Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * WHAT`S NEW TOAST TO JIMMY: "On October 14, 1978, President Carter signed House Resolution 1337. Senate Amendment 3534 to that resolution called for equal treatment of home beer brewers and home winemakers. This law allowed that brewing up to 100 gallons per adult or up to 200 gallons per household per year was permitted for home use. The amendment was proposed by Senator Cranston of California, Senator Schmitt of New Mexico, Senator Bumpers of Arkansas and Senator Gravel of Alaska." Read more at: www.beertown.org/homebrewing/ ------------------------- NEWSLETTER: Posted the latest Boiler (the MHBA newsletter) (PDF format) ------------------------- National Mead Day: National Mead Day was celebrated with vim and vigor in St. Paul, MN this past Saturday as some 23 people gathered to sample 37 meads. Commercial meads included the likes of Xtabentum (Licor de Anis y Miel de Abejas), Brother Adam\'s Bragget Ale, Lindisfarne and Moniack (Dark) - to name just a few. The most striking aspect was the quality of the home made meads. Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thanks to those who brought libations and food. Equally aMAZEing is that five mead makers made six batches of mead: two batches of the official mead day recipe, cherry melomel, and batches of cranberry blossom, raspberry ginger, wildflower, and mint blossom. In all, 32 gallons of mead were made. Mead making technique ran the gamut from pasteurization to the use of sulfites to no sanitation of ingredients. Some 1.6 trillion yeasts "pitched in" to make it happen. Check out the pictures[1]!!! UPCOMING EVENTS BJCP Class #13 - Beer: Barleywines and Old Ales Tech.Topic: BJCP Knowledge Contact Kris England at engla008(a)tc.umn.edu for more information AHA CLUB ONLY JUDGING Barleywines Tue, Nov 25[2] @ 18:00 ------------------------- BJCP Class #14 - STUDY SESSION: Q & A Contact Kris England at engla008(a)tc.umn.edu for more information Tue, Dec 02[3] @ 18:00 ------------------------- BJCP TEST Contact Kris England at engla008(a)tc.umn.edu for more information Sat, Dec 06 @ 09:00 ------------------------- MHBA HOLIDAY POT LUCK / CHRISTMAS PARTY AT CSPS HALL. ANOTHER FUN FEATURE OF THIS EVENT THAT WILL RE-APPEAR IS THE BEER SWAP. BRING UP TO 1 CASE (24 BOTTLES) OF YOUR HOMEBREW, AND GO HOME WITH AN EQUAL NUMBER OF BOTTLES FROM SOMEONE ELSE! Fri, Dec 12 @ 17:00 ------------------------- MHBA MEETING AT SUMMIT BREWING, 910 MONTREAL CIRCLE, ST. PAUL Sat, Jan 10[4] @ 15:30 ------------------------- Links: ------ [1] /events/mead-day-2003/ [2] http://mnbrewers.com/day.view.php?currYear=2003&currMonth=11&cu… [3] http://mnbrewers.com/day.view.php?currYear=2003&currMonth=12&cu… [4] http://mnbrewers.com/day.view.php?currYear=2003&currMonth=12&cu…