You may have heard some buzz about the new Fair State Brewing Cooperative starting up in the Twin Cities; here’s even more: their website is now live. Check it out for more information about their beers, model, and membership. Drink like you own the place, become a member today! Cheers!
A group of local homebrewers is having a barrel of fun. Actually, FOUR barrels of fun! The Nordeast Brewers Alliance is on an epic mission: to fill four 59-gallon French oak wine barrels with some big batches of homebrew. Twin Cities’ own Chop & Brew webshow rides shotgun on barrel fill day and checks in for a three-month taste panel to see how the beer are progressing. See this episode page link for the club’s barrel beer recipes and more.
Summit Brewing Company and St. Paul Summer Beer Fest are teaming up for a Medallion Search contest in the lead-up to the 5th annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest on Saturday, June 15th. The prize: four VIP passes to the festival and six cases of Summit beer. See this video for an introduction to the contest from Summit founder/president Mark Stutrud and follow Summit Brewing Company and St. Paul Summer Beer Fest on social media for the clues posting at 10 a.m. each day Monday June 10th – Friday June 14th until the medallion is found.
Another spring, another hop crop gets underway in Minnesota. This episode of Chop & Brew looks at the basic steps to planting hop rhizomes in containers and in the ground. The C&B crew helps new hop-growers with tips and techniques for the start of the growing season. Chop & Brew will do several episodes over the coming months on maintenance, harvesting, drying and of course a fresh-hop brew day episode. For related links and resources see the official episode page at Chop & Brew’s website.
Also, check out this Chop & Brew Lagniappe video “Cooking Hop Shoots (Hop Asparagus)”
In this shorter “unofficial” episode of Chop & Brew, Chip pulls himself away from grad school work for a few moments to share some announcements, thoughts, and homebrewing/cooking resources. Got a crazy idea for a homebrew session, a go-to house beer recipe or mad skills in the kitchen you’d like to share with the people? Chop & Brew is looking for Twin Cities area homebrewers and/or home chefs with ideas for and interest in being featuring in future episodes. If you are game, contact them at chopandbrew@gmail.com.