Meeting Minutes

May 2024

1. Our food+beer pairing will be this Saturday May 18, starting at 1:00, at the home of Rob and Lisa Kiernan. All members and significant others are welcome to attend whether or not they compete. See the following Google document for the address, and to sign up:

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.

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