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Pennsylvania may end "Beer Case Law"
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/03/04 - 00:05. Brewing and Vinting | Modern Society | MSNBC | Pennsic WarModerate drinkers at Pennsic take heart. The end of Pennsylvania's beer "case law," which requires purchase of an entire case of beer at a time, may be at hand.
SCA hinders mead's popularity, according to Slate article
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2008/02/29 - 14:14. Beekeeping | Brewing and VintingNicholas Day of Slate online magazine discusses the renewed popularity of mead among foodies and others interested in unusual alcoholic beverages, linking it to the current interest in bees and honey. The article quotes mead-maker David Myers who feels that the drink's popularity within the SCA is detrimental to increasing mead's commercial sales.
Gulf Wars XVII to feature Known World Party
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/02/10 - 21:29. Brewing and Vinting | Performing Arts | Gulf WarsKnown World Party Steward THL Charles de Bourbon has announced that Carnivale in Venice, The Knowne World Party, will take place at the upcoming Gulf Wars XVII.
Popping the cork with style
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/01/13 - 19:09. Armouring and Weaponsmithing | Brewing and Vinting | Modern SocietyAmaze your friends! Learn how to open a champagne bottle with a sword! No kidding, WikiHow has the instructions.
[EAS] Mudthaw
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2008/01/04 - 19:27. Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | East | Martial Activities | Youth Activities2008/03/29 - 10:00
2008/03/29 - 22:00
US/Eastern
One and all are invited to attend the Barony of Settmour Swamp's 28th annual Celebration of the Thawing of the Mud. As always Mudthaw will feature a wide variety of activities: tournaments in Armored Combat, Rapier, and Youth Combat, Archery, Thrown Weapons, a brewing competition and an array of Fine Merchants. Mudthaw will again be held at the beautiful and spacious Salaam Shrine in Livingston, NJ.
Barony of Settmour Swamp (Livingston, New Jersey)
[NOR] Quest For Camelot
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/01/03 - 21:00. Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | Martial Activities | Northshield | Performing Arts | Youth Activities2008/05/15 - 12:00
2008/05/18 - 12:00
US/Mountain
The Kingdom of Northshield and The Shire of Schattentor Invite you to Quest For Camelot May 15-18, 2008
The Nemo Guest Ranch in Nemo S.D. nemo@nemoguestranch.com
Come to the Black Hills this spring and join us in our Quest to make Camelot live again!
At Quest for Camelot, the New Kingdom of Northshield defends its borders against the incursions of the Outlands, Calontir, and Artemesia.
Shire of Schattentor (Nemo, South Dakota)
Guinness is good for you!
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/12/21 - 16:37. BBC News | Brewing and Vinting | Medicine | Modern SocietyNew research states that a pint of Guinness a day "may work as well as an aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks," according to an article in the BBC.
[LOC] Rhythm & Brews Tourney and Feast
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/12/18 - 21:37. Armoured Combat | Brewing and Vinting | Lochac | Performing Arts2008/02/16 - 12:00
2008/02/17 - 12:00
Australia/NSW
Unto the populace of Lochac does Mordenvale extend its invitation to join in on our very first annual Rhythm & Brews Tourney and Feast.
Come along for a Rose Tourney to honour the time old court of love in a spectacular St Valentine's boast of chivalry and prowess.
Settle in for an evening of entertainment from the bawdy to the harmonic. Be refreshed by period beverages of the alcoholic and
Barony of Mordenvale (Kariong, New South Wales)
[NOR] A Shakespearean Twelfth Night
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/11/28 - 18:46. Armoured Combat | Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | Northshield2008/01/05 - 11:00
2008/01/05 - 23:00
US/Central
We would like to formally invite all of you to come and celebrate Twelfth Night with us! Included below are the details for the event. Also, if anyone would like to teach a class at this event, please email Ceindrech at chronicler@schattentor.org. We would love to have you share your talents and skills with us and the populace.
Site opens: Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Shire of Schattentor (Rapid City, South Dakota)
Volunteers needed for International Mead Festival
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/11/24 - 19:42. Brewing and VintingThe 2008 International Mead Festival will be held February 8-9, 2008 in Denver, Colorado, and volunteers are needed for jobs such as ticket-taking, judging etc. Pay? No formal pay, but you might get free mead!
International Mead Festival accepting entries for Home Mead Maker Competition
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/11/17 - 17:57. Brewing and VintingThe International Mead Festival, which will be held in Denver, Colorado in February 2008, is accepting entries from home mead-makers until December 15, 2007.
[WES] Vinhold's All Hallows Feast
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/10/10 - 18:55. Brewing and Vinting | Cooking | Spanish | West2007/11/03 - 14:00
2007/11/03 - 22:00
US/Pacific
Please come and join us for a gastronomic tour of late-period Spain, Galacia and Portugal. We will be holding a sotelties competition in the theme of 'Birds of the Knowne World', a cordials competition, and a competition to select the next Bard of Vinhold consisting of three pieces (a documented piece, a piece in documented style and a Masterwork of the performers best)!
When:
2pm-9pm November 3rd 2007. First course will be served at 3pm.
Barony of Vinhold (Napa, California)
Skorri makes mead
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/09/09 - 15:45. Brewing and Vinting | Video AlbumSkorri Einarsson shares his mead-making techniques in humorous how-to videos posted on YouTube.
Vintner honors Italian ancestors with castle
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/09/08 - 15:48. Brewing and Vinting | Castles | ItalianDaryl Sattui, a Napa Valley, California winemaker, has spent 13 years and over US$30M to build a castle, complete with towers and dungeons, to honor his Italian ancestors.
Golden Tygre Tavern & Lucan's Ducal Challenge
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/09/01 - 15:19. Brewing and Vinting | East | Martial Activities2007/09/14 - 19:00
2007/09/16 - 12:00
US/Eastern
We are happy to announce that the Golden Tygre Tavern will be opening for business again this September. This year we will have the honor of being on the battlefield of Lucan's Ducal Challenge. His Grace is planning a tourney of proportions rarely seen in these lands. Melee teams of ten warriors will battle against one another for superiority on the field.
On a hard day of fighting (and watching your favorite team), all are
Barony of the Bridge (Coventry, Rhode Island)
Content Wanted for the Fall Issue of Mead, Meat & More
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/08/17 - 14:53. Brewing and Vinting | Northshieldban-Ollaimh Cinniu ingen Cuthbaid, Editor of Mead, Mead & More, the quarterly subsidiary publication to the Northstar (Northshield’s A&S newsletter), is seeking submissions for the Fall 2007 issue. Submissions are due by August 18, 2007.
Baroness' Champion
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/08/17 - 00:36. Armoured Combat | Brewing and Vinting | West2007/08/18 - 17:00
2007/08/19 - 17:00
US/Alaska
Come! It is time once again to gather and enjoy the choosing of the new Champion for the Baroness of Selviergard! Pitch your pavilion within the Selviergard encampment and enjoy the most excellent fighting, dancing and fireworks!
On Saturday please join Baroness Katarzina in watching all the fighters come together and by right of heavy weapon combat compete for the chance to become Her Excellency's new Champion. No claimant shall be
Barony of Selviergard (Houston, Alaska)
"Where Heaven and Earth Meet"
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/07/27 - 19:35. 1001 CE to 1100 CE | Brewing and Vinting | European | Places of Worship“Wo sich Himmel und Erde Begegnen” (Where heaven and earth meet) read posters advertising Stift Klosterneuburg, a 900-year-old monastery near Vienna, Austria, one of the oldest working monasteries in the country. Sarah Wildman of the New York Times visits.
May 5 is National Homebrew Day
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2007/04/30 - 12:47. Brewing and VintingThe Brewers Association would like to remind everyone that the first Saturday in May (May 5 in 2007) is National Homebrew Day, a chance to share recipes and celebrate by lifting a glass.
Winter's Gate Irish Revel
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/03/09 - 18:55. Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | Games and Gambling | Irish | West | Youth Activities2007/03/17 - 11:00
2007/03/17 - 23:00
US/Alaska
Hear ye! Hear ye! Come one, come all to revel in the splendors of Ireland on our great day of heritage. We invite you all to cast off the cold and dreary white of winter and enjoy the succulent greens of soon-to-arrive spring. The hearth will be warm and fighting will commence before we can all sit down to feast on whatever is left after the table top siege is done. That's right; build and bring your own tabletop (food) siege weapons, decorated either in the style of the Irish defenders or the invading English, Scotts, or Vikings. Remember that the food fight will be held with
Shire of Winter's Gate (North Pole, Alaska)
Winter issue of "Mead, Meat & More" available
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/03/07 - 12:51. Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | Cooking | Northshieldban-Ollaimh Cinniu ingen Cuthbaid, Editor of Northshield's Mead, Mead & More, has announced that the Winter 2007 issue is now available.
A history of rootbeer
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/02/20 - 20:49. 1601 CE and Later | Brewing and Vinting | CookingThe website essortment has a history of rootbeer from its origins as a miracle cure to its modern popularity as a social beverage. The site includes an early American recipe and a list of ingredients for the drink.
Cooking Thyng III and Brewing, Also
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/02/10 - 21:40. Brewing and Vinting | Cooking | East2007/02/17 - 09:30
2007/02/17 - 20:30
US/Eastern
Come one, come all, to a day of all things edible and potable! Take, or teach, classes in the culinary and brewing arts. Spend time with friends in the large gathering room. Visit the merchants. At the end of the day, partake of a teaching feast, serving food and facts in a delicious combination.
Dayboard will also be the A&S display. Do you have a special soup? Create a gratifying grain? Whip up a delectable dessert? Put it on our dayboard and
Shire of Caer Adamant (Newark, Delaware)
Meadmakers to gather in Florida for Meadllennium
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/01/13 - 21:05. Brewing and VintingOn January 27, 2007, meadmakers across the nation will diverge on Orlando, Florida for Meadllennium, the longest-running meadmakers convention in the United States. The convention is open to all home-brewers and includes judgings, prizes and the announcement of the coveted "Best of Show" award.
Gluten-free beer
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/01/02 - 17:02. Brewing and Vinting | Modern SocietyAnheuser-Busch Company has announced the creation of Redbridge, a beer made from sorghum that allows those with wheat allergies to enjoy a brew.
Lindisfarne Mead Finally to be Imported to the US
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2006/11/13 - 00:56. Brewing and Vinting | English | Modern SocietyAfter 40 years, the owners of Lindisfarne Limited have secured permission to import their famous herb-infused Lindisfarne Mead to the United States. Permission to import was denied because of product labeling issues.
Warlord and Champions 2007
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2006/11/10 - 00:39. Arts and Sciences | Brewing and Vinting | Martial Activities | Outlands2007/06/14 - 12:00
2007/06/17 - 15:00
US/Mountain
This June, the 14-17, 2007 Dragonsspine will be hosting its Baron's Brewing Competition yet again. This time, we offer it with the enticement of celebrating the Brewers as well as the Outlands at the Outlands' 21st Birthday Party later following the competition!
This event will not be your typical Champions as there will not only be tournaments, but also battles of a grand scale fought in and around a castle
Barony of Dragonsspine (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Donal O'Brien Laureled in Caid
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2006/11/02 - 23:42. Brewing and Vinting | Caid | LaurelBroichan has announced that photos from the recent elevation of Master Donal O'Brien to the Order of the Laurel are now available to view online. The elevation took place at the Dreiburgen Anniversary in the Kingdom of Caid.
Koge Bog: 1616
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2006/10/29 - 20:04. 1601 CE and Later | Brewing and Vinting | Cooking | ScandanavianA late period (1616) Danish cookbook is now available from a New Zealand website. The book, in Danish with English translation, contains "A hundred useful pieces, Which are about brewing, baking, Cooking, aquavit and mead to make, As is useful in house Holding etc. Which before not in our Danish Language is issued in print."
Salute, Cheers and Slainte!
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2006/10/12 - 23:07. Brewing and Vinting | Humor | LinguisticsCharged with the honor of giving the toast at the next feast? Why not learn to say "Cheers" in a new language? The Alternative Whisky Academy has published a website with toasts in many different languages.
