[THC] countdown to Nov 4

[L.A. Swihart]

Brewers and friends!

It's this coming Saturday and should be great fun.  See 
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~swihart/THC/Rebeccas.jpg
for a little picture of
113 Asher St
Lafayette, IN 47901

(Note the one way streets too.  I would go up Ferry, past 11th, past the 
no-longer-there RR tracks, past Perrin and past Tinkler, to Asher and 
turn right.)

Get there at noon or any time until.... what, six I think is the 
official end time. 

Rebecca, Lloyd, Kevin -- do we need to coordinate on a buying trip, or 
an order shipped?  What are our friends going to let us help them brew?  
There are several ways to do this and they all work fine. 

1 -- the new brewer would like to try a kit and we agree to make the kit 
appear.  They pay for half or whatever is in excess of $20, whichever is 
larger.
2 -- the new brewer buys a kit or ingredients and we reimburse them for 
half or $20, whichever is smaller.
3 -- the new brewer and their THC friend work together using ingredients 
from the experienced brewer's cupboards, plus purchased ingredients if 
necessary, and we figure out a way to make sure everybody feels like 
they got a decent deal....

I think Lloyd and Rebecca have worked out what is going on with getting 
the ingredients for the two friend of hers who are brewing. 
Lloyd and Rebecca -- have we got fermenters for G and J to take their 
beer home in?  Bottles?  (I have a lot of bottles and I could let a few 
cases go to new brewers I think.)

I will send a private email to the others who are bringing people and/or 
talking to friends about brewing at Rebecca's.

ANYBODY ELSE have a friend who might be persuaded to come join this 
little brewing festival?  I think there is still room for another batch 
or two if they are extract+grains or all extract.  And anyway, not to 
make it sound like challenge, but only the most nuts of people generally 
START with all grain.  It's not a good idea in generally.  Brewing at 
least three or four batches from extract, with or without steeped 
grains, is the smart approach to learning the basics (while making very 
drinkable ale) before jumping into the all grain business, which does 
not require huge intelligence (you might have noticed), but it's an 
awful lot of details and organization, and more equipment.

See you there!