annual National Homebrewers Conference will be held June 17-19, 2010 in Minneapolis at the Sheraton Minneapolis South.
Last year’s conference sold out with a record number of 1,200 attendees! The Twin Cities is home to the St. Paul Homebrewers Club, the AHA’s Homebrew Club of the Year for two year’s [...]

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Upper Mississippi Mash-out Details

Date December 9, 2009

Homebrewers take note! Here’s the text of a note on the upcoming Upper Mississippi Mash-out. Aa lot of effort is put forth by local homebrewers to make this a great homebrew competition.
Registration for the 2010 Upper Mississippi Mash-out will open on December 28th and run until January 18th 2010.  There is still time to brew [...]

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Gastro Non Grata 12: A Salute to Comfort Food and Cans

Date October 22, 2009

[ November 22, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Sunday, November 22nd, Triple Rock Social Club, Five Dollar Cover, Doors at 6

Gastro Non Grata 12 A Salute to Comfort Food and Cans

Dammit! It’s cold outside again. Why not come warm your cockels with Gastro Non Grata.

For our dozenth show we’re proud to have our first returning guest chef Landon Schoenfeld who has worked just [...]

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Hop Survey

Date May 23, 2009

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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Hoops on the radio…

Date May 2, 2009

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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