[THC] Monday 9/15/08 5 pm brewing ALL INVITED

[steve kimble]

Okay, I'll try to make it Monday. Turns out I have too much to do to brew on
Sunday anyway.

Thanks,
Steve


On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:37 PM, L. A. Swihart <swihart at purdue.edu> wrote:

> OK, John Terhune the Journal and Courier photographer have exchanged
> more email and I'm probably crazy but I honestly did want to brew some
> night this coming week, and so it's going to be Monday.  I told him he
> could come over and I'd try to get some people there.
>
> At the crack of after-work, which for me is 5 pm, I will start heating
> water at 5:10 pm.  If I have everything crushed and ready beforehand,
> that means I'll probably mash in before 6.
>
> PLEASE come over and be in the photos and speak into the microphone!
> The will be a little photo "slide show" with sound that runs on Tuesday
> 9/23/08 in the online version of the J&C, and a photo spread called
> "rewind" in the paper newspaper, same day.  UNLESS you don't come over
> and I'm the only one here.  I do NOT want to be the subject of this
> article and I doubt if he'd consider that either.
>
> Steve I wish we could have done it at your place.  And I'm hoping you'll
> consider having us over to your place once you get all settled and used
> to being in a state where brewing is LEGAL.  Stop by Monday night to
> speak in the microphone to say a word or two about how nice it is to be
> in a state where it's legal!
>
> Think about what you'd like to say, things that will give a good
> impression of us and of the club, of homebrewers in general.  Most
> people don't think about making beer, don't think about other people
> doing it, and a lot of them jump to silly conclusions like they think we
> must do it to save money.  HAH (in general).  (Back in the old days it
> was mostly so we could get other styles of beers besides American Lager
> without traveling out of the country to do so.  But for most brewers
> nowadays it's just some kind of drive, an obsession:
> ....must....make...more....beer....)
>
> ALL are welcome including new people and the people who don't themselves
> brew, but who are members or perpetual visitors, who enjoy helping at
> brew days and whose company (and help) the rest of us enjoy very much --
> you folks are very welcome too.  Including to speak into the microphone
> and be a part of the "Sound Slides" show he puts together, saying things
> like
>
> I'm new to the area and just found out about this club.  I've been
> brewing for a couple of years."
> "I don't brew but I like to help on brew days and I enjoy this group a
> lot.  I'm not a member but they keep saying they like it when I'm here!"
> "I haven't brewed for a couple of years but I still have my equipment
> and plan to brew again."
> "They let me join the club and so here I am.  I might become a brewer
> but for now I'm a brewers' helper."
> "We hope to make our first batch some time this fall or early winter."
> I made several dozen batches back when I was in my twenties but then got
> busy with other hobbies.  The company of homebrewers is still great."
>
>
> COME OVER MONDAY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!  Even for a little while.
>
> Thanks,
> Linda
>
> PS I'm about out of beer.  :-(  I will have snacks and some soup and
> bread.  And mead!  Somebody bring some beer, please!
> PPS Our house is 325 West Oak St. West Lafayette IN
> Pale yellow aluminum siding, two story, brown trim, dying front lawn, on
> south side of street a little east of half-way between Grant and Vine.
> Very close to campus and probably on your way home, or not far out of
> the way, if Purdue is where you go home from.  I know Alan and Lloyd and
> some others have to come from the east and I hope they'll COME OVER
> TOO.  (In fact if anybody else is crazy too, come set up and brew.  I'm
> going to bed when I'm done, and last one to leave closes the garage door!)
>
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-- 
Steve Kimble
Master's Candidate, Department of Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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