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<A title=loco.cerveza@gmail.com href="mailto:loco.cerveza@gmail.com">Lemoine
Beers</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 04, 2010 9:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Ravensfort] Brew Day At abode
of H.E. Don Charles d'Alsace leCervoisier</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=4>Brew Day <BR>At abode
of<BR> H.E. Don Charles d'Alsace le Cervoisier</FONT></B><BR>by
<BR><B>Lemoine de Gascony</B><BR>Apprentice to<BR>Mistress Shanahan the
Fey<BR></DIV><BR> On July 4th A.S. XLV, Don Charles once
again hosted the brewer's guild at his wonderful abode. My good lady and I
along with Lord Oddus Torcoletti were the first to arrive. Once Don Charles
had opened up the brew barn, we set forth with the task of cleaning bottles,
pots, and many of the items that were going to be used on this day. I had the
task of cleaning the large fermentation bottles known as carboys that
Centurion Michael of Gravesend had loaned to me to use. While I was
undertaking this task, my wonderful lady helped Lord Oddus get the fires ready
to start brewing. We were soon joined by John de Athos who jumped in, making
the barn ready for the events of the coming day. Soon after Daire Aeson Tuan
McShedanagig and Graddon Queneth soon joined our ever growing group.
Finishing up getting the fires going Lady Rosalia and Lord Oddus
announced that we were ready to start brewing. I had the honor of going first.
I chose to make a honey/wormwood beer. First, taking water in the amount of
one third of the pot I was using, I chased the water to a running boil. Adding
first light malt in the measure of four then one pounds, without the heat of
the fire. I mixed the malt into the water, to force the water into wort. Once
the fire was added back to the water and chased to a boil, hops in the amount
of three less two ounces were added along with honey in one then two pounds.
When the hour was three quarters past, one forth and one forth again ounces of
wormwood were added. At then the end of the hour the pot was removed and all
of the heat was chased away. The water had been changed into wort and readied
for placement in the carboy. With the aid of Lord Oddus the wort made its way
in to the carboy.<BR><BR>
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Having the wort in the carboy made for the adding of honey in the amount of
four less one pounds into the wort, after it had been put to the fire. The
shaking of the wort brought forth the foam. Zero point one seven ounces of a
yeast for champagne was shaken into the wort. I would be remiss if I had not
pointed out my wonderful lady wife Rosalia helped in the changing of the water
to wort. It was during this time the traveler and friend simply known to us as
Bob brought forth many wonderful items used in brewing. I was offered a carboy
to be my own. It's price was just so I bought one. We also had a visit from
H.E. David Saint David and his lady wife. Also coming in from the northern
part of the Barony was Lord Pasquale Pace.<BR><BR>
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Lord Oddus not only started brewing one beer but two different beers at the
same time. Using more then the simple ingredients that I chose to use, he
worked as a mad alchemist in search of a way to make lead into gold. John de
Athos also brewed a beer that if it's flavor matches it's nose should be a
very fine beer. I would be rude and ungrateful not to share the fact that Don
Charles spent many hours of the day and much of his own time helping all of us
that who came in search of the knowledge of brewing. Every one that was
brewing on this day at one point during the day picked up one of the many
texts that Don Charles had supplied for us to learn from. <BR><BR>
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It was yet another enjoyable time in the Barony of Raven's Fort, being with
good friends and enjoying their fellowship in a day learning, growing and
sharing. Over the next few months I hope to update with good news on the
Honey/wormwood beer that I am thinking of calling Artemisia Beer.
<BR><BR><BR>Later <BR>Lemoine de Gascony MKA"L.D. Beers" <A
href="mailto:loco.cerveza@gmail.com">loco.cerveza@gmail.com</A><BR>**********************************************************************************************************<BR>"As
she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma". ~Sri Guru
Granth Sahib<BR><BR><BR>
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