mba July 2008

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by Gera Exire La Tour

Never too early to start thinking about the next MHBA meeting (esp. since there is a change of date from the calendar). Saturday, July 26th from 1-4 pm Flat Earth Brewing Company2035 Benson AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55116 Jeff Williamson will be providing a brewery tour and answering questions. Growlers and swag will be available for purchase. But wait, there is more. He is organizing a PIG ROAST for us! So, make sure to bring *plenty* of friends and family, because there will be lots to pork eat. Bringing other potluck food items and beer is highly encouraged. See you there! _________________________________________________________________ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_W…

17 years, 4 months

Clearwater Beer Festival & Hotel Info

by Hatcher, Brian

We ordered our tickets and hotel room. Hope to see some of you there! Cheers! ~Brian From: Tami Schraufnagel [mailto:tamis@bartechsol.com] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:37 AM To: Hatcher, Brian Subject: Hotel Info + Brian, We were only able to get the Metropolis to give us a $99.00 rate on a standard room. (usually $129.00) If you were to get one of the suites I think their normal rate is around $250.00 but they would probably drop it proportionally. It's a "vendor" price so please say you are with the MN Homebrewers or something! The hotel pours Sand Creek products on tap and is really quite an experience! We are supposed to use CBFV as a code for reservations. Here's the contact info... Tami Severson Director of Sales and Marketing 5150 Fairview Drive Eau Claire, WI 54701 Hotel# (715)852-6000 (888) 861-6001 Cell# (715)563-7075 Fax# (715)852-6002 Email: tami(a)metropolishotel.com At 12:24 PM 7/21/2008, you wrote: So should we wait until we hear from you to setup the hotel at the Met so we get the Fest rates, or can we reserve a room now? Cheers! Brian Hatcher Sr. Master Scheduler C.P.I.M. Xiotech Corporation brian_hatcher(a)Xiotech.com <mailto:brian_hatcher@Xiotech.com?subject=Xiotech> 952 983 2466 (Office) 952 983 2488 (Fax) www.xiotech.com : Toll-Free 866 472 6764 Xiotech Website <http://www.xiotech.com/emailsig.aspx?personID=brian_hatcher@Xiotech.com > From: Tami Schraufnagel [ mailto:tamis@bartechsol.com <mailto:tamis@bartechsol.com> ] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:00 PM To: Hatcher, Brian Subject: Clearwater Beer Festival - 5 oz. GLASS sampling glasses Brian, Thought you'd like to know that we have taken your suggestion and will have 5 oz. Sampling glasses at this years festival! We are also close to making a deal to have fest rates at the newest hotel in the Chippewa Valley that is also right across the street from the beer festival. http://www.ecwijaycees.org/cwbf/cwbf_home.htm http://www.metropolishotel.com/index.cfm?event=home Spread the word! Sand Creek is our presenting sponsor and it's bound to be a great afternoon! Tami Schraufnagel Barcode Technology Solutions 529 Hobart St. Eau Claire, WI 54703 715-835-3616 http://www.bartechsol.com <http://www.bartechsol.com/> **************************** Confidentiality Notice: ***************************** This message may contain privileged, confidential or trade secret information and is intended only for the use of the addressee only. Please advise immediately if you are bound by any policies that prohibit the receipt or sharing of these types of information via email.. If you are not the intended recipient, or person responsible for delivering the content of this message to the intended recipient, you may not copy or deliver this to anyone else. Even if you are the intended recipient, you are not authorized to distribute any information contained in this message to any third party without first obtaining written permission from Barcode Technology Solutions. Publicly available information - any information that is freely available on our web site or other public sources - is exempt from confidentiality restrictions unless the information is available publicly by theft of confidential information. If you receive this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Thank you. ************************************************************************ **

17 years, 4 months

2008 AHA MEAD Club Only Competition - you can't win if you don't enter!

by Crist, Jonathan

Think YOU'RE the best meadmaker around? Put up or SHUT-up! The 2008 AHA MEAD Club Only Competition is being hosted by the Minnesota Home Brewers Association and will be held Friday August 1st 2008. This year's contest is the second event of six in the Twin Cities NATIONAL MEAD WEEKEND and covers BJCP Categories 24, 25, 26 mead styles. CUSTOM MADE MEAD MAZERS will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place by award-winning Minnesota potter Kathleen Crook. Judges for this competition will include Ken Schramm, Gordon Strong, and three of the last four AHA Mead Makers of the Year. It's a BAD ASS mead competition, so don't miss out! Club Only entries are due July 25th 2008. Entry Fee: $7 (make check payable to AHA) Rules, entry forms and bottle ID forms can be found online at http://www.beertown.com/homebrewing/club.html Shipping address for entries is: Midwest Supplies Attn: Aug 2008 AHA COC 3440 Belt Line Blvd Minneapolis, MN 55416 Questions? Please contact the organizer Jonathan Crist at cristj(a)bsci.com

17 years, 4 months

RE: [mnbrewers] SOTM reminder

by Gera Exire La Tour

First, HUGE thanks to Eric B. for organizing all of this! Second, Byggvir's (the contest at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival) is accepting entries and judges/stewards online from August 1-23rd. The website will be up and running by then (Wilbur is currently in Iowa on a bike trip). But Eric is correct, please bring your entries to the meeting with the paperwork filled out. Two bottles, $5, see attached list for the categories. We are highly encouraging people to take a stab at brewing historic styles. There will be medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Best of Show, and first and second runner up will get pairs of very nice handmade mugs. Those who sign up to help out to judge/steward/assist will get into the Renaissance Festival for free on those day(s). Talk to me on Saturday if you have any questions. Also, just a reminder that Jeff and Cathie Williamson have arranged for us to have a ROAST PIG at the meeting. Please bring something potluck to share. Please bring a chair, in case it is nice enough to take the feast outside! Meeting is from 1-4 pm. See you there! Gera > To: mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com> From: eric.biermann(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:13 -0500> Subject: [mnbrewers] SOTM reminder> > Brewers and Honey Concoctors –> > Get your bottles ready for the Saturday, July 26th meeting at Flat> Earth Brewing.> > 1. For the July SOTM, bring some home-brewed California Common to> share. You will get credit in the MHBA SOTM program (yes it does exist> and yes I am working on getting everyone's records current and yes> some prizes are on the table), feedback if you want it, and the> satisfaction of quenching the thirst of those you love or barely know.> Any quantity or vessel size is acceptable.> > 2. For the August SOTM, bring some home-concocted Mead. You will get> credit in the MHBA SOTM program and if you have the best Mead, you> will represent the MHBA in the AHA COC MEAD Competition. Bring THREE> bottles, one to compete against your fellow club members, and two to> represent the MHBA, if you are the top MHBA Mead. If your entry is not> chosen to represent the MHBA in the Nationals, we can return TWO of> the bottles two you at the next club meeting, if you wish. Fill out> this entry form www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pdf/entry_recipe.pdf and> attach this neck bottle label> www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pdf/bottleid.pdf to your entry.> > 3. Bring your entries for the Minnesota State Fair competition.> Register your entries at www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair and have all> the proper paperwork attached to your entries before bringing them to> the meeting. See the website for details.> > 4. Byggvir's Big Beer Cup (Renaissance Festival Competition) will be> accepting entries Aug 9 – Aug 24. However, you can bring your entries> to the meeting this Saturday. More information at> www.rennfestbeercup.com. If the website is not open for entries before> Saturday, just fill out the forms found in item 2 above and attach to> your entries along with payment. You can register your entries later,> once the website opens for entries.> > If you plan on bringing entries for items 2, 3, or 4, please send me> an email with the number of entries you will be bringing.> > Please bring any home-brew examples of past SOTM if have not already done so.> > Now where did I set my beer down….> > Thanks! EdB> > ------------------------------------> > Yahoo! Groups Links> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/> > <*> Your email settings:> Individual Email | Traditional> > <*> To change settings online go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mnbrewers/join> (Yahoo! ID required)> > <*> To change settings via email:> mailto:mnbrewers-digest@yahoogroups.com > mailto:mnbrewers-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> mnbrewers-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messen…

17 years, 4 months

FW: New beers at the Firkins

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Original Message: ----------------- From: Jason Alvey alvsalvey(a)gmail.com Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:24:29 -0500 To: alvey(a)thefourfirkins.com Subject: New beers at the Firkins Craft beer drinkers and friends, Another very interesting shipment of beer has turned up at the Firkins. I especially love it when 40 cases of beer arrive and I've never seen half of them before! Here's a little list of some of the more interesting things: *1809 - Berliner Weisse:* This is a very hard to find German style of Sour Wheat Beer. Citrusy and light just like a Hefe but refreshingly sour at the same time. One case only, don't miss out! http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/historic_series/berliner_weis se/overview.php *Southern Tier - Creme Brulee Stout.* A brand new one from Southern Tier this is a 10% ABV Stout brewed with Vanilla beans. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/43687 *Mikkeller Monks Brew*. A Belgian Style Quad brewed with Candy syrup and brown sugar. 10% ABV http://www.mikkeller.dk/Ollet_munk_GB.html * Chocarrubica* An Italian Stout brewed with Cacao and Carob, 7%abv. http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/grado_plato/chocarrubica/over view.php *Malthus* Italian Ale brewed with Chestnut meal and honey. 6.5% ABV http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/birrificio_como/birolla/overv iew.php *Old Odense Ale*. Ale brewed with Star Anise, black thorn berries, maple syrup and herbs. 7.5% ABV *Lurgashall Vintage Mead*. One for the Mead lover in all of us, this is the 2007 vintage aged in oak. 16.5% ABV http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/lurgashall/special_reserve/ov erview.php Don't forget the Unibroue tasting event tonight at the store, be here at 6pm sharp if you plan to come as it will be a class format. No cost, it's free, just turn up with a smile and an open palate! Cheers! Alvey -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web

17 years, 4 months

COMMERCIAL MEAD TASTING @ THE FOUR FIRKINS Sat 8/2 10am

by alboyce＠comcast.net

COMMERCIAL MEAD TASTING at THE FOUR FIRKINS Saturday, August 2nd, 10am-Noon =========================================== The Four Firkins 8009 Minnetonka Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN 55426 952-938-2847 Jason Alvey, proprietor of The Four Firkins, Minneapolis' newest gourmet beer, cider, wine and now MEAD store, will host a commercial mead tasting in celebration of the Twin Cities Mead Weekend on Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 10am to noon. Jon Hamilton, meadmaker at White Winter Winery in Iron River, WI will be present to talk about all of his meads. There will also be a "Commercial Calibration" of four selected meads by Ken Schramm, meadmaker and author of "The Compleat Meadmaker", along with three of the last four AHA National Meadmakers of the Year: Curt Stock (2005), Steve Fletty (2007) and Steve Piatz (2008). Other surprise commercial meads will be available for tasting also. BRING SOME MONEY to make your mead purchases! (Not to mention some FABULOUS world beers that you can't get anywhere else in town!) NON-MEAD LUNCH!!! Saturday, August 2nd, Noon-1:30pm ================== THE LONE SPUR GRILL 11032 Cedar Lake Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305 952-540-0181 Following the commercial tasting, join Twin Cities meadmakers for lunch at the Lone Spur Grill from noon - 1:30pm. Have something NON-alcoholic and "build a base" for the MhBA MEAD DAY festivities! The Lone Spur is less than a mile from Paul and Betsy Dienhart's house. Join us, or have lunch on your own. MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ASSOCIATION MEAD-DAY Saturday, August 2nd, 1:30-4:30pm ================================== Paul and Betsy Dienhart's home 2344 Nottingham Ct., Minnetonka, MN 55305 952-544-2831 Come join the Minnesota Home Brewers Association as we celebrate National Mead Day at the home of Paul and Betsy Dienhart. * Listen to author Ken Schramm talk about the latest in meadmaking techniques * Order your MEAD DAY T-SHIRT from http://www.cafepress.com/meadday * Taste some mead from AHA Meadmaker of the Year Steve Piatz * Bring some honey (12-20 lbs) and a 5lb bucket and learn to make mead! * Taste some of the latest mead creations of some of the cities best mead makers * Taste and learn about different varietal honeys * Bring some snacks to share with your fellow club members * Sample some chicken wings by BBQ'er extraordinaire Rick Oftel * MOST IMPORTANT! ARRANGE FOR A SOBER DRIVER HOME!!! More details to follow.... BRING A FRIEND who wants to learn about mead to both of these events! -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange

17 years, 4 months

INAUGURAL BJCP MEAD EXAM and MEAD JUDGING CLASS - Aug 3, 2008

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Orders have been placed for the meads to be tasted in the Mead Class on Sunday, August 3, 2008, from 1-3pm. Classic commercial examples include: BJCP MEAD JUDGE CLASS - MEAD LIST Sky River Dry Mead (24.A. Traditional Mead - Dry) White Winter Dry Mead (24.A. Traditional Mead - Dry) Lurgashall English Mead (24.B. Traditional Mead - Semi-Sweet) Redstone Traditional Mountain Honey Wine (24.B. Traditional Mead - Semi-Sweet) Chaucer's Mead (24.C. Traditional Mead - Sweet) Lurgashall Christmas Mead (24.C. Traditional Mead - Sweet) White Winter Cyser (25.A. Cyser) Long Island Meadery Blueberry Mead (25.C. Other Fruit Melomel) Redstone Black Raspberry Nectar (25.C. Other Fruit Melomel) iQhilika Africa Birds Eye Chilli Mead (26.A. Metheglin) Long Island Meadery Vanilla Mead (26.A. Metheglin) Mountain Meadows Spice Nectar (26.A. Metheglin) Redstone Juniper Mountain Honey Wine (26.A. Metheglin) Redstone Vanilla Beans and Cinnamon Sticks Mountain Honey Wine (26.A. Metheglin) Rabbit's Foot Diabhal (26.B. Braggot) Mountain Meadows Trickster's Treat Agave Mead (26.C. Open Category) Rabbit's Foot Private Reserve Pear Mead (26.C. Open Category) Save your spot at the table today! - Al ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 07/21/2008 04:50 PM ----- FroM: "alboyce(a)comcast.net" <alboyce(a)comcast.net> 07/21/2008 11:26 AM We still have seats left for the mead class on Aug 3, and a 5 chairs left for the Mead Judge Certification test that morning. You can do one or both. Let me know ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge Class. We need to know how many bottles of classic example mead to buy. Pay your exam fee online ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge test (see below). - Al ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 07/21/2008 11:23 AM ----- Please respond to: alboyce(a)comcast.net THE FIRST EVER BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION EXAM CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 9am-Noon $30 for BJCP Judges, $50 for new examinees The Beer Judge Certification Program will be debuting their new certification "BJCP CERTIFIED MEAD JUDGE" in St.Paul, MN on Sunday, August 3 at 9am. The BJCP Mead Judge exam is a 2hr 45 minute exam consisting of a 2hr 8-question essay exam and a 45min 3-mead tasting section. Details about the exam can be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead/BJCP_Mead_Exam.pdf The test will be administered by Gordon Strong, BJCP President and Grandmaster V beer judge. This will be the FIRST BJCP Mead Exam given by the BJCP, and culminates a two-year development process. It is a Pass/Fail test, requiring a 60% grade to pass. Current BJCP judges who pass the exam will receive a "Mead Judge Endorsement" on their record. New judges will be considered a "BJCP Mead Judge" in the program. Both will receive a BJCP Certified Mead Judge pin upon passing. Study materials for the exam can be found on the BJCP website at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead.html This is the FIFTH event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. The exam is limited to the twelve examinees. Send your exam fee via PayPal to MHBA(a)BIGFOOT.COM to reserve your exam seat. * Go to: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money&nav=2.1.0 * Select SERVICE and click CONTINUE * Log in to PayPal * Do NOT click the first SEND MONEY icon! * At the bottom of the page, enter BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION TEST in the SUBJECT field * Enter your name, address, city, state, zip, CELL-phone and email in the MESSAGE field * Click SEND MONEY * Click VIEW TRANSACTION DETAILS if you wish ===================================== BJCP MEAD JUDGING CLASS Open to everyone interested in Mead Judging CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 1pm-3pm $20 per person (collected at the event) Following the Mead exam and after a break for lunch, BJCP President Gordon Strong and BJCP Continuing Education Director Kris England will present a Mead Judging seminar. Commercial and home-made meads will be open-tasted, followed by discussion on each mead. The topic will be Mead-JUDGING, as compared to Mead-MAKING, mead-judging vocabulary, common flaws, and troubleshooting will be covered. You NEED NOT be a BJCP judge to participate in this event! This is open to any and all who are interested in learning about mead tasting. Significant others are welcome and encouraged. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED! Register with me: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com Why have the class AFTER the test, you ask? 1) If you taste meads for two hours and THEN took the test, you'd be MESSED UP! 2) If you're not ready for the test at 9am, you won't be any MORE ready at 1pm! This is the SIXTH and FINAL event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. (Whew!) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail

17 years, 4 months

Eau Claire Clear Water Beer Fest Tickets on Sale!

by Hatcher, Brian

You guys rock! Thanks for the notice. We are planning to attend this year and will have to stop and see you guys. Can't wait to taste some of those Java Stouts I discovered at your event last year! I was able to create my own version and it has been quite a success at our homebrew events in the TC area! Thanks! Cheers! ~Brian Brian, Thought you'd like to know that we have taken your suggestion and will have 5 oz. Sampling glasses at this years festival! We are also close to making a deal to have fest rates at the newest hotel in the Chippewa Valley that is also right across the street from the beer festival. http://www.ecwijaycees.org/cwbf/cwbf_home.htm http://www.metropolishotel.com/index.cfm?event=home Spread the word! Sand Creek is our presenting sponsor and it's bound to be a great afternoon! Tami Schraufnagel Barcode Technology Solutions 529 Hobart St. Eau Claire, WI 54703 715-835-3616 http://www.bartechsol.com <http://www.bartechsol.com/> --- Brian Hatcher Sr. Master Scheduler C.P.I.M. Email: brian_hatcher(a)Xiotech.com Office: 952 983 2466 Fax: 952 983 2488 Xiotech Corporation 6455 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 www.xiotech.com : www.xiotech.com/demo : Toll-Free 866 472 6764 -----Original Message----- From: Eau Claire Jaycees [mailto:jaycees@ecwijaycees.org] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:29 PM To: Recipient list suppressed: Subject: Eau Claire Clear Water Beer Fest Tickets on Sale! Hey Clear Water Beer Fest supporters! Tickets are now on sale for the 2008 event and lots of fun things are on deck to make it another great event! We have Sand Creek Brewing as our presenting sponsor and they will have all sorts of memorable ware available at our prize table such as their "woody's" thongs and their .."the liver is evil it must be punished" shirts. Check out the website by clicking http://www.ecwijaycees.org <http://www.ecwijaycees.org/> and then click on the beer fest icon. Spread the word! Rumor has it that we will have a host hotel right across the street that is brand new and will offer all kinds of reasonably prices foods and quality micro brew beverages. We'll update that info as soon as possible! Think about making it a family weekend and check out our Action City filled with the best family activities you could imagine for that last weekend before getting into the grind of the normal school week. http://www.actioncityfun.com/ Thanks for your past support! Just because of you we are bringing back 5 oz. glassware as our sampling glasses!

17 years, 4 months

INAUGURAL BJCP MEAD EXAM and MEAD JUDGING CLASS - Aug 3, 2008

by alboyce＠comcast.net

We still have seats left for the mead class on Aug 3, and a 5 chairs left for the Mead Judge Certification test that morning. You can do one or both. Let me know ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge Class. We need to know how many bottles of classic example mead to buy. Pay your exam fee online ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge test (see below). - Al ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 07/21/2008 11:23 AM ----- Please respond to: alboyce(a)comcast.net THE FIRST EVER BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION EXAM CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 9am-Noon $30 for BJCP Judges, $50 for new examinees The Beer Judge Certification Program will be debuting their new certification "BJCP CERTIFIED MEAD JUDGE" in St.Paul, MN on Sunday, August 3 at 9am. The BJCP Mead Judge exam is a 2hr 45 minute exam consisting of a 2hr 8-question essay exam and a 45min 3-mead tasting section. Details about the exam can be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead/BJCP_Mead_Exam.pdf The test will be administered by Gordon Strong, BJCP President and Grandmaster V beer judge. This will be the FIRST BJCP Mead Exam given by the BJCP, and culminates a two-year development process. It is a Pass/Fail test, requiring a 60% grade to pass. Current BJCP judges who pass the exam will receive a "Mead Judge Endorsement" on their record. New judges will be considered a "BJCP Mead Judge" in the program. Both will receive a BJCP Certified Mead Judge pin upon passing. Study materials for the exam can be found on the BJCP website at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead.html This is the FIFTH event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. The exam is limited to the twelve examinees. Send your exam fee via PayPal to MHBA(a)BIGFOOT.COM to reserve your exam seat. * Go to: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money&nav=2.1.0 * Select SERVICE and click CONTINUE * Log in to PayPal * Do NOT click the first SEND MONEY icon! * At the bottom of the page, enter BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION TEST in the SUBJECT field * Enter your name, address, city, state, zip, CELL-phone and email in the MESSAGE field * Click SEND MONEY * Click VIEW TRANSACTION DETAILS if you wish ===================================== BJCP MEAD JUDGING CLASS Open to everyone interested in Mead Judging CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 1pm-3pm $20 per person (collected at the event) Following the Mead exam and after a break for lunch, BJCP President Gordon Strong and BJCP Continuing Education Director Kris England will present a Mead Judging seminar. Commercial and home-made meads will be open-tasted, followed by discussion on each mead. The topic will be Mead-JUDGING, as compared to Mead-MAKING, mead-judging vocabulary, common flaws, and troubleshooting will be covered. You NEED NOT be a BJCP judge to participate in this event! This is open to any and all who are interested in learning about mead tasting. Significant others are welcome and encouraged. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED! Register with me: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com Why have the class AFTER the test, you ask? 1) If you taste meads for two hours and THEN took the test, you'd be MESSED UP! 2) If you're not ready for the test at 9am, you won't be any MORE ready at 1pm! This is the SIXTH and FINAL event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. (Whew!) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

17 years, 4 months

THE HAPPY GNOME MEAD DINNER - Thu, July 31, 6pm - SECOND NOTICE

by alboyce＠comcast.net

Second notice: This event is currently reserved only for us, but it will go on sale TO THE PUBLIC this Thursday, July 24, and will surely sell out quickly! If you are interested in great mead and great food, with a talk-thru by some of the world's leading Mead authorities, this is it! Make your reservations NOW! - Al THE HAPPY GNOME MEAD-PAIRING DINNER! Thursday, July 31, 2008 6pm, $70 per person The Happy Gnome 498 Selby Ave St. Paul, MN 55102 651-287-2018 The kick-off for the Twin Cities NATIONAL MEAD WEEKEND will be the Mead Dinner at the Happy Gnome on Thursday, July 31 at 6pm. Happy Gnome Executive Chef Matthew Hinman will prepare and serve a six-course feast paired with SEVEN meads from White Winter Winery, featuring fish, wild game, and local seasonal fare. A "meet and greet" will start promptly at 6pm with a selected White Winter mead. * Ken Schramm, author of "The Compleat Meadmaker" will be on hand to talk about mead tasting. * Jon Hamilton, meadmaker at White Winter Winery of Iron River, Wisconsin will be present to talk about each of his meads. * Chef Matt hopefully can be coaxed to speak about his choices in creating the pairings. Cost of this unique, star-studded event is $70 per person. SPECIAL! This event is ONLY being publicized to the beer clubs for the next seven days! This event will NOT be publicized to the Happy Gnome's mailing list until next Thursday, July 24. BOOK YOUR RESERVATION NOW!!!! This is very likely to sell out before next Thursday. To reserve, call the Happy Gnome at 651-287-2018 Ask to reserve for "The Mead Dinner" on July 31. http://www.thehappygnome.com/ http://www.whitewinter.com/ ...more information about other events in the National Mead Weekend to follow.... - Al -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

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