2012 Annual ABL Raffle

1-25-2012

 

2012 Raffle Pictures

 

We had another great turnout for our annual raffle this year, and we'd like to thank everyone who donated items as well as everyone who came and bought raffle tickets.  There were a ton of great prizes to give out this year, and we were able to make around $900 to help support the club.  I've listed out everyone who donated items to the raffle below.  Thank you again for all your support for our club!

 

Olde Main 3 50 lb Pale Malt Coupons 50 lb Golden Promise Coupon 2 $20 Olde Main Gift Cards 3 Olde Main t-shirts Court Ave Pilsner Munich CaraMunich 40 Rock Bottom Canadian Pilsner Malt 3 RB Glasses Free drink & meal tickets Fresh Hops 1 lb Centennial 2 x 4 oz packages Nugget 2 x 4 oz packages Willamette 2 x 4 oz packages Cascade Hops Direct 5 lbs Willamette (6%AA) Hop Soap Sampler Wyeast 4 Wyeast t-shirts 4 Wyeast Yeast Coupons White Labs 5 x 50% off coupons BrewMaster Board Game Yeast Posters Austin Homebrew 3 t-shirts Briess Dunkelweizen Extract Kit Summit 2 t-shirts Hat & Summit Bag Muntons Gift Pack

Granite City 3 cases beer (bock, pale, lager) 50 lb bag Red Wheat 50 lb bag Munich 2.5 lbs Apollo Hops (18.5%AA) 2.5 lbs Cascade Hops (7.5%AA) Raccoon River Brewing Company 50 lbs Maris Otter Gift Card 2 t-shirts RRBC hoodie Beer Crazy $50 Gift Card T-shirt, hat Chalkboard Tap Handle Arrowhead Hops 1 lb Columbus Hops El Bait Shop Gift Card Midwest Supplies 5 x $15 Gift Cards 6 Pint Glasses 2 t-shirts Northern Brewer 2 x $15 Gift Cards 3 t-shirts Pint Glasses Surly 2 Stocking Caps 2 t-shirts Work Shirt Surly Stickers Hokel 5 gallon CO2 Fill Laurie Handheld brewpub finder Mike "Clone Brews" book

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2011 ABL Open Competition

12-3-2011

2011 ABL Open Entries

 

We had a great time judging our annual ABL Open Competition on the 3rd.  There were a lot of great beers entered this year, and it was a great opportunity for our judges to get in some practice.

 

 

 

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2011 Thirsty Classic - Entries and Judges Needed

4-14-2011

2011THIRSTY_CLASSIC.pdf

Entries are accepted between April 25, 2011 and May 8, 2011. Entry fees will be $6 per entries.  Two 12 oz bottles are required for each entry.  Judges may bring their beers the day of the competition, if their beers are registered and the fees paid by May 8, 2011. Judging will be Saturday, May 14, 2011.  Breakfast and lunch will be provided to judges and stewards.

Entry Mailing Address:

Millstream Brewing Company
c/o Teresa Albert/THIRSTY
835 48th Avenue
Amana, IA 52203

 

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ABL Raffle Success

1-27-2011

Our annual raffle this year was our biggest fundraiser so far.  With all the generous donations, we were able to raise over $1,000 to help fund club activities and other functions!  I've listed all the donations we've received below.  I'm pretty sure I got everything listed, but if I happened to forget something, please email the club list and I'll get it fixed.  I'd like to thank everyone who came out to the raffle and bought tickets as well as all the companies that were generous enough to provide donations. Thank you again for all your support!  We couldn't do it without you.

 

 

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Annual ABL Raffle on January 11th

1-11-201

 

We will be holding our annual raffle on January 11th starting at 7:00pm at Wallaby's restaurant.  The goal of the raffle is to raise money for the club in order to fund our various events throughout the year.  Last year we were able to raise a good amount of money and hope to top that this year if possible.

 

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AHA Club Only Competition Schedule

AHA Club Only Competition Link

 

Several members suggested the ABL start entering the AHA Club-Only Competitions, which seems like a great idea to me.  I've posted a link to the competition schedule above for you to take a look at.  Basically, those who were interested would bring an entry to a meeting, and several of us would get together and decide which beer the club would enter.  The entry fee and shipping will be provided by the club to send the winner's beer off to the competition.

 

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Mead Classes - Olde Main Meetings Canceled until September

8-10-2010

Several ABL members are attending weekly mead classes at Mark and Colette's house in preparation for a mead exam in September.  The Olde Main meetings will be canceled until September when the mead classes and exam will be finished.  Those of you who still want to head to Olde Main are welcome, but just know there won't be a "formal" meeting there.

 

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American Homebrew Conference 2010

Several ABL members attended the 2010 American Homebrew Conference in Minneapolis, MN this year since it was so close.  We served a ton of beer on club night and every one had a blast.  David's Gratzer and Mark's Flanders Red were our most popular beers of the evening.  We even got a picture of David with Randy Mosher, author of Radical Brewing, who loved his Gratzer and kept sending people to our booth to try it.  David's sake also went over very will with the crowd.  For more pictures, click the Pictures link at the top of the screen or click HERE.

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