1) As expected, a light turnout due to several members attending MASHOUT. We just had a relaxing meeting with no competition.
2) Crabs4CRABS will happen on Sunday September 13 at Guilford Park in Savage. Free for members, and also for family members if you have a family membership, otherwise $20 for guests. In addition to crabs there will be brisket, chicken, and Les’s crab mac-n-cheese.
3) The Guild crab feast will be on Saturday September 19 at NASA/Goddard. Tickets are $49 ($51.71 with service fee). Go to http://www.mdhomebrewers.com/?page_id=338 for details on the homebrew contest and food.
4) The Maryland Microbrewery Festival will be on Saturday September 26 from 11 AM to 6 PM. See http://marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com for info. There will be a homebrew contest as usual; see http://marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com/default.asp?iId=FMKMFH for info on that.
5) Baltimore Beer Week will be October 9-18. The website is http://baltimorebeerweek.com
6) The Das Best Oktoberfest homebrew competition will have $1000 in prizes this year. Maryland Homebrew is a drop-off point. See http://www.dasbestoktoberfest.com/files/oktoberfest/HomeBrew_Contest_2015_final.pdf
7) The MD Comptroller’s Cup will be on Saturday 9/12. Judging will be at Maryland Agricultural Council’s Ag Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville. Email Les at fshcg@yahoo.com if you’d like to judge.
8) BaltiBrew will do their annual gruit contest at Liam Flynn’s on 9/18 from 4 to 6 PM. No further information available at this time.
9) Peabody Heights will sponsor a homebrew contest in October. See http://www.peabodyheightsbrewery.com/ for details.
10) At the next meeting we’ll discuss our theme for the Guild holiday party, which will be on December 5. Whichever theme we choose could also be used on Club Night at next year’s NHC.
11) Next meeting: Wednesday 9/16. Theme will be American ales. October will be big beers and November will be porter/stout.
12) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2015 CRABS competition schedule is at http://crabsbrew.org/2015_competition_schedule