The Northern Ale Stars home brewers guild are gearing up for the 2012 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha! This year’s event will be held February 10th & 11th at the Duluth Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites. Click here for more info.
Consider entering some of your home brews and attending the event.
Check out the new Meeting Minutes tab on the Club Business page.
Steve and Chad will be teaching brewing classes again at Itasca Community College. Introductory Home Brewing begins January 30th, and runs five weeks (Four Monday night classes, skipping Feb 20). Advanced classes begin March 5th, covering five Monday nights, skipping one week as well to allow brewed beer to age.
The classes are 5+ hours long, and yes, beer is served, approximately 12 styles per night, with tasting-sized samples. Students brew and bottle 200 bottles in the intro class, and 250 bottles in advanced, then split up the beer and take it home.
Class format includes detailed Power Point shows, lecture, hands on brewing and bottling, and informal question and answer sessions. The cost is $75 to the College, and you can reserve a seat in these limited space classes at (218) 322-2410.
Grinding grain in Advanced Brewing
Heating two beers to up the boil
Bottling night
The class payback
Member Chad H's mash tun shown in Zymurgy
Boreal Brewer Chad H. was surprised when he read through the March/April edition of the Zymurgy Magazine to see a picture of his mash tun. “I saw an orange cooler, and thought, geez, that looks just like mine. I looked closer and recognized my writing on the cooler and wood on my deck.” The author had found the picture from one of Chad’s web sites.
