[Great Hall of Rockwall] [Fwd: August 5 National Mead Day and other Mead News from Honeywine.com]

[Karen Boomgaarden]

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Wulfric wrote:

>I just had to pass this along for all of the brewers in the shire...
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>Wulf
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: 	August 5 National Mead Day and other Mead News from Honeywine.com
>Date: 	Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:20:37 -0600
>From: 	Julia Herz <jherz at honeywine.com>
>To: 	Julia Herz <jherz at honeywine.com>
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>*Summer Honeywine.com News*
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>Happy Hot, Hot Summer! Wanted to let you know about two big August mead 
>events. I’ll try to keep the email short and sweet.
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>*National Mead Day: (Saturday, August 5)*
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>Make a mead along with hundreds of others on National Mead Day. Two 
>great recipes to choose from! *Strawbana Cabana Mead 
><http://www.beertown.org/events/meadday/recipe.html#straw#straw> • 
>Sparkling Traditional Mead 
><http://www.beertown.org/events/meadday/recipe.html#millen#millen>*
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>http://www.beertown.org/events/meadday/index.html
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>*What is Mead Day? *
>The American Homebrewers Association 
><http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/about.html>(AHA) *Mead Day* is a 
>national event to help increase camaraderie among homebrewers 
><http://www.beertown.org/education/home_defined.html> and meadmakers 
><http://www.beertown.org/education/mead.html> and introduce or 
>reintroduce the meadmaking hobby 
><http://www.beertown.org/education/mead.html>. Each year on the first 
>Saturday in August, homebrewers around the nation are encouraged to 
>invite non-brewing and brewing friends and family to celebrate by making 
>mead <http://www.beertown.org/education/mead.html>.
>
>*National Mead Week: (August 7 – 13), U.K. England* Lurgashall Meadery 
>and Lythe Hill Hotel are hosting what is a first, 'National Mead Week' 
>August 7 -13th. They asked that I spread the word as they are hoping to 
>attract mead fans from all across the globe. This is a first year event 
>that if they see enough response they will do it again next year. Yes 
>interest in mead is definitely on the rise. Events and information are 
>listed at: http://www.nationalmeadweek.co.uk 
><http://www.nationalmeadweek.co.uk/> I will be speaking at the event and 
>will do my best to represent the U.S. mead scene all the while sippin on 
>as many as I can get my hands onto!
>
>*Lastly…Honeywine.com Mead Merchandise: *If you haven’t checked out 
>Honeywine.com lately we now have merchandising. Just go to bottom of the 
>home page at: http://www.honeywine.com <http://www.honeywine.com/> to 
>order some of the best mead related stuff around. Note: Each piece says 
>‘Drink the Drink of Love’ on it.
>
>Happy Daze for this August and perhaps this Saturday or thereafter 
>you’ll try your hand at a Mead Day recipe.
>
>Cheers!
>Julia Herz
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>http://www.honeywine.com <http://www.honeywine.com/>
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>Julia Herz
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>Owner - www.honeywine.com <http://www.honeywine.com>
>
>The Ultimate resource for Commercial Mead
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