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.
4. FOAM will be doing a brewery bus tour on Saturday March 23. See https://www.facebook.com/FOAM.Homebrew.Club/ for details.
5. Our April competition will be Heavy Seas Powder Monkey clone. Here is the recipe for 5 gallons:
OG: 12 Plato (1.048/49) FG: 2.5/3 Plato (1.010/11) IBU: 29 ABV:4.75% Yeast: WLP007 - Dry English Grain: 7lb 11.7oz Pale Male (2 Row) - cheapest available, maltsters vary 9.6oz Proximity Crystal 15L (substitute Great Western 15L) 4.8oz Crisp 45L 4.8oz Crisp 77L Mash Schedule: 12 min@154F, 5 min@159F, 10min@ 163, mashout @ 169F - note: No Protein Rest 90 minute boil Hops: 0.18oz - Target - 13.0% - first wort hops 90 minutes (substitute of your choice) 0.50oz - Fuggles 5.75%-60 minutes 0.32oz Fuggles 5.75% -35 minutes 0.27oz - Fuggles 5.75% - whirlpool start 0.23oz - East Kent Goldings - 5.0% - whirlpool start Yeast: WLP007 - Fermented @67F Water is filtered Baltimore with some Gypsum added6. 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:
- 7 pounds pilsen malt
- 2 pounds white wheat malt
- 1 pound flaked corn
- 8 ounces carahell malt
- 2 ounces Delta hops
- 2 ounces Idaho 7 hops
7. Our food+beer pairing will tentatively be in May but no date has been set. A message will be sent asking folks to vote on the date.
8. Maryland Homebrew will host Big Brew on Saturday May 4.
9. The Guild summer picnic will be on Saturday June 1, noon-dusk, at Patapsco Valley State Park, Hollofield area, shelter #300. There will be a hedonistic homebrew contest.
10. The St. Patrick’s Day South Baltimore pin crawl will be on Saturday March 16, 12-8 PM. Starts at Checkerspot, then goes to Pickett and Wico Street (with possibly another location also). Each place will have a pin or firkin, plus there will be some other special beers (barrel-aged, etc). More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/742490993994921/?ref=newsfeedb
11. MASHOUT will be August 15-18 at the same Cumberland location.
12. There will be no HomebrewCon this year but the National Homebrew Competition is still on. See https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/
13. Registration is open for BURP’s Spirit of Free Beer. See https://sofb.brewingcompetitions.com/
14. Annapolis Homebrew Club’s Pints4Paws will be on Saturday June 15. Check https://annapolishomebrewclub.com/pints4paws/ for updates.
15. This month’s competition was IPAs. There were 11 entries. Winners were:
- 5th (tie) – Chris + Christa
- 5th (tie) – Marty Mengele
- 4th – Brian England
- 3rd – Bob Baroncinni
- 2nd – Joel Gallihue
- 1st – John Jester
16. Next meeting: Wednesday March 20. Competition will be Belgian and Trappist.
17. Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. The 2024 CRABS competition schedule is at http://www.crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule