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Vicky, I met both Oskaar and Dmntd in person. Getting them both drunk to the point of passing out will take much more mead then the Meadfest will have available! I would like to see the pics tho. Just imagine: Oskaar and Dmntd wearing red wigs and bodices :-\ :-\

Now that's a scary thought! Wish I could be there.....

Cheers,
Brewbear
 
Don't forget the tights! (gotta remember to pack those) And I plan to bring some of my WonderBooze, guaranteed to fell a horse. It took down a guy I shoot with who is both a Marine *and* a Navy puke. Twice. On the *ground*, and still drunk the next day.

Vicky - doing her best to help her team win by making the others too drunk to aim
 
I don't know BB. With nearly 300 meads between the home and the commercial competitions I think even the mighty Oskaar would fall. ;D

I will be there. Probably on Thu and staying until Sun or Mon.
 
Vicky the Gotmead Webwench said:
LOL...sure wish you could go! We'll miss you. I'll take my camera and get pix of everyone to upload......we'll get Oskaar and Dmntd in some compromising position after they pass out.
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You might need to open up a whole new forum section for this -- International Mead Festival 2006 pictures!

;D
 
Oskaar said:
I'll be there, armed and dangerous.

I'm shooting for Thursday arrival as well and plan on being there until Sunday. I think a gotmead "mead crawl" is in order. First one to pass out will rue the day! ;D
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It's already an established practice! The two years I attended, last year and the first Chicago Meadfest, there was a room set aside for the home meadmakers to meet, mingle, and share meads. Last year we had two hotel rooms set aside for the afterhours hospitality party. Both nights, both rooms were well attended and well filled. ;D

This was a lot fun. Meadmakers are great people to hang out with. Lots of "Here, try this" and "How is it? What do you think?" There were some truly excellent meads being passed around. I even got to try one of David Meyer's *very* first meads, his first batch of mead which he still had.
 
Heh, getting me drunk is the easy part, getting me to cooperate...

Sounds like a lot of fun Dan.

Anthony
 
All right all you boozy HO's! ;D

Like Tony said, getting me drunk is the easy part, getting me to shaddup, well different story. Sounds like a good group of people to party with. Whoo hoo!

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
Oskaar said:
All right all you boozy HO's! ;D

Like Tony said, getting me drunk is the easy part, getting me to shaddup, well different story. Sounds like a good group of people to party with. Whoo hoo!
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Oh, it was. Great crowd, great people.

Most of the people there were what I might call "quiet drinkers." Not a bunch of people getting blasted and then raising the roof with partying, just lots of dedicated meadmakers enjoying the opportunity to share the fruits of their labors, and trying out others.

There were folk there who were more serious drinkers, but I'd retired after 11:00 pm and only heard stories of people stumbling back to their rooms afterwards. ;D

Heard one interesting comment while standing on the balcony, looking out over the crowd during the tasting session. Somebody said something about all those people, all that alcohol, and the potential for trouble. The quick reply by his friend -- "Are you serious? They're mead drinkers." The "mean drunk" doesn't seem to be characteristic of mead drinking.

Something else on this thought -- some time back I passed on a bottle of traditional mead to one of my co-workers, who had never tried it before. This guy likes vodka shots, and he can be mean when loaded. After trying the mead with his girl friend (they finished the bottle together) he was describing the experience. It was a "happy drunk," as he described it, something that had never happened to him before, at least, not quite in the way he'd experienced compared to trying mead for the first time.
 
Dan McFeeley is currently on sabbatical... and is rerunning the best of Dan. ;) Just kidding Dan... I remember the story from a previous post, I was thinking I might catch you at a cut and paste, but alas you seem to be content retyping them.

Wrathwilde
 
I'm not going this year, but maybe next year (2007). I'm planning on submitting a couple meads for the Home Mead Competition in 2007, whether or not I can go myself. My blackberry melomel seems to be coming out *really* to my liking, and I'm planning a sparkling mead with my killer bee honey. If both of these turn out well, I'll be submitting them.
 
Vicky the Gotmead Webwench said:
I'll take you up on the saffron, but root beer? Dunno.....I'll give it try, but I usually don't like root beer. Maybe the spice will be ready by then.
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Hey Vicky,

At best the saffron will be young. I'm not speaking for the root beer braggot, it's like a redheaded step child. A fine example of what can happen when I make mead after an afternoon of drinking and just start adding to the pot with out a plan.

Anthony
 
I just got word that I'll be judging in the commercial competition on Friday, so I vote for Saturday brunch for the GM gathering, if everyone thinks they will be there. There will be seminars on Saturday too (I'm waiting for a list right now, should have it soon and will post it here), and the hobby meadmakers meeting will likely be Saturday morning. The IMA main meeting is Saturday after lunch til 3, and the tasting starts at 4:00, so a GM gathering between the two meetings would work for me (looks like I'll miss the seminars again this year! - too many committments, and not enough time!)

I think we should also consider having a gathering room. I can't do it, as I expect I'll be sharing with another judge, and don't want to mess up my roomie (unless my roomie ends up being another GM'er or potential GM'er!). Any takers for Hostest with the Mostest?

Vicky - working on paying work for another customer today
 
I would be happy to volunteer my room. I will likely have 2 ajoining rooms, so There should be plenty of space. WE tend to be up till the wee hours. So it should work out fine.

Greenblood
 
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