<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1393265442"><table id="yiv1393265442bodyDrftID" class="yiv1393265442" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1393265442drftMsgContent" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv1393265442"><table id="yiv1393265442bodyDrftID" class="yiv1393265442" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1393265442drftMsgContent" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">From the Steppes Loose Association of Brewers(SLAB) <br><br>Greetings all, <br><br>With our coming Steppes Warlord event theme of "Courtly Love"
<br>we considered another love of mankind that archeologist's claim <br>even pre-dates the making of bread, BEER! Yes you heard right <br>since that suspected lucky accident of hunter gatherers leaving <br>a container of grain out in the rain for days thus creating a <br>fermented
liquid mix and tasting it, mankind has had a love of <br>beer! <br><br>To celebrate that love of beer our Steppes Loose Association of <br>Brewers(SLAB) are sponsoring a Beer, Ale & Lager Competition <br>to be held in the late afternoon of May 28th during our Steppes <br>Warlord 2011 event! <br><br>Bring your best marriage of water, grain
& yeast to enter in this <br>year's competition! Documentation, period or original recipes <br>and presentation are all a plus, however not required. Bottled <br>or kegged entries are OK, but if kegged you must supply your <br>own equipment. Ice chests shall be provided for bottled entries, <br>or you may supply your own. Be sure to mark your entries <br>(and chests) clearly with labels that will not be lost if soaked. <br>Location shall be near the north fence entry to the hall parking <br>lot. Entries may be brought to the judging area just after noon, <br>setup starts at 2PM to be followed by the judging at 4PM. <br>Pray check gate for any last minute changes to that schedule. <br>The winner of our competition shall be announced during <br>Saturday evening's court.<br><br>Please note, brewers are not required to be present to answer <br>questions during the judging but it couldn't hurt. This should
go <br>without saying however no commercial brew kit entries please! <br>Also, we are highlighting beer, ales & lagers this competition <br>but should you wish to bring a non-grain libation just to show <br>or share with our other brewers & judges please do so. Please <br>remember, period containers on site only! <br><br>Looking forward to seeing everyone at the event! <br><br>Visit us at: <br>steppeslooseassociationofbrewers@yahoogroups.com <br><br>Regards, <br><br>HL William Black Dragon called "Ironwyrm" <br>Group Moderator for the SLAB<br><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table>