COMMERCIAL MEAD TASTING at THE FOUR FIRKINS Saturday, August 2nd, 10am-Noon =========================================== 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 =========================================== 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 ================================== 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!) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint