2019 Hoppy Halloween Competition
October 23rd, 25th & 26th
Fargo, North Dakota
Best of Show, Mead & Cider:
Thomas Coburn (First Place, Table 26 – Fruit Mead)
Author: Ron
November 2019 Meeting
First Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday, November 5th!
November Meeting Agenda
We’ll talk about entering competitions. What you have to declare, what information you can add, what kind of information you should keep off the entry, etc.
Bring your Hoppy Halloween scoresheets and entries, if you have not finished them off already. Coburn drinks free!
Plus more beer and mead and idiocy and silliness. That’s what the Saint Paul Homebrewers do.
Location
Northern Brewer on Grand Avenue (https://tinyurl.com/NBStPaul) is kindly keeping the door open for this meeting in their Grand Avenue store (thankyouverymuch!) and is happy to honor your SPHBC discount on supplies while there (and, again, the next day, when you are back to pick up the Starsan or bottle caps or whatever you forgot to buy during the meeting).
Thank you Northern Brewer!
Other Stuff
As always, if you bring homebrew or mead or cider (or whatever), bring along your recipe and brewing notes. Leave your ego at home.
The Results are in … Valkyries Horn Competition 2019
September 27th & 28th (Summit Brewing, St. Paul)
Category 2 – Dry Traditional Mead
Jeremy Olsen, Second Place
Paul Fowler, Third Place
Jeremy Olsen, HM
Category 3 – Semi-Sweet Traditional Mead
Paul Fowler, Third Place
Category 7 – Berry Mead
Paul Fowler, Third Place
Category 3 – Stone Fruit Mead
Paul Fowler, Second Place
Category 9 – Melomel
Steve Fletty, Third Place
Category 15 – Experimental Mead Sweet
Paul Fowler, Third Place
Full results:
https://valkyrieshorn.com
(opens in a new tab)
October 2019 Meeting
First Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday, October 1st!
October Meeting Agenda
Sitting on a heap of apples in the cellar? Taking the kids to an orchard soon? This meeting might just be for you … a review of cider making!
Plus more beer and mead and foppery and silliness. That’s what the Saint Paul Homebrewers do.
Location
Northern Brewer on Grand Avenue (https://tinyurl.com/NBStPaul) is kindly keeping the door open for this meeting in their Grand Avenue store (thankyouverymuch!) and is happy to honor your SPHBC discount on supplies while there (and, again, the next day, when you are back to pick up the Starsan or bottle caps or whatever you forgot to buy during the meeting).
Thank you Northern Brewer!
Other Stuff
As always, if you bring homebrew or mead or cider (or whatever), bring along your recipe and brewing notes. Leave your ego at home.
The Results are In … 2019 Minnesota State Fair
Judging Dates: August 16th & 17th (Summit Brewing, St. Paul)
Best of Show and Awards: August 24th (State Fairgrounds, St. Paul)
Beers:
Ron Fitch, Third Place, Category 1 – Pale American Beer
Ron Fitch, Second Place, Category 8 – Amber & Brown American Ale
Garrick Van Buren, Second Place, Category 12 – British & Irish Stout
Scott Johnson (Co-Brewer: Paul Ough, Amy Johnson), Third Place, Category 15, Imperial Stout
Garrick Van Buren (Co-Brewer: Jon Steinhorst), Second Place, Category 19 – Belgian Ale
Mike Spores, First Place, Category 22 – American Wild Ale
Mike Spores, Third Place, Category 24 – Fruit Beer
Ciders:
Ross Winberg, First Place, Category 29 – Standard Cider & Perry
Ross Winberg, Second Place, Category 29 – Standard Cider & Perry
Jermey Olsen, Second Place, Category 30 – Specialty Cider & Perry
Full results:
https://www.mnstatefair.brewcomp.com/
September 2019 Meeting
Not a member?
Join us for the meeting. This one. Another one. Whenever.
First Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday, September 3rd!
September Meeting Agenda
We’re gonna drink German Pils! Because that is the September club challenge, that’s why! So if you brewed it, bring it.
Plus more beer and mead and silliness and general wankery. That’s what the Saint Paul Homebrewers do.
Location
Northern Brewer on Grand Avenue (https://tinyurl.com/NBStPaul) is kindly keeping the door open for this meeting in their Grand Avenue store (thankyouverymuch!) and is happy to honor your SPHBC discount on supplies while there (and, again, the next day, when you are back to pick up the Starsan or bottle caps or whatever you forgot to buy during the meeting).
Thank you Northern Brewer!
Other Stuff
As always, if you bring homebrew or mead or cider (or whatever), bring along your recipe and brewing notes. Leave your ego at home.
Mead Day 2019
Steve Piatz will be hosting a club Mead Day potluck starting at 11 a.m.
The club will provide something to grill. Maybe brats. Maybe burgers. Please bring something to share and a chair. And manners. Bring your manners as well.
Spouses are welcome. As are well-behaved children. But, really, leave the kids at home.
We will mix up a batch of the national mead day recipe for the club. If you haven’t made mead before, haven’t had good luck with your meads or just want to make another mead, this is the day to come and learn. Bring your own equipment and honey and we’ll help you mix up a batch.
This is a great opportunity to get advice from some of the best mead makers in the nation. And share your potato salad with them.
CANCELLED: August 2019 Meeting
Why?
Because we expect to see all y’all the weekend before anyway … at the Mead Day Festivities on Saturday, August 3rd, and the Minnesota State Fair Sort on Sunday, August 4th.
For September, remember “Brew The Style” club challenge is German Pils. Get brewing that Pils!
2019 Minnesota State Fair
Judges and Stewards needed!
Registration for judges and stewards is open for the 2019 Minnesota State Fair:
https://www.mnstatefair.brewcomp.com/ (opens in a new tab)
There will be five sessions over two days, August 16th and 17th.
Also, note that the sort will be on August 4th at 9 a.m. at Northern Brewer’s Headquarters in Roseville. For location:
https://tinyurl.com/NBheadquarters (opens in a new tab)
Entry registration begins on June 29th. New this year is the Minn-kasi Award for the brewer racking up the most points for beer, mead, and cider placing in the competition.
Brew For Good 2019
SPHBC at the Brew For Good 2019 at Sociable Cider Werks in Northeast Minneapolis on Saturday, June 15th, 2019.
From the Brew for Good site:
“This beer sampler/fundraiser event celebrates some of the hottest up-and-coming brewers around: our homebrewers.”
All donations from this event benefit local nonprofit partner Think Small.
Think Small is dedicated to providing services, resources, and advocacy for early childhood education in Minnesota.