2) The Guild crab feast will be on Saturday September 19 at Goddard.  Ticket sales are over.

 

3) The Maryland Microbrewery Festival will be on Saturday September 26 from 11 AM to 6 PM.  See http://marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com for info.

 

4) Next week is Carroll County Beer Week.  See http://www.carrollbeerweek.com  

 

5) Baltimore Beer Week will be October 9-18.  The website is http://baltimorebeerweek.com

 

6) ChiliBrew IX will be on October 9.  See http://baltimorebeerweek.com/event/chilibrew-ix-presented-by-baltibrew/

 

7) Das Best Oktoberfest will be on October 10.  See http://www.dasbestoktoberfest.com/baltimore/show-info

 

8) The Homebrew Showcase homebrew contest, run by our very own Judy, will be on Wednesday October 14.  There are two competitor slots left, or you can just attend and sample the roughly 40 homebrews.  Don’t miss this!  See http://baltimorebeerweek.com/event/homebrew-contest-little-havana-to-benefit-barcs/

 

9) A number of other homebrew contests are coming up.  See http://crabsbrew.org/Other_Competitions for a complete list.

 

10) We should think about our theme for the Guild holiday party, which will be on December 5.  Whichever theme we choose could also be used on Club Night at next year’s NHC.  See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWSD7Dk6EHGJl-YQDZOSU-Ti8bY-MY5KVZxTjAYCobo/edit for a list of possible ideas.  Feel free to add to it.

 

11) The 2016 Maryland State Fair will have a homebrew competition.

 

12) This month’s competition was American ales.  There were 9 entries.  Winners were:

 

5^th – Jeff Adelsberger

4^th – Judy Neff

3^rd (tie) –Joe O’Keefe

3^rd (tie) – Brian England

2^nd  – Craig Bryant

1^st – Joel Gallihue

 

 

14) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information.  The 2015 CRABS competition schedule is at http://crabsbrew.org/2015_competition_schedule