1. The 13th annual Homebrew Extravaganza at the new Checkerspot Brewing location featured several CRABS beers. Chris + Christa took 8th place out of 19 with their Belgian dubbel.
2. The Guild holiday party will be held on Saturday December 2 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM at Bay Life (Brookeville Beer Farm’s production facility) at 7901 Oceano Ave, Unit 20-24, Jessup. There is lots of parking. This year’s benefitting charities are Pints for Prostates, House of Ruth, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, and Animal Advocates of Howard County. CRABS will have a table. Possible themes are German street vendor, backwoods (serving venison and other meats), and the movie Airplane. We will decide which theme sometime in the next month. The ticket link is https://fshcg.ticketspice.com/2023-guild-holiday-party
3. The Baltimore Craft Beer Festival will be held at Canton Waterfront Park on Saturday November 4 from noon to 5:00 PM. See https://www.baltimorecraftbeerfestival.com/ for info/tickets.
4. This month’s competition was strong beers. There were 9 entries. Winners were:
- 5th – Ben Schwalb
- 4th – Mike Bodnar
- 3rd – Chris + Christa
- 2nd – Jevon Gordon
- 1st – Brian England
5. Next meeting: Wednesday November 15. Competition will be porters and stouts.
6. Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2023 CRABS competition schedule is at http://www.crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule