1. Guild holiday party:
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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.
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This year’s benefitting charities are Pints for Prostates, House of Ruth, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, and Animal Advocates of Howard County.
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Please work on getting donations for the raffle and auction. The following places have already been contacted: Sapwood Cellars, Checkerspot, Manor Hill, Key, Brewers Art, Red Brick, BC Brewing, Chesepiooc, Union, Charm City, Heavy Seas, Black Flag, and Cushwa.
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The ticket link is https://fshcg.ticketspice.com/2023-guild-holiday-party
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CRABS will have a table, and our theme will be pirates. We can get in as early as 4:00 to start setting up. Sign up to bring food or beer at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TUb_cyN382eOoZx3_GmM_m00GKguWSlf1viJY1iJj-I/edit#gid=1984564644
2. Vote for 2024 competition beer styles at https://forms.gle/8bFDcVmuKSMh5KBV8
3. We would like to do a group barrel brew. We have done a few in the past. First we have to acquire a barrel. Anyone know where to get a relatively clean barrel?
4. Ed’s daughter will be running a marathon to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation (https://www.michaeljfox.org/) this spring. Attaboy Brewing in Frederick has offered to host a fundraising event. One idea is to have a homebrew competition between CRABS and FOAM.
5. This month’s competition was porters and stouts. There were 7 entries. Winners were:
- 5th – Brian England
- 4th – Joe O’Keefe
- 3rd – Jeff Adelsberger
- 2nd – Chris + Christa
- 1st – Mike Bodnar
6. Next meeting: Wednesday December 20. No competition. We will have our annual beer swap. Bring a gift wrapped bomber, 750, 4-pack, or 6-pack.
7. Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2023 CRABS competition schedule is at http://www.crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule