Brewers Guild 2nd Circle

1.    Choose a deity that is important to brewing and write and perform a ritual to honor them that includes the brewing of a fermented beverage. The ritual should be in an ADF format.

a.    Submit the text of the ritual and comments on how the ritual went (200 words minimum plus text of ritual)

While a full ritual was performed, it was all impromptu and no liturgy was written.  What follows is my best recollection.  This is the second ritual brew I did for this requirement, and both came out similar.

Research and Composition

Paper #1: Chemistry Origins

The question of when modern chemistry and medicine started is a curious one.  There could be a wide variety of dates associated with this, including the first vaccine, Newton's theories on motion, and the start of alchemy.  During the Renaissance great advances were made.  This is where many of today's techniques in chemistry and many of our principles have come from.  Why did these advances come about though?

Brewers Guild First Circle

1.Research the laws for home brewing in your country and locality (state, province or county, if applicable).  (500 words minimum, cite references)

United States Federal Government
Status: Permitted, subject to age restriction and amount (gallonage).

Statute:
United States Code Title 26, Subtitle E, Chapter 51, Subchapter A, Part I, Subpart D, § 5053 provides an exemption to the code permitting the production of beer for personal or family use. § 5052 provides a definition for beer (see applicable statutory material).