Meeting Minutes

February 2024

1. Another great turnout with about 25 folks and a lot of beer.

2. 2024 dues are to be paid to Rob K. via cash, check, or Venmo @Rob-Kiernan-CRABS

3. Most of the stout to be aged in a barrel has been brewed, with a few more folks to brew in the near future. We hope to fill the barrel in March. We might do a partial fill on Sunday March 10 with the rest to follow, or fill it all at once later in the month.

January 2024

1. Another great turnout with about two dozen folks and a lot of beer.

2. 2024 dues are to be paid to Rob K. via cash, check, or Venmo @Rob-Kiernan-CRABS

3. Our April competition will be Heavy Seas Powder Monkey clone. Maryland Homebrew will work to get us the necessary ingredients.

4. Our May competition will be same grain / same hop. See https://www.crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule for rules. Specific ingredients for a 5-gallon batch are:

December 2023

1. Great turnout with 25-30 folks, lots of great food, and a lot of both homebrewed and commercial beer. Also, a lot of beer was donated to the Heavy Seas folks.

2. 2024 dues are to be paid to Rob K. via cash, check, or Venmo @Rob-Kiernan-CRABS

3. Rumor has it there’s an event at Brewer’s Art this Saturday 12/23 starting at 5:00 PM but there’s nothing on their website about it.

4. Brewers of the year for 2023 were:

November 2023

1. Guild holiday party:

  • 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.

  • This year’s benefitting charities are Pints for Prostates, House of Ruth, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, and Animal Advocates of Howard County.

October 2023

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.

September 2023

1. MASHOUT was a great success, with great weather for the most part, and lots of good people, beers, and food. Most of the work in making this event possible was done by CRABSters, particularly Trevor 1.0.

2. BaltiBrew will NOT have ChiliBrew next month due to difficulty in getting permits.

July 2023

1. Robust attendance, and many beers were brought.
 
2. HomebrewCon had only a few Maryland attendees, and vendor participation was lighter than usual. Next year’s HomebrewCon is slated to be held in conjunction with the GABF in Denver in October 2024.
 
3. MASHOUT will be held August 17-20 at the same Cumberland location we've used since 2019. Registration is open at campmashout.com. The CRABS food and attendance list is at

June 2023

1. CRABS had a good showing at Pints4Paws. Some attended, and others poured beer. There were 6 CRABS beers on tap.

2. MASHOUT will be held August 17-20 at the same Cumberland location we've used since 2019. Registration is open at campmashout.com

3. Katie’s Bridge to Independence event

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