February 2014

Date: Wednesday, Febuary 19
Place: Heavy Seas
  1. We had a great turnout: 30-40 folks.  Only one woman though.  And it wasn’t me in drag.  This time.
  2. Dues are due.  $20 for individual and $30 forfamily.  Pay up!  I’m a heeb and even I’ve paid.
  3.  We will have our Iron Brewers competition in March.  You can brew any style of beer, but it must include 2 out of 3 of the following ingredients:
    • rosemary
    • cucumber
    • sour cherries
  4. The guys who will be participating in the rum barrel project picked up their grains.
  5. The Guild 15th anniversary celebration will be this Saturday.  Go tohttp://www.mdhomebrewers.com/event/for info and tickets.  Included in yourticket price are a commemorative glass and food.  There will be a cash bar and the Ruby StreetBrewery drawing.
  6. This Sunday at 1 PM LadyBrewBaltimore will be hosting all interested women to brew at Nepenthe Homebrew.
  7. The Heavy Seas Real Ale & BBQFestival will be held on Saturday March 8. According to the website http://www.hsbeer.com/event/real-ale-bbq/#tickets are sold out.  Nyah nyah.
  8. There will be a book signing by Ron Pattinson, who wrote about historical brewing, at 3 Stars in DC on 3/15,and another signing at MDHB the following day. He has supplied some recipes that you can brew and share at theseevents.  Contact Les at fshcg@gmail.com for the recipes.
  9. There will be a night of beer,music and film on Thursday 3/20.  Go to http://www.missiontix.com/events/product/24796/brewmore--baltimore-a-night-of-beer-music-and-a-film#.UwODd6tDHMs.gmail for info and tickets.
  10. Beer Bacon Music will be held inFrederick on May 17-18.  See http://beerbaconmusic.com/
  11. There will be an AHA rally atHeavy Seas on 5/18.  See http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/events/heavy-seas-beer-aha-rally/for information.
  12. The National HomebrewersConference and competition will be in Grand Rapids MI on 6/12 – 6/14.  To register go to http://www.ahaconference.org/conference/register
  13. This month’s competition was IPAs.  Thewinners were:
    • 5thplace (tie): JD Oltman, Jeff Adelsberger, the Lydicks
    • 4thplace: Jason Heinen (how come his Brett IPA places and mine doesn’t?)
    • 3rdplace: Trevor Rose   
    • 2ndplace: Rob Kiernan
    • 1stplace: Mike Stuppy
  14. The next meeting will be on 3/19 at Heavy Seas.

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February, 2014