[MR] KASF/Royal Brewer/Brewers Guild

[reddoyle at verizon.net]

Greetings to the brewers of Atlantia.  For those that didn't make KASF, we had 4 contestants for Royal Brewer and each one was up for the competition.  This made the judges job difficult.  There was not a bad brew to be tasted.  After the competition there was a Guild meeting.  I had 2 items on my agenda, 1) The formation of a guild postion called "Brewmasters of Atlantia". These people are who I would consider to have a lot of brewing experince, are activly brewing and willing to teach others. Here is the first group to carry this title.

Michel von Schönsee
Siegfried Sebastian Faust
Taira no Akiyo

These 3 people are great brewers, all are Companions of the Pearl (1 strictly for brewing, the other two had brewing as some part of their distinction).  I presented 3 others but one is on longer in Atlantia and the other 2 will be added upon knowledge that they are actively brewing.

2). I have been the Guildmaster for 29 months and at this time, I am stepping down. October last, I put out a message asking for someone to take over and finally someone has.  Michel von Schonsee and I will be trading positions as of KASF. 

Royal Brewer: thank you to all that entered, it was an honor to compete with you. The Brewers were:
 
Reyne Telarius
Sorcha Prechan
Mikhail Chaika Pavlov syn Novgorodets
Karl Haraldsson

Not only did we set a current record for number of entrants, but there was also a high of 3, yes 3, perfect scores and out of the 25 total entries another 10 were over 90. Just over 1% of the entries were perfect and add those with the other 10 and just over 50% were 90 and above, which is no easy feat, and all the brewers need to take a bow. 

In the end only one was chosen. Again, I have the honor of representing the great Brewers of Atlantia as their Majesties Royal Brewer.

In closing, let us help the new brewers out there, support the Guild, and in general just brew more, Crusades is just around the corner.

YIS
Karl Haraldsson
Outgoing Guildmaster and new Royal Brewer