Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Millstream has invited us to participate at their beer festival on September 4th. Is there any interest? Personally I would like to go.

As long as Teresa has nothing to do with it anymore!

It's Susan Charlier. They are coming to our festival as well.

FYI, They want us to RSVP by June 14th.

That's before our next Club meeting (16th). See if you can stall her until the 17th? The event is 3 months out, why such a long lead time for the RSVP?

They're fine with a June 17th RSVP. They said they would start advertising after this and include our club name in their advertisements.

Here is an excerpt from the email I received from Susan.

For nearly 20 years, Millstream Brewing Co. has hosted the Iowa Craft Beer Bash on Labor Day Sunday - this year September 4th. We have over 50 breweries that set up in our backyard of the brewery located at 835 48th Avenue, Amana. It’s a great opportunity for breweries to showcase their brews to 1,000+ beer lovers - for you - a great opportunity to promote your club. We thought it would be fun to invite a couple of home brew clubs to our event this year.
This is a one session event from 12 - 4 pm with the first hour for VIPs. Load-in is from 9 am - 11:45 am. We will have volunteers at check-in to help you unload.

We will provide a table, ice, tasting glasses for your crew and a tent, if needed. If you need a tent, please let me know so we can reserve one for you.

RSVP by June 15th to this email so we can include your brewery in ticket promotion for the 2022 Iowa Craft Beer Bash.

Theresa is no longer an owner of Millstream Brewing so they cooler now. Millstream Brau Haus is separate ownership from the brewery and I think she may still be in on that venture.

I can't make that one. I will be at my 4th night in a row of Phish in Denver.

Tom and Teresa also just sold the Brauhaus, so once they help the new owners transition over, they will be officially retired.

Matt F wrote:I can't make that one. I will be at my 4th night in a row of Phish in Denver.

Would that be 4th night in a row of "fried" Phish! LOL

I have a couple of beers left over from our fest I can send with someone to Amana. Not sure if you want kegs with smaller amounts or not. There's probably a gallon maybe a bit more. I entered them into the app, but if you don't want to bother with them that's fine too.

carrisr wrote:I have a couple of beers left over from our fest I can send with someone to Amana. Not sure if you want kegs with smaller amounts or not. There's probably a gallon maybe a bit more. I entered them into the app, but if you don't want to bother with them that's fine too.

Anyone? I need to drop these off with someone, probably Thursday evening, if you want these to take. If I don't hear back I guess I won't bother.

I can take them with me to Amana. Thursday works for me for the handoff. Time/Place?

Info from Susan at Millstream. They will provide us with a tent, table, and ice. Please bring a chair if you'd like.

EVENT INFO:

The Iowa Craft Beer Bash will be held on Sunday, September 4th behind the Millstream Brewery located at 835 48th Avenue, Amana, IA 52203. Event includes: VIP hour 12-1pm and General Admission 1-4pm.

PARKING:

Please follow the Brewer Parking signs through Amana and pull into the Millstream Brau Haus parking lot located at 741 47th Avenue in Amana to unload. You can unload and then follow the signs to park just south of Millstream Brewing Co.

PROVIDED:

The Bash will provide ice, tables, sampling glasses and a tent if you need one. We will have crews ready to help you unload starting at 9:00 am. We have a white tent reserved for: Alluvial, BIT, Bremer Brewing, Convergence, Gezellig, Nomadic, Tellurian, Torrent. If you need a tent and you’re not on the list, please let us know asap.

BRING:

Feel free to bring 3-5 beverage samples, tent, table cover and promotional swag you’d like to hand out. You’re also welcome to sell any promotional items.

FESTIVAL GLASSES

VIP & General Admission guests will have a festival glass and wristband. Please do not serve alcohol to anyone with a BLUE WRISTBAND as they are DESIGNATED DRIVERS.

SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION:

Ticket sales are going strong for this awesome event that in part benefits the Iowa Brewers Guild & the Burn Treatment Center at the University of Iowa Health Care. We would appreciate your help to market your appearance and help sell out the event.

We are promoting and boosting the event on the Millstream Brewing Co. Facebook page, other social media and advertising on several radio stations. Please feel free to share any of the posts with your social media audience or create your own. I have attached a few pictures and the event logo below. The link to buy tickets is: https://millstreambrewing.com/event/iow ... beer-bash/ Any and all social media support is welcomed!

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Again, thank you very much for participating in the Iowa Craft Beer Bash!

Prost!

Susan

What time do we want to meet up there to set up? 10:30am?

Worked on the keg of Chunga's Revenge and got it to pour regularly again. Not sure what the issue was, but cleaning the dip tube and replacing the poppet and o-ring on the Out line, got things working again. So, I'm going to add this beer back into the app for Amana on Sunday.