1) 2018 dues are due. $25 for individuals and $40 for families. Please pay Don if you haven’t already.
2) 2017 Brewer of the Year awards were given out.
3) Some Maryland legislative bills will be debated this Friday 2/23. A few CRABSters will be going to the hearing. If you’d like to go, contact Ed at ed@thesheas.org. Here are the bills to be discussed:
House Bill 518 http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0518f.pdf (good bill)
House Bill 1052 http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1052f.pdf (bad bill)
House Bill 1316 http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1316f.pdf
4) Some CRABSters will be doing a road trip on March 24 to deliver National Homebrew Competition entries to the drop-off location near Philly. If you have entries that you’d like them to deliver, contact Joe at jfo363@verizon.net. For complete rules and regulations about the competition, see https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/homebrewassoc/wp-content/uploads/National-Homebrew-Competition-Entrant-Handbookv10.pdf
5) The DC Brewer’s Ball to benefit cystic fibrosis will be held on March 3rd in Washington DC. CRABS will pour 6 beers. See https://www.dcbrewersball.org/ for event details.
6) Registration for the 2018 HomebrewCon will open on March 6. The conference website is https://www.homebrewcon.org/. You *must* be an AHA member to register. Go to https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ to join or login and check your membership expiration date.
7) This month’s competition was English ales. There were 13 entries. Winners were:
5th – Andy Naviasky
4th – Marty Mengele
3rd (tie) – Zach Keim
3rd (tie) – Kyle Krueger
2nd (tie) – Brian Kaider
2nd (tie) – Joe O’Keefe
1st – Bob Mosier
8) Next meeting: Wednesday March 21. Competition will be Belgian and Trappist ales.
9) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information. See the 2018 competition schedule at http://crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule
10) See http://crabsbrew.org/Other_Competitions for a list of upcoming local homebrew competitions.
meeting_date:
February, 2018