Category: homebrew

January Events at Northern Brewer Minneapolis

By on January 9, 2012in beer events, breweries, general beer, history, homebrew

Northern Brewer is hosting several events this month that may be of interest to craft beer fans and homebrewers in the Metro area. All events take place at the Northern Brewer Learning Center inside Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave.). These events are free and open to the public.

Fulton Brewing Company
Saturday, January 14th, 2012 / 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Ryan Petz and Brian Hoffman from Fulton Brewing talk about their beers, the path from homebrewing to commercial brewing, and their new brewery location.

Gordon Strong & Nathan Smith
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 / 2-7 p.m.
Join Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) president/author Gordon Strong and award-winning Bay Area homebrewer Nathan Smith. Smith will be brewing a Double IPA and leading a discussion on the style from 2-5 p.m. Strong will be on hand for the brew session taking questions as well and will be signing copies of his book, Brewing Better Beer, from 5-7 p.m.

Wyeast Laboratories
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 / 1:00-3:00 pm
Owen Lingley from Wyeast Laboratories will lead a discussion and Q&A about yeast as it related to home and pro brewery.

Brewing TV #52: BTV Pro-Am Beer Fest

By on January 6, 2012in general beer, homebrew, video

Brewing TV wraps up 2011 with the BTV Pro-Am Beer Fest. Three dudes. Three pro beers. Three homebrews. Come along for a quick taste tour of the beers… then saddle up for a wild ride as we deliver your BTV Holiday Gift in the form of bloopers and outtakes from the past year of production. There’s a lot of homebrewing around the bend. Happy 2012, beer dorks!

By the way, Northern Brewer‘s Brewing TV podcast was awarded a “Best New Arts Podcast” honor in iTunes Rewind 2011. All for brew… brew for all!

Brewing TV #51: Home Sweet Homebrew

By on December 16, 2011in beer education, breweries, general beer, homebrew

New Brewing TV episode online now. Northern Brewer Minneapolis is more than NB’s third and flagship retail store. It was built it to be a forum for demonstration, discussion and documentation of homebrew and pro brewing. Join BTV for the first few weekends of events at NB Minneapolis including a test-brew for an upcoming beer kit, Q&A with Kristen England and Jerrod Johnson (both homebrewers gone pro) and inside a Home Brew Day celebration!

Beer School at Republic Tonight

By on December 14, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer events, breweries, homebrew

Come join Beer School for their last class of the fall semester! Jake Keeler from Northern Brewer will be handing out prizes for Beer School Graduates, Rob Shellman from Tallgrass will be in to announce a few events for his new project, Better Beer Society, and Omar Ansari from Surly will be at class talking beer and pouring some rare brews-and all for only $5! Also, come today to get in on the presale deal for next semester-only $25 for the whole 16 class semester. It’s not one you want to miss!

A Discussion with Kristen England (homebrewer/Pour Decisions Brewing Co.)

By on December 7, 2011in beer education, breweries, general beer, history, homebrew

Northern Brewer hosts a discussion with award-winning homebrewer and soon-to-be professional brewer Kristen England. Brewing TV’s Jake Keeler moderates the Q&A in which England talks about his time spent building recipes for Northern Brewer, the origin of Patersbier, considerations to make between extract and all-grain, fine-tuning your palate and your homebrew, going pro, and we get a look at what beers Pour Decisions Brewing Company will be hitting the market with in the first half of 2012. (Shot December 4, 2011 at Northern Brewer Minneapolis)

Look for more special guests and pro brewers to appear at Northern Brewer Minneapolis, most of which will be recorded and posted on Northern Brewer’s “Connect” page and YouTube channel including one from Surly’s Jerrod Johnson in the next week or so.