February 2018

1) 2018 dues are due. $25 for individuals and $40 for families. Please pay Don if you haven’t already.

2) 2017 Brewer of the Year awards were given out.

3) Some Maryland legislative bills will be debated this Friday 2/23. A few CRABSters will be going to the hearing. If you’d like to go, contact Ed at ed@thesheas.org. Here are the bills to be discussed:

January 2018

1) The Guild 20^th anniversary party is coming up shortly!

·Saturday January 20, 12-4 PM, at Duclaw, 8901 Yellow Brick Rd, Rosedale.

·Your ticket includes unlimited sampling of 16 DuClaw brews, a crowler of the anniversary beer (a kolsch), and a 20^th anniversary sampling glass.

·Homebrew is allowed but cannot be brought into the tap room.

·Food truck(s) will be onsite for food (pay as you go).

·Ping pong, pool table, and corn hole will be available.

December 2017

1) The December meeting and holiday party featured lots of great food and beer, a 750 swap, and many beer donations for the Heavy Seas folks.

November 2017

1) The Guild holiday party will be on Saturday December 2 at Heavy Seas. The CRABS table theme will be “Summer in December”, with beach-themed décor, hamburgers, hot dogs, sliders, and other stuff. There is a Google doc where you can write what you’re bringing and see what others are bringing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FqJhohv6sHo4jvVFbpMM_NzzhnlNoxKCKWCc2NIrfDs/edit#gid=0 . Tickets are on sale at this link:

October 2017

1) CRABS had a nice showing at the Homebrew Extravaganza at Little Havana on October 18. There were 36 entries, and CRABS took 3 of the top 11 spots: John Jester took 11^th, Thomas Pagano and Reed Ulrich took 4^th, and Jason Heinen and Ben Schwalb took 1^st.

September 2017

1) Lots of great beer including several that folks brought from Asheville.

2) Crabs4CRABS was another success. Lots of people attended. Thanks to Les for providing mac+cheese and Don for procuring 3 bushels of crabs.

3) Tonight, Thursday 9/21, Brad Smith will be at Maryland Homebrew 7:00-8:30 PM talking about BeerSmith and how the new version will work with mead and cider. This is a free event. If you want to go, RSVP to Chris at chrisanderson@mdhb.com

July 2017

It was a warm night and the brewery was even warmer (hot actually), but we had plenty of commercial and hombrewed beer to keep out minds off how much we were sweating.

It was another month of welcoming several new perspective members. We were joined by Alfred, Ted, and brew partners Dwayne & Chuck. We also had Mike and Denny visiting from Rochester NY and decided to stop in to check us out. Their friend Steve has visited us every fall for the past several years and is spreading the word.

June 2017

1) Another big turnout with lots of great beers, including some that folks brought back from Minneapolis.

2) Speaking of Minneapolis, several CRABSters went and had a blast both at the conference and visiting breweries. The Guild poured 12 beers at Social Club and at Club Night. See Ben’s write-up at http://www.benbrew.com/Minneapolis/minneapolis.html

May 2017

1) A big turnout with lots of great beers, including both commercial and home-brewed New England IPAs and sours; and a crowler of Two Paws, a collaboration between Checkerspot and Flying Dog. (Some CRABSters went to the Two Paws release at Flying Dog last Friday.)

April 2017

1) On April 8, many CRABSters plus a few significant others did a farm brerwery tour to Manor Hill, Brookeville Beer Farm, and Waredaca. See write-up with photos at http://www.benbrew.com/CRABS/Farm/farm.html

2) We’re hoping to put together a trip to Asheville NC on September 15-18. Let Joe (jfo363@verizon.net) know if you’re interested.

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