<DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Actually many of us already belong to the SLAB (Steppes </DIV> <DIV>Loose Association of Brewers). We aren't a very vocal </DIV> <DIV>group and most members have been rather busy with </DIV> <DIV>real life or other offices as of late but we do get together </DIV> <DIV>on occasion to do some in mass brewing. We elected </DIV> <DIV>not to form a guild because all of us already have too </DIV> <DIV>much paperwork to do and it really cuts into our drinking </DIV> <DIV>time! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Meetings are anything but regular and mostly done </DIV> <DIV>when everyone can coordinate some free time together </DIV> <DIV>(easier said then done). However we do manage to </DIV> <DIV>make a few gallons every now and then. Also we're in </DIV> <DIV>contact with a large number of the other in and out of </DIV> <DIV>kingdom brewers so we always manage to get plenty </DIV> <DIV>of
critiques. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When we talked last at Gulf War we decided the next </DIV> <DIV>mass brew would be to start mead for next years event </DIV> <DIV>and replace Jon's five year old batch we drank this year. </DIV> <DIV>We'll likely start a couple of batches of ale as well while </DIV> <DIV>we're at it. I can add your email address to the group </DIV> <DIV>should you wish? Come to think of it I belive Jon (our </DIV> <DIV>Steppes seneschal) is still head of the SLAB? Well, </DIV> <DIV>we don't call ourselves a "loose association" for nothing!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ironwyrm</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Faelan Caimbeul <faelancaimbeul@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I know there are a few brewers in the area, myself included. I,
however, and<BR>just starting and basically experimenting, but don't really have anyone to<BR>bounce ideas off of. Would anyone be interested in starting a guild, with<BR>regular monthly meetings? I figure more often than that might not be of much<BR>use, considering it takes at least a month to ferment anything. It would<BR>help all of us to improve our craft by having people that can taste and<BR>critique our works.<BR><BR>Any takers?<BR><BR>Faelan<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Steppes mailing list<BR>Steppes@ansteorra.org<BR>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/steppes<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>