Help Please! Science Museum Project

Fellow Homebrewers: Gera and I (Doug) have participated in ten hours of seminars for Community-Based Science Organizations (CBSOs) in order to acquire a grant of $800 to be used for a project. After some discussion on the list serve, we (not just Gera and I) decided that a permanent yet modular exhibit board was the best way to meet the terms of the grant and to get more exposure to the public. (The Saint Paul club is making a portable demonstration brewery which can serve as a companion piece to this exhibit.) We have pretty much concluded the planning phase and are entering the production phase, and that¹s where we need some expert help. We have three significant needs: 1) We would like to illustrate the brewing process with photos of local club members using both basic and advanced set-ups. We would like to have high-resolution digital pictures, but we do have the facilities to scan prints. If you would be willing to contribute photographs to the project, please contact Doug. If you are willing to be photographed, but don¹t have a camera or someone else to use it, please tell us and Doug will be dispatched to your house to photograph the brewing session. 2) We would like help writing the explanatory texts and accompanying handouts. We are considering sections on Brewing Process, Beer Styles, Beer Judging, Ingredients, Beer Chemistry, History of Beer, Mead and Other Flavor Possibilities. The Beer Styles section will probably include a rotating wheel that compares styles and gives characteristics and examples. If you don¹t want to write a section or two, but are willing to help, please consider volunteering to proofread one or more sections. 3) We need someone to help with design and to direct the actual construction of the frame. We are most likely using a copper pipe frame, so we¹d appreciate help from someone with the facilities to form and solder some pipes. We would like to have our volunteers lined up by 11/30 so we can get this production going. Our goal is to have a full-size demo version ready to display at the Mash Out, and to have the final weatherproof version done by spring. Please consider helping us out with a few hours of time. Thanks. Gera Exire LaTour and Doug Hoverson