Conviviality, Equality and Beer

This service will explore the history and culture of one of mankind’s oldest beverages. Throughout history beer has not only been a sustaining beverage but it has also come to connote conviviality and equality among all people.  The service will also look at an interesting message from the world of craft brewing  – small is good!  This service will mark the conclusion of the American Homebrewer’s Association’s  National Homebrewers Conference being held in Philadelphia this year.

Choir member Dane Wells is one of several homebrewers in the congregations. In 1985, he received a certification as a Beer Judge from the American Homebrewer’s Association, and has since devoted considerable study to the history and culture of brewing.