MEAD DAY is coming this Saturday, Aug 5, from 10am-2pm!! If you've EVER
been curious about mead, this is the event to attend. Bring a friend or
two!
Mead Day Activities will include:
* Bus rides to site from Midwest available (contact alboyce(a)bigfoot.com )
* Mead Day t-shirts, etc available -
http://www.cafepress.com/meadday/ -
STORE CLOSES AUG. 6th!!
* Curt Stock, past Meadmaker of the Year, presentation at 10am - get there
EARLY!
* Varietal honey tasting
* Tour of working beehives
* Demonstration of honey extraction
* Mead tasting
* Mead making
* Selection of MhBA Champion for AHA National Club-Only Mead competition
* Honey for sale - bring money!
* AHA Memberships available (new and renewal) at a $5 discount ($33). NEW
MEMBERS will get a FREE COPY of Ken Schramm's "The Compleat Meadmaker"
from the AHA! (See Al Boyce, AHA Club Liaison if you're interested. NEED
NOT BE AT MEAD DAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS!)
* Pot-luck snacking. Bring some snacks to share also (something to soak
up the mead would be good....)
This year, we will be having a joint meeting with the Minnesota Hobby
Beekeeper's Association (the OTHER MHBA!) Mead Day will take place at a
working bee apiary, at:
Russ and Winnie Johnson's farm
23114 Variolite St
Elk River, MN 55330
According to MhBA President John Longballa, honey will be for sale,
perhaps only from the Johnsons (who have hundreds of pounds), but perhaps
from the beekeepers who show up. It was mentioned in the bee newsletter
to bring honey to sell to the homebrewers.
If you're making mead, as long as we've got sanitizer, 6-10 packages of
yeast, O2, nutrients, and a hydrometer or refractometer, we should be good
to go. Some folks might need to heat the must to dissolve the honey, and
a spoon wouldn't hurt, but there probably won't be tons of beekeepers
making mead that day, IMHO. The Johnsons have well water out of the hose,
so no worries about chlorine.
EAT BEFORE YOU COME, and if you're coming by car, bring a designated
driver!
WHAT TO BRING:
* Mead to Share
* 2 bottles of Mead for our hosts
* 1 bottle of Mead for Wilbur, our bus driver (if you're taking the hbus)
* Pot-luck snacks to share
* Stuff for making mead (if you're interested)
* Light-colored clothing - bees tend to react agressively to darker colors
(advice from Rick Oftel)
* WEAR your Mead-Day t-shirts, if you bought them (ALL light-colored! :-D)
* MONEY (if you want to ride the mead bus at 8:30am from Midwest -
returning by 3pm - $15)
* MONEY (if you want to buy honey from Russ and Winnie, or other
beekeepers - $??)
* MONEY (if you want to join/renew the AHA - American Homebrewer's
Association - $33... $5 discount!)
* MONEY (if you want to join/renew the MhBA - $15)
See you all there!
- Al
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