[Elfsea] Brewing?

[Sean Slattery]

Work has been that way (again - ugh!) for the last few weeks, so I 
haven't sent out anything here about doing a little brewing.

In our last episode, Deanna set up a raspberry melomel that left me 
craving fresh fruit on shortcakes for days, we tried a few different 
beers, and tossed about a few ideas for the next time we met.

For the first few times we get together, I was thinking that it would 
be good to actually do some brewing, and since this is still the first 
few times, we should actually do some brewing... It's not hard, and 
actually putting something into a carboy quickly dispels the idea that 
there's something terrifically mysterious, and lets us all get down to 
nefariously plotting the next impossibly potent yet tasty beverage 
we're going to unleash on unsus... ah, right, that we'll share at a 
nice dinner or with friends at an event, leaving a trail of drun... 
Right. you get the idea.

Ursula has the ingredients for a mead, and I've got the grain bill for 
a beer... Ursula has the idea that I should demonstrate doing a simple 
beer (all grain, of course), that's most likely.

If someone else has a recipe they'd like to try, we've got a reasonable 
brew pot, and most normal equipment, but whoever wants the final 
product should bring their own carboy, fermentation lock and 
ingredients.

Time would be this Thursday starting at 7:00 sharp, not SCA standard 
time, because I've got to work overnight starting at 11:30.

After this meeting, I'm going to suggest that we move into some of the 
practical topics, like sterilization, tools & equipment, sources for 
tools, equipment and ingredients.

Directions were posted on this list earlier, and if you need them, I'll 
dig them out and forward them to you.

-B