- Heavy Seas's new hospitality manager Dan Bueter gave us a tour of the newly expanded brewery, with a brand spanking new cold room and tasting room. The tasting room will eventually be a bar where they can sell beer by the pint. There is also an outside deck. Looks like we have a new local hangout.
- There were some great beers, both homebrewed and commercial. Kudos to Drew Morgan for his great Belgian IPA and to Craig Bryant for bringing some Three Floyds beers.
- In case you haven't heard, MASHOUT will move to a new location next year, but rest assured it WILL happen!
- Crabs4CRABS was a great success. Lots of people came out.
- It's beer season. Woohoo! Here is a list of upcoming events:
- Saturday September 21: Guild crab feast. Tickets are sold out.
- Saturday September 28: Maryland Microbrewery Festival. See http://www.marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com . BJCP judges are sorely needed! The homebrew contest has 224 entries! See http://mdmicrobrewfest.brewcompetition.com for information on the contest and how to volunteer.
- Sunday October 13: MD Comptrollers Cup. Judges and stewards are needed. Winner will be announced at the Maryland Brewers' Harvest (see below).
- October 18-27: Baltimore Beer Week. See http://www.baltimorebeerweek.com
- Friday October 18: ChiliBrew VII. See http://baltibrew.org/chilibrew for info and tickets.
- Saturday October 19: Das Best Oktoberfest. See http://www.dasbestoktoberfest.com/baltimore/show-info. Go to http://www.dasbestoktoberfest.com/files/oktoberfest/HomeBrew_Contest_2013__3_.pdf for information on entering the homebrew contest. $500 first prize!
- Sunday October 20: Brewing with Cross Street Irregulars and Maryland Homebrew, and tap handle turning with Mark Supik, at 1 Haven St., Baltimore. Contact Greg at cosmic.charlie@yahoo.com for more info.
- Monday October 21: Watch Michael Jackson's The Beer Hunter at MDHB, 7 PM. Sponsored by Killer Ales. Beer and popcorn provided. Free, but donations requested since movie rental is $150.
- Tuesday October 22: Happy hour at 6:30 and talk by Beersmith guy Brad Smith at 7:30 at MDHB.
- Wednesday October 23: Homebrew Showcase at Little Havana. See http://www.baltimorebeerweek.com/events/show/homebrewing_showcase
- Thursday October 24: Women-only event at Max's, 6-8 PM. Discussion on beer yeast, featuring 9 Mikkeler beers. $20 for Baltimore Brew Babes members, $25 for non-members.
- Saturday October 26: BaltiBrew's gruit competition at Liam Flynn's Ale House. Check the BaltiBrew web page at http://baltibrew.org
- Saturday November 2: BAM's Maryland Brewers' Harvest. See http://www.marylandbeer.org
- Saturday November 2: Celebrate Learn to Homebrew Day at Maryland Homebrew. Cross Street Irregulars will be doing a brewing demo.
- Saturday November 9: MALT's Turkey Shoot homebrew contest. See http://www.maltclub.org/MALT/Turkey_Shoot.html
- Saturday December 7: Guild holiday party.
- We want to do the Iron Brewer contest again. We're looking for a better way to determine the special ingredients. Any ideas?
- This month's competition was Pale Ales. We had about 10 or 12 entries. The winners were:
- 4th place (tie) - Joe O'Keefe
- 4th place (tie) - Rick Croup
- 3rd place - Jason Heinen
- 2nd place - Craig Bryant
- 1st place - Kevin Rimlinger
- See y'all at the next meeting on October 16.
meeting_date:
September, 2013