tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14837028541864903422024-03-18T20:30:11.522-07:00St. Munsee Order of BrewersClub Information:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17759677079768683494noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483702854186490342.post-60133254739438040852008-03-10T16:38:00.000-07:002008-03-10T18:04:29.005-07:00Dark Lord Day 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qQ0nDT-ySQ0/R9XKdcSbeaI/AAAAAAAAAFM/WppxgQwmr8s/s1600-h/DL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qQ0nDT-ySQ0/R9XKdcSbeaI/AAAAAAAAAFM/WppxgQwmr8s/s200/DL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176265953890761122" border="0" /></a><br />St. MOB will be conducting an outing to Three Floyds brewery on April 26th. Our mission is simple--commiserate with fellow beer lovers, eat some BBQ, and bring home a few bottles of the coveted Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout. We shall most likely pack off that Friday evening and set up camp somewhere close by. Anyone not already a member wishing to join us on the trip should contact one of us via email.<br /><br />Here are some pics of the 2006 release.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qQ0nDT-ySQ0/R9XaGMSbedI/AAAAAAAAAFg/HI26NguiP5c/s1600-h/collage.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qQ0nDT-ySQ0/R9XaGMSbedI/AAAAAAAAAFg/HI26NguiP5c/s320/collage.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176283146644847058" border="0" /></a>Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190385488795853312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483702854186490342.post-84202913000602222502007-07-31T19:18:00.000-07:002007-08-01T07:25:21.589-07:00July Meeting - Microbrew Fest 2007Meet your St. MOB brothers and sisters<br /><br />Brother Dave - Brother Red - Brother Matt - Brother Stu<br />Brother FBI Agent - Brother Aaron - Sister Steph - Brother Dave<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5KL0hdARECtVt_dRFdSxs8Mkfc8JoR0-1ic5hnyDgmrNNmK8mIn8PLFqi15rBXZMpR7EpPhAZ5ItQKxNh-3a2Robseb6-O66PG2mhbfLXYtr0_S2w3s5QpixSLhwXb9zWZhFYRdI20/s1600-h/WeNeedAMontage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5KL0hdARECtVt_dRFdSxs8Mkfc8JoR0-1ic5hnyDgmrNNmK8mIn8PLFqi15rBXZMpR7EpPhAZ5ItQKxNh-3a2Robseb6-O66PG2mhbfLXYtr0_S2w3s5QpixSLhwXb9zWZhFYRdI20/s400/WeNeedAMontage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093552204833601698" /></a><br />Brewfest was a resounding success! And no one vomited even a little bit. My favorite beers of the day were Founders Rubaeus and the Hoppin' Frog Imperial Stout. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8l7QVkhW12EAKv8qjZdOBsanAC4YpOhogzfCngcZNozy3lv1v-zFZGci1KNs1i6t6F93a3UsuAUpeR43fKM78F4n_kUL4seKAGhtQ8gexTt7uzlxX08J1JDsAsAjGEVJif29GVWuLRM/s1600-h/aaronandbrando.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8l7QVkhW12EAKv8qjZdOBsanAC4YpOhogzfCngcZNozy3lv1v-zFZGci1KNs1i6t6F93a3UsuAUpeR43fKM78F4n_kUL4seKAGhtQ8gexTt7uzlxX08J1JDsAsAjGEVJif29GVWuLRM/s400/aaronandbrando.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093552617150462146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEN-LSnl1NQf_XkCH1kikkh5PZz4_hH1kG8cHg5BwtvSNy3kTIbFj6fuXkdW8a3cU9VBrbUY0J7XFu9bzpOMmqjKiRVIMRlIN8ADlnLQCMaCvpqkHKMdXIKREVrkzpf9dWriY7d0BDYs/s1600-h/CRW_1844.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEN-LSnl1NQf_XkCH1kikkh5PZz4_hH1kG8cHg5BwtvSNy3kTIbFj6fuXkdW8a3cU9VBrbUY0J7XFu9bzpOMmqjKiRVIMRlIN8ADlnLQCMaCvpqkHKMdXIKREVrkzpf9dWriY7d0BDYs/s400/CRW_1844.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093553111071701202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTs0RNUJlE4JVHwvmZUJ7BNBx9ZDHK-4k7SEIe1Yafyqs-RVL5vh543N6LD8QzH1RJyjcRVSD_Z8KIrrgeOAoinrCVNtW2izajiPHrRcFCp6YT1lG4pbNNCNp1ZncnoBLaRWSDjp_BCo/s1600-h/CRW_1838.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTs0RNUJlE4JVHwvmZUJ7BNBx9ZDHK-4k7SEIe1Yafyqs-RVL5vh543N6LD8QzH1RJyjcRVSD_Z8KIrrgeOAoinrCVNtW2izajiPHrRcFCp6YT1lG4pbNNCNp1ZncnoBLaRWSDjp_BCo/s400/CRW_1838.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093553914230585570" /></a><br /><br />--posted by Sister Steph, Interim Secretary and Keeper of the Air FreshenerClub Information:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17759677079768683494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483702854186490342.post-51108706013234458332007-07-31T19:04:00.000-07:002007-07-31T19:17:37.138-07:00St. MOB BeginsThe First Annual First Meeting of the St. Munsee Order of Brewers - June 23, 2007<br /><br />Beer was brewed, meat was roasted, and delicious hoppy beverages were consumed<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RW8_J9EDjHNA4pV-hk-nIIwbqfbsVK2H8yC4QS2egnvO-yItUKPz6Gby2W_Ai0-ZmMGKg_EQJhooK3P3Qosnu-Fayvod25AMWLalYwAZNPualjuWr2cNcaKqiObTWu9dJ-gNbYuByw0/s1600-h/IMG_1794.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RW8_J9EDjHNA4pV-hk-nIIwbqfbsVK2H8yC4QS2egnvO-yItUKPz6Gby2W_Ai0-ZmMGKg_EQJhooK3P3Qosnu-Fayvod25AMWLalYwAZNPualjuWr2cNcaKqiObTWu9dJ-gNbYuByw0/s320/IMG_1794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093549872666359938" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM1n7sXaWRUSfB_CsNn2fE6RIqK2-F9GmsxUwlqnc-wz3PUdnAjAw0B_fqGqpHedbE-6lCa8-Bj7R8zM9KC_Vi2kvWKe2Flgfu39B07_tTc4EFAOGgo10S7RjR_biP4GEk_pWdEQECNE/s1600-h/IMG_1791.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM1n7sXaWRUSfB_CsNn2fE6RIqK2-F9GmsxUwlqnc-wz3PUdnAjAw0B_fqGqpHedbE-6lCa8-Bj7R8zM9KC_Vi2kvWKe2Flgfu39B07_tTc4EFAOGgo10S7RjR_biP4GEk_pWdEQECNE/s320/IMG_1791.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093549645033093218" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIlTWeKzll69abt9OJCKCUxkYb6MF384Y6qJBJCGnmGQx_PTBK68OQTgIUz7TSP8qjctmjD9MOUz8r-cUXAIaijnV6OrEM9_JrrXXqoQpzPm2rk-RqqkXUjBVv0N9BSgqan2KUrwYIM4/s1600-h/IMG_1793.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIlTWeKzll69abt9OJCKCUxkYb6MF384Y6qJBJCGnmGQx_PTBK68OQTgIUz7TSP8qjctmjD9MOUz8r-cUXAIaijnV6OrEM9_JrrXXqoQpzPm2rk-RqqkXUjBVv0N9BSgqan2KUrwYIM4/s320/IMG_1793.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093549808241850482" /></a>Club Information:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17759677079768683494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483702854186490342.post-81268029107951677522007-06-13T09:42:00.001-07:002007-06-25T08:45:41.312-07:00History of St. Munsee<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; line-height: 15.6pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;" lang="EN">Munsee Chrétien Eugène of Humbert, while not canonized by Rome, came to be knows as St. Munsee, a moniker earned while exploring the lands drained by the Ohio River with La Salle. Munsee accompanied </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle in his historic explorations of the US Great Lakes, <st1:placename st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Ohio River</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">Valley</st1:placetype></st1:PlaceType> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">Mississippi River</st1:place></st1:place> explorations. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;" lang="EN">Eugène, a novice in the church, sailed with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">La Salle to <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">New France</st1:place></st1:place> in 1666. La Salle’s main desire was not to stay and settle in New France but to travel and explore the western regions and claim any new lands he found for <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; line-height: 15.6pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">In 1669 La Salle started to explore the areas around the <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">Great Lakes</st1:place></st1:place>. He traveled south of Lake Erie until he found the <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">White River</st1:place></st1:place> in what is now East Central Indiana. <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">La Salle</st1:place></st1:place> established the first fur trading post in the region and wintered there. <span style=""> </span>Munsee recognized the area as prime wheat and barley growing ground because it was much like his native town of <st1:city st="on"><st1:city st="on">Humbert</st1:city></st1:City> in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Belgium</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>. The <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">White River</st1:place></st1:place> flood plain made the level ground fertile. While <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">La Salle</st1:place></st1:place> busied himself with fur trading, Munsee set about constructing the first brew house and replenishing expeditions’ dwindling beer supply. The first batch, produced and consumed on June 5<sup>th</sup> 1670, was made from potatoes, corn, sorghum, acorns, and assorted pine cones. The entire party judged the batch as “surprisingly good.” <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">La Salle</st1:place></st1:place> himself declared the quality brew cobbled out of such meager ingredients to be Munsee’s first miracle. <st1:place st="on">After a long night of drinking the miraculous brew, <st1:place st="on">La Salle</st1:place></st1:place> vowed to personally use his influence with the King to recommend canonization for Munsee. <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">La Salle</st1:place></st1:place> however was a devout Protestant and upon regaining his sobriety the following morning, retracted his offer. Munsee was undaunted by the setback and canonization was soon set out of his mind as he continued his pursuit of transforming the area into the best beer producing French New World territory. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; line-height: 15.6pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Munsee remained at the post while La Salle and most of the expedition continued on to the <st1:state st="on">Ohio</st1:State>, Mississippi river, and eventually the boggy forsaken swamp area La Salle, ever the prankster, would call <st1:city st="on">New Orleans</st1:City> in a misunderstood dispatch sent back to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span style=""> </span>Munsee built a larger brewhouse the following year.<span style=""> </span>In 1674, he received two mammoth copper kettles from <st1:place st="on">New France</st1:place> after sending bottles of his heady, now barley based beer to the seat of French power.<span style=""> </span>The magistrates in <st1:place st="on">New France</st1:place> demanded no payment for the kettles but bid Munsee to send a portion back up river annually in return for the equipment.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; line-height: 15.6pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">In 1676, Munsee began digging a well through the limestone basin under his fertile fields in an effort to find better flowing water for brewing.<span style=""> </span>While digging, Munsee tapped into a deep artesian well and flooded not only his well tended barley fields, but also the magnificent brewhouse he had constructed with his own two hands. The large hand-hammered copper kettles remain to this day at the bottom of what is now known as Prairie Creek Reservoir.<span style=""> </span>Munsee remained in the area the remainder of his days working toward the goal of establishing a fine brewing tradition in the <st1:place st="on">New World</st1:place>. <span style=""> </span>Some say if you sail out to the middle of the reservoir on a still and quiet night, you can still hear the kettles boiling in the deep and catch the faint aroma of malt in the wind. <span style=""> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Club Information:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17759677079768683494noreply@blogger.com0