[THC] Mead day anyone?

[Beryl Ouimette]

DANG! Stacey and I will be out of town, or we'd be meading all over that. Have a great time at the mead-ing... :)
Beryl

--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Linda Swihart <swihart at purdue.edu> wrote:

> From: Linda Swihart <swihart at purdue.edu>
> Subject: [THC] Mead day anyone?
> To: thc at lafinlarry.net
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 7:01 AM
> Aug 3 is "Mead Day" and of course it's
> possible to take the curmudgeonly 
> tone (I often do) that "it's just a *$^!@!
> 'greeting card holiday' kind 
> of thing invented and promoted by the people who will make
> money from it!"
> 
> It's also possible to get a free copy of Ken
> Schramm's book as a bonus 
> for joining the AHA during the month of August... read what
> Kathryn 
> wrote to the "Evange-ale-ists" recently:
> 
> As usual there is an AHA membership offer tied in with Mead
> Day 2008. This
> year any NEW or RENEWING member who joins the AHA through
> an AHA
> Evange-Ale-ist is entitled to a FREE copy of Compleat
> Meadmaker! The
> membership form ......and the offer is available
> online.....
> http://www.beertown.org/events/meadday/index.html
> 
> The offer is valid August 1-31, 2008.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kathryn Porter | AHA Membership Coordinator
> 
> --------------
> 
> Linda here again.  It looks to me like you can get the book
> free with your $38 membership whether you go through an
> Evange-ale-ist or not.  I just sent a request to become and
> Evange-ale-ist -- at this time Mark Schiess of Carmel is the
> only Indiana Evange-ale-ist -- but Kathryn's vacation
> program says she's out of the office until Aug 11.  
> 
> That book is very nice to have if you want to learn about
> mead making.  Actually, as I have found, it's necessary
> to READ it rather than just *having* it.....
> 
> And AHA membership is a wonderful value for the $38. 
> Multi-year memberships are a little less cost per year.  It
> gets you Zymurgy and a few other perks that will pay for the
> membership cost if you eat/drink at the places participating
> in the "Pub Discount Program."  see
> <http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pubs.html>
> 
> PS Lila and I are going to be engaged in MMA (Mead
> Management Activities) on Friday after work.  Two days
> away, stop by; we'll be in the basement probably, or
> maybe the kitchen.  And I could be persuaded to have a
> little Mead Day get together on Saturday if there is
> interest.  
> 
> 
> 
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