COMMERCIAL MEAD TASTING at THE FOUR FIRKINS
Saturday, August 2nd, 10am-Noon
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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.
Ken Schramm, meadmaker and author of "The Compleat Meadmaker", will be on
hand to autography copies of his book, and to answer your mead questions.
There will also be a "Commercial Calibration" of four selected meads by
Ken, 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!)
HERE ARE THE MEADS THAT ALVEY WILL HAVE FOR SALE!
Stock up while you can - some of these are VERY hard to come by!
White Winter Dry Mead
White winter Sweet mead
White Winter Strawberry
White Winter Black Harbor
White Winter Black Mead
White Winter Cycer Mead
White Winter Raspberry Mead
White Winter Blueberry mead
Lurgashall Xmas Mead
Lurgashall English Mead
Lurgashall Vintage mead
Winehaven Semi Sweet
Dwojniak 5 year aged mead
Poltorak in porcelain bottle
Bernardynski Royal Mead
Kurpiowski Royal Mead
...after that, join us for lunch at the...
THE LONE SPUR GRILL
11032 Cedar Lake Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-540-0181
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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.
...after that, join us for the.....
MINNESOTA HOME BREWERS ASSOCIATION MEAD-DAY
Saturday, August 2nd, 1:30-4:30pm
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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.
* Order your MEAD DAY T-SHIRT (or other paraphrenalia) from
http://www.cafepress.com/meadday
* Listen to author Ken Schramm talk about the latest in meadmaking
techniques and taste some of HIS mead!
* Talk to White Winter meadmaker Jon Hamilton about his meads, or
meadmaking in general
* Taste some mead from fellow club members, including AHA Meadmaker of the
Year Steve Piatz
* Bring your OWN meads, taste and discuss them with some of the best
meadmakers in the country
* Bring some honey (12-20 lbs) and a 5lb bucket and make a batch of mead!
* Bring and taste many varietal honeys
* Bring 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!!! (no kidding... don't
drive there. Have someone drop you off and pick you up!)
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