The AHA Rally at Stone Brewery

My sister and I just attended the AHA Rally at Stone for the first time and we had a blast!  We actually got to pour . . .  Yes, we were the official “pourer’s” the 23 samples of beer that Stone had in the competition that day.  At first we got introduced to the list and we were feeling a little overwhelmed but soon enough we were welcomed by some of the actual homebrewer’s themselves.  Pat Horton was one of the actually contestants with his Chipotle Style Beer which was insanely incredible. We also had Ken from Barley Engineer’s giving us a hand!

Excited that we are going to be brewing with Pat in the future so he can teach us the tiny “secrets of life” . . .  he introduced his Stumblefoot Southwestern Chipotle Stout . . .  And yes it was out of this world.  Zackary was also there with his dad who I need not to mention he made us laugh all day-  Thanks Zach!  Overall everyone was very patient and pleasant :)  This was our fist time serving beer in this type of atmosphere. I sometimes gave a bit too much than the average pour therefore I had the longest line, hehe-

We also want to thank the nice gentleman who left the rally to go get us some bacon chocolate! Thank You very much sorry we never got your name.

Our Wildflower Pomegranate Mead

Yesterday’s Brewing Session with the “Dr. Demento” Crew was awesome! Thank You guys! Had so much fun- Dean, Richard and Darlene, U guys Rock!! We finally have created our Honey Pomegranate Mead!! Woo-Hoo!!  Again thank you guys for your patience and your ability to make us laugh the whole process of this awesome experience. We had a great time and we loved every minute of it . . . .   We learned quite a bit and we did as you guys told us to; we went and bought our little beer journal to take notes on all that we did.  I think it will definitely refresh our memory next time. Here is another set of pics during our mead making Timing is Everything!