[THC] was pitting party, now Rita Kohn and "A good Head...."

[Linda Swihart]

Kurt I am plum tickled at the fanciful and humorous way you write.  
Adore it.  I'm thinking of maybe going to New Day if I could get a 
ride.  I have to be back for the City Foods benefit dinner at 6:00.  
Will buy all the gas in return for getting there and back here on time.

(Kurt) Rita Kohn has been trying to reach you-n-Silvia.  Has she connect 
with you yet.  I can send you her email address.  Several people have 
mentioned your names to her in connection with homebrewing and fun 
people, and she is writing a book /A Good Head: A Social History of 
Indiana Brewing/
which will cover quite a bit of history and "in their own words" I believe.
http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/news-0802.html
http://indianabeer.com/News/08winter.html

(Everyone)
Rita is a respected author on various subjects, I think something like 
20 books, and she writes for Nuvo.  I think she's about my age, maybe a 
teensy titch older.  (Making her about 45, right?)

Anyone in the club, if you've got anything you'd like to share with 
Rita, something related to Indiana and craft brewing or homebrewing, I 
can pass it on to her with your email address if you ask me to.  She has 
been speaking with a lot of us, ahem, "older" homebrewers and pro 
brewers as well as a lot of newer people, old and young, all over the 
state.   She's a very fun lady. 



Kurt Brenneman wrote:
> If our experience at the New Day Meadery is any indication, this will
> be one mighty fine time, I can assure you. I have been quite
> unfaithful at posting anything on our few-and-far-between imbibing
> travel adventures of late, but our day before Labor Day visit to the
> New Day Meadery is definitely something to tell about.
>
> To keep the background brief, we had made plans to meet some people
> whom we have never met before at Symphony on the Prairie to share
> unique beverages and food pairings, and to take in the River City
> Brass Band concert and fireworks. Between phone number blunders,
> coverage and connection errors, and a sundry of other mishaps we
> missed each other... and there were way too many ladies in pink
> hats... so, here, in part is my reply and apology for the mixup:
>
> "Ok... it was Elwood where we found ourselves totally immersed and
> carried away by one awesome host and fine fella, Mr. Bret Canaday,
> chief cook and bottle washer at the New Day Meadery  (20 miles north
> of Conner's settlement, as the crow flies.)  Some might criticize and
> suggest that we got plum carried away with the semi-sweet, honey plum
> mead. I won't argue, suffice to say that we had more than enough to
> share with everyone when our schooner hit the prairie. Furthermore, we
> had plenty of perfect parings to accompany the heavenly nectar... but
> I'm not complaining because I believe that the gods were pleased, and
> we had a wonderfully peaceful time watching the sunset on River City.
> We also had enough food left to rest from our labors over the
> weekend."
>
> "Peace, Kurt-n-Silvia"
>
> Oh, and I'd pit Bret's plum against anyone's.
> Kurt
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Phillip Fell <p.fell at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> got this in an email, thought id pass along in case anyone is interested, new day meadery is in elwood
>>
>> We have just found out that the plums are ripe and ready to be turned into our coveted Semi-Sweet Plum Honey Wine.  This means we're having a PITTING PARTY this Saturday (September 20th) starting at Noon here at the shop.
>> Every luscious plum is pitted by hand...and do we need A LOT of hands to get the job done!  PLEASE email or call to let us know if you're willing to lend a hand and be a part of creating something great.  Our email is contact at newdaymeadery.com and our number is 765-552-3433.
>> Feel free to pass this email onto ANYONE you know that might enjoy getting into the PITTING PARTY.  As a thank you to all of our volunteers, each one (21 years or over) will take home a bottle of their choosing!  So please come on out and join us this Saturday, we'd love to see you!
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