Well, it’s finally winter and I am still planning for 2024.  Below is a list of events for 2024.  If your organization is not on the list and you want to be, please contact me soon so we can block the calendar.  Please consider the merits of having either the Regimental Brewmeister or the Colonial Surveyor to some of the events you are planning this year. 

Winter Tavern Tales   Talk on 18th Century BrewingBlue Ball Barn Alapocas Run State Park 1914 W. Park Drive Wilmington, DE 19803January 10
Regimental Brewmeister   18th Century Field BreweryHistoric Rittenhouse Town 6034 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144January 20
Colonial Plantation Winter Masquerade  Kings Mills 6000 Pennell Rd Media, PA 19063January 27
Colonial Brewing TalkWorchester Historical Society 2011 Valley Forge Road Lansdale, PA 19490April 14
Regimental Brewmeister   18th Century Field BreweryMorgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446May 4
Colonial Surveyor  Richard Wall House 1 Wall Park Drive Elkins Park, PA 19027{dates not yet confirmed)
Regimental Brewmeister   18th Century Field BreweryPennypacker Mills 5 Haldeman Road Schwenksville, PA 19473May 18 – 19
{program TBD} Date is not confirmedNewtown Square Historical SocietyJune 1
Tavern Night at the Williams OrdinaryPrince William County Historic Preservation  17674 Main St  Dumfries, VA 22026June 8
Gala @ The Highlands {program TBD} Date not confirmedHighland Mansion and Gardens 7001 Sheaff Ln
Fort Washington, PA 19034		June 15
Evening on the Green Regimental Brewmeister 18th Century Field BreweryDaniel Boone Homestead 400 Daniel Boone Rd Birdsboro, PA 19508June 29
Tavern at Morgan Log House Admiral of the Blue ApronMorgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446September 21
Dover 18th Century Market Faire Regimental Brewmeister 18th Century Field Brewery1st State Park
Dover DE		October 5

There are still open dates if you want to be on the schedule especially in the fall and winter which are ideal times for brewing and tavern events.  If there is a date that you want to secure as a tentative booking, please do so now so that I will not book over that time.  If you have already booked an event with the Regimental Brewmeister, thank you and please check that I have the details listed correctly above.

Add excitement and authentic color to an event, or create more traffic to your site, with Philadelphia’s best Colonial Brewer and tradesman.  Whether it is a reenactment, motion picture, a tavern night for a private event, or other endeavor, I can bring can bring a real sense of authenticity and fun to your event and make it an occasion that people will long remember.  Every large gathering of people in the 18th Century needed a brewer.  I not only provided the libations that as Doctor Franklin so clearly stated “is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy,” but I also make sure the that people remained healthy and free of waterborne disease.

Philadelphia is also a great center of science and technical learning in the 18th Century.  Perhaps your group would like to meet Joseph Priestly first hand and learn how he discovered the element Oxygen.  Perhaps your group wants to learn the fascinating story of how in 1769, we actually measured the size of the solar system.  You may want to see an 18th Century surveying crew in action or observe a brewery or distillery.   I bring all of these to real tangible life.  In my presentations, participants are encouraged not just to watch but to take part in the using the tools and working through the problems and, of course, drinking the beer.

I have conduct presentations and tours for the National Park Service, Carpenters Hall, Pottsgrove Manor, Hope Lodge, Graeme Park, and with the 2nd PA/43rd Regiment of Foot and several other Philadelphia region historic sites for several years. I routinely speak to large audiences and my presentation is tight, interactive, dynamic, and engaging.  I am eager to expand my repartee to additional skills so are looking to develop something new, I am also interested in working on those sorts of project.  My rates are very reasonable and I give substantial discounts to non-profit historical sites.  Let’s turn back the pages of history in an extraordinary way!

For more information see: https://colonialbrewer.com/yes-you-can-hire-me-for-your-event-or-site/

To learn more about my immersive brewing classes see: https://colonialbrewer.com/resources/programs-and-ideas/18th-century-brewing-an-immersive-history-experience/

For general information on my other talents, please refer to: https://colonialbrewer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/interpretation-cv.pdf

To learn more about my programing and approach, please visit www.colonialbrew.com where you will find my talents and recent experience for your review.  I am also looking for a few select volunteer opportunities so if my offer intrigues you but your budget is limited, please call anyway.  Perhaps we can work out some sort of volunteer or donation arrangement. 

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Published by Michael Carver

My goal is to bring history alive through interactive portrayal of ordinary American life in the late 18th Century (1750—1799) My persona are: Journeyman Brewer; Cordwainer (leather tradesman but not cobbler), Statesman and Orator; Chandler (candle and soap maker); Gentleman Scientist; and, Soldier in either the British Regular Army, the Centennial Army, or one of the various Militia. Let me help you experience history 1st hand!