Ladies and Gentlemen:
Get
you plastic buckets ready, Mead Day is upon us!
National Mead
Day!
Johnson Farm--23114 Variolite St., Elk River
10-2: mead
demonstrations tour the beehives and honey extraction
facilities Sat, Aug 04
@ 10:00
The Johnsons have graciously invited us back to their apiary!
Come
join the fun and see how a bee farm is run. From how bees are
kept
through the honey extraction process, this is an event not to be
missed!
Wilbur and Team Roadkill have made the bus available gain this
year,
so if you'd like a ride please contact me ASAP to get your name on
the
list. There are a limited number of seats, and the price
for
transportation will rest on the number of participants.
The technical topic this month
will be a discussion on properly
judging mead. It seems that there are always
great fluctuations in
mead scores between different judges and different
contests. Perhaps
by presenting some of the key aspects that make a
great/poor mead
including flavor, aroma, acid balance etc we will get a more
uniform
concept of judging.
Of course people will be making mead all
day, so if you'd like to see
how it's done, or would like to partake in the
making bring your
yeast, buckets and honey.
Cheers,
Jon
Messier
(717)476-0753
jonmessier@hotmail.com