1) The Guild holiday party will be on Saturday 12/6.

• Venue will be Heavy Seas.
• Our table theme will be Hee Haw.
• Table set-up will be the night before, 7:30-9:00.
• Go to http://www.mdhomebrewers.com/?page_id=268   to buy tickets.

2) The Duclaw Hero contest will be in January.  See http://www.duclaw.com/hero/ for info.

3) 2015 dues will be $20 for individual and $35 for family.  Pay Don Zwach the next time you see him.

4) We are putting a shirt order together.  Work shirts are $24 and T-shirts are $11.  Contact Joe at jfo363@verizon.net if you are interested.

5) This month’s competition was stouts (BJCP 13 A-E).  There were 11 entries.  The winners were:

• 5th place: Rob Farrell
• 4th place: Rob Kiernan (tie)
• 4th place: Don Zwach (tie)
• 3rd place: Mike Stuppy
• 2nd place: Kevin Rimlinger
• 1st place: Zachary Keim

Congrats to Joe for being the 2014 CRABS Brewer of the Year!

6) Next meeting:

• ·Wednesday 12/17.
• ·No competition.
• ·Holiday party - pot luck food.
• ·750 swap – bring a wrapped commercial 750 or bomber for a blind swap.
• ·Leave some beer for the nice folks at Heavy Seas who let us use their space.

7) January meeting: Wednesday January 21, 2015.  Competition will be brown ales.

8) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information.