Greetings! Rejoice! The spring goddesses have smiled at Ymir and melted his wintery heart! Bees emerge from their slumber, barley blooms, and apples blossom. On behalf of the brewers of fair Atlantia, I’d like to welcome you to our Brewers Guild. This spring and summer promise to be a grand time for brewers! Queen Thora…
Author: Elspeth
Royal Brewer 2016
Vivant the entrants in this year’s Royal Brewer competition! Lord Jaume organized early and organized well. He published the Royal Brewer competition requirements, as one does if one is the current Royal Brewer and Kingdom Arts and Sciences is coming up. He also read Kingdom law (!) to find that the judges are supposed to…
Legal Drinking Ages
Someone asked me at an event about legal drinking ages, so here’s the word… The Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Information website says this: “All states prohibit providing alcohol to persons under 21, although states may have limited exceptions relating to lawful employment, religious activities, or consent by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Among states that…
Competition Forms
You can find the most updated version of the A&S judging form for brewing here: Atlantia A&S Forms http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/judging/ The Atlantian Judging Guidelines are Atlantian Judging Guidelines: https://brewers.atlantia.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Atlantian-Judging-Guidlines.pdf The current version of the Guild forms are here: Brewers Guild Competition Form https://brewers.atlantia.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Brewers-Guild-Competition-Form.pd
2015 Royal Brewer competition
I am so sorry, everyone, I thought I’d published this back in March. I didn’t remember I’d meant to read it through one more time. Raven’s Cove had done a bang-up job organizing this KASF. It was held at the Mad Boar in Wallace, NC, a beautiful restaurant with meeting rooms, and upstairs our main hall…
A Badge for the Guild
First, a few guidelines: 1. It should be simple. Keep the fancy for personal and household devices. Any brewer should be able to paint this on something. 2. It should evoke Atlantia somehow. I don’t see tying Spike into brewing, despite the Royal Brewer’s badge (which has Spike between two mugs – see the picture…
St. Arnulf Ingredient Challenge Results A.S. 49 (2015)
Good Gentles, The Company of St. Arnulf wishes to congratulate Lady Evelynn Merrymet on winning our inaugural Specialty Ingredient Challenge. The purpose of this challenge is to encourage brewers who experiment with unusual period ingredients, and we were delighted to taste Lady Evelynn’s spiced rosehip cordial, which featured, among other ingredients, fennel and rosemary. We…
Local Brewing Groups in Atlantia
While the Guild is meant to include all brewers in the whole Kingdom, there are some local brewing groups in Atlantia. They’re really nice folks, and you might see them at an event and wonder who –? So, wonder no more; go up and introduce yourself instead. They’ll probably try to give you a beer. Summer 2015: I…
Brewing Supplies for beer, mead, and wine
TRUSTED Suppliers Within Atlantia AleCraft Brewing Supply, LLC (Perry Craine) Located in Bel Air, Maryland, in Harford County on the north side of Baltimore. Free classes, pretty good supply list. Right next to a bakery. Alternative Beverage Charlotte, NC. (Baron Edward) “These guys are based out of the Charlotte area, good selection of items you…
Class Resources
Atlantian brewers have shared their knowledge with each other in many a Kingdom University and Collegium. Here are a few of the written resources developed for various classes. If you have some materials you think would benefit your fellow brewers, please send them to the webminister! Beer Flavor Adjectives. Exercise your palate with this list…