December 2014

1) A nice turnout. Lots of food and beer, and we donated a lot of beer to the heavy Seas folks.

2) The Iron Brewer competition ingredients were selected. They are hazelnut, dates, and coffee. Beers must contain at least two of them.

3) The clone competition will be Kwak. See http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/202/635/

November 2014

1) The Guild holiday party will be on Saturday 12/6.

Venue will be Heavy Seas.
Our table theme will be Hee Haw.
Table set-up will be the night before, 7:30-9:00.
Go to http://www.mdhomebrewers.com/?page_id=268 to buy tickets.

2) The Duclaw Hero contest will be in January. See http://www.duclaw.com/hero/ for info.

3) 2015 dues will be $20 for individual and $35 for family. Pay Don Zwach the next time you see him.

October 2014

1) We have a few new members. If it weren’t for the Alzheimers I’d remember their names.

2) The Little Havana Homebrew Showcase was another success. 11 CRABS folks attended and a few placed 13th or better out of 42 entries.

3) We’ve been doing periodic Bikes & Beer events. Email Joe at jfo363@verizon.net for info.

September 2014

1) Crabs4CRABS was a successful event. We had ~35 people and lotsa crabs and beer.

2) The Guild crab feast will be this Saturday 9/20 at Ridgely’s Run Community Center in Jessup. All sold out.

3) The Duclaw Real Ale Fest will be this Saturday 9/20. See http://realalefest.com/ for tickets and info.

4) The Maryland Microbrewery Festival at Union Mills will happen on Saturday 9/27. See http://marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com/ for tickets and info.

August 2014

1) Dan no longer works at Heavy Seas. Although rumors are flying, we have no confirmed details.

2) This Sunday 8/24 will be Beer & Biking 3. It will begin at the Severna Park Taphouse, then proceed on the B&A Trail to Bill Bateman’s, then to nearby Adam’s Ribs. Bikers are welcome to drink/crash at Ben’s place the night before. E-mail Ben at benbrew@verizon.net if interested in the overnight option.

3) CRABS will make a charitable donation for NoVA due to the death of one of their members this past weekend.

July 2014

1) Guild T-shirts and glasses are available. E-mail Les if you want some.

2) This Sunday 7/20 will be Beer & Biking 2. It will begin at the Corner Stable in Columbia at 10:00 AM. Their website is http://www.cornerstable.com. From there the group will bike to Union Jack’s and/or Clyde’s, Second Chance, and then back to Corner Stable.

June 2014

1) It was hot in the brewery!

2) Several CRABSters went to the National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids. They brought back some New Glarus beers for the club and will start bringing them to meetings next month.

3) Congrats to Glenn Quinting for taking a second place for his Dark American Lager in the National Homebrew Competition.

4) This Sunday there will be a bike+beer ride in Columbia starting at 10 AM. An e-mail with more details is forthcoming.

5) There will be a fundraiser with homebrew tasting and live music for a co-op in Catonsville on Saturday August 2 from 2-6 PM at a private residence at 120 Forest Drive, Catonsville MD 21228. Please consider attending and sharing your brews. Go to http://www.catonsvillecooperativemarket.com for a list of upcoming events and other info, or e-mail Ben Blank at blankben@hotmail.com

6) MASHOUT registration is open. It will be held at a hop farm 20 minutes south of the old site. Go to http://www.campmashout.com to register.

7) This month’s competition was session ales. There were 9 entries. Winners were:

5th place: John Jester
4th place (tie): Jeff Adelsberger
4th place (tie): Don Zwach
3rd place: Rob Farrell
2nd place: Jason Heinen
1st place: Joe O’Keefe

8) Next meeting: Wednesday 7/16. It will feature the same-grain-and-hop competition. See http://crabsbrew.org/same_grain_and_hops for the recipe.

9) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information.

Upcoming events:

• Aug 14-16: MASHOUT. Featured will be a club collaboration contest: members of 2 or more clubs must brew the beer. And don’t forget Sour Hour, run by CRABSter Jason Heinen.
• Sunday 9/14: Crabs4CRABS.

May 2014

1) Thanks to Les for providing food.

2) Several CRABSters will be going to the National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids next month.

3) Congrats to Glenn Quinting for making it past the first round in the National Homebrew Competition.

4) Congrats to Joe O’Keefe for getting a 2nd place at the Spirit of Free Beer, and Rob Farrell for getting *two* 1st places. See complete results at http://sofb.brewcomp.com

April 2014

1) Another well-attended meeting.

2) This Saturday 4/19 the Brewmore movie will be played at Heavy Seas. $18 gets you entrance and your first beer. See http://www.hsbeer.com/event/brewmore-heavyseas for more info.

3) Big Brew will be on Saturday 5/3 at MDHB. If you plan to brew, please register at http://www.mdhb.com/events.php

March 2014

1) A well-attended meeting and many good beers. There were even 3 women.

2) The Beer, Bourbon and Barbecue fest will be this weekend. See http://www.beerandbourbon.com/maryland/show-info