[SCA-AE] Re: Greetings and a Query!

[Gretchen Beck]

I'd advise some caution when donating alchohol for gift baskets. When I 
asked about this last year, I heard the same thing from several folks who 
had both made and received gift baskets. It ran something like this:

"Our brewers are great and make wonderful product. I would drink just about 
anything that I got directly from their hands. I don't drink things of 
unknown origin -- even from a gift basket."

So, at the very least, make sure any potables for gift baskets are labelled 
as to what they are, content, and who they are from...

toodles, margaret

--On Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:56 PM -0500 Iain mac an Bhaird 
<iainmacabhaird at tigerfire.net> wrote:

>
>> You know, our Kingdom has some awesome brewers, too...
>
> If you don't say so yourself, eh Robert?  :)  (for those who are not
> lucky to know, Robert makes a tasty Orange Melomel)
>
> I've actually been thinking along these lines myself recently - that some
> gift basket contributions from the Kingdom Brewers Guild would be a Good
> Thing (TM).  Unfortunately, for Pennsic, this is a little more difficult
> as many of our brewers dedicate their production to beverages for the
> Kingdom-hosted party (there's that hospitality thing that several others
> have mentioned :).  I'm sure a few bottles could be arranged, but other
> times throughout the year ought to be much easier for us.
>
> Of course, if you are a brewer and would like to contribute to either
> effort (the Pennsic party or the gift baskets), drop me a line.  And if
> you aren't already on the Kingdom brewers guild mailing list, its
> AEbrewers at yahoogroups.com.  The guild has no requirements other than that
> you at least be interested in brewing or learning to brew (if not already
> a brewer, vintner, mazer, cordial-maker, etc of the home or professional
> variety) and at least like the kingdom of AEthelmearc (if not actually be
> a citizen thereof).  In other words, anyone is welcome to join!
>
> -Iain
> Guildhead, North - Kingdom of AEthelmearc Brewers Guild
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